The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-10
LYON MAKES STATEMENT.
AS to Charges Which Have Been Pre-
ferred-Did Receive Double Pay
but Was Doing Double Duty.

tSsst2@Nhl' y. EIuSef Lyon mas Wflttcn Il
4statement i'll reply to. certain allega-
$tions made against his official career.
asSAt first Mr.. Lyon ignored the charges,
but as numbers of intelligent people
'slaye misunderstood the situation he
has issued the statement in which his
are Substantiated by let
stegs from others.
I SSsGlle charges or allegations are: (a)
,$tliat Mr.. Lyon received "double' pay
ssll1that he failed to file an itemized
aapense account; (c), that he had been
seleeted from Abbeville county as an
advocate Of the dispensary and had
mot Remained consistent with his cam
4 as1f3afgh declarations. Each Of these al
Mr.. Lyon disproves by the
Record and by the testimony Of others
Sli1sthe following card:
no the Editor of The State:
ss% 1t is my desire to call the attention
ssCf the people Of South Carolina to
assome facts relating to certain charges
S#that have been preferred against me
gSby those who are politically hostile,
SSsand to give answer thereto. Neces-
sarily the time allowed for each
espcceh on the stump is short and such
8chargcs cannot then be answered full
Sly. Besides, I prefer to discuss issues
5Sbefore the people and avoid personal
&friction on the stump.
sSSE AS to the charge that have receiv-
sSed "doublc' pay for services render
Sed the state I will say that no "dou-
S#ble" pay has ever been asked or re-
5eeived by me. 7 was paid the usual
lgsIeompensation as a member of the
&legislature and was paid the compen-
$sation provided by law for my ser
Nices as a member of the dispensary
ssimvestigating committee. During the
apast session Of the legislature our
se0mmittee was in session for ten days
and I received $4 per day for this
extra service which was no part of
Aiiy duty as member of the house Of
Representatives In addition to the
sabove [ received pay for two trips on
stle business of the committee which
took two or three days.
Senator Hay Writes Forcefully.
}SThe following letter was written by
SSenator j. II. Hay who is everywhere
Efegarded as an honorable gentleman,
salawyer of eminence and ability, an
Experienced legislator and the chair
man of the investigating committee.
Binder the law Senator Hay passes
Snpon the itemized accounts Of each
Smember of the investigating commit
stee and draws all checks on the treas
gury in payment thereof.
n Hon J. Fraser Lyon,
rs Charleston, S. G..
my Dear Sir:
n In reference to this talk about
smembers of the dispensary Investigate
ing committee having received "dou-
5ble" pay will say: No member has
sreceived "double pay' for any SER
Vices. During the last session of the
much work was done by
Rome members of the committee. The
of those members as members
IaAof the legislature were not interfered
with. They did their full duty to the
&Session. But some of them did more
Eiil trying to discharge duties imposed
Nippon them by the general assembly,
which duties had no connection with
athe business of the session and which
Eseemed to be imperatively demanded
and which had to be performed at
aome time and paid for as provided
IIi by the, law under which the committee
was acting: =
k In doing this work those members
sof the committee who did anything
aid not spare themselves by any con-
ssiderations Of time, comfort or health.
nhey had not minute they could call
flheir. own--scarcely taking time to
eat> or sleep. The resolution under
Which they we're working provided
pay for these services.
I'm the work done by the dispensary
sSiinvestigating committee during the
4 ssh asssaassion of 1906 they were not acting
as members of the legislature in bust
mess pertaining to the session but as
independent commission on busi-
ness independent Of the session.
E Anyone who is familiar with legis-
Saative precedent and practice knows
that the commission is entitled to pay
work done Independent Of the
lsbnsinesss Of the session. No question
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