The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-18
HE TRUTH ABOUT WYATT AIKEN

the situation I'll not change as quick
ly as Baker angod lie worked him.
self into 4 mans good graces: he
was "Quici q lend the pregnant
hinges Of knee that thrift might
follow faw ning"
Aud now. after having been taken
care OF for NIL these years. he has he.
traye,l his benefactOr in his old age,
nj II time when gratitude would have
been the compelling motive in a de-
cent mans heart Judas iscnriot sold
his Master for thirty pieces OF silver,
bnt Judas repcnted.
Many people will recall the fact that
when A. G. LatiIner first ran for con-
grcss Baker fought him most outra.
gcousIy. and rldiculed the Idea Of a
plain farmer like Laiilner being elect
cd to Euch il position. Yet when Lat
inner was elected. and began climbing
coward the pinnacle that hc after
wards reached. Baker quickly became
sycopIinnt and was never so happy
as when basking In Latimer's shadow.
AS TO IMMIGRATION
Dnminick's man Baker accuses me
Of having favored unrestricted immi.
CITATION. and of having introduced a
bill with this end in view. The truth
Is, ms both ought to know. that / have
always opposed unrestricted lmml.
grafton. and that the bill introduced!
WAS for the purpose of restricting
and wedding out the immigration that
threatened to come to South Carolina
My bill WAS to establish an Inrormn-
lion bureau at Ellis Island. where
most Of tho immigrants coming to this
country are landed. with competent
officers In charge. who could look over
the incoming immigrants, and, after
selecting those suited to our people,
give them information NJ to the op-
p0rtunities and advantages to be
found with us. We do need more
white people in South Carolina, to
supplant the worthless and danger
ous negroes Oil the farms and rs la.
borers. ana II we can get some of the
thrifty people from Germany 1t will be
q blessing 10 IFS and to them. Some
or the best people that we have In
the Third district are descended from
immigrnnt fathers and mothers. They
are In Oconce. and Anderson, and
Newhcrry, and in every county in the
district. Nobody wants pauper labor,
and d few large land owners who are
noted for swindling their tenants.
The people OF the Third district, In
the mill villages and everywhere else,
know my position as to immigration,
and this eleventh.hour lie will not
hurt me. In recent speech stated
my position on immigration SO clearly
that no one except Baker and Domi-
nick misunderstood 1t. defeated Mr..
McCalla on that very Issue.
1t Is charged that l did nothing in
support OF the Burnett immigration
bill, to restrict immigration, In the
Sfxty-secOnd Congress. On Jan,..17,
1913, when the motion to lay the con-
ference report on the table came up,
/ was absent. ] was also absent when
the motion was made to recemmit the
report. When the net vote came up
agreeing to the conference report,
on Jan. %. 1918. l. was present and
was recorded as voting Yea. The bill
passed and was sent to President
Taft, who vetoed It. On Feb. 10, 1913,
there was vote on the passage of
the bill over the Presidents veto, and
| was present and voted Yea. The
Congressional Record will cheerfnlly
prove Baker to be a liar II he will
turr to page 3429. Sixty.second Con-
gress. third session.
THE PURE FOOD LAW
1t Ia charged that voted against
tho pure food billJ This is another
hnlftruth, which Ia worse than out
right falsehood. When the bill came
before the house l objected to It be-
cause II Invaded the rights OF the
states. The bill. as 1t stood then,
would have taken away from the
states all their rights and powers In
tho administration OF their health
laws and regulations. AS demo-
crat could not stand for that, and I
voted against 1t. giving my reasons
for doing so. Other democrats who
voted with me were Adnmson and
Bartlett OF Georgia. Burleson OF Tex.
as. tnew postmaster generall. John
Sharp Williams Of Mississippi (now
Senator), Gambler of Mississippi, Gar
rGtt OF Tennessee, Gillespie OF Texas,
Henry OF T'exhs. Hill and Humphreys
Of Mississippi. Moore, Russell and
Sheppard (now SenatOr) of Texas,
Sherley OF Kentucky. and Smith OF
Texas. That was pretty coed compa-
ny, was it not? The bill passed the
House and went to the Senate. where
the objectionable features, were
stricken out, and when II came back
to the House ! voted for It, ns did the
others. and II became a law. have
no apologies to make for my record
on that bill.
AS TO THE SPEECHES
Dsker make t:.e insinuatlon that. L
hpye not written the speeches that l.
lhaye made In Congress. that have
had 70 get somebody else TO prepare
them for me. II Is rather fatiguing
to have to answer such q charge. I
hive pot made IA many speeches as
sOmeS other momhara aud nnrhons