The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-25
y NEWS, FEBRUARY rs 1902

own carelessnoss In not reading Il pa
per before signing 1t.
Mr.. Butler, who was on the commit
tee on the part of tho House, said that
he was willing to assume his full share
OF tho responsibility for his careless.
ness. lle did not read the report before
he signed 1T and took his full RESPONSE
bility for not having read the same.
Mr.. Tatum, also OF the committee,
said that he did not read the state.
mont,
Tho statement from the Senators
was then tabled.
| Later on there camo oyer the con
current resolution that Il joint commit
too be appointed to investigate the
whole matter and report upon tho facts
Of tho case.
MIR. Blcase saw no necessity for the
things to go any further, but was will
ling for the House to do it as it thought
bost.
MIR. Domtnick hoped that tho reso-
luton would be coucurrrd in, ns he
courtcd the fullest investigation.
Mr.. Logan said that rs MIR Domi-
nick wished tho inquiry, he Thought
the House ought to grant it us u cour-
| tcsy to Il momber.
Mr.. Butler said he was willing to
assume his responsibility and he would
! say to the committee what he had al
ready stated.
The house thcn concurrod In tho
| senate resolution.
| Mr.. Bleaso then stated that rs tho
senators had, he understood, printed
| their card In the Senate Journal, the
house might as we'll do the same aud
at the same time that Mr. Dominick
might bc able to publish IL card in
reply II he 80 wished.
| Mr.. Dominick stated that he would
like to publish card In the Journal
undor that Of the two Senators.
! Tho consent was granted, and the
card OF tho senators. as given above
was put in the House Journal and under
it the following statement from Mr.
Dominick:
| Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Senate: AS to the communication of
Senators Hough and Douglass, publish
ed in Senate Journal In connection
with Senate bill No. 531, | desire to
state that no misrepresentation what
ever WAS made to any of the Senators
or other member OF tho committees
Senator Hough was on the committee
on FREQ conference, as can be clearly
shown by the Journal OF the Senate
when the bill was passed last year,
which the present report atscmpted to
perfect. emphatically state that MIR.
Hough was informed before his ap-
pointment on this conference commit
tee of the object | had in view, and he
told mo he was willing to stand by his
action of last year Az to Senator
lldcrton, he was told Of tho bill, and !,
after being fully and truthfully cx-
planned to him, he readily signed it. AS
Senator Douglass will say that he did
not look at the report and did not ask
for an explanation and no msreproscn- :
tation was made to him about the mat
ter. He simply said. as ho saw the
majority of tho senate and all of the
house :commlttee had signed it, that
he would also sign.
Very respectfully,
Fred ii. Dominick.
MIR. Tatum and MIR. Butler thoug ht
they might as we'll also got into the
permanent Record, and they prepared
and had inserted In the journal the
following statement;
This Is to say that we signed the free
conference oommi9tee's report when
brought to us by Mr.. Dominick,
tn at 1t was to correct defect or supply
an omission In a law which was passed
by the last session Of this. legislature,
with the further understanding that he
(Mr. Dominick) would explain fully tc
the house. Neither OF us read the re.
port. W.O. Tatum.
Thos. B. Butler.
, The judiciary committee met soon
afterwards and made tho following re-
resolutions
Columbia. February 81, 1902
The judiciary committee OF the senate
and house, to whom has been referred
under concurrent resolution adopted
today, the matter of investigating tho
circumstances surrounding the report
of the free conference committee on q
bill to amend an Act entitled can Ac
to provide for the county government
, Of the various counties OF this State,
approved the 9th day of March, 1899
respectfully report that they have me
together and have determined to pur
sue such investigation through Il sub
committee consisting OF Senators May
field, Hay and Graydon and Messrs
Bacot, Croft and CASTOR. And the,
, suggest that concurrent reaoiutiol
be adopted authorizing tho same nc
T diem and mileage for the members OF
0 such subcommittee while engaged II
l r. f(yo oil