The sun., 1919-09-01
WILSON POLICIES
BEAT ASPIRANTS
,&<
inc.
Congress Candidates in South
Carolina Primaries Lose on
Peace League Plank.
LEVERS MAN Is DEFEATED
Presidents Popularity Wanes
in State, Democratic =,
Leaders Admit. -
LEVERS MAN is DEFEATED
sp.o,al pe.pa.ch to Tnn sus.

COLUMBIA, s. c., Aug. 31.-The re-
suits of the recent primary elections
in the Sixth and Seventh Congress
districts for members Of Congress to
succeed the late Representative ].
willard Ragsdale and Representative
Asbu3y Lever have much greater
political interest than usually attaches
to such contests in Southern States.
Political leaders here regard 1t as
significant that those candidates who
advocated the policies Of President
Wilson, and particularly those who
had planks In their platforms favor
ing the League of Nations and the
treaty of peace as 1t was adopted by
the Peace Conference, were defeated
by large majorities.
The Seventh South Carolina Congress
district has sent Mr.. Lever to the lower
house for many years. and II had been
the general belief that he had the dis
trict "sewed up tight" Since Mr.. Lever
is the author of the food control bill
and one of the leading supporters OF
the President in the House many poll
ticians here had expected him to be
able to swing the district to the candi-
date who openly advocated Mr.. Wilson's
treaty and league policies.
Yet Mr.. Duncan, who made the race
for the nomination on a one plank plat
form-the ratification of the treaty with
out ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS only forty.
six votes in the entire district, which has
within its boundaries. three such large
towns as Columbia. Sumter and Orange
burg. z. G. Mann and George Bell Tim;
norman. who made their races. on broad
Democratic Platforms with little or no
reference to the leag,ie or to the treaty
received 2.lse and 2.4s2 votes respec.
lively. s 81
A similar situation prevailed in the
I Sixth district. represented for many
years by Mr.. Ragsdale. There the
candidates who openly advocated ,ths
League Of Nations and made their races
as avowed champions of THE Wilson
policies we're last in the contest. the
winners being the men who ram or
broad platforms and made little or, nc
reference to the league--only such refer
ence, in fact. as would tend to establish
their belief in the necessity of aileague
| but not necessarily the league adopted
by the Peace Conference.
In each of the districts the contes
was so close that a second primary vii
| be necessary to decide the issue. Thes,
| primaries will be held on September 0
| Many Democratic politicians here ad
NIT, privately. that the popularity o.
Mr.. Wilson is decidedly waning and tha
there is not much sentiment here II
favor of the peace treaty or the Leagu,
| of Nations. AS an indication of thi
they point to the fact that Charleston
recently elected a Mayor. Mr.. Grace
who is and has been for years an opei
and avowed enemy Of Mr.. Wilson ans
the Wilsonian policies. Mr.. Grace wa
! opposed by virtually all OF the sill
stockinged aristocratic element Of thi
city and made his fight on wha
amounted to an anti-Wilson platform.
| The best political opinion here be
lieves that Mr.. Wilson cannot posslhl.
hope to get the support Of the rnajorit,
! of the white voters OF South Caroiini
at the next election. The State vii
go Democratic, however. because whii'
| the voters may not cast their ballot
| for the President or for his candidate
| they will still remain such good Demo
Gratis that they will not vote for |
Republican, and the Democratic part!
win win the state by default. ~