The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
MIR. Ball Answers Grace.
the Editor of The Advertiser:

VIII o"" III W Call aCIenIlOn TO my sup
port of Palmer and Buckner i'm 1896,
which | referred to more than once in
The Laurens Advertiser, it may be
worth while to call attention to the fact
that MIR. Bryan has asked Mr.. Henry
Watterson, editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, to have general charge
OF the newspaper campaign in Mr..
Bryan's interest this year. In 1896 Mr..
Watterson was a Gold Democrat, sup
ported Palmer and Buckner, and the
friends of Mr.. Watterson wanted the
indianapolis convention to nominate
him instead of General Palmer against
MIR. Bryan. MIR. Bryan wanted Judge
Gray, another Palmer and Buckner
man, nominated for vice-president this
year. Mr.. Bryan is trying to get the
Democrats to come together. This
year | expect to vote for Bryan, not
because think he is a great statesman
or better than some other men in his
party, but because he has abandoned
free silver and a Democrat is better
than a Republican, for the South, on
account of the negro question. Taft
would be compelled by party pressure
to appoint a few negroes and third class
white men to office in the South and the
thing that want above all other things
is for the white people of the South to
stand together.
Since Mr.. Grace has lugged me into
the campaign | shall say this much
about Mr.. Grace. He is a lawyer who
was in the case that knocked up the la
Dor contract law last year Deciding
the case the United States district
Judge referred in terms of high praise
to Mr.. Grace, not calling him by name
but describing him as sprung from an
oppressed race, the Irish. The Judge,
commenting on the poverty of the ne
groes, said in his decision that the case
had beer brought by Il young lawyer
apparently without cost" to them.
In other words Judge Brawley sug-
gested that this case which led to the
annulment of the labor contract law
was started as a mattero of principle and
mo- for a fee. The Judge was highly
complimentary to Mr.. Grace. OF
course know nothing about the facts
that the Judge spoke of but the deci
sion is on file in the clerk of courts Of
lice and speaks for itself. Now Mr..
Grace may have been entirely conscien-
tious in this matter but | do not think
that a man who thinks as he in regard
to the relations between the white
farmers and the negroes whom they
hire is q man to advise the white farm
ers and do not think the white farmers
will listen to his charges against the
democrat !; Of Goodwin Rhett.
would like to see Rhett elected
United States senator because believe
that he would count in the Senate. He
would help the Statca He would help
Laurcns. He is not only a good bust
ness man but he is a Thoroughly cdu-
Gated man and a student. Hecan meet
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and Hale, of
Maine, on even terms when financial
questions are under discussion and he is
the only man that | know in South
Carolina who can, because he is the
only man that | know who has carefully
studied and gone to the bottom of this
subject. Mr.. Rhett is a banker. Peo-
pie who think bankers ought to be
lynchcd should not support him. He
has the same interest in the prosperity
of the country that Major Watts and
Mr.. Pluss have. Mr.. Rhett has made
some money for himself but he is nc
millionaire and is not Il very wealthy
man for that matter. There are men
in Laurens who are worth more money
than he is worth if my information is
correct. Furthermore, he is a decent,
unassuming gentleman who conducts
himself properly everywhere, helps the
new enterprises in the community, and
has the respect of his neighbors.
should not like to be understood as
suggesting that Mr.. Grace is considered
seriously as a candidate. There are
500 men in Laurens who could get more
votes for United States senator thar ]
think Mr.. Grace will get.
w. w. BALL.
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