Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-30

the district.
1.-THE man whom I defeated for the
nomination, Mr.. Hughes, has made nc
protest, although he could have made
such a protest to the state board OF
canvassers, and the house Of repre-
sentatives In the proper way. II he Is
complaining, his complaint has not
been made known, and take 1t that
he, the real man in interest, who nat.
urally knew best the situation, has ac-
quiesced in my nomination and elec-
tion, otherwise he would be the con-
testant in this matter. 80
II confess no surprise at the action
OF Mayor Grace; he is my political and
personal enemy. the personal and po-
litical enemy of my family for years
and it is another evidence Of the vim
dictive and unrelenting character OF
the man who happens, by accident, to
be, the mayor Of Charleston. Mayor
Grace has an unorganized and insane
mind, thinks like O house afire and is
about as destructive and illogical. He
has ambition and loves power as much
as any man have ever seen. He is
q achronic offlce-seeker, having run for
the state senate and being overwhelm-
ingly uelea.ed. He then ran for sher-
III, and was overwhelmingly defeated
by the people Of his own county, who
knew him best. Then my brother-in-
law, ex-Mayor R. Goodwin Rhett, was
candidate for the United States sem
etc, and Mr.. Grace entered the race
with the avowed purpose only OF de-
feating my brother-in-law. He can
vassed every county in the state. and
yet his purpose was SO plainly vindic-
tive and vituperative that his total vote
did not exceed two thousand in the en-
tire state. He then ran for mayor OF
the city Of Charleston, and by every
artifce known to the demagogue, and
by every appeal to passion and preju-
dice, succeeded in winning this posi-
tion by one hundred and eighty votes.
He has never been, and is not now,
the choice Of the progressive business
people of the city Of Charleston. He
Is disturber, and a dangerous icono-
clast, who seeks to tear down, with
out pointing out how to build up. !.
'ais opposition to me Is not sur
prising, for have regarded his meth
DDS as dangerous and have, therefore,
opposed them with all the strength OF
which I am possessed. His campaign
against me last spring was vicious, vile
and evidently moved by personal hos
tility to me and my family. His can
didate was defeated by clear major
ity of the untrammeled Democracy OF
the district, and his action at this time
is an evidence Of the fact that he Is
disgruntled, sore, desperate and will
Ing by Implication to befoul his own
nest. ~ !,
"As far as am concerned, ! regret
that these dirty and malicious charges
should be filed against me, but I shall
not let them interfere with my eff
cheney as the representative Of the first
dissrict. Ny eleven years as q repre-
sentative in the state Legislature OF
South Carolina; my four years as the
chairman Of the judiciary committee
of that body; my one year as speaker
pro tenn, and four years as speaker OF
that body, are evidence Of the esteem
and respect and confidence in which
I am held by the people Of South Car
olina. The further evidence Of this
esteem Is shown in my unanimous
election as president Of the state Dem
ocratic convention in 1910 and my
election last year as a delegate to the
Baltimore convention.
"The charges Of Mayor Grace are
irritating, naturally, but those who un-
derstand the situation and know the
facts, realize that they are inspired by
the desperation Of man whose ad-
mitted ambition was to come to con-
gress, and who realizes that my elec-
ton destroys absolutely the prospect
of the realization Of that ambition. he
is merely playing a hand guided by a
mind obsessed and insaned by person
al hostility to me, and I am willing
and ready to rest my case upon the
facts"