The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-28
NEWBERRY MEETING
WAS TAME AFFAIR
ASPIRANTS FOR CONGRESS
DRAW SMALL CROWD
RECORD ATTACKED
Dominick, Evans and Horton,
Criticise Aiken's Adminisrta-
ton on Several Issues
RECORD ATTACKED
Special 10 The Intelligenccr

gress from the Third district was
held In the court room today at II
O'Clock. about 200 voters being pres-
ent and a dozen ladies'. County Chair
man keitt presided. The candidates
were allowed forty minutes and every
man spoke his allotted time.
| Aiken Describes Issues.
The first speaker was Wyatt Aiken
OF Abbeville. the present congressman.
lie said Newbe county had always
been good to him and he felt it his
duty to come before the democrats
| again. The happy result of the presi-
| Dental election Of 1912 vas due to the
record made by the house Of repre-
| ccntatives before tha;, CT which he
| was a member; that he was proud
that speech Of lis own was selected
by the national campaign committee
| to go into the presidential campaign
| look. Told that in the 62nd congress
he had stood by the democratic presi-
dent in all except one or two votes. in
| which ne thought he was bound to
stand by the democratic platform
adopted at Baltimore by the national
convention, and went into detailed
defense Of his vote against the toll
| exemption law. Had been criticised
for that vote, but did not regard 1t a
party measure beyond its adoption by
the convention; that the president and
he are entirely friendly: that the dem
ocrats divided on this tolls question.
| Said he had done all he could for his
district since lie had been in congress-
Today between l75 and $50 rural mail
deliveries in his district, 100 of which
I, n tf, n
had worked and voted for the parcel
post system and direct ouection of
United States senator's by the people.
Did not believe his constituents could
lay their hands on a mistake he has
| made. Spent no idle time, but looked
diligently after your interests Hcl
discussed at length the three import
ant measures the present administra-
aion has carried through-the traif.
currency and antitrust measures,
the last named being near completion.
Mr.. Aiken mentioned the fact that he
had introduced bill to give the pco-
| pie n rural credit system-a law that
will prove Of much benefit
DOminick Makes Charges.
Fred II. Dominick gave a running
account ,of his political record and
said that the people Of the county
knew him and that he is running
solely on his merits. Told Of his ser
vices to the people Of the county in
the matter OF refunding railroad bonds
by which the debt was reduced thirty
or forty thousand dollars. He said he
does not propose to be personal, but
will go into the records. which he pro-
posed to take from the books. He read
from the biographical records Of con-
gressmen where Mr.. Aiken was put
down as farmer, whereas for 19I
years he was court stenographer and
the balance OF the time member Of
congress, during which time he had
received in salaries amounts aggre-
eating more than hundred thousand
dollars. He then asked whether Mr..
Aiken had given the people value re-
ceived.
Mr.. Aiken, he said, had introduced
in congress 3lS bills, 64 of which had
passed. Had not been author Of al
cingle important bill. Then attacked
Mr.. Aiken's rural credit system bill
Said Mr.. Aiken had done nothing to
relieve the Offices in the District Of
Columbia from the negro incumbents; !
that he was ranking member OF the |
District of Columbia committee In the |
chip because lie had done nothing and
did not attend the meetings Of commit
tee and quoted Ollie James to bear out
his statement. Challenged Mr.. Aiken
to show where he had said or done
one thing In behalf Of cotton mill OPP
eratives or owners. Cited the, fact
that 30 few mills in the Third district
were paying dividends, which he
claimed was on account Of the selling
interests and trusts. If elected would
introduce bill to investigate. this sell
ing of interest, and II these commits
Sions could be reduced, better wages
would he paid to operatives and divi- |
dends to the stockholders and better
prices for cotton to the farmer. He
criticised Mr.. Aiken's vote on the
Panama canal tolls exemption bill.
Declared himself Wilson man; had
made the motion in HE ward to make |
the endorsement OF Wilson unanimous.
Mr.. Aiken voted against the presi-
dents appeal Or this occasion, when |
the state convention had called upon |
our representatives to cast. their votes |
with the presidert--though, this was
after Mr.. Aiken had voted, he tells yon
II it were to be done over he would |
vote the same way again.
+. 8. Emns' Platform.
f. s. Evans OF Greenwood spoke OF |
hiS race two years ago. Since then
has learned something about politics. |
Declnred no would do his best to serve
the people if elected and proposes to i
make q campaign without personali-
ties. Two years ago was opposed to
the parcel post system as originally |
passed, but thinks now st is q good
thing. Fayors national appropriation
to build public highways; favors eq-
ualizing freight rates on 4interstatet |