The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-08-06
HON. D. S. HENDERSON,
What the People OF his Adopted
Home Say.
& DISTINGUISHED LAWYER AND
LEGISLATOR.
Is. S. Lamb. Editor, in Aiken Journal
and Review,)
Candidate for U. s. Senator.

-. 8 Lamb, Editor, in Aiken Journal
and Review.)
With the people of South Carolina
tho pending contest for the seat in the |
United States Senate, to be made yn.
CANT by the retirement of the Junior
Senator from this State, is perhnus the |
most vita! matter of the moment. The
senatorial prize is one of the highest
nonors for which our political gladia-
upper house of Congress has attracted
the ambition OF orators and ijurists
possessed of u genius for public af-
fairs.
With the passing of McLaurin, and
the final overthrow of the "Commer
cial Democracy,"-b but another name
for Republicanism in South Carolina,
tor, who will titly represent this State
In what ls, after all. the most impOr-
tant legislative assembly in the world.
ihls need ia the more apparent at this
time because of the subversion of the
established principles of the Federal
constitution, and the imperialistic ten
dencles, ever increasing of centraliz-
Gu government, OF the few, for the
few, by the few.
THE COMMERCIAL DEMOCRACY.
Ina speech delivered at Union last
Alktn, was among the first of the poll
teal leaders to point ont the impend-
ing dangers of the Commercial Demo
cracy,-an insidious effort on the part
OF AcLaurin and the Republican adj
mlnlstration. to disrupt and disorgan-
| lZe the Democratic party in South Car
0llna. The result of the County and
state conventions fully illustrates how
well this adv ice was needed, and how
thoroughly the death blow to this sub
tie conspiracy was delivered. Its de
feat proved final and irretrievnblc.
Senator McLnurin has voluntarily
withdrawn from the political arena.
State convention OF the party to
which he formerly professed allegiance
mas pronounced his political epitaph.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
John l.. McLaurin. the Honorable ID.
): Henderson, of Aiken, is easily one
OF the most prominent. An orator of
rare ability.-a man of broad and gen
erous views and impulses,-n profound
student OF human affairs,-he possesses
IN mn unusual degree those qualities
that upon the worlds stage 70 to make
up q mon OF mark.
And IN ADDITION to his well armoured
friend and good citizen, to boot. Be-
yond the natural limits of his own
state ne is known as one of the ac-
knowledged leaders in public affairs,
anu at the bar of South Carolina, as
one OF our contemporaries has put it,
he ls indeed, "a Christian gentleman,
an accomplished scholar, an able jurist
ana nm eloquent speaker,-one alto
gether worthy of seat in the United
States Senate"
BEGINNING A CAREER.
Dan. S. Henderson was born in Wal
terborough. In the County of Colleton
South Carolina, in 1840. Both his faith
! er ana mother were natives of this
State, The father, Daniel Henderson,
was descended from Scotch Irish
orlgid, of which type are found some of
TIE most eminently successful men of
this and other times. The elder Hen
derson, in his day, was lawyer of
note, and served with distinction in the
Legislature of his State. He died in
/ Dan. Henderson, the son, at an earlv
age began his education in the Char
lesion College with scholarship won
IN competitive examination. In 1870
ne left the quiet college walls with
the first hcaors of his class. with the
close OF college days the young student
devoted himself to the mysteries of
the law; Like many lawyers who have
attalneu eminence Henderson gathered
his first knowledge of the practical
machinery ofjurisprudence as student
In law office. For year and half
after leaving Charleston College, he
studied law in the Office of Messrs ST.
mons and Seigling, then among the
leading practitioners in the historic
city Of Charleston.
;, At the expiration of this period
Henderson began the struggle Of life
in ~
His manly bearing, self reliance, and
thorough methods of work, soon won
for him many friends. He had about
him that quality of personal magnetism
that made him favorite with all who
came III contact with the young teach
er. In spare moments he pursued the
study OF the law with unflagging zeal i
MEMBER OF THE BAR.
From the beginning of his career as n
young lawyer at Aiken in 1872, "Dan''
Henderson, as he was familiarly known,
gave undispnted promise of n success
tul future. He had the faculty of win
ing cases. Courts and juries alike
We're impressed with the keen logic and
brilliant speeches of the young lawyer.
He was spoken of on all sides rs one
predestlned to play an important part
upoI the stage of public affairs. From
the start his reputation rs an orator
and advocate of unusual ability gath
cred to his office clients of all classes.
The poor, seeking his aid, we're never
turned from HendersOn's door un-
needed. The number of his cases in
creased. He began to be known about
the State as young man of splendid
promise.
THE TRoUBLous TINES OF &c.
In the turmoil and strife of the car
pet Dagger period of the reconstruc-
tion Dan Henderson emerged from the
sphere of his local reputation, and
came into prominence as leader In
the struggle for white supremacy.
His aid and counsel were sought by
mon older than himself. The Ham
burg Riot occurred. His brilliant de-
Tense of the six hundred men arrested
for completely in this affair won for
himself instant and lasting recognition
as one Of the ablest members of the
South Carolina bar. A motion for
bail was made before Judge Maher.
The motion was strenuOusly opposed