The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-11

tat he Aad reasons OF his own which
he could not and would not diyulge
10 lis party associates, but asked that
they have confidence in him and grant
him in an "ungrudging manner the
request that he was making Of them
in asking for repeal of the free tolls
which had heretofore been granted.
! Mr.. Aiken voted against tae president
On this measure, don't go as far as
some people and say because he voted
tat way that he is Republican, but
I want to remind you OF one thing,
my fellow citizens,-in May of this
year there were held in every county
i in the State of South Carolina county
conventions of the Democracy of
South Carolina. In four of the six
counties in the third congressional
district, these conventions went on re-
cord as approving the policy o. the
president on the canal tolls matter
and called on our representatives in
congress to support the president.
Furtler than that, cur State conven-
ton was held in May, 1914, and went
On record by resolution as approving
the policy of the president and call
ed on our representative in congress
and the senate to vote with the presi-
| dent. Further than that, Senator
Gore, the blind senator frlIn Oklaho-
ma, took poll of the former members
of the National convention that met in
Baltimore in 1912 and more than
seven-eighths of them in response
to mis- request insisted that
the president should he sus-
tanned in mis- views Now what do
we find today1Mr. Aiken comes be-
fore you and says that he voted
against the president and tries to
justify his vote by argument. He tells
you that ne voted against him and not
withstanding the fact that your county
Notwithstanding the fact
that your State convention-notwith-
standing the fact that your National
convention, has approved the presi-
dent Mr.. Aiken has the nerve and
audacity to stand up before you and
say that if he had to vote over again
he would vote the same way as he did
before. If that is Democracy, don't
know what Democracy is
The Third District Deserves the Best
My, friends, the third congressional
district is one of the largest if not
the largest, in South Carolina in point
Of territory, population, wealth and
manufacturing. 1t is the home of e
immortal Calhoun; within it's borders
today lives the chief justice OF the
supreme court of South Carolina;
within its borders reside three of the
l3 circuit judges of Souta Carolina;
it is noted for it's wealth, its agricul-
ture, it's intelligence and its manu-
featuring. 1 am just as much inter-
ested as any other good citizen OF this
district in seeing that we are properly
represented. Within its borders are
located 80 per cent. Of the cotton
manufacturing establishments in
South Carolina, and South Carolina, as
you know, is second only to Mass
achusetts in cotton manufacturing.
Notwithstanding that supremacy in in
dustry, in agriculture and art, what
has your present congressman done to
help out your district except to draw
his salary?
"Sick Cotton Mill Industry
We have in the third congressional
district and throughout South Caro-
lima what the daily papers are writ
ing editorials on, 'fThe sick cotton mill
industry of South Carolina" and why
is this industry sick?
In the Grasp of Monopoly.
1 was told only a few days ago by a
cotton mill president in Anderson that
with only one or two exceptions the
cotton mills in that county were not
paying a dividend. You know the
condition in your county; you know
Whether the stock is selling at par;
you know whether you are getting d
dividend or not, and why is that the
condition? I have been making a
study of this for number OF years
and I have found out and come to the
conclusion that the Southern cotton
mill industry and the Southern cotton
mill people and the stockholders are
in the grasp of the greatest monopoly