The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-16
Senator Smith Replies
To Campaign Charges


Senator E. D. Smith yesterday de-
parted from his usual custom Of not
paying attention to charges made
against him and refuted some of them
by presenting the record. One of
these was the charge that he had voted
against the separate coach law. Sem
ator Smith showed that the only thing
which could be construed this way
was his vote p sainst an inferior prop
osition for q bill which was better,
Which subsequently became the law.
In opening his speech he took note
Of the gibes at the parade given by
some country people in compliment
to the senator and declared that he
was surprised that any Southern
man, any South Carolinian, seeing
that splendid pageant this morning
should care to criticisc any cause for
whom t. was inauguratcd, because In
that>pageant there was combination
which should fire the heart Of every
South Carblininn.
''In that parade there came into
conjunction this morning the two
things that make our State prosper
GUS and glorious-thc silken fibre of
cotton, In which there is every store
and church, every school house, the
comforts and convenience of every
home; and wearing the bloom from
that cotton, was the pride and glory
of South Carolina-ilcr immaculate
and matchless womanhood. I wan no
grander emblem for my. coat of arms
than the bloom of the cotton worn by
noble South Carolina women. and I
thank God that was my badge this
morning"
In answering certain charges made
In the campaign, the senator said:
-'NOw let's get down to the record
Before l begin to talk cotton and the
currency question, want to refer to
some statements this morning. The
governor said that had voted to
give $4,000 to the family Of one lynch
ed. Mr.. Tillman and the reform par
ty of South Carolina wrote that into
the organic lazy of this state, and
when went to the state legislature
took a solemn oath that I would
'precerve, protect and defend the con-
stitutiCn Of this state and 30 long as
there is law upon the statute books,
or In the organic law of the state, SO
ASh6p oo ttCiP AIC NiOu, dak SOluk I'D
obey that law. {,
81 do not propose to perjure myself,
! and perjure my soul, If some people,
majority Of them, have made a
grievous error, I shall stand by that
error. II such" it be, until the sover-
etgn people have corrected 1t.
"He said that had voted against
the Jim Crow car bill. Mr.. Pollock,
who is on the platform today, had
offered an RmenL lent, or a substi-
tute. to have separate coaches for
the races. Turn to page 423 of the
House Journal Of 1898. and read the
record Of the vote Of those who voted
with Banks Caughman, when the 9TH
ef! substitute. had been laid on the
table, to put division In our coaches
thus separating the races, and IL you
do not find that E. D.. Smith voted for
the separate coach law, Twill quit this
race! Search the record
am not going to defend anything
have done.y In that respect I must
repeat the language of the governor,
but thank God, not repeat the record
OF the governor. do not have to
defehG anything have done, when
I:say that In all my public life have
stoud by the crowd to which belong
ed, and you have not got men enough,
you havean got Offices enough, you
! have not got money enough to make
me desert. them, or spend my time ex-
planning lot OF ancient history, per-
.verted by poIiticians.( "A voice: "You
are rightly l.,Iefi
"Hc called up the question OF Mr..
Sims 'apOintmenE,rtT That was Mr.. Till