The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-11


lution was introduced and SO far as
Tic knew before that resolution was
ever contemplated. No reflection
was intended upon any member for
having voted against that resolution
as it would have been quite impossi-
BILE to cast such reflections in ad-
vance of the introduction of the re-
solution and before the vote was tax
en-. He had simply been given the in
formation contained in that article
and got the information from source
(which could be relied upon.
Senator Rogers spoke for about 10
minutes and said he thought the au-
thor Of the article should exonerate
every member of the senate whom it
was not intended to refer to i'm the
article.
Resolution offered.
Immediately upon the senate re-
convenimg at 4 O'Clock in the after
noon, Senator Smith of Hampton Of
fered the following resolutions:
Whereas, certain allegations
have been made impeaching the hon
Or and actions of members of the
senate and house of representatives
in regard to legislation upon the
whiskcy question now before the
courts, the general assembly and the
people of South Carolina,
f(p., ~ u
That a committee consisting of two
senators, to be appointed by the
president of the senate, wait upon the
author of said chargcs-the senator
from Clarendon-and ask That he ap-
pear before the bar Of the senate at
8 O'Clock p. m., February 10th in
slant, and produce the names and
evidence in support Of said charges. "
Senator Smith said that he had
thought Of having nothing to say up
on this question, but inasmuch as the
article in the Manning Times reflect
ed upon the entire body, he felt that
it was due those who do not repres-
ent whiskey houses and to whom re-
ference is not intended to give the
names of those who were referred to
and to tell where the information up
on which those charges were based
came from. He said he had never
represented a whiskcy house in the
matter of any of these claims pend
ing before the commission and he did
not take the article as a personal re-
Election upon himself, but, anyway,
he thought it advisable that the SEN
ator from Clarendon specify.
Stands by His Guns.
With reference to this resolution
Senator Applet said that he consid-
cred it untianely, uncalled for al l
unnecessary: that if he we're required
to appear before the bar Of the sen
ate lie could do so, but that he would
only reiterate what he had said at
the morning session and no other
statement would be made.
He declared that he would not ma
iciouly injure any man, and while
he wrote the article in question and
published it in his newspaper, he felt
that no senator not guilty of what
was charged in that article had a
right to assume that it contained n
charge against him. He said That
he felt that it was not only his privi-
lege but his duty to give to the pub
lie through his newspaper such in
formation as is contained in that ar
ticle and that ne would continue to
do so regardless Of what action might
be taken by the senate.
He said that he had not been Civ
en- the name of any senator with re-
gard to this matter, therefore if
brought before the bar Of the senate
he could not 81 We any names. He read
the article, as it was taken from the
Newberry Observer, and stated that
it contained errors in the way of dhe
ommission of quotation marks. He
said that the commission of the quo
tation marks might have been the
fault Of his own Office, that he did
not get an opportunity to read proof
on the article and it was possible
that certain Of the quotation marks
were omitted, but anyway, they lid
not appear ia the clipping from the
Newberry paper as he had written
them. With the quotation marks in
serted as he said he wrote them, the
statements to which such serious ex-
ceptions were made appear as COM
ing from a third party, just as they