The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-18


| he has seen fit TO help circulate false
statements about me | will tell the
truth about him. In 1902 Mr.. Dom,uick
was q member OF the legislature ftons
Newberry county. There was Bill
pending to increase the salary OF the
sheriff OF Orangeburg county. &! HAD
passed one house. and had passed the
other house with an amendment, and
had passed conferences coinpiittec
| and got into free conference. On the
last day Of the session the desired
! change was Incorporated in the gen.
eral supply bill. and then the Orange
burg delegation asked that the indivi-
dual bill be killed by having the free
conferces report disagreement. But
In the rush Of the closing hours Mr..
Dominick, who was on the free con-
ference committee, wrote a report and
carried it 70 the other members of
the committee and told them
he had arranged It to suit
the parties interested, and they took
his word for it and signed It without
reading 1t. The bill was about to be
put through and become law. when
somebody discovered that Mr.. Domi-
! nick had struck out ali before and af-
ter the enacting words, and had writ
ten new bill entirely, providing for
bottling concerns in certain cities.
Mr.. Dominick's report was rejected,
and In all the history of South Caro-
lima no member of the legislature
ever received such severe condemna-
tion from his colleagues as Mr.. Domi-
nick received on the floor of the
House and Senate. There are doubt
less men living in every county in
the Third district today who were in
the legislature at that time, and who
Will testify as to the truth of what
say. 1t is interesting to add in this
connection that when Mr.. Dominick
| ture the following year he was over
WHeiniins.y. ToHaii;;at1a - lis home
people, receiving only something like
400 votes In the entire county And
his home people tell me that in his
/ race f0r Congress this year he viii
again be repudated and that he will
fail to carry his home county by many
hundreds Of votes.
They have not forgotten how he
made the county pay him an outrage
GUS fee for doing work which 1t was
his duty to do, while drawing a
salary as clerk of the board OF coun-
ty commissioners, without extra COM
pensation.
IN CONCLUSION
have tried to answer this slandcr-
GUS attack fully, although believe 1t
has not cost me votes, because 1
felt that owed to my friends, who
have been 80 true 10 me In the past.
to 90 So, If iihave mot answered any
essential charge 1t Is because I have
overlooked 'is..I have been. necessarily
busy here since the attack appeared
in the Newberry paper.
have linked Domifiici:'s maine with
Eaker's In this matter, for I. havo
known for months that Baker has
been furnishing Dominick with am
munftlon. Dominfck probably real
ICES by now that the ammunition is
faulty and won't shoot straight. Many
people know of Bakers frequent trips
to Anderson and other Places In the
Third district, more than 600 miles
from his post Of duty, to confer with
Dominick. 1t Is notorious that Baker
has been negiecting his work In order
to go to South Carolina to engineer
a campaign against me, while I have
been here in Washington looking af-
ter the interests entrusted to my
care. II what 1 have written about
Baker. is not true he has a remedy.
| cordially invite him to sue me for
libel. - M -la.s t,es il.i-'ls,s -. !
Congress has been In session al.
most continuously for the past four
yoars.. and have mot been able to
canvass the district each year, as
mad been my custom before, and as.I
wanted to do. We have been in ses-
sion continuously since April. 1913.
and. 1t looks today as II we Will be in
session until the fourth OF March.
when this congress expires by lini.
tation. l went to the Third district
IN the early Part OF August and made
re campaign tour as arranged by
tue executive committee, speaking at
each court House,! During that week
tue European. war suddenly broke
loose, and we found one morning that
the South was facing great disaster
because OF the Threatened drop In the
price OF cotton caused By the closing
OF the European markets. I had
hoped to spend the remainder or the
time until the primary In the district,
Waiting my frields, but the situation
became 30 serious by the close of tho
campaign tour tnat 7 hurried here, and
nave y. been here ever since. 4 felt that
" the people OF the district ever did
:ssts my seT Ices In ,T asningion they
needed them In, this crisis.ei want To IS
get away from here next week but do
not know thhi I WILL be alberto do 80.
Iawnl arrange to have. this article
printed I'M ais asnianw or tho newspa.
pers OF the district as possible Id
their next issue, and Will also have
some copies printed in circular form.
|, I will ask my friends. to try TO get
this article generally circulated over
over the entire district at once. I
thank my friends in advance for this.
as 7 thank them for all their GOODNESS
to mo In the past, ;s