The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 21, 1914, Image 1
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T01C50! tn, XrUBKK 66. XEWBERBT, S. C. FRIDAY. Arfil ST 21, 1914. TWICE A WEEK, ILM A MA*
' BALK JENNINGS I
IN GtORGETOWN:
1NRILY ONES HOWL DOWN MAY- .
OH OV SC ATTER
| Decline to Hear Criticisms of (iover-11
nor?County Chairman Vainly
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k5irnr? iwr viurr,
The State. 11
Georgetown, Aug. 17.?Pent up par-1
tisan prejudice broke through higther- | a
to orderly confines in Georgetown to- 3
# day and for the first time during the ! r
senatorial party's tour through more j c
than two score counties one o:' the ; f
candidates, L. D. Jennings, was sue-! o
cessfully howled down. ! p
The crowd of approximately 1,000 j
voters was preponderantly pro-admin ! o
istration in sentiment and from tre j a
outset it was evident tbat for the J b
two candidates who daily made bold i v
t and aggressive attacks on the chief } i<
executive's record a hornet's nest was j s
prepared By the time Mr. Jennings j n
addressed the chair, the governor's i]
derisive remarks. This was kept up v
witih ever increa^i^g volume through t!
the speaker's full time, though the ti
mayor of Sumter tacked and shifted r
and appealed to reason, all without I \
avail. The badgering of the speaker i ]\
was so persistent that the candidate j h
hardly was allowed to speak ,wo con-! a
nected sentences. In desperation Mr. j ti
Jennings reminded the audience that ! a
lie was mayor of Sumter. j ii
"When the party gets tlliere Thurs- , c
day I expect to have enough police j f<
and citizens to keep order," Mr. Jen- j
nings assured taem. "I guarantee in ! e
advance Gov. Blease a 1 espectful hear- ! fj
ing, which is more than I am r?- ; ti
- " a _ ? V. I
celling. mis, iuo, was a. iuuic j e
J. W. Doar, acting county chair- I c.
man, made several ineffectual efforts i
to quell the disorder. n
Andrews Enjoys It. tl
W. H. Andrews, mayor of George- j T
town and general manager of the j c
Atlantic Coast Lumber# corporation, 5 v.
who led a delegation to iWasfcington : tl
to oppose tariff reduction on lumber,
was on the stand, also but did not Q
open his mout h to silence the hecklers. ' c<
Inst^d the sallies of the unruly were ,
enjoyed by the mayor who sat by *
and smiled complacently. Bolick, the fi
chief of police was at Mayor Andrews'. o
side. His arms were likewise limp d
and his voice stilled. Both of the b
officers expressed their preference by s<
wearing Blease badges. When tfhe p
time came for the introduction of a
Senator Smith the mayor asked that j
the crowd give the senator a respec- g
ful hearing, as "I understand he dig- b
cusses issues." a
"I don't ask you to vote for elm," n
?e explained. "In fact I hope you ii
won't," he added. There was no con-: c
certed effort to interrupt Senator! o
Smith*. J c
Y?r. P. Pollock did not attend the s
meeting- here today. Being detained'in c
Oaeraw, he telegraphed, regretting his 1?'
inability to attend. j n
Explains His Action. j a
The governor was the first speaker ?1
_ i'
and was warmly applauded when in- e
troduced. He began by asserting that
be bad not violated tiie party pledge o
as 'bad been charged in not appoint- J
ing as treasurer and auditor the nom
inees of the party two years ago. A
The executive committee, after mak- ^
Ing one decision reversed itself two a
weeks later, the governor said, after ! d
the supreme court refused to deter- ! c
mine which decision was proper the I
refused to appoint either the first or j ^
the last selection by the committee. I d
Another point of interest in tee i -4
meeillis; louav was iue icaumg u? cuc u
governor of two letters purporting to
be. one from J. G. C.iaffee o' Langley A
to M. J. Miller, chief clerk in the of-1 L
nee of E. J. Watson and Mr. Miller's v
reply. The object of the Chaffee let- j v
ter was to ascertain Mr. Miller's opin- V
ion as to the advisability of betting on A
Senator Smith. Mr. Miller's replv was t<
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that the Blease following was irom c
classes of people with whom he had . a
little personal contact. The class prop- | c
osition was what angered the gov- i n
ernor. who denounced Mr. Miller as a .a
"liar" as to the Blease following being , p
from the lower classes, and promised fi
that the man so denominated could get v
satisfaction when t>he chief executive ; s
got to Columbia. | tl
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5.)
FRED DOMINICK
RFPLIES TO AIKEN
IBISE ( AN >OT WIPE OUT THE
RECORD THAT IS WHIT.
iixective ('an t Pull Away From Record?Playing
Politics With Anderson
Postmastership.
t'.;e Voters of the Third District:
Mr. Aiken has issued wliat he terms
. brief answer to the letter of James
A. Baker. While he claims it needs
10 answer yet he labors through seven
olumns of small type in a wain efort
to answer. The greater portion
>f it is devoted to abuse and bitter
>ersonaI attack on Mr. Baker.
Mr. Baker is amply able to take care
himself. Mr. Aiken made the first
ttack on Mr. Baker when at the Xewerry
meeting he gratuitously an'!
oluntarily brought Baker's name iii
r.e campaign when no one naa even j
uggested it. I stated then as I sta~.e j
ow t'.iat I hold no brief for Baker but
a answer to the charge o: Mr. Aiken
-*ill say tiat Mr. Baker was elected to
he highest office within the gift of
ae United States senate and defeated
I
one other than a brother of President 1
Wilson. If he is all tie mean things j
Ir. Aiken says he is Mr. Aiken must j
ave very little influence with the sen- j
te t".:at he couM not prevent the elec- !
n-f ttol-ar oc- olarl' Tl'hon Cliph m Pn I
[\JLL VJtt. JL-ra,rv^i do ix. ** x&vu mmvm w^ j
s a brother of President Wilson were
1 the running and especially in view
f his admission that he made the ef- ;
)rt to encompass 6is defeat.
In abusing and attempting to answr
Baker Aiken uses my name very
requently and tries to make a point j
nat my published speech- and Bak- j
r's letter reviewing Aiken's record j
ame from the same source. !
'his is true zrA that fact but
lakes stronger the truth of
le review of the record o.f Aiken,
h-e source is the Congressional Re-1
:ord wnere Mr. AiKen s recora is j
'rit "and the fact that my speech and '
ae Baker review show the same!
ource and are similar is proof beyond
uestion that the statements therein
ontained are true and Aiken may
arist and squirm and fill columns
ith invective but he can't run away
rom that record. I stated at the
pening of tue campaign that I would
iscuss and criticize Aiken's record |
ut that I would not indulge in peronalities.
I have lived up to that
osition. I "nave nothing tp conceal
nd no tracks to hide.
As he refers to me in h. effort to j
ive "Aiken's true record" I desire
rieflv to review Aiken's statement
i
nd his record. He does not refute
or correct a single statement made
a my speech reviewing his record beause
te can't do so. I will refer
nly briefly to the several matters he
laims are not correctly quoted and
hew by his own words that they are
orrectly quoted, besides Mr. Lieualin
assistant librarian of the senate j
lakes affidavit t?at the Baker article j
s published hs been compared with
se Congressional Record and that
very statement in it is correct.
As to the chairmanship of District
f Columbia committee and Ollie
ames 1 quotea iroin an arucie iu t-ic |
olun;bia State of May 17th, 1913.
Liken has not denied that. It is: "It
as commonly understood in the ways
nd means committee that Mr. Aiken
id not seek the chairmanship beause
he had not been a regular a.tsnaant
on toe committee hearings,
.'as no' familiar with the work and
id not feel competent to serve." Mr.
iken has not denied this statement,
or does he now deny it.
As to the Anderson posrofiice: Mr. j
liken sav> it was the policv of the !
i
v t.-K Or.riu V, iico tic I
'tlliuui'lis liicti w iici r: i
ere giving satis.action t'.:at they
.'ould oe allowed to serve out their
?rms. If that be true why did Mr.
Liken make a change at Xewberry af?r
promising that there would b^ no
hange? \Mhy did he make a chana-?
t Pickens? Why did he make a
hange at Westminister? These post:asters
had not served out their terms
nd there was no complaint on the
art of the patrons of the several of
ces as to the efficiency a: the serice.
There was complaint at Anderon.
Mr Aiken will scarcely deny
hat. In fact he says there was, but
(CONTINUED OX PAGE 4.)
Newberry's 0/
In the C
Two Sons of the County in 1
Election Means More to
On next Tuesday the people of Xewberry
county will be called upon tc
cast their ballots ior or against twc
Xewberry men w> o are candidates
for high offices?one for the highest
office in the gift of the people af this
State, and the other for the highest
FRED H.
office in the gift of the peon e of this
congressional district.
Newberry county never .ad a gov
ernor until Cole. L. Blease was elected
in 1910. Since his election, and
his reelection in 1912. Le has been a
national figure. He is now a candidate
for the United States senate.
Surely Newberry county ought to support
her own son, the governor of the
State, and we believe she will. It
A
>' .w
J" -H ti
A
' ifexjrf
i
oportunity
oming Primary
Races For High Offices--Their
the County Than to Them.
means a great deal to Newberry conn
I i}'. 11 means mure iu tut: tuuiuj w^au
i it does to the governor.
l
, ! Fred. H Dominick is a son of New)
berry, who has made good in his pro';
fession, and who has been an assfy.
!. to the city and t':e county. It means
:' more to Xewlberry to have Fred. IXna
H
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DOMIXICK.
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>nick in congress than it will mean to i
Fred. Dominick. s
Xewberry county on next Tuesday
j will ^ave an opportunity that no other
' county in the State will have. 1
! Let's all get together in behalf of c
1 Xewberry county and the sons of 1
j X wberry, without regard to faction-:t
| al or political differences. j*
I I
l et s vote for Xewberry county by;
supporting the sons of Newberry
county.
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"ON THE DEFENSIVE
BEFORE THE VOTERS"
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JAMES BAKER HAKES* BRIEF REPL
YTO AIKEX.
Will Refrain Discussing Personal Affairs?Would
Divert Attention
From Issue.
United State Senate,
Office of the Secretary.
James M. Baker, Secretary.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 19, 1914.
Editor The Herald and News.
Dear Sir: Mr. Aiken's labored reply
to my article of August 8th calls
for a brief answer. All t'he assertions
made in his article about me personally
and my personal affairs were
ought out here in the senate secretary
sip contest. They were brought
to the attention of Senator Tillman
by other senators?Mr. Aiken never
j* - a x ? v:
lien-nonea i.-em 10 iue seaaror muiseiL i
?and Senator Tillman investigated j
:hem to his entire satisfaction before
ny name was presented to the caucus.
[ placed before the Democratic caucus
sworn statements i:'rom the records
to answer Mr. Aiken's charges,
md my election /followed, whicta was a
:omplete answer to every one of them,
-lis -venomous abuse I will treat with
ontempt. He is on the defensive beore
the voters, and not I. His fight j
gainst me, based on malice and falsehood,
was made and lost. Let 'him
io\v defend his own record.
Mr. Aiken denies, in his article, that
le made t'.:e Martine statement. Why
s it that he called upon Senator Mar- :
ine of New Jersey last Friday after- i
>on in the room of the senate com- j
nittee on post offices and post roads, j
iud appealed to the senator to give
Mm a letter denying the statement he
nade about me in the secretaryship
contest? Senator Martine refused to
;ive him any such letter, as I 'had
jreviously read the statement to the
;enator as published, and on this point ,
submit the following affidavit:
Mty of Washington,
District 0S Columbia.
Dn.oftnollw o rvnoo ror] Kafnro mp
x ci ovuaiij oyjuvai vu. v
nhomas W. Keller, who, being duly
ivorn, says:
That he- ihas read the letter of James
A. Baker, dated August 8, 1914, and
mblished in The Herald and News,
>f Newberry, S. C., on August 11,
914; t: at Mr. Aiken not only i^iade
he statement to Sena " Martine,
hat "Baker went through bankruptcy
>roceedings in the courts down South .
ind swindled his creditors out of j
verythiir; he owed them,*' but to otht
senatois, who made inquiry of him
.bout the truth of Mr. Aiken's statenent.
Thorns W. Keller,
assistant Doorkeeper United States 1
Senate. i
Sworn to before me, this the 15th
ay of August, 1914.
R. B. Nixon,
(Seal) ) Notary Public.
My commission expires December
8th, 1915. 1
i
There is ample data on Mr. Aiken's ;
ersonal and private record, but I :
ave refrained irom discussing nis
lersonal affairs, as it would; tend to ^
:ivert the attention of the voters from ?
he issue, namely: his public record, 1
t'hich is a proper subject for discus- (
ion, and he cannot escape answering *
or nis incompetency and neglect or' (
iublic duty. ]
(The letter that he secured from \
he members of the ways and means f
omittee of the 62nd congress, ana ! ]
ublished by him. shows t:at he ae-1'
HiQ'l + ha. ^hoirmanchin rv thA onill- ! *
" t
uttee on the District of Columbia, .
hich <honor be was entitled to. I so ,
rated in my letter. The date of this : c
rrer. which w is Anril 24. 1913. shows l_
bat it was secured by him for 5
urpose of whitewashing his record. | j
He said, in his speech at Xewberry, f
hat he \oted for the Pure Food bill !r
"hen it came back to toe he use from J \
o
ie senate. After I proved from cue r
ecora that he did not vote for it,
^ now says that he was absent. t
g
Sr Aikpti rharsreri me with I
-O Jj
noting the record inaccurately. Here "j
> the statement or" an officer of the h
overnment, who has no interest in F
I J'
lese controversies, that the record is
i ^
orrect ^s published by me in TOe a
: ih
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) ! t
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THE TRUTH ABOUT
WYLVFT AIKEN
To the Voters of the Third District:
The scurrillous attack made on me
by one J. M. Baker, formerly of
Lowndesville, S. C., but now of Washington,
D. through the columns of
the Newberry Herald and News (E. H.
Yuri's paper), makes it necessary ifor
me to use this method of replying to
the false and slanderous charges that
hvve been made. I V.now that his attack
will do me no harm among the
people who know Baker, and I ask
those w'ho do not know him and
his reputation for truth and veracity
to make some inquiries. If they will
ask the people of Abbeville and Ajiderson,
they will soon find out the
kind of man that he is. If they will
ask his own relatives they will be
told an interesting but rather sickening
story of a note 'for $10,000, which
was afterward compromised for $3.000
or $3,500. If they will ask Baker s
classmates at Wofford College they
will be told why &e left that institution.
They will find some illuminating
information concerning him in the
court records at Abbeville, and today
they will fin? other information as
to his business methods in the rec
ords or tne courts in tee uistnct 01
Columbia. While I believe bis atack
will not hurt me in the district, I
feel that duty is to myself and to my
friends to take some notice of it.
A Slimy Trail.
At the opening campaign meeting at
Newberry, when Mr. Dominick was
making a garbled and misleading v
statement as to my record in congress,
I said that I believed Hie had
secured his information "from one
James M. Baker, the grandest rascal
that ever lived in Abbeville, a man.
whom ifew in his neighborhood
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would ueiievt:. or vvurus tu mat cfect.
I believed then, and I know now,
that Baker had been furnishing Dominick
with misinformation concerning
my record, and I Will prove it. Let
any intelligent man read Baker's article
and Dominick's speech, both of
which are published in the same issue
of the Newberry paper, and he will
at once see that both came from the
same source. The proof will be convincing
even to a blind man. Baker
and Dominick have the reputation of
being pretty shrewd, but they have
not been able to cover their tracks
here.
TIia Wnfalla ro r?inoiffn
J lie M\.\ Miia l. UJJU^Mi^ua
Baker says the cause of my ill-will
? 1 ;s toa; hp sunpoi.ed the
late lamented L H. McCalla in his
campaign against me. That is not
true, as Baker very well knows, but
it is a fact that in tnat campaign
he fought me most "nfair7v.
I have no malice against Baker, but
T wqvn a r orough contempt
for him. Mr. MoCalla and myself had
a hot race for congress. It was a
man's fight, but there was no foul
work on his part, and there was none
on mine. We never lost respect for
eacn otner. 1 naa nis inenasaip meagre
he died, and I valued jt highly. I believe
he voted for me after he quit
running himself.
How Baker Landed.
Baker says I opposed his election
as secretary of the United States
senate. I did do that, and my only
regret is that my efforts were not
successful. I acted from a Meh
of duty. I knew him to be thoroughly
unworthy to hold such a -high position
of trust, and it was my duty as
a. public servant, responsible in some
rtppr-po f-,r ?r. er'^ent and or
having clean men in office to try to
prevent his election. T did not tell
senator Martin about Baker's conQection
with a discreditable bankruptcy
proceeding. If Senator Marh?j?rd
of tvat hp ?ot it from some
other source. But I did tell Senator
Y'artine. as I told other senators, of
some of Baker's shady transactions,
learned that some o?! the senators
were put in possession o? certain
testimony in the investigation of the
Sully failure, in which it was ^hown
:hat that gambling concern had been
carrying an account for Baker withrequiring
him to put up margins.
When asked the reason for this one
>f the firm replied ir substance. "Oh,
Baker was in a position where he
jould give us imormauon, aooui iegslation
and 'help us. It was worth it."
This -testimony is a part of the pubic
records of t?he courts of New
i'ork city and is-aceessible to any
)ody who wants to see it. I submit that
':e man who did this is unworthy
o hold a position o trust in the
-r-nate of t'.e 1'nited States or in any
>ther body of honest men.
F-aker at one time compromised
lis debts for ten cents on the dollar.
tfany an honest man bis failed and
las a'terwards, when he got able,
>aid all his debts with interest, but
lobody ever heard of Baker doing
his. People who had money in the 4
lefunct bank at Lowndesville will /
lot give such testimony. f
T * A/\nr?mAn toll- r\ TS\ 11 T1A PQ Hi
.XL IS l^uuuuuii tain, ai uunu wv I- ol
at Washington that Baker was
elected secretary of the senate as a
ort of consolation prize to Senator
"illman. Senator Tillman wanted to
ie chairman of the committee on apiropriations.
and his colleagues were
tot willing for him to have it. 3akv
was a candidate for secretary
,nc it was generally known that he
:ad been a sort of Handy Andy for
be senator, servile and eager, al