The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-13
Proclaim 1t Dangerous
to Victory and the Life
of Our Boys to Elect
Him.
RICE THINKS THE SENATE is
PLACE FOR THE POOR MAN
Christie Benet is Given an Ovation
by His Home People and Covers
Himself With Glory in an Elp-
quent Speech.

The Opera House. was crowded
with a capacity audience Saturday
morning when the candidates for the
long and short term of the United
States Senate appeared before the
people of Abbeville County and VIC
inity. Mr.. William p. Greene, Chair
man of the County Democratic Com
naittee, introduced the speakers
promptly on time.
Mr.. W. P. Pollock was the first
speaker and Immediately launched
into an exposition Of loyalty and a
plea for loyal Senate. Less than a
month ago, he stated, he had no
thought Of entering the race for the
Senate, for the simple reason that
there were two loyal South Caro-
liaians in the Senate at that time
and no short term was open for
candidates. The death Of. sne Of
those loyal men and the candidacy
.ef sahotKsr had laid a duty en- him
sss s., a .; loyal citizen. One does not
feel like saying anything against a
person not present: But Mr.. Peoples
had every opportunity to be at the
meeting, indeed was under obliga-
tim to the Democratic Party to be
there, and his absence showed an
intention Of not acting fairly and
.squarely. Consequently, Peoples de-
serves no sympathy. Indeed, "at
Florence, Peoples performed the
most remarkable feat in the history
of South Carolina. He canvassed the
State in thirty minutes!"
There is only one issue: loyalty.
No man not meeting the issue fairly
and squarely is worthy. The young
men men have been called to the colors.
A million and half are in France
today doing their duty Like the men
they are. They are fighting for you
and for me. The duty, freighted
with responsibility, Of the majority
at home is to "back up the boys un-
til the Hun is driven from the face
of the earth and victory is perched
on the wings Of the American eagle"
(Applause.) Voters must 60 to the
polls and they must vote for no man
not 100 per cent. loyal. Could you
give the Kaiser any gladder mes
sage than that you have sent man
Of questioned loyalty to the Senate?
The President is the greatest of hu-
man statesmen, (applause) and must
be given a Senator who will support
him to the limit in this great war.
"My God, friends, think of adding
a year to the warw> Yet a disloyal
Senator could do just that. Stating
that he had thousands of relatives
and friends in the service, Mr.. Pol
lock. said, GAS long as they fight my
battles over there, I propose to fight
their battles over here"
At this point, it was his duty to
draw certain speeches to the atten-
ton of the voters of this vicinity.
Cole L. Blease said at Pomaria:
"And I believe religiously, as
firmly as believe that there is a
God in heaven that on the final
judgment day every American citi-
zen % who is killed in this war off Of
American I i soil win be charged against
lie President Of the United States
and the members of congress Of the
United States who voted for it, as
An unwsr.anted sarcifce in the sight
Of Almighty God Of frseh young
american III manhood" -
:sEii,,d A,nd again liif at York: "
: II, at Flbert, was repeating my