The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-05

that he had told the Governor that
Mr.. Dominitk was his frat choice but
IN the event Mr.. Dominick declined
the appointment. "I would be glad to
confer with you as to the appoint
ment." -
Governors Last Letter.
The letter written tonight by the
Governor is in answer to this last let
ter from the Attorney General and
says that the Attorney General came
to him after the Anderson meeting
and told him he wanted to work IN
harmony with him and would MT
name anyone as his assistant who
would not be agreeable to him and
that he had tried to get rid of Mr.
Doninick but mad faiied.
Vas o Partner Of Blease.
( Assistant Attorney General Fred n
Dominick, who Is the subject of this
controversy. Is o native OF Newberry
and was at one time law partner s,f
former Governor Cole T. Blease and
served IS camp pai gn man III
iyIQ and 1912. For the last two years
ne has served as Assistant Attorney
General and has just been reappoint-
ed by Attorney General Peoples. In
the last summer he ran for Congress
In the third district against Mr.. Aiken
put was defeated in the second pri-
mary. -
The letter OF Governor Manning to
Attorney General Peoples tonight and
all the correspondence which has
passed between them follows.
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Governor Manning's Inst Letter to AT.
s0rney General. ~.
:. February 4, 1916.
Hon. Thomas H. Peoples, !.
& Attorney General, State House, Col
umbia, 8. c.. - &
Dear Sir:
In view OF your present position in
reference to your appointment OF the
assistant attorney general feel that
the public should know all the facts
In connection with this matter. 1t is
my purpose during my term In office
to keep the people OF the State fully
advised regarding the conduct Of az
fairs in my; office, and with th.t end
meIit. q G b
No thought of who would be y;aur
assistant or; in fact, OF anything cons
nected with your office had entered
my mind until yon yourself yolun-
Itarily approached me after the Ander-
son meeting last summer and stated
that you thought that would be
elected. and that II were elected ana
Es'ou were reelected that you Intended
TO act in entire harmony with me and
that your office would do ali in its.
power, to further the success of my a5i-
ministration. was surprised and
pleased nt this evidence of interest on
your part and thanked you warmly
forSit, but had no further conversation
with you about the matter until had
..sss .:.e orr Ion in flie second
primary. At that tine you had already
been nominated FOR reelection in
Ihe first primary.
When my nomination was, assured.
recalling your voluntary statement IL
anderson phoned you asking You 20
meet me At the office OF AFR Christie
Henet In Calnln hia This YOU nfnInpt-
ly did. coming TO his Office is soon as
i trIspiIUneu YOU. IN ss1r. sBepea'e pres
enee ! called TO yE ur attention the
conyersat ton we had utter the Ander-
son nseet ting and you a'eitereated what
you had stated before. and you then,
20 my SUI rise, offered to let me name
the Assistant Attorney General. This
/ hntly declined, stating that I had no
desire 10 do so. You stated that Won
would appoint no one who was NOT
IN aFlnony with me In the platform on
which was elected and that you
Nacaidl submit 10 me names OF the men
Whom you were cqnsislefine AID
would appoint no ona no ws.s objec-
tionRblc 10 me- Ypn then stated that
AIr. Domtnick would not be ycer as
sissanf agains that you had consider
GA Nj ~, P..s DeBruhl but thought his
heeltli was such that ne was not np
70 the work and that yoE had othef
names under adyiseidenf aad aostt1
confer with me again IN regard %
Tho appointment
heard nothing fdrther lr0nl ynli,
but On the morning DC my i5eugIiras
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