The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-16
Philadelphia Record Says Jimmie
Was a Hit of the Campaign.

Jimmie" Byrnes, the Second dis
trict's popular congressman, was a
vote getter for Wilson, according to
the Philadelphia Record. The fol-
lowing write-up of our congressman's
campaign speeches in Pennsylvania
is from a recent issue of the Record:
lone of the big and most effective
hits of the campaign for the Demo-
Gratis of Camden county has been the
Today tour of Congressman James
F. Byrnes, of South Carolina, who
has been making nightly addresses.
With the records of congress at his
fngertips and with a fluent, easy
style of oratory marked by quick-fre
humor and fetching anecdote he has
raised his audiences to high pitches
of enthusiasm for the Wilson-Witt-
penn-Martine ticket.
Congressman Byrnes was mem
Der of the Pujo Money Trust commit
tee and because of his familiarity
with the federal, reserve act explains
the bill and its effect upon the busi-
ness of the country. He also served
as member of the Colorado strike
investigation and his description of
conditions there is interesting to the
laboring men. He cites the currency
law, rural credit act, good roads act
and other achievements of the Demo
cratic administration and charges
that no responsible Republican lead
er would advocate repeal of any
one of these measures. He says Mr..
Hughes, in denouncing the eight-hour
law is unfair to the Republicans of
congress. That during the consider
alton of that bill he did not dare to
style it surrender to force and 76
Republican members of the house
voted for it. He says that any one
Republican senator could have fill
bustered it to death and the strike
would have been called, but the re-
sponsibility would have been on
Hughes and he preferred to remain
quiet and after it's passage denounce
the Democrats and Republicans who
voted for it.
"Mr Byrnes says no man knows
what will be the foreign policy of Mr..
Hughes, because no man knows
whether Roosevelt or Jeremiah
OLeary will be appointed secretary
of State. That if O'Leary is right in
believing that Hughes is in accord
with the views of O'Leary, Ridder ct
al, then T. R. has been handed
gold brick, and if O'Leary is mistak
en-, then the radical GermanAmeri-
cans who do not believe in neutrality
are badly fooled.
Big meetings were held at Gibbs
boro, Berlin, Clementon and Delair
last night when addresses were made
by Congressman Byrnes and the can
didates. A meeting addressed by the
municipal candidates was held last
night at Thirty-sixth street and West
field avenue.
Meetings will be held tonight by
the Fifth Ward Wilson club, Fourth
and Spruce streets; Eighth Ward
club, Broadway and Ferry avenue;
Tenth Ward club, Fifth and Pearl
streets, and the Thirteenth ward, all
in Camden and at Audobon, Ceilings
wood, Chew's Landing and Black
wood. A banquet will also be given
first voters at the Andrew Jackson
club, Broadway and Division street,
Camden, tonight.
Never have Camden Democrats
been more confident of winning in
the presidential race than they are
this year. They can see only victory
for the president and in all probabi
lity a landslide. Members of the
Democratic Executive committee be-
lieve that the vote for Wilson will
be greater than has been shown in
the careful canvass of blocks of two
and three. In the contest for COVER
nor. the committeeman say, Mr.. Wit
tepenn is going to poll larger vote
than Governor Fielder did three
years ago. 1t is also predicted by the
Democratic campaign committee that
Congressman Browning will be badly
cut in his own party because of his