Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-07-14


done at all France was bled white,
to use the Kaiser's own expression;
Haig's baci, was against the wall;
Italy was retreating before the Aus
trians; Russia was paralyzed. and
Belgium and Poland lay bleeding at
the Kaiser's feet. The fatal end SEEM
ed distant, not years, but months. and
the Kaiser laughed at our supposed
impotency, thinking that we would
depend upon the slow process of vol
unteering, while his C0nquering arm
les proceeded to grind the life out Of
his enemies.
Tho Draft Act.
But here again the great wisdom
Of our President foresaw the all but
supcrhuman task, and set in motion
that agency which wrought mira
Gle. He proposed the straight con-
scription draft act.which passed Con-
gress by vote Of 397 to "a. Mr..
Dominick voted "No" with % of his
associates.
Viewed in the light Of subsequent
events. the impartial selection of rich
and poor alike, the all but miracu-
lous massing of millions Of men in an
Incredibly short time and the produc-
ton Of tho most effective army that
ever wrested victory from defeat,
who will say that Mr.. Dominick's
Judgment was not in error when he
voted against the draft?
Again Votes "Nt,."
Again, when our country was
launched on policy Of war, and
German spies were in every city and
hamlet, in the army, in the navy, in
|, nF3 In, =, ,i,,c
such tremendous newspaper syndi-
Gates as the Hearst papers were inn
poding the governments efforts and
giving out information that would
benefit the enemy, an amendment to
the espionage act was PROPOSED in
Congress, known as the "Gard"
amendment. which proposed to limit
and to punish the activities Of those
papers which were avowedly against
the war and against the Presidents
conduct Of it, On this the vote stood
272 for and 12S against. Mr.. Domi-
nick voted with the minority.
| might mention the prohibition
bill for the conservation Of food. the
censorship bill and other bills favor
ed by the administration as war
measures and opposed by Mr.. Domi-
nick, but sufficient has been said to
indicate my meaning when l say that
MIR. DOminick'S votes in Congress in
the most vital period Of our national
history were out of accord with the
majority Of his Democratic assOci-
ates in Congress, and, as | believe.
did not reflect the sentiment of his
home State.
In the oath prescribed for candi-
didates for Congress and for the Uni
ted States Senate by our State Demo-
cratic Convention, we find the fol-
lowing: 81 will support the political
principles Of the Democratic party
during the term Of Office for which I
may be elected and work in accord
with my Democratic associates in
Congress on all party questions
The purpose Of this oath is evident
| and would certainly call for the most
deliberate consideration by q legisla-
tor before casting his vote against a
majority of his legislative associates
on question that involves the very
destiny Of our nation. r1N
If, as many people believe, Mr.
DOminick committed serious error Of
Judgment in the crucial period of
| war, what assurance have we that he
| may not commit equally as serious
| errors Of judgment in the legislation
! necessary for reconstruction? Owing
| to the upsetting effects Of the war, 1t
Is possible that our tariff laws will
have to be seriously revised, and. In
hundred ways the interests Of this
country will have to be safeguarded
in treaty relations. lnasmuch as Mr..
Dominick was not In Congress at the
time the tariff law was passed, we
nP II to
thereon, and. seen in the light Of his
votes on war measures, we may not
conclude with any certainty that his
views on tariff revision will be in ac-
cord with his Democratic associates
in