The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-08-27

forget factional differences and try
to elect the best men to office? II
we should, has Fred Dominick meas
ured up as well as, or yes, better
than his opponent who filled the Office
for fourteen years before him? We
think he has.
1t is true that Mr.. Dominick at
the time of the declaration of war
voted against it. But at that same
time the Chairman Of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Democra-
tic party in this State, was against
war. The Greenwood Journal, Al
ken's strongest supporter in this dis
trict. after the war was declared,
stated that none of US wanted war.
but we were in it and it must be
fought to a conclusion, which Is
Dominick's position. Mr.. Wilson
was elected President shortly before
on a peace platform. Representa-
tive Claude Kitchen, of North Caro-
lima. the chairman of the Democratic
Wavs and Means Committee and
Democratic floor leader voted as did
Mr.. Dominick. He has been noml-
mated again without opposition. NO.
bodv claims that any of these men
were or are disloyal, even though
great many people honestly believed
that we should have been at wa
since the sinking of the Lusitania, anil
the Offering of the first insult.
Why then the fight on Fred Domi-
nick on these grounds? We will tell
you. 1t is simply because Of his
connection with Cole L. Blease, and
the latter's Pomaria and F1IDert
speeches. It should be remembered
that Fred Dominick came to New
berry as a young lawyer, and was
taken up by Cole L. Blease, then
practitioner at the Newberry bar.
He saw Dominick was man OF
ability and made him his law part
ner A friendship sprang up be-
tween them, and Fred DominicK
would be worse than an migrate 4
he did not feel kindly to Cole l.
Blease. But he should be charged
in this campaign with his own sins
and not with those of Blease. He has
ability of his own, and judgment
of his own, and a record of his own,
and by these he should be Judged.
But if we judge him by his politi-
cal friends, then we should judge
his opponent ,by his political friends
also, and foremost amongst them
we would call the name Of W. P.
Beard. Beard started a paper here
during the campaign Of 1914 be-
tween Dominick and Aiken in which
he advocated in one column the
election OF Aiken and in the next
the election Of Blease. He was al
ways and under all circumstances
a friend Of Aiken and one Of his
most sought after political advisers
Judging by appearances. His paper
was published by W. W. Bradley and
his partner in their newspaper Of
flee in Abbeville. ". w. Bradley
was Aiken's private secretary. When
the present owners of The Press and
Banner purchased the plant, they
refused to longer publish the scimi-
tar, and then under the instructions
of W. W. Bradley, still Aiken's Sec
retary, a considerable amount OF
type was turned over to W. ?.
Beard, which it was stated Beard
would pay for, but the same was
charged to W. W. Bradley on the
books of this office, and will there
speak for itself. The Scimitar was
published continually from that
time until it was barred from the
nails Nv the United States post Of
flee authorities on account of Boards
disloyal utterances It supported Al
ken all this time.
After the Scimitar was debarred
from the mails and after it had been
adjudged to be disloyal in its utter
ances, Beard again tried to get out
paper under the name Of The
Peoples Advocate. He did get out
one issue and offered it to the post
office. And who do the voters Of this
district suppose was one of the con-
tributors to that paper? Will they be
surprised to know that Wyatt Aiken
appears in an interview in that paper,
undertaking to defend cerain acts Of
his as a public man? Is it loyal to