The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 11, 1921, Page 2, Image 2
WRITES OF APPOINTMENT.
Puts No Faith in Possibility of White
Republican Party ii^ State.
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The following statement is made
public by William J. Thurmond:
April 22, 1915 I qualified as United
States attorney for the western
district of South Carolina, and was
reappointed by President Wilson
twice to that office, but my tenure
/ ended the 4th instant, when my Republican
successor pualified for that
position.
My sincere appreciation is hereby
/ extended for the courtesies shown
me by those with whom 1 have been
associated while in office, especially
to the agents of the different departments
and the lawyers of the district.
It lg more tnan pieasing 10 me iv
be able to say that my relations with
all court officials, prohibition agents,
and the lawyers who have had business
in the court, are generally cordial.
As I retire to private life, I will
make a few observations:
President Wilson sent my name to
the senate for reappointment on January
28, 1920, and, if I had been confirmed
in due course, I would have
held the position until January,
1924, but Senator Dial opposed my
reappointment, which opposition resulted
in ousting me at this time for
a Republican.
The Republican attorney general
has announced his policy to be that
he will not interfere with officers |
who have been confirmed until they
fS ; have served their regular term.
1A brief history of the fight made
by Senator Dial against me, as I am
informed, is substantially as, follows:
He endeavored to prevent the attorney
general from sending my
name to the senate, when he learned
that it was the purpose of President
Wilson to reappoint me, but was notified
by the attorney general that my
record as district attorney was excellent
and that my name would be
sent to the senate for confirmation.
Senator Dial then went to the White
House, after my nomination had been
made and sent to the senate, and
urged the president to withdraw my
, nomination on the ground that it was
embarrassing to him, Dial. However,
the president, after investigation, declined
to comply with his request.
Later the senator had. a conference
with the attorney general and insisted
that my name be recalled from the
senate, giving as his reason, that I
had voted for Tillman against him in
1912, and the attorney general stated
to him in reply that my name would
not be withdrawn from the senate
and it was up to him to have in rejected
by the senate, if he could.
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Iocuaiui JLfiai nuc? luat uu wuiu
not do this, and saw that his onlyhope
was to have my name pigeonholed
in the committee, and with
this intention he went to Senator
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Overman, the ranking Democrat of
that committee, and urged him to
hold up the confirmation of my appointment
on the ground that I was
'objectionable to him, and senatorial
courtesy prompted Senator Overman
to hold my nomination in the committee;
and since the expiration of
my term in February, 1920, I have
discharged the duties of the office
under the law which provides that I
should do so until my successor is
appointed, and qualifies.
When Senator Dial was at Edgefield
in the campaign of 1918 he dined
with me in my home and he and
his friends made the impression on
me and mv friends that all would be
well with me, if he was elected.
Senator Dial recommended in 1920,
the appointment of Thomas P. Cothran
for the position I held, but Mr.
Cothran did not care for the place
(he aspired to the district judgeship)
and after Senator Dial had nominated
him, Mr. Cothran, with 50 odd other
members of the Greenville bar, rec'
ommended my reappointment and
many business men assured him of
the satisfaction I had given in the discharge
of the duties of the office, yet
his hatred for Senator Tillman and
his friends prompted him to ignore
all recommendations in my behalf, resulting
in supplanting me with a Republican.
In the summer of 1920, before congress
adjourned, the opinion was
pretty general that a Republican
would be -elected president at the
November election, and if so, that inasmuch
as the Democrats in a similar
situation in 1913, had refused to confirm
Republicans nominated by Presih,
dent Taft, the Republicans would refuse
at the December session of congress,
to confirm any of the appointments
of President Wilson: and notwithstanding
this knowledge on his
part and the fact that he knew that
he could not displace me with any
friend of his under the Wilson ad*
- ministration, he pursued a course that
he had good reason to belive would
give the result that he finally secured,
to-wit: the appointment of a Republican
to succeed me.
On December 12, 1920, Senator
Dial gave to the press a statement in
explanation for the reasons for blocking
my confirmation, and among other
things said: "He appreciated very
much the assistance Mr. Thurmond
had rendered him in the last campaign.
and yet at the same time he
was under prior obligations to friends
who had aided him on former occasions
And the newspaper
article concluded, "Senator Dial announced
that he would ask the 'senate
to confirm the nomination of Mr.
Thurmond and hoped the matter
would be disposed of at an early
day." But this interview was a tissue
of deception and insincerity, for he
knew then that his time for helping
me had passed.
My nomination was held in the
committee for months, but my Republican
successor's nomination was
confirmed within a few days after it
was made.
I made no effort, directly or indirectly,
to obtain the assistance of Joe
Tolbert, the Republican referee, for
he owed me nothing and the Republican
party owed me nothing, and I
would not be put in the attitude of
owing them anything.
"Never would I crook the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift may
follow fawning."
In the interview given by Senator
Dial in December, 1920, he stated
that his first information ^as erroneous
as to Mr. Thurmond's position
as to the question or opening ine nsis
for the entry of new candidates in
the senatorial race, after the death of
Senator Tillman. This statement is
positively untrue, for he had the facts
as to my attitude as to that situation
when the executive committee passed
on the question and discussed it fully
with me while he was at Edgefield
during the campaign.
I leave Senator Dial, the greatest
political accident.the state ever had.
to revel in his own littleness, bitterness
and arrogance.
In my opinion, the much discussed
effort to organize a new Republican
party in this state, to be composed
entirely of white people, will meet
an ignominous failure, as it should
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son for the deflation of commodities
at the end of his last term. This
criticism is not justified, for President
Wilson did not deflate, the federal
reserve board did that. President
Wilson stood by the south dur^
ing his whole administration and
hereafter the pages reciting his'
achievements will be regarded the
brightest in American history.
It must be admitted that the deflation
policy of the federal reserve
| board has come, nigh bankrupting1
| the whole country and especially the
i south. The fact is, many good men
i have been ruined ana can never come
back in a business way, while others
will be able in time to retrieve their
lost fortunes. During the initiation
of this deflation policy and for the
remainder of the Wilson adminstration,
President Wilson was a very
sick man, and I believe his son-inlaw,
Mr. McAdoo, a great financier,
expressed President Wilson's views
when he took sharp issue with the
federal reserve board. What comfort
can those Democrats, estranged
from the Democratic party because
of the deflation policy of the federal
reserve board, get from the Republi
can party, which has continued tne
deflation policy, and President Harding
has $ven retained in office the
Democratic governor of tie federal
reserve board, and it is understood
that President Harding sympathized
with the action of that board? We
all know that the tremendous increase
in taxation and other public
demands and the high cost of living
necessitate a reasonable price for labor
and commodities?both inflation
and deflation should /be within reasonable
limits. I think the time has
come for a campaign for a reduction
of taxes, both state and federal.
White supremacy should be paramount
with us. Nothing could be
more abhorrent than a return to conditions
in 1876. As a 14 year old
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Doy 1 was ai LUtJ presiucunai cicutiwii
at Shaw and McKie's mill precinct.
There was six or seven negroes to
one white man. I had been taught to
handle a long pistol for the occasion,
and the boys of my age and all white
men of the neighborhood, young and
old, were at that precinct determined
to carry the election for white supremacy.
One hundred "and fifty
yards away, in open view of the precinct
and its surroundings, was a company
of federal soldiers with their
guns stacked and part of the time
they were formed in line, and I have
a vivid recollection of a federal officer,
who, when he approached the ballot
box at the request of either side,
n-/Mi 1 ri ocjv "Vr\ti nonnlp nn that side
'? VU1U PU,' . 4. VU v? ? - ?
stand back" (referring to the white
people), and "You people on this side
stand back," (referring to the ne-j
groes). T believe that the negroes j
should be fairly and justly treated,
but the Caucasian race discovered,
conquered and brought civilization
to this country, and I don't think any
other race should be permitted to participate
in the politics of this country.
The nineteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States gives
INFANT PRODIGIES.
Only Years Can Decide Wonder Children's
Fate.
What becomes of all the child
prodigies? There is hardly a neighborhood?one
might ajmost say hard!
ly a family?that does not have at
[ least one of these infant wonders. A
j large percentage of them are musical
j and the fond parents are assured by
i fmshinsr visitors and teachers with
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tuition fees in mind that there is no
limit to the possibilities for such genius
if given proper opportunities to
develop.
What has become of some child
prodigies in music is told by Oscar
Thompson in a recent number of Musical
America. Mr. Thompson's reminiscences
are called forth by the
appearance in concert in New York
within a fortnight of two "wonder
children, of the piano, Maria Antonio.
9 years old, and Jerome Rappaport.
a year younger. Maria hails from
Brazil, where the government, it is
said, is interested in her musical education.
Jerome is a New York boy.
"Only the years can decide," says
Mr. Thompson, "what will come to
either of these astonishing young
pianists?whether they will dro-p
from sight like Ernest von Lengyel,
who at 11 was one of the sensations
of Europe, and who died in Berlin in
1915 almost forgotten, or whether
they will ripen into world greatness
as Josef Hofmann and a few other
T>T>rvr1icricic Viqvo rlnnp "
Hofmann, by the way, is perhaps
the best known modern example of a
"gifted" child who grew to greatness.
He played in public at six and made a
concert tour of Germany, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden and France when he
was nine years old.
Among other famous pianists whose
fame began in childhood are:
Lepold Godowskv, who made his
debut in IS79, when he was nine
years old. He first toured America
when he was 14. Of his teachers.
Saint Saens began study of the piano
when less than three, and is said to
have played well at five.
Rosenthal played in public when he
was ten, although his real debut did
not come until four years later.
Liszt began his studies at six, and
was heard in public at nine.
Chopin played a concerto in public
at nine. At 10 he was recognized as
one of the foremost pianists of his
day. It is said that Bethoven could
play the clavichord well at eight, and
all the world knows the story of the
appearance of Mozart and his sister,
when the boy was but six.
Among the violinists, many prodigies
have grown to be giants of the
bow. Fritz Kreisler was a conservatory
student at seven and by the time
he first toured the United States, at
14, he had become a sensation.
Elman, Heifetz and Seidel all are
examples of boy virtuosi who have
mounted to the highest rungs of violinistic
artistry. Kubelik made his
debut when he was 18. Albert Spalding's
debut in Paris came when he
was 17. Joachim began his study at
'five and first appeared in public when
he was seven, attaining genuine artistic
success when he was 12. Sarasate
played before Queen Isabella
when he was ten.' Paganini appeared
in public at 11, but began composition
even earlier, writing a sonata for violin,
his biographies tell us, when he
had just passed his eighth year.
Handicapped.
Johnny?"The camel can go eight
days without water."
Freddy?"So I could I if ma would
let me."?Harper's Bazar.
The Easy Way.
Stranger?"I suppose this 'new
highway built right in front of your
house has benefited you a lot."
Lazy Farmer?"Wall, in a way,
yes. In the old days#Martha had to
fricasee her own chickens. Now the
automobilies do it for her.
the federal government greater jurisdiction
than it ever had before over
elections for federal officers. If many
of our white people should go into the
Republican party and we should have
two strong white parties in the south,
undoubtedly the negro would be pulled
in as a balance of power between
the contending white factions, and
the conditions of 1876 would repeat
themselves, and I don't desire to see
IS76 or the Phoenix riot repeat themselves.
In fact, I think they would
be far worse, because we would have
Tvhito moil against whitp mpn As
Ions as we have the negro menace,
the white people can not afford to
divide.
It is not my intention to reenter
politics, hut T shall give my time
to the practice of rffv profession and
to my farming interests, and with
! this in view. I rejoin the ranks of
our private citizens and will cooperate
with them in whatever is best to
promote the welfare of South Carolina
and the country at large.
J. WILLIAM THURMOXD,
Edgefield.
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