Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
STANDS ON CONSTITUTION.
Joseph A. Mccullough, OF Greenville
Candidate for U. 8. Senate.

yers of this city, and we'll known
throughout the State through his
service as legislator and special
Judge, will be candidate for the
United States Senate In the primary
TO be held next summer. His candi-
dacy was announced this evening,
when he issued the following formal
statement:
To the Demot -atic Voters cf South
Carolina: have decided to enter.
the race for the United States Senate.
subject to the action of the Demo,
cratic primary. I realize how unsat-
isfactory 1t Is, both to the candidate
and to the voter, for me to attempt
to outline anything in the nature of
platform, for the reason that there
ere so many questions with which a
Senator of the United States will
have to Coal that the voter will be
more largely governed by his opin-
lon as to the qualifications of the
candidate than by any platform he
may announce.
believe that Henry watterson
| tersely stated what should DE the
keynote in the coming Democratic
campaign in the words, Back to the
Constitution" Given a mans con-
ception of that document and the re.
spective rights of the State and Fed
eral governments Hereunder, and if
| he be consistent, his position with
reference to almost all the other
questions coming before the National
| Congress for solution can be pre-
dicted with almost as absolute pre-
cision and accuracy as the pos 'tion
of a planet one thousand years rom
now. AS to the construction Of the
Consultation, belong to the school
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that an application Of that instru-
ment, thus interpreted, would solve
permanently and in a satisfactory
manner all the great questions that
occupy the attention of the Amerf-
can people, such as che tariff. trusts
finances, taxation and the rights of
the States. e
Stated briefly, Mr.. Mccullough
gives this outline of his beliefs and
intended policy:
believe in immediate tariff re-
vision and reciprocity. I
believe In protecting the Ameri-
can laborer against lower standard
of wages and living through the In
flux Of undesirable immigration, and
on the other hand favor stinulat-
Ing immigration Of a desirable class.
believe In tariff reform, which
would remove the foundations upon
which trusts and monopolies rest
believe that the National Leg
islature should deal only with ma
| tional questions. / believe in
the right Of the State to adopt its
| own domestic policy, concerning all
matters of which the Federal govern
| ment has no Jurisdiction = 1
believe in the right of the individual
| to earn his bread in the sweat Of his
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guarantee to him just recompense
for the labor expended . = be-
lieve that 1T is the function Of the
government to issue money, and for
that reason favor the establishment
OF central national bank.
believe in peace-universal peace
and favor arbitration as settlement
OF all questions.
In making this campaign 1 do not
intend to spend barrels of money"
even for legitimate purposes, as 1t
has been suggested that a candidate
for the Senate must do to be
elected. l will not do this for two
reasons. In the first place, 1 haven't
it to spend, and in the second place,
think it mere important to the
State that the individual should ex-
ercise his honest, conscientious judg-
ment.
l will not flood the voters Of the
State with letters and literature of
all sorts.
In conclusion, I believe that you
will extend to each and every one of
us who may enter the contest that
courtesy which Benjamin Franklin
once suggested In a letter introduce
ing an unknown person to another
equally as unknown: do him all
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the favor that on further acquaint-
ance you will find him to deserve"
Respectfully,
JOS. A. Mccullough.