Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-06
LETTER FROM HON. /. { WERNER.
MORE ABOUT THE vERNER.rARlE CON.
IR0vERSY.

TR0vERSY. I
Columbia, Feb. 2. Editors Courier: In
his letter of January 2lst, Senator j. r.
Earle referring to me, and speaking of
the controversy between us, says: 'Does
1t not appear strange that he should SO
soon do the very thing that he tried to
condemn me for doingP"
Now, what did condemn MIN forp
You will remember that 1t was for pass
ing bill subjeoting all lands on Little
River and Conneross Creek to condemna-
tion proceedings, and that claimed to
nave 80 amended his bill as to restrict
the right of the company to build its
dams at High Falls on Little River, and
at j. ID. Isbell's on Conneross Creek,
That did so amend Senator Earle's 6ill
is shown by reference to page 6O7 of the
House Journal, 1905, where it appears
that offered to amend his bill by insert.
log on line 2, of Section 2, the words: tat
High Falls on" and on line 8, of Seotion
~, the words: ''ator near j. d. Isbeil'sps;
30 that his bill now reads as itappears ON
page 1923 of the Acts of 1906.
u When this bill came from the Senate
the words, ''at High Falls on" and Sat
or near j. ID. Isbell's" were not in It,
and being of the opinion that, the bill, as
it then stood, conferred the power to
build dams at any place on Little River
or Conneross Creek, inserted those
words for the purpose of limiting, and
restricting the building of the dams at
the two places named, that is at High
Falls and at j. d. Isbell's.
At the present session introduced a
bill blouse bill 1857 to authorize and en-
power Louis B. Magid aud others to con-
struot and maintain dam or dams across
Tugaloo River for the purpose of devel-
oping water power, etc. And in lines
and Z of this bill appears this language:
lat point between the junction of Cha
tooga and Talulah Rivers and tue mouth
of Brasstown Creek"
0 This language fixes the place at which
the dam may be built, and confines the
right to build dams to:a paticular place,
and inasmuch as no such limitation was
in Senator Earle's bill when it came to
the House, then in that particular the
two bills differ. His bill, as he passed it
in the Senate, conferred the power to
build dams generally at any point; my
bill confines the right to aaiparticular
point and does not allow lands to be con.
demned all along Tugaloo aud Chatooga
Rivers, as his did on. Conneross Creek
and Little River.
Finally, and in orderi.that the people
may know which of us is right, and
whether in passing my bill did that
which condemned him: for doing,
make this proposition; that is to say, L
am willing to submit the question whether
the two bills differ in the: particulars
alb, We indicated to committee of three
lawyers, one to be chosen by Senator
Earle. one by me and the third by the
two, who shall determine aud decide the
question upon the records, THAT is by the
House Journal and Senate Journal OF
1905, the Acts of 1905, and my bill of the
present session, House bill 16S
And should this committee decide
against my contention, then will resign
my seat as a member of the House Of
Representatives, provided: that Senator
Earle will agree that il: the committee
decides against his contention, then he
will resign his seat in theSenate.
Senator Earle says he is willing to be
judged by the record; and if he does not
accept this proposition he acknowledges
that he does not desire to be Judged by
the record. e. e. Werner.