The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-30
FIELDER ASKS QUESTIONS
RETURNS TO CHARGE WITH LET.
TER DEMANDING PROBE.
SAYS When Blease Answers These
He Will PROFOUND Further In
ouiries as to Conduct.

The following letter was publish
ed by the Columbia State last FIJI
day. Although addressed to the
News and Courier, and was called
forth by telegram to Fielder, 1t was
not nublished in tie Charleston pa
per:
Charleston News and Courier,
Charleston, S. c.
Dear Sir: 1 received last night
the following T. D.:
tReported you offered ToWlll I'M
munity from prosecution for $4,000.
Please wire reply.
"News and Courier"
To which / replied: Statement
that 1 offered Towill or anybody else
immunity from prosecution for So
900 or any other amount, base and
unmitigated lie"
! beg to confirm this answer and TO
saw that the next report, l take 1T,
will be to the effect that Towill de-
clined my offer on ''advice of coun-
SELL the advice coming from the
general counsel of the plunderbund
Cole L. Blease.
On yesterday I mailed communi-
cation to you for production in the
columns of your paper. AS l recall,
I stated in the article that l would
not further trespass upon your space
until after the lapse Of 80 days.
Upon reflection, / feel that should
withdraw this proposition, so that l
may give to the people of South Car
olina through the columns of your
paper some reasons why His Fraud
ulency," Cole L. Blease, should ap-
prove the joint resolution creating
a committee to investigate the con-
duct of the late winding-up commits
sion and the agents and attorneys
thereof, together with the conduct OF
all other persons who have had rela-
tons with the winding-up commits
sion or the late South Carolina dis
pensary.
The people of the State are en-
titled to know all the facts and the
only possible way for them to &C
quire this knowledge is through the
medium of this Investigating COM
mittee, but fearing that the COVER
nor might object to the investigat-
ing committee turning the search
light upon the conduct of Attorney
Blease, and that this consideration
might impel him to veto the joint
resolution, by way of emulation OF
his example in having recourse to
the public prints, as the proper
means for ventilating these matters, l
wish to PROFOUND to him a few ques-
tions which, if they should fail to
impress him as being pertinent and
relevant, will doubtless have a con-
trary effect upon the public mind.
Ihey are as IOllOWS:
1. During your incumbency as a
State senator, please tell the people
of South Carolina what vote you
cast against and on what occasion
you spoke in opposition to any meas
ure pending in that body, aimed at
the regulation or abolishment of the
old State dispensary as an institu-
ton, or inimical to the interests of
those who managed its affairs?
2. Why did you, as a senator, op-
pose all measures pending in that
body, having for their object and
purpose the investigation of the con-
duct of the affairs of said institution
and the honesty of the management
thereof?
3. Why did you, as member of
the committee, created by joint reso-
luton, charged with the duty of in
vestigating the affairs of the said
institution and the conduct of the
officials thereof, use every artful
means and cunning device to stife
the investigation and thwart the OBJ
jects thereof.
A. Why did you, pending the ses-
sions of the aforesaid committee,
meet daily and nightly during the re-
cesses of said committee with the
dispensary officials, whose conduct
was under investigation, and discuss
with them and their friends who at
tended said caucuses ways and
means for securing for them white
wash? Is it not true that said eau
cuses were attended by divers liquor
dealers, who participated in your de-
liberations; that at said caucuses
the course to be pursued by you as
senator was agreed upon and follow
ed by you to the letter?
Senator for Grafters?
IL LIo4 hn