The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-05
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ton / phoned you asking for an ap-
pointment with you for FIVE O'Clock
.that afternoon In my room at the Je-
rome Hotel. At the outset of M ad-
ministratiol was in urgent need OF
legal advice on q number OF matters,
including the pending Asylum 3nvesti-
CATION. tho order to disband the mill
tia and other questions. You came to
my room at the Jerome Hotel at five
O'Clock that afternoon and again dis
cussed the matter with me In the pres-
ence OF Mr.. Benet, who had been pres
ent at the former conversation. At
that time you stated to us that to
your great embarrassment you were
not able to get Mr.. Dominick to re-
sign; that you had asked him to re-
sign last summer and again since the
campaign; that you had had mutual
friends to go to him and state that
ne was embarrassing you and your
conduct of the office by insisting on re-
tanning his position as Joaf assistant;
that you had not been able to make
him consent to give up the office, al
though you still hoped that he would
do SO. You stated that Mr.. Dominick's
work was not satisfactory; that he
had been absent from the office with
out your consent or even knowledge;
that he mad on occasions left the Of
fce on Friday morning and stayed
away until Tuesday night; that this
was not satisfactory to you nor to the
conduct of the business of the office,
but that you were powerless In the
matter. You stated that when the cam
pafgn began last summer you had gone
to him and asked fer his resignation
on the ground that you were in the,
campaign yourself, that he was a can
? Gfdate for Congress and that mas
much asSyou had to makssthe State
tour with the campaign party, the Of
dce OF the Attorney General would
be closed unless your Assistant were
there; that he had declined to resign,
which had caused you great embar-
rassment and had forced you to leave
the State campaign party number
OF times to attend to matters in the
offce which absolutely required at
tention. ~
You again stated that you PERSONAL
ly were anxious to work in harmony
with my administration, but that you
could not get rid of Mr.. Dominick;
that You regretted this, and that you
still hoped the matter would work It
self out.
] have never intimated to you or to
anyone else that wanted you 20
appoint any particular man, nor do /,
now do so. You have an absolute right,
legal and otherwise, to appoint whom
you please; but In view of the volun.
tary statements and assurances you
had made me, was glad to discuss
the appointment with you: while in
view Of the peculiar unsuitableness
or the appointment or Mr.. Dominick,
! have right to protest, not because
OF any personal feeling against him,
butsupon the grounds that MIR. Domin.
sick.s having been the law partner of
tho former Governor. his campaign
manager and his close confident and
partisan, political and otherwise,
would be opposed to the carrying out
OF the changes In our government
which the people by their vote, last
August, ordered done. In considerink.
appointments distinction must be
made between those two offices where
the duties are OF an administrative,
character and those where the duties
are advisory. In the one case, differen-
lceS as to political association are not
especially important; In the other,
lack 0f sympathy and conviction
necessarily prohibit co-operation.
I, am disappointed that you do not
seem to realize the absolute necessity
Of every branch OF the government
cooperating fully with complete con-
hdence, in order to put into effect the
expressed mandates of the people. .
In frankness, can but feel that you
could not be uninfiuenced by the opin-
Ion and association OF Mr.. Dominick In
matters submitted to your office, when
YOU have admitted to me that you had