The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-14
Governor BIeaSe States
His Position On Issues

acts, and the governors office, and
truly through it all have been able to
whip them, l have been successful,
and will again in this campaign be
successful, because the people are
fair, they believe in fair deal, and
they will not sanction or tolerate, in
this campaign, abuse and SANDER, as
they have not tolerated it in the cam
paigns of 1910 and 1912. And the other
side might we'll remember the words
of that Great Book. "Be not deceived,
God is not mocked, for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap.
They have soWn falsehoods, vitupera-
ton and abuse; they have reaped de-
feat.
Two years ago, long before the
opening of the regular campaign by
the candidates for national and State
offices, the newspapers began and car
ried on a campaign Of abuse, vitupera-
ton and unfair criticism of the COVER
nor of South Carolina One of the gov
ernor's opponents, as we'll as other
speakers on thai side, travelled the
State from the mountains to the coast
and heaped abuse upon the governor
and his followers. The governor sat
silent and took it all, without COM
plaint or reply When the opening
day of the campaign came, in making
his opening address, he referred not
to this oppone4t or to these parties
or their criticism, but again these
sweeping criticisms and unfair and un-
just charges, accompanied with vitup-
Grafton and abuse, were INDUCED IN.
The next day the governor answered
them, fighting in defense Of his per
sonal character, his public reputation
and his official acts. Since that time
this abuse from newspapers and 9TH
ers has not ceased.
i had hoped that the people of
South Carolina could this year witness
a campaign pitched upon high plane
and fought upon high grounds cam
paign fought for principle, and not a
campaign Of personal abuse, viJupera-
ton and slander. 1t seems, however,
shat already the c!amor has begun,
and that another campaign it to be
waged by my opponents based upon
falsehood and abuse.
| am a democrat, have always been,
and have never On any occasion or at
any time faltered in my allegiance to
the democratic national and State
platforms, and have always supported
the nomiaees of the democratic party,
county, State and national, notwi;h-
standing the fact that oftimes | have
voted for personal enemies-men TO
whom l did not speak, men to whom
l do not yet speak, and men to whom
l would not speak l belong to the
party to which my people have belong
ed for generations-to which | belong
ed in 1876, and have ever since, and
for which I followed Hampton, Butler
and Gary in 1876. when, although but
a boy, l rode as a courier in the Red
Shirt parades at Newberry, and obey
ed, along with my people and your
people, every call that was made upon
us.
And the only time that my democracy
has yet been questioned, or is today be-
ing questioned, is by the editor Of a
newspaper who bolted the democratic
party and vo;ed for an Independent
against the regular democratic noml-
nees, both State and National-the edi-
tor of a newspaper that was born IN
independentism, was nursed in the
cradle of an alliance of white people
with negroes in an attempt to deihrone
the democratic party-a newspaper
that from that day on, under the con-
troll of this editor, has been an up
holder and a defender Of the negroes
as having rights on an equality with
tne white men, and has on every pos
sible occasion condemned white men,
by calling them murdererrs and out
laws and hoodlums, who have dared to
stand in|the open in the defense Of the
virtue of the white womanhood or our
State-our mothers and sisters. That
is the man, with his associates, with
his independentism, with his record as
a bolter and as a!igning with negroes
against white people, who dares to
cri.icise my democracy.
Before becoming a regular candidate
for the United States senate, 1, as all
other candidates, will take the follow
icg pledge provided by the democratic
party of this State:
Gas a candidate for the Office OF
United States senator in the democra-
tic primary election, to be held On the
las: Tuesday in August, 1914, hereby
pledge myself 10 abide the results Of
such primary and support the nomi-
nees thereof, and l declare that l am
democrat and that | am not, nor will
l become the candidate Of any faction,
either privately or publicly suggested,
other than the regular democratic
nomination. l will support the politl-
cal principles and policies f he demo-
cratic party during the term of Office
for which l may be elected, and work
in accord with my democratic assoc1-
ates in congress on all party Ques-
tons
By that pledge We will be bound. II
I am elected TO the United States sen