The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-31

nor physical courage 20 vote for va
for other people to fight.
prior to America entering the wa-
there was hardly a day that England
didn't violate American rights on the
high seases, and in spite Of our protest
she paid no attention, to our rights.
The United States stayed oGt OF war
then because We know that England
was not after US, but trying to GRIPPE
Germany. And if we had exercised
the same forbearance with Germany
and her submarines that we did with
England and her mines, American
ships would not have been sunk and
American lives would not have been
lost. When the European war broke
out we sent our ships and our money
to Europe to get our people out OF the
| war zone. and then our citizens went
I into the war zone and plunged us IN
the war;
Mr.. DominicK referred to the Mexl-
can embroylio and compared 1t WIN
the German situation. The forces sent
into Mexico to capture Villa were fired
upon by Mexican troops of Carranza
! the legal head of the Mexican govern
ment. but we forebore to go to war
against Mexico. These were in SUD
stance among his reasons for voting
against the war resolution and he mad
no apology to make.
Puppets
\"I have been accused OF DelnS
against the administration" he sald'
"but the president of the United Stat
es and the members of congress get
thir commissions alike from the peo-
ple." and the speaker was vigorously
applauded when he said that man
who went to congress to vote simply
as he was told by the president had
: no business in Washington. He haa
voted as he had felt it his duty 70
vote. he said. He had voted for the
volunteer system because he tnougn'
it was the proper system, but the draf1
system having been enacted, 1t was
the duty of the people to obey 1t, ana
for every man to assist in its enforce
ment. Under the volunteer system,
he said, he supposed there would haVe
been a half million volunteers in this
state the way some people had talked
about "my people clamoring for war
and there were some people now who
were talking mighty big about other
peoples duty to fight and those doing
most of the big talking were over the
age limit
The United States now had under
arms, he said, nearly a million Volun-
gteers. and he referred to the volunteer
,, systm in other countries, citing the
figures to show how effectively they
had worked.
Negroes in Camp
! Taking up the announced decision
OF the War Department to SEND ne
groes to Camp Jackson and otnsr
southern camps for training, he said
ii was an outrage on decency for ne
groes to be placed alongside white
troops for training. That IL
would be better for the states to lose
all camps and cantonments rather
than suffer such disgrace and hu-
initiation, and he was surprised tnat
a Democratic, administration Would
determine upon such a course, "An'
when it had been determined upon
some of those who had criticized me
for casting vote here and the agalnS.
measures advocated by the admins
tr6tlOD were Tue III ST W VIM 'AAN WE
gressmen for help and to get on the
train and go to Washington and ente'
their protest If the placing OF negro
roops alongside white troops ana en-
deavoring to force equality IN 'Ae
south is the kind of democracy we
are going to have d:shed out to u>,
then I want to say here and now that
1 am no Democrat" Loud and long
applause greeted this statement, N
this connection he read a published
statement saying that the War Depart
ment had announced that in war sor
democracy there should be no racla:
or class distinction.
Congressman Dominick referred 70
his votes for the revenue and FOOD
control bills, for $500, 100000 for the
aviation CORPS and other measures for