The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-06-16
READY FOR cattle,
DECLARES SMITH
Jun or Senator TO Seek Re-EIec-
tiOn on His Record.
CAN DO MUCH FOR STATE
Brands Charge of His Dealing in
Cotton Futures as Manufac-
tured FalsehOod


Spartanburg Special to Charleston
News and Courier, June Ex-senator
%. ID. Smith, who came here from
Washington to deliver the commence
ment address at Wofiord College,
left for Columbia tonight, with
former Governor John Gary Evans,
chairman of the State Democratic
executive committee. Mr.. Evans said
all candidate for governor had filed
their pledges except John L. Nc
Laurin.
I'm ready for the fray" said Sen
ator Smith, with reference to the Sem
atorial campaign, which opens in st
Matthews Wednesday. He said he
would ask reelection on the strength
OF his record in the Senate, in this
connection laying particular stress on
a measure he said he passed for the
regulation of the cotton exchanges
and his amendment to the banking
and currency law, which gives far
mars six months time to draw their
drafts, bills and notes for agricultu-
raj purposes instead of ninety DAYS,
as originally contemplated In the mea
sure.
Senator Smith also said: L am now
in position, as a matter of course, to
do more for the people by virtue of
my position on various commit
tees than have been able to do
in the past in that my committee ap-
pointments are such as to give me
added influence in legislation. 1 am
chairman of the committee on immi-
grafton, ranking member on the com
mittee of postoffices and post roads,
ranking member of Interstate COM
merce committee, ranking member of
agricultural committee and of sever
al other less important committees.
In case / would not be returned, who
ever succeeded me would necessarily
have to begin practically at the bot
tom OF the list. These are some OF
the facts that / think the farmers
fought to know"
PRAISES WILSON.
|. Asked about Wilson's policy with
reference to negroes, which has been
criticised in this State, the Senator re
piled that he did not know, and that
it was thing that in the nature OF
the case one did not like to discuss.
The people know that Wilson is a
! big lot of seed corn. the only man
that has ever accomplished anything
and they would be fools TO throw
away all the corn for a few rotten
kernels" he said.
Asked about some Of the particular
! charges that friends Of the Governor
| are alleged to have been talking of as
probably to be brought against him.
notably the charge that he has been
dealing in cotton futures on the New
/ York Exchange while his cotton bills
were pending in the Senate and while
he was advising the farmers to hold
/ their cotton, the Senator became
rather warm, brought his fist down
with force and with a laugh of deri-
sion said that he was not Worrying
at all about that, that he had the
goods to prove such nothing but man
ufactured lies. Asked if he voted to
confirm a negro judge in the District
of Columbia, he laughed again. as if
{ were joke, and said that on the
contrary he had the proof to show
that he made one of the most con
yincinG speeches against this confr-
nation, and came pretty near 10
preventing it by changing the minds
.oI a number of Republicans. To sub
-,aniiate this he said that one had
only to write to Senator'S Vardaman,
Lee. Overman and J. w. Kern. "This
was done in secret session, and there
fore might be hard to get out. 1t is
not in the Congressional Record. >"
said Senator Smith.