Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-01-01
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Aiken. S. c., Dec. IA, l9

Aiken, S. c., Dec. IA, 1907.
To the Democracy of South Carolina:
I Will stand as candidate for the
Unised States Senate in the primary
next summer.
do not place my candidacy on the
ground alone that I have been So
licited to run, but squarely state that
would be proud to represent the
people OF The Palmetto State in the
greatest Council Of. the Nation. ]
am not ashamed of the canvass for
that high Office, which. I made in
1902, and although the environments
of. that race prevented me from
reaching higher than the third place,
yet the friendships then formed, and
the experiences then realized, induce
me to appear before you again and
ask your suffrage.
Whether 1 am worthy lor not is
for your determination. 81
For over a quarter of century ]
have ebeen actively engaged in the
counsels of the Democratic party
fighting for the rights of the people
and I invite scrutiny of my record.
immigration.
I know Of no burning Issue" that
will have to be discussed or fought
over by those who may enter the
race.
The present incumbent, Mr.. Lati-
mer, has ingeniously endeavored tc
raise an "Issue' (for what purpose
m&J be learned hereafter). He has
I'us up the immigration question as
a man of straw and vociferously and
urgently he has torn him to pieces,
hoping to find some one who will
come out and oppose him on thet
issue.
Surely it was not necessary to take
free trip at the expense of the
people, aid upon the appointement
of Mr.. Roosevelt, across the briny
deep to ascertain the fact that the
good people Of South Carolina, "na-
tive and to the manor born" and
also our good citizens Of {" Foreign
Birth are opposed to indiscrimi-
nate and pauper immigration. Why
then howl about it7 Betterslet more
work be done in Congress to pass
sstricter laws to safeguard the exclu-
sion of the g Undesirable q q such as
are now menace to the North and
West.
Give as such Federal laws as will
enable the South to properly advcr-
tise its resources, and bring to us
home-seekers; with right principles,
and capable to build up our waste
places; and not interfere with our
labor on the farms and in the mills,
and keep out the undesirable.
That is what we want.
The Bureau at Columbia.
Why should an attack be made on
the Bureau at Columbia, and why
should it be abolished, because the
Junior Senator and all of those who
may oppose him are in favor Of only
"desirable immigrants7i,'
Even if the good me6 in charge Of
it desire to bring in pauper immi-
grants, they could not do so, be-
cause the Federal laws, as well as
the Act creating the Bureau restricts
it. The effort to decry the Bureau
is simply an effort to create an issue;
but such aborti-e efforts will not
mislead the people. They will think,
and they have plenty of time TO
think by next August.
That Bureau was formed for more
things than to look for "desirable
immigration"
The Act says: "That a State De-
partment of Agriculture, Commerce
and immigration is hereby created,
which shall be charged as far as pos
sible with the Execution of the work
usually devolved upon bureau of
immigration, a bureau of Agricul-
ture and bureau Of Publicity"
Give it trial, before tearing it
down.
The people of the South are calm
ly solving the race question; and
they will solve the immigration ques-
tion too, by their good common sense,
if not stirred up by those who de-
sire to create political capital.
Why Attack Charleston?
Because we are opposed, and op-
posed in the fullest extent to "unde-
sirable immigration, why pour cold
water on the development of any in
dustry which would come to the port
of the metropolis of our. Stateas The
country people will not be naisled by
that. Let her have, nay more, help
her to get lines of steamers, not only
from Triest, but from Bremen, from
Liverpool; and elsewhere, especially
when we are told the Southern and
Coast Line are giving her rates, the
same as Norfolk on exports. The
more lines Of steamers she has, and
the quicker she gets them, the bet
ter will be the facilities to export to
Europe the cotton and other products
Of the farmers and manufacturers
Of the State at large, and the better
prices the producers and manufactur-
srs will get..
Good Roads.
There are other things we will talk
about as the race grows, and We need
not go into them fully now.
For instance, we all want 'good
Dads"
Every person fayors that, and any
aw that will help on that line, and
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