The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-11

aired; the authorities ought to &c
to the bottom OF them.
He said that he. had never repre-
sented whiskey house in any claim
before the dispensary commission
and he does not represent any Of thu
parties who have been indicted as
result Of the investigation of the af
fairs of the dispensary. He said hi
had been approached by one mar
who was formerly connected with the
State dispensary and although this
man was a lifelong personal friend
and he has confidence in his integ
rity he refused to consult with him
until after the adjournment Of the
Legislature.
Senator Sinkler Warns Up.
Senator Sinkler also rose to a
question Of personal privilege and
made some very caustic references
to the publication in question. He
said that he voted against the Otis
resolution because he considered II
improper for the senate to pass such
a resolution when the act Of the gen
eral assembly of South Carolina is
before court for, Interpretation.
But" he declared, ""if any man
limputes to me wrong motives for Vot-
ing as 1 did on that measure, or
charges me with being recreant to
my duty to the State, that man hath
not a fig leaf to cover his naked In
decency and it would be base nat
terry to call him a dog.
A Further Explanation.
Senator Applet thonght he. could
clarity the atmosphere to some extent
by explaining that this article appear
ed long before the Otis resolution
was introduced and. so far rs he
knew before that resolution was eV-
er contemplated. No reflection was
intended upon any member for haV-
ing voted against that resolution as
it would have been quite impossible
to cast such reflections in advance OF
the introduction of the resolution
and before the vote was taken. lie
had simply been given information
contained in that article and got the
information from a source which
could be relied upon.
Resolution offered.
Immediately upon the senate re-
converting at o'clock in the after
noon, Senator Smith of Hampton Of
fered the following resolutions:
Whereas, certain allegations have
been made impeaching the honor
and actions of members of the senate
and house of representatives in re-
gard to lgislation upon the Whiskey
question now before the courts, the
general assembly and the people OF
South Carolina.
BE it resolved by the senate, That
committee consisting Of two sena-
tors, to be appointed by the president
of the senate, wait upon the author
of said charges. senator from
Clarendon-and ask that he appear
before the bar Of the. senate at
o'clock, D. m. February 10th instant
and produce the names and evidence
in support Of said charges
Stands by His Guns.
With reference to this resolution
Senator Appel said that he consid-
cred it untimely, uncalled for and un-
nesessary; that if he were required
to- appear before the bar Of the SEN
ate he could do so, but that he would
only reiterate what he had said at
the morning session and nc other
statement would be made.
lie dclared that Re would not ma
liciously injure any man, and while
he wrote the article in question and
published it in his newspaper, he fell
that no senator not guilty OF what
was charged in that article had 4
right to assume that 1t contained a
charge against him. He said that he
felt that it was not only his prlviledge
hut his duty to give to the public
through his newspaper such 1ntcr'
nation as is contained in that article
and that he would continue to do sc
regardless of what action might be
| taken by the senate.
He said that he had not been Civ
en- the names of any senator with re
gard TO this matter, therefore 4
brourbt bnforn the bar of the sen
ate he could not give any names. ll'
read the article. as it WAS taken from
the Newberry Observer, and stated
that it contained errors in The wa
of the ommission CT quotation marks
He said that the ommission OF th'
quotation marks might have beer
the fault Of hs own Office, that he dit
not get m opportunity to read proc
on the article and it WIS possible
that certain Of the quotation marks