The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-03-21
FINLEY ENDORSED
FOR GUARDIANSHIP
Both Senators and Four Representa-
tives, i'm Letter to Democratic
Members of Congress, Ask Sup-
port of Finley's Candidacy.

Members of Congress, Ask Sup
port of Finley's Candidacy.
Washington Special to Charleston
News and Courier, March 19.-Urg-
ing the candidacy of Representative
David E. Finley, of the first South
Carolina district for chairman of
the Democratic national congress
sional committee, the two senator's
from South Carolina and four of the
five colleagues of Mr.. Finley in the
house have united in sending the
following letter to all of the Demo-
cratic membership of the popular
branch of Congress:
To the Democratic Members of the
Sixty-third Congress: We, the un-
dersigned members OF the South
Carolina delegation in Congress, in
v1te your attention to the candidacy
and qualifications of the Hon. David
r.. Finley, representative from the
fifth congressional district of South
Carolina, for the position Of chair
gressional committee.
Mr.. Finley, when a boy 16 years
of age, joined one of the first Demo-
cratic clubs TO organize in South
Carolina, since which time he has
been actively engaged in promoting
the cause of the Democratic party.
For twenty-siX years he has partici-
pated in politics of his county, state
and nation, and has been before the
people of his county on every Demo-
cratic ticket for more than twenty
years, receiving their endorsement
In every instance. Mr.. Finley has
ably represented his district in Con-
gress for fourteen years and last
November was reelected to the
Sixty-third Congress by the largest
majority he has ever received. Dur
ing his services in Congress Mr..
Finley has always stood for and
voted with his party on all questions
involving Democratic principles.
For twelve years Mr.. Finley has
been member of the Democratic
national congressional committee,
OF which committee he has been
three times elected vice chairman,
and during that last three congress
sional campaigns was in charge of
the committees headquarters in
Washington. He is the Oldest mem
ber of the committee in point of SER
vice. AT no time has his loyalty and
fidelity TO the Democratic party been
questioned, and when there was no
apparent hope for success and no
victory in sight he continued to la
Dor, TO devote his time and atten-
tion, and to contribute financially to
the Democratic cause The COM
mittee has rendered a great service
in aiding the election of Demo-
cratic majority IN the house in the
last Congress and in this one, and
one should be elected to the chair
manship of the committee who is
capable, competent, efficient and ex-
perienced, and whose loyalty and
fidelity TO the Democratic party is
beyond question. Mr.. Finley pos
sesses every prerequisite for cleo
tion to the Craftsmanship of the Dem
ocratic national congressional com
mittee.
May we ask your hearty co-opera-
tion and support of his candidacy? Z?
(Signed) b. X. Tillman, E. d.
Smith; j. F. Byrnes, second South
Carolina; Wyatt Aiken, third South
Carolina; j. T. johnson, fourth
South Carolina; A. F. Lever, seventh
South Carolina
Only one other name has been
mentioned, so far as is known, for
the position which the friends of
the chairman of the South Carolina
house delegation are seeking for
him as a deserved promotion from
the position of party honor and re-
sponsibility, which he has held for
the past six years. Representative
Ben Johnson, Of Kentucky, may be-
come candidate for the congress
sional committee chairmanship, but
it is not thought likely that he could
beat the South Carolinian, who has
the advantage of more than twice
as many years of congressional SER
vice, though a younger man, and is
directly in line for the place.