The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-05-09
REPRESENTATIVE
DOMINICK EXONERATED,
LEGIsLAT1VE ,MMIrTEE holds IN
VESTIGaTION.
AN 0stllne OF the Testimony and a Synop.
sis OF the Findings Which was Filed
With the Governor Yesterday
MorGius.
The State, 9Th.

Ane lRVesslgatlon Dy the JOINT leg
lslatiVe committee into the charge
made against Representative Fred
ii. Dominick of NeWberry at the re-
cent session of the general assembly
growing out of an effort to substitute
in free conference committee q dis
penssry measure under the tit.e of a
county government bill took place
yesterday. The work was not very
arduous or long drawn ont, and the
committee completed the taking of
testimony before 6 p. m.
The sessions were uneventful,
nothing of surprising character be-
ing brought out. The testimony was
merely an amplifcstion of the facts
brought out on the floor Of the gen.
eral assembly.
The committee met ID the Office of
the secretary of state. The members
of the committee present were Sena-
tors Mayfed, Hay and Ora. don, and
Representatives CASTOR and Bacot,
ths only absentee being Representa-
tive Croft. Mr.. Cole L. Blesse ap-
peared as counsel for Representative
Dominick. Senator Msyfeld was
elected chairman of the committee
and Miss Kate Maher is the steno-
grspher employed to take the testi-
mony.
Before the body met there was
some discussion among the members
as to what effect the report from q
committee from a retiring legislature
could have upon a new Legislative
h body, but this matter. was not raised
in the committee.
The resolution under which the
committee acted reads as follows: 80
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, it appears from the
statements of the conferees on the
part Of the senate upon the differ
enees between the two houses upon a
bill to amend an, act entitled "An act
TO provide for the county govern
ment of the various counties of this
State" approved the 9Th day of
March, 1899, that the report of the
committee on free conference upon
said bill was signed under misappre-
hension induced by misrepresenta-
tions made to them by one of the
conferees on the part of the house of
representatives; now be it
Resolved by the senate, the house
of representatives concurring, That
it be referred to the Judiciary COM
mittee of the two houses or SUI
committee appointed by them to in-
quire into and investigate the cir
cumstances surrounding the report
of said conference committee on said
bill, with power to sit during the
recess and to send for persons aud
papers and examine the same, and
to employ a stenographer; and that
said committee do report their fud
ings to the next general assembly.
The committee got to work with
out delay. The members of the
senate committee on free conference,
Senators Hough, Ilderton and Doug
lass. and the members of the senate
committee on conference, Senators
Manning and Williams, were first
examined. The members of the
conference committee it 81 ms paid
no attention to the matter, signing
the report rapidly without paying
any attention to it's contents. Sena-
tor Douglass of the free conference
committee simply signed it upon
looking at the title, because he saw
that the names Of the other mem
bers of the committee were signed to
it already.
Senator Hough made very much
the same statement that he. made on
the floor of the senate; that he had
a brief talk with Representative
Dominick of the house committee in
regard to the matter, and had signed
the report under Misrepresentation
He could not say, however, that he
had been misled by Mr., Dominick.
: Senator Ilderton said that he had
been told that the bill was merely to
perfect defect in the dispensary