The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-11-13
MARTIN FOR SENATOR.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDJTCA.
TION MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT.
would Enter Race for United States
senate Against A. c. Latimer Next
Summer-His Platform is Rather
Vigorous.

| .Columpla, NOV. 11.-Hon. o. b.
Martin, the State superintendent of
education, today announced himself a
candidate for the United States sem
ate. He will run against Senator A.
Z. Latimer in the campaign next sum-
mer.
Mr.. Martins formal announcement.
which was handed the Record this
morning, is as follows:
Years ago in making up an old
field school, it was customary to AK
each patron. How many scholars will
you subscribe" I am ready now, to
subscribe one full scholar in the
race for the United States senate dur
ing the coming campaign.
| Having reached such a decision. af-
ter careful consideration and advice.
do not need to keep an ear to the
ground nor to take to the tall tim.
Der to await developments. adopted
the policy long ago Of speaking freely
and frankly upon such matters. I
believe the average healthy citizen
would prefer a public servant should
make mistake occasionally rather
than to purusue a clandestine policv
OF mawkish do-nothing-ism.
| UT is clear to me that 1 could be
OF service in the senate. NV expert
ence as a school officer can be turned
| to good account. There are seyeral
bills pending in congress now. looking
to the aid and announcement cc ag-
rieultural and industrial education. ::
have a speaking acquaintance with
every State school system in tn.
United States. I also know some ed
ucational leaders and promoters in all
parts Of our country. This knoweldrso
could easily be extended to countries
abroad. 1t would be a pleasure T.,
place my services at the disposal of
school officers to assist in the further
development of our schools.
| Il do not like to make campaign
promises. but believe that / 7yould
do so much work in this line alone
that it certainly would not be neces-
sary for the people in our neighbor-
ing States to ask, who is the other
senator from South Carolna?'
| Furthermore, 1 have. been a stu
dent of government and government
al affairs since I was old enough to
read the county papers. 1 am not
unmindful of South Cardinals great
part in the history Of our country.
| Nearly sixteen years ago, when 7
had but recently passed my majority
| | attended a political pow-wow in my
nome county Of Pickens and heard
| our present Junior senator make some
promises in his first race for con-
gress. He was elected. for nearly
half Of a generation l have beer
watching his record. / believe the
people are about prepared to write
at least under the senatorial part
thereof. Meme, meme, tekel upharsin.' -
He seems disposed to base his pres
ent campaign upon futures. The peo-
pie prefer spots. He announces
platform opposed to injurious immi-
grafton, All possible and probable
candidates have been, are now, and
will hereafter be opposed to the same
| thing. 1t is not enough to have
merely negative platform. have
thought all along that if the frugal
and thrifty farmers and laborers OF
| Minnesota, Wisconsin. Michigan and
the DakOtas knew that they could Sc
cure land as rich as the prairies, for
| One-fOurth of what they could get for
| their own land. that they would come
| here instead Of going to Canada.
| Many of these people came from
Northern Europe less than ten years
ago. They know our language and
| customs. If we had secured 500 of
these people, they would make q
drawing neucleus for the best Euro
pean immigration. They would also
make 500 first class interpreters. /
do not see how immigrants can be
handled without numerous interpre-
ters. I believe the Homewood colony
in Horny county and the Lake Charles
settlement in Louisiana point the way
to the ultimate solution OF the immi-
grafton problem.
"But the question to be settled in
the senatorial campaign is whether
the present junior senator will give
up his bifurcated residence in Mexico
and Washington and immigrate to
his vast estates in the grand old coun-
ty Of Anderson.
another campaign slogan which is
still in the prOmissory state is Good
Roads, but the junior senator alone