The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-16
MAKES A STATEMENT
mir, HYDRICK STATES HIS POSI-
TION ON DESK SALE.
Says He Voted Against the Measure,

Says He Voted Against the Measure,
but on Account Of the Associations
Attached Purchased His.
The following statement has been
given to the newspapers by Mr.. q.
]. Hydrick, Jr., representative from
this county, in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, explaining his position ON
the sale of the desks and chairs:
Permit me. to reply to an ic-
Guiry recently made in the columns
Of your valuable paper, with respect
&c the vote Of the orangeburg Dele
cation, upon the propositin OF pur-
chasing new desks and chairs foc the
House of Representatives, and dis
posing of the old ones.
''The resolution reads as follows:
BE it resolved by the House Of Reg
resenratives, That the Sergeant at
Arms Of the House of Reprss enta-
tives be, and he is, hereby, directed
TO purchase new desks and chai;s
for the House of representatives,
same to be paid for out Of the Con-
tingent Fund of the House Of Rep-
: resentatives, and when the new desks
and chairs are placed that eacl OF
the present members of the House
OF Representative be PERMITTED to
purchase the desk and chair Used
by him at the price of $500; and
that the desks and chairs which are
not purchased by the membsrs Of
the House of Representatives within,
thirty days after notice from the Sell
geant-at-Arms be turned over 70 the
State Sinking Fund Commission and
by them disposed of for the State
upon consideration of this reso-
luton I voted to strike out the re-
solving words, which motion was
lost, however, by the overwhelming
vote of IS to 31.-House Journal,
1910, Page $40.
Before this resolution was finally
passed it was amended as follows:
Provided, that any member wishing
TO purchase the desk and chair that
they may do so for the sum of S3,'
which amendment I also voted
against.
"You will notice that I voted
against the proposition each time it
was presented to the House. 1t was
carried, however, and under it's
terms the old desks and chairs of
the House were to be disposed of
at all events, in one of two ways,
namely: first, each member could
purchase his own desk and chair for
the sum of So, and second, in the
event of the failure of the member
to purchase them, then they would
be turned over to the Sinking Fund
Commission to be disposed of for the
State.
'This being the situation, the
question which presented itself to
me was whether I should permit this
Committee to sell them at random, to
junk shops or otherwise, or wheth-
er I should purchase them myself.
] adopted the latter course, not be-
cause of any intrinsic value Of the
desk and chair, but because of the
sentiment attached to them, which
grew out Of the fact that I had been
the last member to use these arti-
cles of furniture, which had been so
long devoted to the use of a great |
public Office. The price having been |
fixed by the majority of the Legisla-
ture at three dollars, which in my
judgment was ample, can it be sue
cessfully contended that this COM
mittee would have asked or obtained
a greater sum?
81 am always willing and glad to
answer the inquiry of any citizen Of
this country as to any vote l cast
as. a Representative on any ques-
ton. Very truly,
ga. J. Hydrick, Jr.