Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-08-21
"BUGABOO" SAYS TILLMAN
Senator Declares Nothing ijp Talk Against
BEstow Amendment-Comes From
Men Who Want Office.

Bnstow Amendment-C,omes From
Men who Want Oifice.
To the Voters of the Second
District:
in the campaign now; closing my
opponent has endeavored; Ito create a
false issue, for which thites fourlhs
of the Democrats and gall South
Carolina congressman voted, means
the protection of the negro at the
polls by the federal government. "
This statement of course, has no
foundation in fact. If thet Bristow
Amendment meant any SUCH thing,
/ would not have voted fos it, nor
would the other South Carolina
congressman.
Lever voted for it and has,no op-
position, and no attention has been
paid to it in any other distH let in
the country. Senator Smith voted
for it. Col. Jasper Talbert, w hen
in congress, voted for resolution
identical with the Bristow AmeInd-
ment, and now says is the cheap
est kind of politics to pretend fear
of the negro on account of this res
olution." In letter 20 Hon. \. ..
Owens, Of Barnwell, dated July 23t,
Senator T;!iman concludes by sayF
ing, Summing it all up there is;
not as much danger in the Bristow
Amendment as appears, But II Is
BEING MADE "A BUGABOQ OF
BY SOME MEN WHO WANT
OFFICE"
Woodrow Wilson, born in the
South, says: 1t was the patriotic
duty of every Democrat to have
voted for the Bristow Amendment
and had l been in congress l would
have voted for it" He writes me
on August 18th, that he is going to
urge the New Jersey Legislature to
ratify it. Therefore, if a man votes
against me on this account, to be
consistent, he should vote against
Wilson. Against the judgment of
these men and three-fourths of the
Democrats of the House and four
ffths of the Democrats of the Senate
who voted for the Bristow Amend
mens, Mr.. Calhoun asks you to take
his judgment.
In Louisiana, a State with a large
negro population, the Judiciary
committee has recommended its
adoption. Georgia did not repudi-
ate it as Mr.. Calhoun published,
but on the other hand, postponed
action until next session.
In tie Bristow Amendment there
is no excuse for talk of the negro,
and Mr.. Calhoun should be the last
to indulge in it in view of the facts
| l haye stated from the stump in
every county in which we have
spoken, in the presence of Mr.. Cal
houn, and which facts have never
been denied by him, that in Beau
fort, when he was candidate for
mayor, he attended meeting of
Is negroes, in a negro hall, where
he furnished the refreshments and
begged them 10 vote for him. He
states his good father beat back
the negro from the polls in 49,"
Instead of following the example of
his father and beating them bac
from the polls, my opponent en-
davored to lead them to the polls.
The man who approves of such &C.
ton l ask to vote for Mr.. Calhoun.
Mr.. Calhoun, in order to appeal
to the farmer, says he is a member
of the Farmers Union, but it is
well-known that his occupation is
that of bank president and before
assuming that position he was 8
travelling sa.esman.
I am asking reelection upon my
record, with which the people are
familiar. In the history of the
state, but one congressman has been
denied a second term, and l re-
spectfully ask your earnest support.
James F. Byrnes.
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