The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-02-23

WITH CnS report Oh tue CoIlliHiSsioH' aitu
with the limitations above expressed
have signed myself as responsible
member Of the commission.
r. H. Jennings.
Under the resolution passed by the
general assembly OF South Carolina
allowing the members OF the State
house commission to file such state
uents as they respectively desired tc
make. submit the following:
~! That in the election Of architect 10
make plans and specifications for the
! completion Of the work on the STATE
house did not vote fo:' Mr.. Mllourl'
for reasons satisfactory 10 myself. IN
the acceptance for the completion Nc
Ilvain-Cnkefer GO. was the only one
that came within the limits OF the ap-
preparation. and it resolved itself into
the acceptance of the same or post
ponement Of the work until the pro-
visions should be made by the State
| legislature. When I went out OF office
! as State treasurer my connection with
the commission ceased. and l am IN no
way responsible for the completion or
acceptance Of the work Of the con-
tractor. I did not pretend TO have any
knowledge Of architecture. and could
therefore have easily been imposed
! upon as to the beauty and the finish OF
!
Very respectfully submitted.
/ w. H. Zimmerman.
EXHIBIT 4.
! Personally appeared G. Duncan BEL
linser. who being duly sworn, says:
That in the late fall of the year 1903
! upon casually meeting the Hon: J. ..
Patterson. member of the joint IN
vestisating committee. and ascertain
! ing accidentally from him that he had
| just returned from Columbia Where
! he had been in attendance upon salc
! committee, I asked him If the Gem
mission would be accorded hearing
before his committee. In reply 10 TINS
! Mr.. Patterson stated that Mr.. Aldrach
! was the chairman Of the committee
| and advised me that if such request
was made of the chairman 1t would
! be granted. Deponent referred to rea-
; sons mutually known to him and TO
! Mr.. Patterson why such request would
/ be unpleasant to deponent. upon which
MIR. Patterson assured me that
! he would himself notify the chair
man of the desire of the members OF
: the commission TO be heard. This con-
versation occurred in the town OF
! Barnweil on a Saturday night. within
! 80 feet of the paling OF Mr. Paeters on S
! front yard.
: Subsequently and before the occaS-
! ion next to be referred TO in the same
! town. and near the same locality.
recalled to Mr.. Patterson our previous
! conversation and asked him if the
right which we had demanded would
! be accorded to US. and he assured me
! that it would. and that he haG spoken
! to the chairman on the subject and the
reliability was that the illness from
which Mr.. Aldrich was then suffering
| was the reason why I, and other mem
| bers Of the commission had not been
notified. I again impressed upon him
that this request was made on oehaE
of all of the members Of the commls-
sion.
These are. the occasions to which I
referred in the, communications which
T recently published concerning this
request made upon Mr.. Patterson. and
at that time I had no reference to any
other: but his published statement.
said to have been in defense OF his
! conduct. while explaining upon the
| floor of the house Of representatives,
the Injustice done by his committee
to members Of our commission recalled
! to me another and third occasion when
| this demand for justice was repeated.
| IN the city of Columbia, on the night
of the 18th Of December, just passed,
one of my partners. the Hon. l. w.
| Haskell, who is a member Of the house
| Of representatives, and myself went by
appointment to the Columbia hotel to
] meet some clients from the city of
Augusta, with whom we conferred un-
til about - o'clock. After this confer
ence and when about to leave the hotel
we met Mr.. J. o. Patterson, who re-
| Quested us TO so to his room, as he
would have to sit up to catch a late
! train. While in this gentlemans room
| the subject of the Investigating COM
| mittee arose and learned accidentally
that q meeting Of this committee had
! been very recently held. Becoming
/! thus convinced that the promised hear
ing was in a fair way never to be ac-
corded to US. most earnestly attemp-
! ted to impress him with the determin-
alton on the part of some of US to
appeal to the legislature We're we so
unfairly treated as not to be accorded
an opportunity to be heard. Again I
received empty promises and vain as
Surances. 4 very recent conversation
with Mr.. Haskell warrants me IN the
assertion that he was present and re-
! calls that the request was most earn
eStly made
I II.
:: Sworn to before me this. 18th day Of
! February, 1904. J. T. Can't,
Notary Public, S. G..
EXHIBIT 3.
! State Of South Carolina-County of
Richland.
Personally appeared W. J. Johnson,
who being duly sworn. says that dur
ing the present session OF the legisla-
ture the deponent had an intimation
| that the commission for the compile
! ton Of the State house We're going TO
! be severely criticised by the committee
appointed to investigate the several
reports of the commission. That the
deponent Immediately looked up Repre-
sentative RaWlinSon, who was men,
Der of the investigating committee, and
; informed him of what deponent had
heard. and further informed him that
; if the reports of severe arraignment
| or criticism We're true that the COM
| mission had right to be heard, and
! that an opportunity should be given
| them. That Representative Rawlin-
son assured deponent that there was
nothing in the rumor and that the COM
| mission would not be harshly CRITICS.
ed and that his committee had not
| fully made up its report: that they
| would have another meeting and all
the members OF the old commission
could be heard: further stated that it
was his impression that all the men,