The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-07-23

mute as mouse; the record showing
Lever present, not voting. l was also
surprised to hear him speak of the
great fight he had made and the
great victory he had won in remov-
ing the duty on potash, which is
component. part Of the fertilizer we
all use, for ! have information
which he dare not dispute-and the
record shows that this tax was in the
bill without the knowledge Of the
chairman. AS soon as 1t was called
to his attention lit was promptly
removed. Thus he has asked you
to give him credit for something
which he does not. deserve. find
him claiming great credit for appro-
priations obtained, saying they were
far in excess Of other congressman
in South Carolina, when as a matter
of fact all moneys for public build
ings are distributed by Jos. T. john
ston, member of congress from Spar
tanburg district; and to make direct
comparison, find IN one other dis
trict in the State a congressman who
has obtained $4,000 more than Mr..
Lever for bublic buildings. He
claims to be the special champion
of the establishment of rural free
delivery routes. OF the 75S rural
free delivery routes in South Caro-
! lima, there are only 119 credited to-
his: district, which shows that he is
, hardly up TO the average.
Il" have endeavored, my fellow
countrymen,, to show you how he be-
trayed great party to which we all
| belong; how he has violated his SOL
| emn oath to support, to uphold and
I maintain the tenets of that party. l
! have taken up one by one his claims
for your suffrage, and shown that
they existed only in imagination, that
he Is an ordinary braggart, who pre-
sumes too much, on your ignorance.
Lever Takes a Turn.
After DR.. Ray concluded, Mr.. Lev
| er was introduced, and received an
ovation from his friends in the hall.
They were hilarious. and from every
quarter of the house came cries OF
Lever, Lever Give us good
'un," and Take off your coat.
Mr.. Lever said that it was seri-
Gus matter to be accused Of being
! deserter from the Democratic party
| and that he was not there for jokes.
He promises to justify every posi-
;tion he had ever taken by the Con-
gressional Record.
Spoke of Career.
He then reviewed his political ca
reer from eight years ago when he
was sent to congress down TO the
session which has Just closed. He
said that he welcomed his opposition
in the present race as it gave him
an opportunity to show that he had
never violated his trust. The peo-
Pile Of the Seventh district had come
first and the people Of South Caro-
lima second.
Here Mr.. Lever was interrupted by
applause.
Continuing, he said that during
his. first term in congress he had
been put on two committees, neither
Of. which. ever met. In his second
term he had been placed on 'the
committee on agriculture. They were
appropriating s250,O00 to eradicate
the gypsy moth which. was Destroy
ing the. trees in New England. He
had gotten an appropriation amount
ing to exactly the. same for killing
the cattle tick which was the bane
of Southern cattle raisers. He spoke
of his activity in putting through the
recent pure food bill, his fight for
the Appalachian forest reserve. and
declared that he was the only DEM
ocrat in congress who had been put
in charge of bill carrying $4,000,
600 and had carried, it through
Bringing Home Bacon.
AS instances of the times he had
brought home bacon;' he cited the
$4,000 appropriation for federal
building at sumter, 100000 for one
in Orangeburg and $4,000 for cite
in Columbia.
AS for the matter of drainage, he
with his colleagues, was at work on
a proposition which would go be-.
fore congress. Drainage surveys
were now being made within three
miles of his opponents home. He
said that four years ago he had in
cluded an appropriation In the rivers
and harbors bill u dredge the
Edisto, but that the engineers had
reported unfavorably upon the pro-
iect There was at present an item
in the bill TO make survey from
Orangeburg to Charleston to deter
mine the most feasible water route
between the two cities.
Discussing his vote on oleomar
garine, Mr.. Lever said that his first
speech in congress had been pro-
test against placing it on the free
list, and that il had since been pro-
nounced healthfu by chemists. The
Western dairymen were fighting the
tax on oleo because they wanted
monopoly on all the yellow butter
sold in the United States. The meas