The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-24
Governor Promises to Sing a Different
Tune For the Balance Of Campaign.
VIII Make No Charges Against
Smith but Will Try to Hold His
Own Faction In Line.

In the future the governor, by his
own announcement. will only seek ito
hold the majority which he already
has," and not attempt to decoy the
friends OF the other candidates. In
explanation he said: II make no
charges but II were to prove con-
ciusively the most disreputable thing
against Senator Smith. there are
some people In this audience who
would still vote for him. They arc
Drejudiced. They are not open to
reason. Therefore. I'll only seek to
hold the majority which I already
have" Newspaper reporters. too. are
not to be villihed from platforms, in
the event they misquote him, but are
TO be reminded In private. and asked
to correct the statements In the next
dispatches. he said.
The governor was not bitter today
In his attack on Senator Smiths rec
ord. The worst the senator got was:
II don't believe there's q single voter
In this audience with little enough
sense to believe that one man is re-
sponsible for the advance I'm tho price
OF cotton. II thought that by keep-
ins Senator Smith in Washington cot
ton would go to 20 ents a pound.
tk<k "a Withdrew from the race and
DO all that could to reflect him. "
Senator Smith 30 controls the market.
why back In 1911. did he advise you
to hold your cotton for 15 cents, when
you were getting IL and IL cents?
Some Of you held. and took s cents
In consequence. What was he doing
then? II he's responsible for the
price of cotton. who's responsible for
the increased cost of mules, OF shoes
and clothing and other commodities ?"
Mr.. Pollock. too, refrained from
slashing the senator for what nc had
done In Washington. This speaker
did lay some part of the high cost of
living ut the junior senator's door by
telling the voters OF Dorchester. a.
he did the Orangeburg people yes
terday. that IL had cost the govern
ment nearly $1,000 q pound to fatten
Senator Smith.
The burden Of the Cheraw mans
speech was: You don't want any
man elected to the United States sen
ate through the instrumentality of
federal appointments. Neither do you
want to elect a man through the in
strumentality Of appointments made
In South Carolina. or through the
potency Of a political machine. You
don't want to select a man who is
out Of Joint with your national party.
You don't want to send there n man
who can't work I'm double harness
On the other hand. You do need u
man who has the sympathy and sup
port Of his leader and colleagues. IL
ne In to be OF any direct benefit to
the State he represents"
l.. ID. Jennings made the only ag-
gressive speech OF the day, hut there
was little of caustic acrimony i'm this.
The mayor Of Sumter vigorously de-
Tended the new primary regulations
as embodied In tho recently adopted
party rules. which IL helped to
frame. And this was not done to
cheat the poor man out of his vote;
nor. as the governor asserts. is il u
piece OF trickcry to fool my friends
You have To go To the polls To vote,
then why should you object to spar
Ing the time " will take to register?
All you have to- do Is tn GO there and
register once. and YOU arc qualified to
vote the balance of YOUR life. When
you're dead. you ought to stop. That,
Just why the rules were passed. Be-
fore the changes were made a dishon-
est man might 30 to the graveyard
and take the name of John Smith,
who was killed In tho battle of Ma
nassas. 1861, and vote some other
dishonest man under this name. The
law. my undeceived friends. was not
to cheat the poor man out Of his vote.
but tn protect the ballots OF honest
voters when they had boen polled."
During the last few minutes Of his |
speech Mr.. jennings assaiicd the gov
ernor's pardon record and regretted
that ne had 40 brief time to dis
cuss that which II had taken the gov
ernor four years To make. Don't he
deceived by petitions. Why ut this
stage In South Carolina you could get