Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-12
Miseellaneous 8eaaina.
DIAL URGES BUSINESS METHODS
Senatorial Candidate Hopes to Defeat
Opponents.

DIAL URGES BUSINESS METHODS
Senatorial Candidate Hopes to Defeat
Opponents.
Col. Nathaniel 3. Dial Of Laurens,
who a few days ago announced that
he would be a candidate for the
United States senate in the primary
to be held this summer, paid a flying
visit to Charleston yesterday for the
purpose of visiting his friends here
and getting a line on the senatorial
situation in this city. Col. Dial, who
is a leading lawyer Of Laurens, pres
ident of the Enterprise bank and Of
the Reedy River Power company, and
who has served as mayor Of his town
for three different terms, stated yes
terday that he was in the senatorial
race to the end and that he had good
hopes Of success. He was not in the
race to attack anybody he said, when
asked just why he believed that he
ought to he chosen instead of Senator
Tillman to represent the people Of
South Carolina in the upper body Of
the national congress, but simply be-
cause he felt that he would be able to
serve his state.
Business Methods Needed.
Business methods in the admins
tration of the country will be the
main plank of Col Dials platform.
In conversation with a reporter for
the News and Courier yesterday he
stated that he would work hard II
elected to bring about change in the
existing banking laws, change which
would make money more plentiful
and panics impossible. Col. Dial
spoke favorably Of the Aldrich cur
rency bill, stating that 1t would pre-
vent panics, make each section inde-
pendent and draw in idle capital to
the places where it was most needed.
Col. Dial stated that he would con-
duct an aggressive and determined
campaign in the interests Of his can
didacy. He will probably make few
speeches prior to the official opening
of the campaign; and within the near
future he will publish a letter set
ting forth in full detail his reasons
for entering the race and giving the
planks Of the platform with which he
will go before the public. He has
been much encouraged, he declared,
by the situation as 1t had so far re-
vealed itself to him, and he believes
that he will be able to defeat both
Senator Tillman and Col. J. w. Tai
bert, who has also announced his
candidacy for the office. Col. Dial
stated that II elected he would con-
tinue the same creative policy that
has marked his business career. He
appeals especially to the farmers of
the state for their support, having
been born and raised on a farm him
self and having a thorough under
standing Of the farmers needs. He
declared that he represented no fac
tions or interests and would make the
fight for the senatorship entirely In
dependently of any outside influence.
Asked as to whether the approaching
contest for the gubernatorial seat
would affect in any way the senator
ial race, Col. Dial replied in the neg
ative. He stated that he had not TAX
en- any part in the Jones-Blease fight
and that the latter contest ought not,
in his judgment, to have any effect
whatsoever upon the contest for the
senatorship.
Any Candidate Fit.
Col. Dial, when asked whether he
was strongly in favor Of any one of
the present Democratic leaders who
are regarded as presidential possibil-
tiles, replied that he had no particu-
lar preference and that any one of
the candidates now prominently men
toned for the nomination would be
satisfactory to him. He expressed
the hope that there would be no
scramble for the nomination and that
the candidates would come together,
decide on the strongest amongst them
and bend every energy to defeat the
Republicans, rather than waste their
own strength in petty squabblings
Col. Dial expressed himself very EN-
phatically in favor of changing the
rule of the convention so as to allow
the nomination Of a candidate by a
majority instead Of a two-thirds vote
The latter plan, he said. was ideal but
not practical; and under it it Is often
possible for a determined minority to
thwart the will Of the majority
Interested In Charleston.
Col Dial expressed himself as be-
ing deeply interested in Charleston
and it's future. He believes that with
the opening of the Panama canal a
new era will dawn for this port and
for the entire south, and he Is watch
ing with interest the efforts which are
now being made here to secure for
Charleston her just share Of the canal
trade. Discussing this phase of the
situation, he said that II he were elect
ed to the senate he would do all in
his power to bring about a change in
the methods of appointing consuls. so
that in the future the consuls rep
resenting the United States in foreign
countries should be men familiar with
the products Of the United States
which are sold to those countries.
Col Dial stated that his visit to
Charleston was necessarily brief, but
that he hoped to be in this city again
in the near future.-News and Cou-
rier, Wednesday.