The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-06

SO many blessings came from them.
and he stated that if the constitution
did net allow appropriations for GER
tain public improvements, then the
constitution should be changed to
meet changing conditions. The Sher-
man antitrust law had proved in
effective he said. II stand for more
drastic antitrust legislation" He
believed in liberal appropriations for
schools. and, If necessary, government
aid for schools but he did not be-
lieve in educating the negro too much.
He wanted the laws so changed that
every white boy could go to school
and get an education.
He advocated the putting of Con-
federate soldiers names on the Fed
eral pension lists. This might be a
radical idea and it had met with
much opposition from the papers, but
he had advocated things before which
had been laughed at, but which were
now on the Democratic platform fIe
had been first to introduce a bill pen
sioning Confederate veterans by
States. but this was generally done
now. Fe asked that he be allowed
to introduce bill putting Confed-
crate veterans on the Federal pension
bill in the United States senate.
He believed in a tariff for reevnue.
He was opposed to the Aldrich cur
rency bill because it took the coinage
of money out of the hands of the gov
ernment and he did not believe in
this. He stated at this point that a
resolution had been passed at the re-
cent State Democratic convention
permitting other candidates to enter
; the race in case of death of another
candidate. He said this resolution
had been passed because there We're
number of people in the convention
who wanted Senator Tillman's Job.
He had heard this and it was rumor-
ed around, he would not say it was
true.
He stated that he would make no
charges against any of the other can
didates. he was running on his own
merits and not on the demerits of
others. He stated that he would not
go into the details Of the land deal
Ia the West with which Senator Till
man was charged with being con-
cerned. he would not state how SEN
ator Tillman and Foraker had been
against Roosevelt in taking up for ne
gro troops in Texas, he had nothing
to say about Tillman's having voted
j to seat Senator Lorimer Of Illinois,
who had secured his election by fraud.
He merely mentioned these things to
show that he could go into them, but
would not as he was running strictly
on his own merits. and had no charg-
es to make against any one else. He
did not know if the things were true
or not
He advocated the initiative refer
endum and recall. he believed in an
Office holder being recalled when he
did not give his constituents satisfac-
ton. He spoke for something over
forty minutes and was literally ap-
plauded when he ended his speech.
Solicitor p. II. Stoll, candidate
for reelection as solicitor of the third
judicial circuit, next made a short
speech. He first thanked the people
of Sumter county for the support they
had given him four years ago and
asked them to endorse his first term
of Office by giving him a second term
He did not wish to be "kicked out"
as such a thing would be very SER
tous affair to a young man. He was
unning on his record, which was as
good as that Of any other solicitor in
the state. He stated that an eXamin-
alton of the Attorney Generals re-
ports would show that he had rec
ord of 73 per cent of convictions for
one year and 70 per cent for another
year. This was as good a record as
| any candidate could boast Of
! He had made mistakes as a solicit
! or he knew and if he were reelected
he would continue To make mistakes.
but he had fulfilled his duty as he
saw II and he was now better able to
do the work than when he was elect
! ed four wears ago He triod in all
| cases and in every way to be practical
He had done what he believed was
for the best interest Of the county
He had always treated witnesses with
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