Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-08-05


sonally. He criticised his vote on the
canal tolls bill, and said he had been
| drawing his salary, but did nothing
for the people of his district; had no
standing in Washington as a Con-
| greSsman, as he had never been as
| signed to duty on any important COM
| mittee, and ought to be read out Of
| the Democratic party because he did
| not follow the lead of President Will
son in the matter Of supporting the
measure to repeal the tolls exemption
clause in the Panama Canal bill.
| Mr.. Dominick read from what he
called "Aiken's Obituary." this being
| the usual biographical sketch in the
Congressional Directory, in which il
was stated that Wyatt Aiken was 81
years Of age, had been Court stenog-
rapher for 19 years, II years a Con-
gresham, making 81 years in public
| life, during all Of which time he had
been drawing a fat salary from the
public, or ever since he was 20 years
| of age, land yet he says that he has
| been farmer all his life" Mr.. DOM
| mick figured it out that Congress-
man Aiken had drawn $105,44O, or
an average Of $3,410 a year ever
since he was 20 years Of age, and
| some other fellow chance. Aiken
had made a good stenographer, and
| the people OF the district had spoiled
| good stenographer and made a bum
Congressman out Of him.
He said that Congressman Aiken
had introduced 3I3 bills in Con-
| gress, OF which number only GA had
| met with approval and 249 had been
| killed. Most Of those approved, he
said, were merely little private pen
sion bills. Mr.. Aiken's public life
was, he said, a multiplication of lit
| tie things, and the aggregate amount
| ed to nothing. He criticised the
| rural credits BILL saying that if a far
mer wanted to borrow money on his
| farm he would have to go through
such lot of red tape that, if he ever
got his loan application approved it
would be so long after the applica-
| tion had been made that he would
| have forgotten that he wanted the
| money, and said that he expected to
introduce a better bill after March
| 4th next. 81 am going to Congress
| to represent you, and | will go in on
| the first ballot, whether you want to
| believe it or not. have got the
other three candidates beat now. and
and smoke it."
Capt. II. $. Evans,
| OF Greenwood, was the third speaker,
and opened by stating that he was
| glad to again stand before an Oco-
nee audience. He thanked the peo-
pie Of the county for the support
| they gave him in the race two years
! ago, and he felt that he was goirg to
receive better vote here this jme
He felt confident Of winning in this
race, and il he was the choice Of the
| people he promised them clean,
fair and square deal in all matters
and close, conscientious attention to
any matters that the people felt
would be for the interest Of the
| Third District or any section Of the
State. He had no political record,
he said, though two of his opponents
| have, land | am going to talk of
those records, for they are public
property"
Mr.. Evans criticised the vtoe of
Mr. Aiken on the canal tolls eXemp-
ton bill and other matters, but gave
particular attention to Mr.. Dominick.
who had made reference to Mr.
| Evans in his speech. He aayed the
record Of Mr.. Dominick as recorded
| in the House Journals Of South Caro-
| lima for the years 1901 and 1908. He
referred the audience to the House
Journal of 1903, page 663, which
| refers TO d county government bill
on to which had been tackled q sec
| tion with reference to the dispensary.
| Mr. Evans characterized the rural
| credits bill as political thunder, say
| ing that it really meant nothing to
| the farmers OF the country because
| the whole thing was surrounded by
| intricacies that would prac ctically pro-
hiblt the farmer getting money with
in any reasonable time, and it would
| be OF but little benefit to the farm
| ing classes He would if elected.
| devote much Of his first service to the
consideration of freight rates, where
by millions could be saved to the
producers Of all kinds Of farm pro-
| duets, manufacturers Of all kinds Of
| goods, and the general public would
reap the benefit. Good roads and
| botter roads would also come in for
| immediate attention by him, and he
| felt that the question Of roads en-
| bodied the greatest economic prob
| lens OF the day.
Capt. Evans closed by saying that
II elected he would serve the people
| OF the Third District just as enthu-
slastically as he now sought their
| votes.