The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-02-25

| nave S!S1iSo InySell as q reSpOnSlplS
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
ments as they respectively desired TO
make, / submit the following:
| That IN the election of architect to
make plans and specifications for the
completion Of the work on the State
! house did not vote for Mr.. Milburn
! for reasons satisfactory TO myself. In
! the acceptance for the completion Nc
! Twain Unkefer Co. was the only one
that came within the limits of the APP
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 l went out Of office
as State treasurer my connection With
the commission ceased, and am in no
way responsible for the completion or
acceptance OF the work Of the con-
tractor. l 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
the architecture.
Very respectfully submitted.
W. H. Zimmerman.
EXHIBIT A.
Personally appeared G. Duncan Bel
linger, who being duly sworn, says:
That in the late fall of the year 1908,
upon casually meeting the Hon. j. o.
Patterson, member of the joint in
yestigating committee, and ascertaln-
ing accidentally from him that he had
lust returned from Columbia where
he had been in attendance upon said
committee. 81 asked him if the COM
mission would be accorded a hearing
before his committee. In reply to this
Mr.. Patterson stated that Mr.. Aldrich
was the chairman of the committee
and advised me that if such request
was made of the chairman it 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
Mr.. Patterson assured me that
he would himself notify the chair
man of4the desire of the members Of
the commission to be heard. This con-
yersatfon occurred in the town of
BarnweN on Saturday night, within
30 feet of the paling of Mr.. Pattersons
front, yard.
ion next to~be referred to in the same
town. and near the same locality, l
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 sitzWould, and that he had spoken
TO thsckahman on the subject and the
probability 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. again impressed upon him
that this request was made on behalf
Of all Of the members Of the commits
sion
These are the occasions to which
referred In the communications which
I recently published concerning this
request made upon MIR. 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 tiae city of Columbia, on the night
of the i7th of December, just passed,
one of nay partners, the Hon. L. w.
Haskkn 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
Aueu8fa with whom We conferred un-
til ab8rt 2 o'clock. After this confer
euceSl1ad when about to leave the hotel
we fsfSt Mr.. J. O. Patterson. who re-
ddeStea us to so to his room, as he
would have to sit up to catch a late
train While in this gentleman's room
the ss3b3eet of the Investigating COM
mites arose and learned accidentally
that & meeting of this committee had
been Skery nrecently held. Becoming
thus SDnyinced that the promised hear
ing V&s in fair way never to be ac-
corded to as, most earnestly attemp-
ted t0} Empress him with the determln-
afionSD the part Of some Of us to
appel to the legislature were we so
unfah4y treated as not to be accorded
an oHportunity to be heard. Again /
recA39<a empty promises and vain as
suranfns "A very recent conversation
witfsS5r Haskell warrants me in the
asserljDn that he was present and re-
ea1ls HAT the request was most earn
esSax 3naae
&. sSsS G. Duncan Bellinger.
rs to before me this, 18th day of
Fehx hrs, 1904. ]. T. Can't,
Notary Public, S. c.
EXHIBIT 3.
StafaS ofs South carolina-County Of
Ric4lAnd
PS1Sonaily appeared w. J. Johnson,
who Eeing duly sworn. says that dur
i1,cs a rs rresent session of the legiSla-
ttirS &he deponent had an intimation
fhxf 31ie commission for the compile
ton 10 the State house were going to
be SGSerefy criticised by the committee
aDf56l68ed to investigate the several
rep6ixS xS OF the commission. That the
deu6leiIt Immediately looked up Repre-
sse6f8kiye RawlinSon, who was mem
bey lstfe Investigating committee, and
irf6TTAed him Of what deponent had
hea9 and further informed him that
.f az reports of severe arrangement
OF $f1ff ffcisr1l were true that the COM
NISSAN had right to be heard, and
tfiaE az opportunity should be given
Their That Representative Rawlln-
ssoH assured deponent that there was
;n0tJl3ffr IN the rulnor and that the COM
rnisiiaf3n would not be harshly CRITICS.
ed aid that his committee had not
:fuHv3made up its report: that they
WoalI1 have another meeting and all
the heuibers of the old commission
could De heard; further stated that it
Yas lis impression that all the men,
berg l,f The commission had been in
viteS TO attend their meetings; de-
pnnNl(f Uniformed him that none OF the
mem ters of. the commission had been
inxit3dt any OF the meetings so far as
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