The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 24, 1914, Image 4
THE SENATORIAL BAMPAIMt.
SMITH \m> RI.F. \>e FNGAfiK IN
A( KID passage ok words
At kt. m \ttiikws.
Jennlng? ami Pollock Also Outline
I'hrir Platforms, ami Promise Konr
Illing Interesting?Senator Ivplnlu- ,
HI-. Mtri.nl.
St Matthew?. June 17.?A tilt bo
twffn the governor anil Senator Smith
which for the moment threateiul se?
rious complleutlona. marked this the
opening day of the senatorial ?am
I ?hin.
The governor was I he first speaker.
S'?.l was rcuding from his II?.l>oe word
manuscript certain ntta? ks on S?na-|
tor Smith concerning federal ap?
pointment*. The first break CO SHI
when Messe made a charge that
I ? n.?'..r Smith had secured the ap?
pointment of Capt. W. K. Uon.ules
as minister to Cuba. Senator Smith
rone In his chair and repllod:
"Governor, now let us keep the
record straight. I wunt it dis?
tinctly nnderstood that I was no more
responsible for the appointment of
Mr. Qontales to Cuba than was Cole
L> Hleaae." The governor made no
response.
Two minutes later the speaker re?
ferred to the appointment of James L.
81ms of Orangeburg as Cnited States
marshal?"a man who had once ed?
ited a negro newspaper." Senator
Smith again leaped to his feet, and
said that Mr. Sims was Senator B. R.
THIman's appointment, and that he
and he alone was responsible. The
governor then searched through his
bulk of "documentary evidence," and
produced a letter, said to have been
writ . to W. J. Shelton of Colonial
HelgiUs, Columbia, In which Senator
Tlllman said: "Senator Smith and 1
have agreed upon the appointment
of Sims." Senator Smith then ad?
vanced to the front of the stage, and
facing the governor, replied: "No man
In the image of Qod can call me a
bar. I have told you that Sims was
Tlllman's appointment. that we
agreed that he should appoint Slrns
and W. O. Thurmond, and that 1
should have Francis Weston and D.
w. Crouch." At this point Dr. Dreher
county chairman, stepped between,
and Senator Smith took his seat. Qov.
Bleaae's only reply was, that If It was
O Iis Ben Tlllman told It. Senator
Smith then told the audience that the
Utter meant only that the two had
agreed not to tight each other's ap?
pointments when these came up for
confirmation In the senate, hut there
was little ehnnce to hear what was
being said and Senator Smith was
urged to take his seat.
The governor mude his character?
istic attacks on the newspapers, said
that the State convention was "pack?
ed" as the county convention had been
packed, held up to scorn und ridicule
the leaders of this convention; charged
that the new primary regulations
were only s clever devlco to disfran?
chise the poor man. and dwelt at
length on "Hnskolllsm." Senator
Smith was charged with doing noth?
ing but drawing his salary. "K. D.
smith got astride a bale of cotton
sis years ago and rodo into the United
State? senate, and what has he done?
1 have not seen any NtH Introduced
by him. He Is credited as being the
author of the Smith-Lever bill, which
waa Introduced by Hoke Smith of
Georgia. Senator Smith la on the Im?
migration committee. What has he
done to restrict Immigration? He Is
on the drainage committee. Here he
could have rondercd tho State oxeep
llonul service. Yet 1 know nothing."
Before the governor had finished
resdlng. the timo limit of one hour
had expired. The chairman of the
meeting grunted an extension of rive
minutes as a reimbursement for tho
lime lost during the Interruptions. The
governor dosed by defending his par?
don record. He said that he was
not yet through, that he intended to
pardon one v.hsel he got to Colum?
bia tonight. and that his enemies
couldn't help themselves.
L. D. Jennings of Sumter. who |m
for the first time seeklrg the suffrage
of the clti/.enship of South Carolina,
was next introdueed. Mr. Jennings,
too. Is a fan SC? running about fl
plows and pla...ing more than l,l<H>
seres of cotton, he said. This can?
didate elicited much applause in his
energ?-tl< drfense of the re< ent State
iJemoeratlc convention, which passed
lh? new primary regulations. "Tin
< barge has been made." he said, "that
an orguro/.ed cffoit Usl been set on
foot to deprive the poor man Of his
vol. Tin- man who would maUe
auch charges knows it in only tommy
rot and Is guilty of the rankest dema
goMner\ How can the pwSf man be
deprived of his sole ' I def> an>
mnn to peoee tMl aas i la use uf tin
new rule* in bi< si, construed. l|o\\
could tho poor man be .tisfi am hised '
Can't he go to the pines v. hei.? the
registration books are kept? Is that
a hardship as some of the pfofeesed
friends of the |.o..r man n?- wmil to
mi ' use '
It was at this point that one In tin
audience usked what of the man who
moved around. NtUsSBfjBt tuply was
according tu the regulations, H man
has to he in the Slate lw? ycais ami
Iff) the county si* months, "The man
wh<? can't remain in I county six
months, certainly hasn't the t Ight to
vote." The next question propound
ed was what if the man couldn't
write "All that is neeessut >." was
the speaker's answer, "is that the
voter Hpply in person If ho can't
sign his name, he can make his mark
with the elerk as witness. And if a
man objsotg to registering his name
In full, then his mother .should have
given him only initials Instead of u
name.
' The only reason why there shonld
have heen any changes at till was
that there were no speeltleatlons as to
how a name should bs enrolled.
There being no such provision, In the
large population Ct ntrcs it was an
easy matter to take tletltious names
und have them registered, and some
persons, assuming these, voted on
eleetlon day. The names might he
taken from tombstones or they might
ho thoso of free niggers."
Mr. Jennings promised, If elected to
the United States senate, that he
would make his platform that of the
Democratic party, with the exception
of the tolls repeal clause as em?
bodied at the Baltimore convention.
This "joker," he said, was slipped In
by some one who was not so much
ct neerned about the Democratic party
as about the shipping trusts. He paid
a high tribute to President Wilson,
and pledged support to him In his
politics.
"It Is no desire of mine to sling
mud," the speaker concluded, "hut
I shall not hesitate to attack the rec?
ords of all candidates, some of which
I do not personally envy."
Spooking eloquently at all times, he
carried his audience with him as he
swept hurriedly from one argument
to another in answer to queries.
W. P. Pollock of Cheraw was the
nrst speaker In the afternoon ses?
sion. This is not the first time that
Mr. Pollock has sought public office.
For three terms he has represented
his county in the State legislature
and was a candidate for congress In
the Fifth district two years ago.
Referring to his record as a mem?
ber of the South Carolina general as
sembly. Mr. Pollock said he was the
first man who had advocated State
aid for the country schools, that it
aas he who led the fight to require
all fertilizers to come up to the guar?
anteed analysis, and that he originat?
ed the idea of putting magistrates
and constables on a ralary basis in?
stead of receiving remuneration from
fees imposed.
In speaking of his experiences as
a clerk in congress, Mr. Pollock 8ai(l
ho had learned much about the work?
ing of the nutlonal congress. "I there
learned that only a few of the mem?
bers lead in all things, and that the
balance are merely following the
leadership of tho few. South Caro?
lina In days gono hy had some of the
ablest leaders that tho nation has
ever produced. She has today in the
person of the senior senator from
South Carolina one of the most bril?
liant intellects and one of the
staunchest friends of tho masses of
tho people that occupies a seat In the
United States senate. That much I
can not say for tho Junior senator
from South Carolina."
Mr. Pollock declaied that If he was
sent to the senate, he, too, would en?
list beneath the Wilson banner. "Two
years ago, as a candidate for con?
gress In the Fifth district, I delivered
an address at Sharon, York coun?
ty, and then expressed the earnest
hope that Woodrow Wilson would bo
elected president of the United States,
and that In the event of his election
he would select as secretary of stato
William Jennings Hryan, that won?
derful teacher of civic righteous?
ness. I purpose to stand with Prcsl
Ident Wilson so long as he is pres?
ident, and so long as ho works for
the uplift of the people."
In discussing the present adminis?
tration In South Oarollnai tho speak?
er said: "There are many things for
which the governor stands that 1 can
not stand for. I shall never align
myseir with tho lawless element in
provides available assets shall he ac?
cepted as collateral by the central
regional reserve bank, whether this
be lands* off agricultural products.
Senator Smith also discussed fully tin
tests of the tonsils strength nf cotton
that have been made at ?Meinsen col?
lege through funds which he had
Incorporated In the agricultural ap?
propriation bill. As ;, direct result
of this, standardised gradlngs of < <?t
lotl are tit be plai ed on I very cotton
platform in the Houth, and hy tit s
arrangement it will lie possible for
rveffy man to made his own cotton.
Also in malting these tests it was
found that an c\p< 11 could not de?
tect any difference in the tensile
strength of low middling end strict
middling cotton, not did it ? t sny
inoffe to bleach I he lower grades I hau
the htghoff,
Senator Hnilth answered brlelly the
this Slate. I .shall never Indorse Hit
setting aside i?\ gsccutlvc order of
t be \erdlefs l?l I I.ana mi \ nu n I
shall never fight the national Urmu
cffnlk adminiotratios and speak of
!n member uf tho cabinet as a 'pug
Honed Yankee.' I shall never assume
j that every man Ii trying to injure me
personally, nor shall I never use the
political power vested in me to build
up for me a pollticul machine in my
own political interests. 1 shall never
go beyond the good American man?
hood in south Crrollnu to appoint an
Italian dago to a position that would
I require the young manhood ol* South
Carolina to march in review before
him."
B. i>. Smith was the last speaker,
land at once entered into a defonae of
, his record in the United States sen
[ute. This dealt largely with the
amendment which he had written into
i the new hanking and currency bill,
j which prolongs the 90-day limit of
! farmers' notes to six months, and
.charge of Hnskellism, and said that
?he would not refer to it again. "1
j was not at the llaskell convention.
The only Way they could have gotten
' my name was when I passed through
Columbia on my way to George's
Station, now St. George, to see the
Woman I afterward married. I have
a letter in my grip which bears me
out in this. It is necessary only for
me to give my word. When the time
comes that my word is worthless and
I have to substantiate that, then I'll
resign from the United States senate,
so help mo God."
In giving an account of himself,
the senator said that he prided him?
self on being the hardest working
man on the agricultural committee.
He had worked for the reform of the
cotton exchanges, and paralleled the
price of cotton during the decade of
1894 to 1904 and the prices from 190 1
until 1914. "We are not only raising
more cotton, 3,000,000 bales more
each year, but we are getting $20
more a halo. In South Carolina alone
I that would mean $120,000,000 for the
j six years I have been in Washington.
j That isn't a bad return for $50,000
worth of good health and good man?
hood."
In answering the accusation that
ho had done nothing to restrict Im?
migration, Senator Smith referred to
the immigration bill which ho has in?
troduced and which has already pass?
ed the lower house of congress. "II
it were not necessary that I should
bo hero now, I would be working in
Washington this very day to get it
through. However, if 1 had my way
about all this immigration business,
I would write a single clause that
would forbid the entrance of any
foreigners that would apply for citi?
zenship for the next ton years."
Senator Smith's speech dealt largely
with his record in the United States
senate in lighting for a better cot?
ton market. "When 1 became sena?
tor six years ago," tho Junior senator
began, "the cotton exchanges of the
country, under tho domination ami
control of Europe, were dictating to
American producers what American
cotton wag worth. These exchanges
made such contracts that they were
at liberty to put the prices up or
down as they saw tit. It made no dif?
ference whether the crop was large
or whether it was small, that i4 prac?
tically no difference, because these
exchanges could manipulate the mar?
kets to suit themselves. Therefore,
what 1 have done In furtherance of
it is encumbent upon me to show
?
the promises 1 made to the farmers
of this State six years ago."
The first move made by Sepator
Smith to Initiate legislation that would
permit the supply ami demand to reg?
ulato tho price of cotton was to in?
troduce a bill that would regulate
theso exchanges, one Which would
force them to give a contract fair to
both the buyer and the seller. In the
senate at that time were 7S lawyers
13 manufacturers or other profes?
sional men, three farmers with ullied
interests, and two farmers pure and
simple, Senator Smith being ono ol
the latter class.
The author of the bill aptly Illus?
trated the difficult position in which
he found himself in advocating cotton
legislation when he learned that his
colleagues knew absolutely nothing ol
what he meant by "strict middling,"
"low middling." or any of the otla/r
Various gradlngS of the staple. Though
timo was required for the education
of his colleagues, Senator Smith
eventually g"i the bill through with?
out a dissenting vote.
Senator Smith's efforts next wen
to provide an appropriation to test
the tensile strength of stained cotton.
In this case he argued, "If one ran.
on cotton could change the gradt
and make it worth from $1.26 to
less per hah-, then four or five ruins
would make it absolutely worthless."
Then to provide a fairer system ol
grading cotton. ha- k in 1 !? I j an
amendment was embodied in tin- up
preprint hm bin. providing $12,ooii in
test t)n tensile strength of lilt' vain
made from the various stained grades
? ?f cotton. My virtue of this appro?
priation, tin- agricultural department
had spun into vain a number
"f i,,ihs ,,f eaeli grading, ami proved
beyond a doubt Hiul the strength ol
the ill (Ten nt grttd< h whs pra< llcnlh
I he siime, .ind that tin lower grades
coiioi lie bleut lied e* well us t h.
higher This lesl has now been com
i ll i? il, ami exhibits are being sent
Buy From "U. S."
= II PAYS =
YES. you can dress well at
the lowest cost when you
buy "U. S. " Woolen Mills hand
tailored garments.
.00
gets you a suit that marks you
on the spot as a well dresser
and a good buyer of clothes, because U. S. Woolen
Mills $15.00 Garments have the QUALITY and all
ear marks of $25 or $30. FREE PANTS OFFER
NOW ON.
SPECIAL OFFER-*
For the NEXT TEN DAYS a pair of "U. S."
Hand Tailored Trousers, regular f\ 'ft
$6.50 value, equal of $8 elsewhere O ? ir U
If you want to save money for that trip, or just because you like to save when
the chance is offered, visit u. S." to-day.
V. S. Woolen Mills Co.,
41 N. Main H. L. Gillespie, Mgr. Sumter, S. C.
throughout the state. The present
agricultural Mil carries with it an
appropriation of $100,000, to bo
Utilised In placing n set of these
standard samples and yams, bleuch
ed and unbleached, on every market
in the South.
Another amendment In the Interest
of the farmers was that Introduced
by Senator Smith in the present bank?
ing and currency law, allowing the
farmer six months' time on his notos,
draft! and bills instead of three
months as heretofore. Ninety-day
commercial paper was practically
worthless to the farmer, as six
months must elapse from the time
a crop has been planted until it can
be converted into cash.
Senator Smith then made a < om
parison of cotton figures during the
last two decades. By this he show?
ed that the average price of cotton
from IK'.N until 1904 was x.~."> cents
per pound. Prom 1904 until 1914
the average price v. as 11.80, or $17.25
higher than during the previous
decade. This alone has meant $190,
000,000 of cold char cash to the ot
ton producers of South Carolina.
it was In 1894 that a convention of
the cotton States was called at
Shreveport, La., to discuss methods
of checking tiie advances of the boll
weevil. Bully's cornering of the cot?
ton crop, With Its disastrous results,
was then being felt keenly and Sen?
ator Smith, along with Harvey Jor?
dan Of Georgia and Hob Poole of
Alabama, succeeded in converting the
convention from the original purpose
of an insect destroying conference
Into that of regulating the price of
cotton. Out of this grew the South?
ern Cotton O rowers' Association.
Kills Introduced by Senator Smith
and which arc now pending are: to
have the national government refund
ho Southern States for the cotton
onliscated at ihe time of the VV'ai
I let ween the States; a hill looking to
ivard the segregation of lhe races in
interstate travel; und a hill to re
pea I that put oi 1 he I Ith and tin
'.".tii amendments which lakes a\va>
from Ihn States the rigid to discrimi?
nate in Ktilfrai e on account of race,
I color, or previous condition of scr
lt Ilde.
At the clone of his speech, Senat01
Smith was persistently urged lo con
Untie, bui roiused on the ground that
it wonbl Im? lakltm uiifaii advantageI
of I hose win. had 11 trend > spoken.
Tin re \vi re po ii>!\ tai l \ liters in
attendance, with here and Meie a I
sprinkling of women. Many peoph
came in on tin i | <> < |... 1 |rain from
tin lower Coll ll lies, a lid in in\ anio
mobiles parked in the -.love at the!
school homo where the meeting was
held bore license cards from adjoining
counties.
The party tonight goes to Orange
1 burg, where the meeting will he held
t o morrow.
.l\Mi:s U, KOI,ll HEAD.
Two fit Isens of ri new nod Passed
Away Yesterday?Pour Heaths Hill?
ing Month.
Plncwood, June IT.? Mr. James it.
j Kolb died last nlghl at S o'clock at
tin- Inane of his daughter, Mrs. Lee
Morris.
j Mr. Kolb had been confined to his
I ed since March Ith and was a great
sufferer. He was in his 48th year. The
'deceased will he buried at Home
Hrunch Church near Paxvillc, Wed?
nesday afternoon.
Died this morning at 7 o'clock at
I
her home on Hampton Avenue. Mrs.
(Mara Weeks, who had been ill for
a fortnight. The dci cast d was the
widow of Mr. Warren \Y. Weeks, who
died several years ago. She was half
sister of Mrs. Joe lt. drittln. She
will hi? buried at Home Branch
church this afternoon.
This makes four deaths in town
! since June 1st.
_
CAN IIH1IM2K Uli: SAN II CK.
BoithUl Says Ills I load Will tiring Cot?
ton to Charleston.
Washington. .Tune Id.?After a con?
ference with otllcials at the war de?
partment. Congressman Itagsdalc
said lodu> that all objci thui had been
withdrawn by the department to the
i
construction ol a bridge across the
Satltee UlVcl*. according to the plans;
? ?t* the Soutii Carolina Western Hall?
way. Mr. Itagsdalo ipioted President
Itonsul, of the railway company, as!
saying that this means that the road
will be bringing cotton into Charles
ton by fall.
IIAUY VHII M i l. V is Y VLi:.
Ohl I Ii Downed in llotll 1.Muts in
Itowlng llegctte.
New London, June IS. Harvard
Aon hol It two mil.;- events tu the 17th
annual rowing reget tu with Nah- t<
day. The thud and last ev* lit, the
Varsity Kight. four mile i o ??. will be
rowed late this afternoon,
Marriage License ltcc??nl.
\ license to marry lias been issued
lo Mr. It. II Karle uf i '.i ei u\ ille i ud
Miss I oui .? \ eadoit of Smnli I
A li' ellHC \\ is a I So ??? cured lo
John Mien /.el I. i I i hi eleu. . and
Christ na 1. VYiluon, ! amter.
COLORED WOMEN MEET.
State Federation of Colored Women's
i liil?s in Session in Snmtcr.
(Reported for The Daily Item.)
The South Carolina Federation of
Colored Women's Cluba is holding
its annual session in Suniter this
week. An impressive opening serviee
was held at the 1 incoln school audi
torium Wednesdsj afternoon. Then
in the evening at Mt. Plagah A. M.
K. church a very entertaining and In?
structive program was r?ndernd. The
addresses of welcome was delivered
l?y president of the local club, Mrs.
\V. T. Andrews, with the responso by
Mrs. Lucy Collins, of the Darlington
club.
The State President. Mrs. Marion
Birnic Wilkinson, in her annual ad?
dress, told of the zealous work and
of the growth of this State-wide work
of uplift ami charity, undertaken by
these nohie womci
Anmng otlnr numbers deserving
special mention arc. The solo by Miss
IThompson, of Orungchurg, and a pa?
per "Social Service," by Mrs. A. L.
Frederick.
Music was furnished by the Sumtor
and Columbia clubs.
Thnrsdn) session.
The business session of the Wo?
man's Federation was largely at?
tended on Thursday. Clubs from all
over the State brought in glowing ac?
counts of the work tiny had done to
uplift the unfortunate conditions of
oar people during the year.
Itcports waii' read telling of how
the ( luPs had helped lengthen the ra?
tal school terms by donations of sums
of money ranging from *L'f> to $300.
Encouraging remarks were listen?
ed to from several distinguished men
who aie interested in the doings ol
tho federation. Five minute*, neine
allowed each speaker. Tho\ were
delighted at the progress we are mak?
ing ami each pledged his support to
the great Work heim; done h\ the
wo met i of I he Slate.
The .i people of Suniter, under
the leadership of Mrs. W. T Andrews
sire done all in their power to eate
ini the dtdegates ami are meeting
ivifli I he greatest success.
\ I \\ M Ii.) Kl i olSI?.
Mussum VU** tor ?"iv Hoar*, Carrying
six l*ns*engcr*<
-i IN lorwlmrg. lone 19 A\ later
Sodiorski made i nea serial record
i.mI:i\ i,\ tu lug foi vis hours, thtrt)
ihi.e miniiteH nid t< n seconds in an
aeroplane with ->i\ pas^vnKtrs