The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-23

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posing the passage Of bill affecting
the Postal Telegraph company. He
asks this statement: 81 went down to
the Jerome hotel, where Senator Cole
man L. Blease was stopping" He fur
ther states that in discussing the pro-
posed legislation with me that [ de-
manded that he "come across with the
quid pro quo (meaning money!"
Without stopping to comment on
Felder's admission that he was the at
torney and paid lobbyist of a large
corporation, l will simply state that
in 1900 l was not a member of the
State senate, and did not become a
member of that body until the session
of 1905, and that during ali the four
years I was State senator, 1 stopped
at Wrightis hotel. If proof of these
statements be desired, I refer you to
the journal of the State senate for
the year 1900, and to Mr.. Robert Court
nay Wright, of Columbia, S. c., who,
during the four years was a member
of State senate, was manager of
Wright's hotel. I emphatically deny
that I ever had, at any time, while a
member of the State senate, or the
house of representatives, any transac-
tions or any discussion with T. B. Eel
der about any matters Of legislation.
"Bickert's Four Thousand Dollars.o
AS to the charge that the sum of
$4,000 was paid by Monroe Bickert to
H. H. Evans and myself, or to Evans
in my presence in the city of Atlanta,
some years ago, is a wilful falsehood.
Mr.. H. H. Evans fought me for elec-
ton to the senate and did all he
could for my opponent, Mr.. Kibler, of
Newberry, and until some time after
my election to the senate, Mr.. Evans
and myself were merely on speaking
terms. 1 have never, 1T any time, been
in the city of Atlanta with Mr.. H. H.
Evans, and never at any time had any
transaction with him Or the firm of
Blumenthall & Bickert, and no amount
of money whatever has ever been paid
me by H. H. Evans at any time or for
any service. No money has ever been
paid to him, to my knowledge, for me,
and if so, he has certainly never de-
livered it to me, and certainly no
money has ever been paid him by any
person or persons in my presence for
any purposes, either official, unofficial,
personally or professionally, as the
affidavit of Mr.. Evans aereto attached
will show.
State of South Carolina, Richland
County.
Personally appeared before me, H.
H. Evans, who being duly sworn, says,
that ne resides in the city of Newber-
ry. That the statement of T. B. Fell
der or any other person that the sum
OF $4,000 was paid over to him by
Monroe Bickert in the presence of Cole
[. Blease, in the city of Atlanta, about
the year 1905, is totally salse Depon-
ent further says that he has not at
any time, for the said Cole. L. Blease,
or for the benefit of the said Cole. L.
Blease, had paid to him by any person
any sum of money what
ever. And deponent also says that he
was never in his life in the city of
Atlanta in company with Cole. L.
Blease. That in 1904 the deponent was
against Blease in the race of the latter
Tor the State senate from Newberry
county, supporting Hon. Arthur Kib-
Ter for that position. That from that
time on for about two years the de-
ponent. and Blease were not friends
towards each other.
II. H Evans.
Sworn to before me, The 10Th day of
July, 1872. B. ?. Kelley,
q. s.
Notary Public for So. Ca.
As to Lanahan Whiskey House.
Fielder asserted that 7 represented.
several years ago, Lanahan & Com
pany, liquor dealers of Baltimore, in
this State, and secured purchases for
that house from the State dispensary