The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-13
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70 SENATOR T1hLMAN.
A Spirited ResehtMent Of the Beha.
" tors 'Urlti6isms4 Law limiting 4
Purchases Not Quoted Cor.
.'t rettly ~ 20 Mill Greek
.' : and Rebates. i'1
To tho kaitor OF the State.

reply to Senator 'FilhMnM's interview
III yestetdny's iss,tc is accepted. I
shall try moi to BE- bunltnRoNe to
either yourself w n long.sutfcrinH
pMblIr.
| ln not think the public Interested
III The senator's opinion, either Of my
course IN the disrcnsnrS investigation
~ ms tn whether It wns snrNking nnA
cownrlly I" nd,lress NY reply to IN
attorney, 1T response to uM inquiry,
giving my rrns"ns for drley, and nl-
lowing that letter ~ DO published.
However, no not wish to take the
srnnl"r At disadvantage, md if he
thinks Il more III Keeping with his
idras Of fairness, he mny treat my let
tor M Il were nda,rssrd tn him rcr-
s"nally, with each statement therein
witrrnlrd.
Srnntr Til(mnn says. ~ have MT
attacked Che Investigating rommittcc.
I only warn"d Il IN II Friendly spirit"
His Wrfr,Tncr tn thu committee IN his
n.lArrss stands tM itSrlf. ami | sca,rc-
" think hr can expect that this lattrr
statement can hr understood aS hcinx
consistent with his fr,anrr IN NY
opinion II will ~ very mdnlarm
l>cr M whn dnrS think sly.
Tho scnatNr has ma,ic the wontct-
tMl discovery that the S700,OO0 worth
M claims against the state hoam are
valid AMI binding ~ they any not.
Perhaps The entire committee will
a&rrr ~ this statement when they
know the senator has said Il. Gut
Whom hc says; "They a,~ not, be-
cause the whis&ry was bought contra
ry I" law> and the state is not legally
bound For payn,cnt, hesitate, Cor
have Mo facts tN base such cnncu-
sion "n the opinion VI person him.
sr(t under investigation, and know
"t M law Gmitin% the amoont of
stock, SAY" the version rs cited by
this same person. am NOT familiar
with n law tha, expressly limits the
amount rt goods tha, may To ON hand
tn 100000. have read An Act rc-
latin& tn di>rcnsary profits Acts
1909. page llo2, IN which i, is }>,v-
ri,lcd that the Mrcctors Of tho dis
rrnSary shall pay to the state treas
W,rr hy january l. 1904 all If the
school fund reported by them IN on
crs> OF $4o0,ooo ana makiu& r,WviS,
ION For aSc"rtainin% quarterly there
after the net profits accrnin% to the
state, No doubt the senator viii cite
accurately the Law he refers to.
1t " somewhat n SurpriSr tn know
that the senator has spoken IN Such
strenuous lan&ua%r. hrcanSc the rnh-
lie has boon notified, At his request.
that We are investigations the piano
ma!irY. he charartr,iycS this MS n
dirty and rrwardly m>innatirn. |
a%NE" With him that 1t is rather II
dirty locking thing al the WAN
thrru$h. and | MAY have acted COW,
ar0N. hnt The senator cannot tlatttr
himself that il WAS AN inSinuation.
Or III? Other hand, 1t was aplain
statement thNt the piano matter was
w@rr invest &ation. hrcaaSe it came
+" rs that il WINS possibly n "Iakt-
on a sufficient reason for mveSti-
%atN% It, We have investigated at
least one other transaction somewhat
similar to the piano matter, This
latter WAS investigated largely For the
reason that the senator publicly OK
pressed his suspicion about it, II is
only SnSNiriNnS that we have to com.
mrNce On. and II is not my purpose
th tell about suspicious transactions
that arc being prchcd unless these un.
der Investigation aSk FOR mfo,matio,,
nj & tmc when K may safely he Civ
en-, would suggest, however,, II IN
formation is not really desired, it may
be we'll not To be too mqniSitivc, 'for
someone else might bS otfcndcd.
The interricw haS represented the
senator as saying that my prttoNt fo,
delay is that I may look into tH
records Of the Min Creek diSnllmS
company to see whether thcre are any
credits, Is 1t not little strange tha,
the senator should thus refer to Nil
Greek when no mention of ii Is mad,
in my letters The statemcnt in thi
respect is the product of his own fer
file Imagination. Is 1t not Siu&ula
that lie ShonlS associate IN his MN
Mill Greek distille,y and rehStes
This OF itself would warrant the com