The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-24
AN EMPHATIC DENIAL.
E1-Congressman Izlar Refutes a Sensa-
tional Report.

tional Report.
The Orangeburg correspondent o1
the News and Courier, under date ot
April 13, says: In regard to the re
port from The News and Courier's
Washington correspondent that Judge
Izlar had been trading his Government
supply of documents and books fol
seeds your correspondent has just had
an interview with Judge Izlar upon
his return from a business trip of sew
eral days duration. The Judge gave
your correspondent the following writ
ten statement concerning the report,
which explains his position in the mat.
ter completely:
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: I have just returned here
after an absence of several days on
professional business. My absence
prevented me from seeing the issue OF
your paper of the sth instant contain,
ing statement from your Washing
ton correspondent, R. NJ. L., concern,
ing myself, and of replying promptly
thereto Your correspondent, IN speak
ing of the exchange of documents for
seeds by Congressmen, has his to say
relative to myself: Representative
Cadmus, of New Jersey, gave Judge
Izlar two thousand packages of seeds
for books" and you, without inquiry
or investigation, did not hesitate to re,
fleet upon my integrity and reputa,
ton by making the unwarranted infer
ence that this was the reason why
some of Gen. Izlar's constituents could
not get Government publications"
do not know whether your CORES
pondent had information from others
which warrented the statement or
whether it was the creation of his own
brain, but one thing | do know, that.
however the SANDER may have origi-
mated, it is wholly without foundation
and basely false, and It's circulation
was unwarranted and unjust.
As o member of Congress never, at
any time, traded or exchanged any
document or documents, book or books,
for garden seeds or other commodity.
but faithfully and honestly distributed
all documents and seeds allotted to me
among my constituents, as far as my
limited supply would permit, and any
statement or inference to the contrary
is not only unwarranted. but wholly
untrue.
| even went further to serve my
constituents than my duty required.
When the quantity of documents and
seeds allotted to me were exhausted |
purchased large number Of books and
packages of seeds out of my private
funds. and had them distributed
among my constituents throughout the
district. Whether the addition quantity
of garden seeds purchased by me were
procured by my clerk from Mr.. Cad
mus, of New Jersey, do not know,
but am positively certain that books
were not given in exchange for them.
I do not wish to be understood as
rejecting upon the course Of any
member of Congress in what I have
said, for under certain circumstances
it would not only be wise but benef-
cial to rne respective constituents of
members to make such exchanges. In
certain sections and communities
books would be more valuable and
beneficial than the most improved cot
ton or garden seeds, and vice versa.
In such cases exchanges would not
only be prudent, but helpful. My OBJ
iect in this communication, however,
IS only to correct the false statement
and unjust reflection upon my course
as member of Congress in the matter
referred to-a statement reck.essly
made by your correspondent.and re-
fection unjustly cast upon me through
your paper:
Ihave seldom gone into the news