The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-05-13

afternoon ID company WIN All. DlI
Ter, aud Senator Douglass has stated
exactly what took place with him,
no use to say anything further about
that. The house took a recess that
night about $50, | suppose, and |
went out to the theatre and stayed
until $50, which was the time to re-
convene. I came back into the house
at that time, and Immediately upon
it's being called to order, | secured
the floor aud presented the report.
Some members asked some questions
about it, and [ again secured the
floor and in 20 minutes or one half
hour | went Into the minute details
of the report, explaining it in every
particular. and telling why | intro
duce3 it in that manner, and giving
the different details of the bill. |
tried not to rush it through. Fifty
or 60 members were present. The
report was overwhelmingly defea' ed,
and its defeat as I had no chance to
see the conference, I knew it was no
use to send it to the senate, but when
Mr.. Banks, the reporter for The State,
asked me for copy gave him the
report that was to have gone to the
senate together with copy of it.
That is everything that occurred to
the best of my recollection, con-
nected with the matter.
Mr.. Mayfeld-Was there any free
conference to railroad this matter
through?
No, sir, there was not. l am glad
you mentioned that, because l Wish
to state here, because l have heard it
iutimated that possibly some high
State officials we're into this matter,
and there was conspiracy to run 1t
through, but I state here, as stated
on the floor of the house, that L was
responsible for the entire matter
and there was no conspiracy at the
iustigation OF any official, and at the
instigation of no one but myself
Mr.. Bacot-You state there was
no free conference action at all and
YOU were uot induced to do it by
State officers. What prompted you
then to introduce this bill, either
original or in the form which you
dio, by free conference amendment?
That is one question that l had
not intended to explain, but as 1t has
been asked me, l will explain it. 1t
takes in some Charleston history,
and | will state the reasons that 1t
was introduced was on account OF
matters in Charleston county, where
by Que of my best personal friends
was deprived of business he had IN
the city of Charleston, the best pay
ipg business in that city as far as the
dispensary was concerned, and de
prived of it for political reasons, and
looking a, it in a business standpoint,
be was unjustly ousted from his busi-
ness, and when he told me of it
have known hir: for several years
| tonk the matter up and in hand for
him and tried my utmost to get 1t
through. | do not like inject per-
sonaI matter into this, but / must
state it SO you will have it perfectly
clear that | was not attempting to
conceal anything. would like to
ask the committee to read carefully
the report of the free conference last
wear, and this year, and the only diff
ference in the report Mr.. Hough
signed, was that this years is more
explicit.
Here is Senator Hough's supple
mental testimony, given after hear
ing what MIR. Dominick said, which
the committee viewed as removing
the sppareut discrepancy between
their statements:
Mr. Hough recalled: understand
that this bill originally read was
something aoont Pickens county. 1t
is the first time | have seen 1t. 1t
was about opening dispensary IN
Pickens county. That was all re- |
member IN our meeting of confer
ence of year ago. If Mr.. Domi-
nick approached me h year ago, | 40 |
not remember anything about 1t ak
cent something about Pickeus coun |