The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-13
PRAISE FOR WILSON.
SENATOR JOHN w. KERN AID.
DRESSES PEOPLE OF LEE
COUNTY AT BISHOP.
WILLIE AND LYNCH.
BURG.
Tells OF Success Of Present Democratic
Aaministration-Comcs to South
Carolina at Invitation Of Sena. .or
Smith for whom he Processes His
Admiratlon-Bryan Also Comes In
for share. Of Praise.

Admiratlon-Bryan Also Comes In
for share of Praise.
Lynchburg. May 8.--John w. Kern,
Democratic nominee for vice precedent
In 1905 and now United states scna-
tor from Indiana, told enthusiastic
listeners this morning In Bishopville
OF ne triumphs Of Democracy under
woodrow Wilson and tonight, ut the
commencement exercises OF tho
Lynchburs high school, he sounded a
warning against materialism and
other periods OF the age. The Hoosier
statesman came to South Carolina to-
day at the invitation of Senator Elli-
son ID. Smith. for whom in his two
addresses he expressed the highest ad-
miratson as . colleague and as a man.
senator Kern made many warm
friends for himself In South Carolina
today.
The physical proportions of the
Indiana senator are not impressive. A
person who exchanges two words with
him. though. comes under the spell
of his magnetic personality. His
black hair n streaked with gray
and In conspicuously absent on
tho crown OF his head. He has small
brown eyes. hidden under heavy lids
and behind thick glssses. A gray
vsndyke beard. trimmed square at the
point. partly conceals his fighters
jaw and aggressive chin. The promi-
nence Of these features, on which
u In % easy to hang pictures. makes
him the delight OF cartoonists. He
speaks dosmaticaily and works up to
his climaxes admirably. He has q
trick Of rapping loudly with the
kunckles Of his right hand when he
warts TO emphasize q point. After q
few minutes talk with Senator Kern
IL 70 easy to understand how he has
been able to dominate the Democra-
cy Of Indiana for 30 many years.
Soon after they arrived In Lynch
burg this morning. Senator Kern and
Senator Smith wkere driven In auto
mobiles over Is miles Of splendid road
tn Bishopville. where the Indiana sem
ator addressed crowd of 500 or 400
citizens In the court house. Thomas
q. Mcleod Of Bishopville. former lieu
tenant governor. presented Senator
Smith. who In turn introduced his
colleague. Senator Kern. as one of
the foremost leaders OF the Demo-
cratic fight for equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. which was
crowned by victory with tho election
of President Wilson.
From what I have seen today rid
ing through your State. 1 believe the
farmers OF South Carolina are fully
abreast Of those of Indiana" said
Senator Kern. "In fact. they are
somewhat ahead Of those In my State
for South Carolina has sent farmer
- its representative to the United
states senate. ! assure you that he
has represented the farmers courage
ously and more energeticaliy than any
one else has In the last few years"
The crowd appiauded this tribute
To Senator smith.
Senator Kern spoke Of the sym
pathy Of the Democrats OF the Middle
West for the South during Recon-
struction and said that Indiana was
the first State to voice Its protest con-
cretsly.
"A true history Of the War Between
the Sections has never been written
declared Senator Kern. THE pur-
pose Of the war commonly assigned by
historians In that OF the abolition of
slavery. This In not true, as can
readily DO seen from the decrease I'm
the vote given the Lincoln admins
tration In the election Of 1862 after
the emancipation proclamation. The
slaves were emancipated and the 18TH
amendment adopted In O spirit of VEN
geance toward the South and not
though sympathy for the negro"
Speaking Of national issues the In
diana senator told OF the mighty task
before President Wilson when ne be-
came president after 20 years of Re-
publican misrule. The Bishopvllle
audience vigorously applauded every
time Senator Kern mentioned Presi-
dent Wilson or w. ]. Bryan.
when Wilson was inaugurated.
the giant corporations dominated the
country" said Senator Kern. Tho
question Of tho hour was how to deal
with big business without injuring
little business. The masses OF the
people took heart when Wilson chose
Bryan for his chief assistant. Bryan
is intensely disliked by the lobbyists