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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-04-04

Parker ticket in 1904 of Henry c.. Davis
of West Virginia. But that is essen
TALLY Northern State. Carlisle of
Kentucky had few votes for President
in the conventions of 1884 and 1892 /;
Blackburn of Kentucky and Tillman of
Soutl, Carolina in 1896; Williams Of
Mississippi in 1904. But they were
merely complimentary
Yet the war is over. A Southern
Democrat and a former Confederate
soldier is Chief Justice Of the United
States Supreme Court by appointment
of Republican President. The day
may not be SO far of when the last
traces of the sectional line will be obit-
Grated in American politics-The Ne7v
York World, October "a, 1911.
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ANTITRUST LEGISLATION

(In Speech Before Pennsylvania So
ciety of New York, Dec. 9, 1917
"Is it not proper for all of us, ire
spective of party, to insist that the
time has come for us to join together
in putting all end to this proftless agi-
tation and proposals for tinkcring with
the (Sherman) law? AS the necessity
arises, we can from time to time enforce
the act, without fear or favor, but with
out any disposition to get political cap
ital out of what we may be called upon
to do. Let our pilot be experience and
accurate knowledge and high resolve,
and not party expediency or misdi-
rected energy, whether proceeding from
good or bad motives, and above all this
let US not proceed upon crude guess"
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UNDERWOOD OVER AGAIN

The rapid rise of Oscar w. Under
wood in the discussion of Presidential
possibilities is full of significance, and
may well cause CONSERVATION in the
Wilson, Clark and Harmon camps. AS
a distinctive Southerner, his boom espc-
cia]ly is menace to Wilson, who ap-
pealcd strongly to the sentiment of that
section, in which he was born and spent
his early years. In the soundness of
his Democracy, the statcsmanlikc judg-
mcnt and moderation he displays in
dealing with the issues of the hour,
Mr.. Underwood has no superior among
his rivals. He avoids indorsing very
committed himself somewhat inconti-
nently.-The Troy Press, New York,
November 28, 1911.
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UNDERWOOD AS "A CANDIDATE

In Mr.. Undcrwood's candidacy the
South for the first time in 60 years
comes forward with man with a rea-
soma man with a valid claim on
Democracy for signal recognition. If
unsel6sh devotion, high performance,
Nationwide breadth of view, and rare
qualities for leadership entitle man
to sympathy and support in his aspir-
ations, the nomination of Mr.. Under
wood would be testimonial logically
bestowed.
The Southern Democracy never
wants.. in or out of Congress, for
powerful champions of party politics,
men who come in for honorable men
tion when the Presidential year rolls
round, but in Mr. Underwood's case
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Birmingham News
Supports Underwood

In many quarters there has arisen a
demand that Oscar w. Underwood be
named the standard bearer of the Demo-
cratic party in the campaign that will
be waged for the presidency in 1912
1t is the earnest hope of The Birming-
ham Neqos that this may come about.
Should the banner be entrusted to the
keeping of Oscar w. Underwood, The
Birmingham Ne1us thoroughly believes
that by him it will be carried to glo-
rious victory, and that 1t will never be
stained by compromise with wrong or
sullied by collusion with privilege.-The
Birmingham Nczos, Thursday, November
%, 1911.
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Alabama, also, comes confirmation of
the fact that the Underwood boomers
are receiving most encouraging reports
from New York. These reports go so
far as to say that if the South will keep
Representative Undcrwood's name be-
fore the convention, New York State
may be counted on to fall into line after
the second or third ballot
If the South can get over the ancient
obscssion that Southern man cannot
be nominated for President and if the
South will keep the name of Underwood
before the convention, for a few ballots,
there are many wise political observers
in Washington and New York who arc
confident that the New York delegation
will swing into line for Underwood
Washington correspondence of the
Nas',ville Tennesseean, December 81,
1911.
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The South and
the Presidency

This constant reference to- an alleged
dead line" when it comes to the selec-
tion of a candidate for the presidency, is
out of place. It>is peculiar fact that
we hear more of it right here in the
South than anywhere else in the coun-
try. We are getting to be painfully
sclf-conscious about this supposed politi-
cal bar sinister. Not only that, but we
act on the assumption that it would be
politically inexpedent for us to support
any man who is Southern born and
bred. 1t is folly of the worst kind and
only serves to keep alive the dying en-
bers of Observation-Disclosures Times,
December, 1911.
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order to make anybody hear your name.
1t is a rule to which there is no excep-
ton that know of except Underwood.
lie sat back there quietly in Congress
for sixteen years doing splendid work
and never getting his name into the pa
pcrs. Finally the crash came, the Demo
Gratis carried the House, and from sheer
merit and nothing else the quiet man
from Alabama was made floor leader
and put in charge of the party's tariff
bill And he SO acquitted himself that
within month he became national
figure, and now he is quite likely to be
nominated for President.-Charles Will
lis Thompson, in The Sunday Herald,
Boston, October 22, 1911.
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SOUTH ELECTED CLEVELAND

"It was due to the South that Grover
Cleveland was nominated and elected"
said Judge Parker. at was due to the
South that William ]. Bryan was twice
nominated, and in like manner the South
was responsible for the nomination Of
a New Yorker, who speaks to you now.
still believe that the South is the Sec
ton of our country from which a presi-
dental nominee could be chosen who
could quell the voices of all the Demo-
cratic factions and heal all breaches.
When the Democratic National Conven-
tion sees fit to nominate a Southerner,
I believe that the Northern Democrats
will SUPPORT him with their ballots
Judge Alton B. Parker, in The State.
Columbia, S. c., JanuarY25, 1912.
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RECIPROCITY
In the Y. S. House of Representatives.
April 81, l01l.l

representatives.
April 2l, 1915
Our agricultural implements supply
the farmers wants beyond the seas
Our boots and shoes are worn BY peo-
pie who speak many foreign languages
and who tread the highways Of the
Occident and the Orient. The looms of
our factories clothe the people of dis
tant lands. The freight of our foreign
rivals is carried to market on American
rails, drawn by American engines, across
echasms spanned by American built
bridges. [Applause.] The harvests of
our Farmers feed the toiling masses of
Europe We would be the unrivaled
masters of production and industry in
every land where free competition can
be obtained if we would but strike off
the. shackles that bind us to the dead
and unnecessary economic system, main
tanned by the Republican Party, that
creates false standards and wasteful
conditions at home. Applause on the
Democratic side.l
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there is added a genius for organiza-
ton and command not often observable
i'll party leaders of his section. For
candor compels a good word in
acknowledgment of what he did in the
way of harmonizing and knitting to-
gether the warning elements of his
party in the House. Not in twenty
years has there been in Democratic
councils leader who proved success
ful in uniting all shades of opinion and
presenting solid front on practically
every issue that came to a vote. For
that reason, if for no other, Mr. I'm
derwood's availability would seem to
merit careful consideration at the
hands Of the Democratic party.-Wash-
ington Post, October 8, 1911.
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A NATIONAL REPUTATION
WITHOUT SEEKING 1T

Underwood is probably the greatest
authority on the tariff in the House Of
Representatives, or, for that matter, in
Congress.
"What do you think of UnderwoodT
I asked Senator Bailey.
Underwood" said Bailey, "is the only
man in either house of Congress who
could be locked III hcrmetically sealed
room for week and emerge from it
with perfectly good tariff bill"
Underwood is the strongest example
in modern sGtt times OF thoroughly modest
after it. Politics is noisy game; you
have to have trumpet and bugle in
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AN EMINENT TAN

The destiny of the American nation.
which I think is the most wonderful in
the whole history Of the world, is per-
fcctly safe in the hands of such men
as your Underwood. 1t is a pity that
we cannot have more Of his kind in
Washington. He is one of the most
eminent men that the South has pro-
duccd, and look with vast satisfaction
Upon the plans of his Alabama friends
to give him their unanimous indorse.
ment for that high office--the pre-
dcncy-Prof. Willis L. Moore, Chic IN
II. S. Weather Bureau, in the RI 'nr
lam, Ala, dge-Heyald, Octr' y
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PROJECTIONS
Gin the U. S. Ho4 of Reprtsv.,.
April !, 1917

Gin the U. S. Ho,& of Reprtscn,..
April 1919
The protected irtrests of this coun-
try know we'll thai this bill will make
a break in the dix that whenever the,
protective tariff iaremoved and the
Northern farmer stds out alone with
out prctensc of prcction to his prod
ucts that he can Il longer be counted
on to stand in the inks of the monopo-.
listic interests of It's country. That is.
why they are afrai of it. It is not SO,
much what is i'll th bill, but they know
that the death kind of the protection
system will have stnded-tl,at protcc-
ton that means thdprotsction of cnor-
nous. profits and {c creation Of mo-
nnopolies in this ountry-whcn the
farmer understands and abandons the
Republican Party those alone who
have fattened upon is hard-earncd dol
lars. They are usinS my friends, every
GIort Ill the district on that side Of the
louse and IN your district, my fellow
democrat and in IH district to break
!!lc column. | havdprotectcd interests
i'll my district, but do not represent
them. | represent til great mass of nv
constituency who walt honest treatment
and fair play.
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WHOrI SHALL THE
DEr1OCRATS NOMINATE

Congressman Underwood, as house
leader of the Democrats and as chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, has measured up to the standard of
true craftsmanship He has rendered in
calculable service to the cause of honest
tariff revision, the one great issue in
the pending campaign, and by his splen-
did poisc and mastery of affairs he has
exalted his party's name in the minds Of
thinking Amcricans-Atlanta Journal,
January 7, 1912.
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0'sHAUNEssY BooMs UNDERWOOD

Mr.: O'Shaunessys declaration fol-
lowed the Underwood demonstration in
the House. Mr.. OShaunessy said:
believe Mr. Underwood is the right
man for the presidency. He has won
derful executive ability, as shown by his
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-04-04

sion, and except for his residence so far
South. l feel that he is in every way
suitable for the place. I believe the
Democrats could not nominate more
acceptable candidate. ."-Rcpresentative
OShaunessy. of Rhode Island. in The
Precedence Journal, August, 1911.
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States Steel Corpt
Of fact, l am inter
steel business m,
have in the worl,
steel business excl
with the United !
ton. My people a;
facturers. We mi
Steel Corporation |
istence in a cont
industrial fields Of
have not asked md
tive tariff on iron|
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AMERICAN MERCHANT

(In the U. S. House of Representa-
tives, Feb. 26, 1ol0)
1t is clear that there are no treaties
that stand in our way to prevent us from
enacting discriminating tariff duty
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PROTECTION OF PROFITS,
THE UBIQUITOUS POLICY OF THE
REPUBLICANS FOR HALF "A CENTURY
The One Question Eternay Present the Most Effective the
Most Efficient and the Faires Way Of EquaIzing
the Burdens of Taxation
Mr. Underwood Would Have the Question Solved with the
Determination to do the Right, Safe and
Reasonable Thing
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-07
WITHIN TIE TOWN.

The ]. M. Brian company is exhib-
iting some fine potatoes, onions, ETC.,
which Capt. W. E. Bell has sent from
Trenton, Fla, as evidence Of what can
be done in his part Of the Land of
Flowers so early in the season.
The condition of Leon Chambers,
the negro boy, who was stabbed by
Harry Wright, also colored, at the
Friendly Aid hall last Thursday, is said
to be quite critical, and in that belief,
Dock Johnson, another negro who had
been previously arrested as an acces-
sorry and released on bail, has been
committed to Jail. From reports in
circulation the affairs appears to have
been quite ugly.
Quite a number Of registration GER
tificates were issued by the county
board yesterday, some on account OF
the approaching municipal election in
Yorkville, and others because Of the op-
pOrtunity afforded to people who we're
in Yorkville in attendance on the coun-
ty convention. One of the members Of
the board informs the reporter that be-
cause Of The Enquirer's emphasis Of
yesterday for the benefit of Yorkville
voters who had not previously regis
tered, an impression had gained cur
rency over the county that there would
be no more opportunities for registra-
tion during the year. The books are
open, Of course, each first Monday of
the month, except in the case Of a first
Monday occurring thirty-one days be-
fore a general election.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Fannie Roddey of Rock Hill, Is
the guest Of Miss Lindsay Clark of
Yorkville No. l.
Miss Louise Lilly Of Filbert, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. W. d. McCarter,
on Yorkville No. 7.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quay McElwee Of
Montgomery, Ala, are visiting relatives
in Yorkville this week.
h Mesdames II. C. Beckham and E. E.
|Poag of Rock Hill, are guests of Mrs.
r. A. Bratton in Yorkville.
Mrs. w. H. Powell Of Charlotte, N.
c., is spending some time with her sis
ter, Mrs. r. E. Montgomery.
b Mrs. F. A. brennan and little daugh-
tier, Carolyn, Of Lowryville, are visiting
Mrs. T. c. Dunlap in Yorkville.
Rev. T. Tracy Walsh and Mr.. w. B..
Moore are attending the diocesan coun-
Gil Of the Episcopal church at Beaufort
this week.
3 Mr.. C. w. Garrison, who is attending
a business college in Charlotte, NJ c.,
is spending several days with his pa
rents on Yorkville No. 3.
h Miss Cote M. Cowan, who has been
hoing efficient work in the Forest Hill
school during several months past, fin
ished the term last week and left for
her home at Davidson, N. C.
Mr.. c. E. Dobson of Pensacola, Fla,
stopped over with his father, Mr. j.
w. Dobson, in Yorkville, a day or two
last week, on his way home from
Washington, where he had been on
business.
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Senator Iillman,s Plea.

Although we have not been asked to
do so. we are giving free space to Sen
ator Tillman's remarkable address to
the voters Of South Carolina. asking
that he be permitted to die in the Unit
ed States senate.
There is running through the ad-
dress that which is at once pathetic
and dignified, and there is no question
in our mind that the average reader
will be very much impressed with both
the manner and matter of it, as he
should be.
That Senator Tillman has exercised
a most powerful influence on the SEN
timent and thought and even the char
acter of this state, there is no question,
and neither is there any question that
he has done a lot of good as we'll as a
lot of harm; but as to how much cred
it he deserves personally there is room
for much difference of opinion.
The greatest thing that Mr.. Tillman
ever did was to arouse the average man
to fuller realization Of his social and
political rights. There were those who
direction as demagogy, and if the prop
er definition of demagogy be the STIR
ring up Of political strife for selfish ben
fit, we are not prepared to say that the
was not correct: but
at the same time we believe that the
general result has been good rather
than otherwise.
In the early days Tillman charged a
lot of corruption on the part of public
officials, and made the people believe
that the whole state administration
was rotten to the core; but the fact re-
mains that after he finally succeeded
in getting complete possession of every
portion of the state government, there
developed but one single instance of
misrepresentation of public funds. That
was in the office of the adjutant and
inspector general, and that was passed
over as soon as the erring official
made good.
There was probably some truth in
the charges of incipient bamboozlement
and debauchery by reason of the
wholesale distribution of free passes by
the railroads. There is probably no
less, generally speaking, today than
there was then. But it was a sorry
picture that Senator Tillman made of
himself in this connection. However
sincere may be the plea of the average
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-07

We are reproducing in another col
umn an editorial from the Columbia
State on the campaign against Wood
row Wilson and the significance of the
campaign. The editorial has been de-
nounced as unjust and unfair, but
somehow we do not see it that way. 1t
is certainly a fact that Wilson Is the
only Democratic candidate who has
been campaigning in all parts of the
country and it Is also a fact that the
other candidates have been pitted
against him only in the sections In
which each was the strongest. There
is no doubt about the fact that a lot of
money has been spent in behalf OF
all the candidates, including Mr.. Will
son; but it is quite evident that there
has been more money 6 =. ent to cripple
or defeat the New Jersey man than has
been spent in his behalf. We do not
think there is any question Of the fact
that Governor Wilson Is more popular
with the masses of the Democratic
party than any other candidate, and
we have an idea that If he is not NOM
mated the masses are going to be pref
ty generally disappointed. But in
South Carolina as elsewhere, politicians
are concerned about their own inter-
est more than they are about nominat-
ing a candidate who really stands for
the people, and what the result is going
to be nobody knows. Just now 1t looks
very much like a toss up.
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Political Responsibility of the lndi-
viduaI

That Is a big subject and much
We had in mind the idea of undertake
ing to tell individuals how they should
order their political affairs; but we do
not happen to have any such thing in
mind just now.
The first duty Of every citizen, Of
course, is to try to do that which is
right, and no citizen who keeps this idea
of duty in mind is apt to go very far
wrong in politics or in anything else.
On the question of what is right, it
would b, easy enough to fill columns
Of space; but the space would be
wasted. The individual who has grown
from birth to maturity under Christian
civilization and who does not possess
a very satisfactory idea Of what is
right, is in a poor way to learn any
thing at this late day.
Of course there are hundreds of peo-
pie who do not feel that they have any
political responsibility at all. The rea-
son of this might be explained; but
it is not worth while in this connec-
tion, for the fact remains that under
Ia government Of the people like ours
equal responsibility rests upon every
individual.
1t is a common thing to hear men
say that certain other men or certain
classes of men should not be allowed
to vote; but such a sentiment Is not to
be taken seriously. AS a matter of
fact it Is too idle to be worth while.
There Is no getting around the fact
that every normal man Of average in
telligence has as much right to vote
as any other man, and no one should
think of holding otherwise.
There are large number of people
who insist on taking no part in the
government, and while they may be
within their rights under the laws and
constitution, the best that can be said
of them is that they are wilfully neg
lecting their duty.
There are grades of intelligence,
grades of morality and grades of char
acter; but it takes all these grades to
make up the average, and when men
stand aloof from their political duties
they are affecting the average for
which they are more or less RESPONSE
BILE.
Every man who is entitled to vote
should vote. and while we do not hesi-
tate to say that we think it Is up to
him to use the best judgment he Is
capable of forming in all the light
available, still we think that his high
est duty to himself and the public Is to
vote lust as he sees proper to vote.
While he may justly be subject to crit
icism if he does not vote at all, If he
does vote for candidates Of his choice
he has exercised his right and dis
charged his duty.