The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-05-21

interstate commerce in the senate are
held by three Of its citizens. Long
service, hard work and high character
| alone can win such places. Occasion
ally an accident breaks into the
senate, but after six years he is al
ways eliminated.
il the house things are somewhat
different, but in the main the same
requirements there as in the senate
obtain. In both branches of congress
men must win their spurs and be
worthy of them to continue long to
wear them.
Sinister RumOrs.
On March S, l made the announce
ment, asking the people of South
Carolina to re-elect me for the fifth
time, something that falls to the lot of
few men and never has fallen to the
lot of a South Carolinian in the
! states history I do not feel worthy
| of it myself, but then circumstances
and not l compel the situation.
| The senatorship belongs to the peo-
pie of South Carolina and no man or
set of men has any right to pick the
man to occupy it. If the majority Of
the people want any other man, want
them to have him.
Recently sinister rumors began to be
industriously circulated. These re-
ports were whispered from ear to
ear. Most of you have heard them
and know to what I allude. I say to
you have not made and I will not
make any political deal with any man
or set of men. l am in this race to
stay and to win. Other stories have
been and are still being industriously
circulated. The most pitiless and
most pitiful one too. is that l am
physically unfit and mentally unfit
and that my mind is practically gone.
Nv friends in various parts OF the
state have written me repeatedly Of
things of this sort that they had
heard. The only thing that is Of
any moment now to you is whether
it is true or false, and that is the
reason I am here, to look you in the
face and let you see for yourselves
my real condition, even if I were able
to make speeches on "the hustlngs,"
the conditions in Washington are
such as will make it necessary for
the friends of President Wilson and
the Democratic administration to re-
main at their post of duty. | feel
that I ought to remain there and |
will remain there. In my case it
ought not to be necessary for me to
canvass the state. For my public ca
reer and my life are an open book and
all well informed men in South Caro-
! lima already know it. I know l have
done great work for the State in more
ways than one. The historian will
give me credit for other things than
the establishment Of Clemson and
Winthrop Colleges.
Il have been trying to discharge the
duties of my office to the best of my
ability both before and since | was
p.ralyzed | believe | can do the state
,, more good in the senate now than any
other man it could possibly send here
Every man at the navy department
and in the senate, too, knows that l
am performing my duties as senator
The secretary of the navy's own paper.
the Raleigh News and Observer, has
an editorial in it which I will give to
the press and let the papers publish it
or not as they see fit.
When the Democrats came into
power the Democratic caucus saw fit
to give the Craftsmanship of the COM
! mittee on appropriations to Sen. Mar
tin. my friends told me the only rea-
son they permitted it was they feared
the work would kill me, and was
given the committee on naval affairs
! instead. Since the war came on that
committee has had as much or more
| work to do than the committte on
appropriations. How have perform
ed those duties the world knows.
Money in Elections.
South Carolinians have never been
accustomed to seeing their elections
carried by money, and looking back
over an extended experience l do not
remember that any money was ever
used in primary until 1904 in the
| eaoopd congressional DISTRICT Since