The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-06-04

campaign, interest in politics does
not seem to be very much on the in
crease. 1t appears now that there
will be opposition in only four races.
Senator E. D. Smith will be opposed
by Solicitor George Warren, of
Hampton, according to an announce
ment by Mr., Warren some time ago;
and former Attorney General Peoples
has stated in the newspapers that he
is considering making the race, his
final decision to be announced later.
The present lieutenant governor,
Mr.. Junius T. Lilies, of Orangeburg,
is not candidate for reelection, and
it is probable that there will be sew
eral entries in this race. Mr.. Wilson
G. Harvey, Of Charleston; Captain
Oscar K. Mauldin, of Greenville, and
Mr.. Octavus Cohen, of Charleston,
are announced candidates, and Mr..
Walter T. Duncan, of Aiken, editor
of an Aiken paper and associate edi-
tor of the Columbia Record, has
been mentioned in newspaper dis
patches. Adjutant General Moore
will be opposed by Capt. A. H. Mar
chant of Orangeburg. Commissioner
of Agriculture B. Harris will be
opposed by Mr.. Jack Smith, Of Col
Teton, now connected with the state
department of agriculture, according
to an announcement by Mr.. Smith
some time ago.
It is understood that all the state
officials, with the exception OF Lieu
tenant Governor Lilies, will be candi-
dates for reelection.
Under the rules of the Democratic
party, it will be necessary to have
two campaigns, one for the United
States senate, and the other for State
Offices. With. so few candidates in
the race, it seems pity to have to
run two campaign parties through
the state this year, and an agitation
has been begun to have meeting OF
the state committee to combine the
campaign. This would seem to be
the part of wisdom, and, in fact, no
body seems much to care. Politics
in South Carolina, so far as State
races are concerned, is at a low ebb..
Of course the race for the United
States senate, and the races in the
various Congressional districts, are
going to excite interest. The cam
paign opens on June %, and the last
day for filing pledges is on June FL,
at noon.
South Carolina seems about to
secede again-and, again, with right
and justice on her side. TIE Amerl-
can Legion of South Carolina re-
fuses to stand for the action of the
national executive committee of the
legion in urging the bonus bill upon
congress, holding that cts action
furnishes the honor and glory which
the American soldier and sailor won
on the field of battle, and its action,
if ratified by the next national con-
vention, renders the further aftilla-
ton of the South Carolina depart
ment with the national organization
harmful to the future of the said
department" With this in mind, the
State convention of the legion, to be
held in Spartanburg, has been speed
ed up to June Is. The South Caro-
lima branch also holds that the more
than 100000 men discharged From
the army with disabilities, of whom
more than a quarter of a million
were seriously disabled, and of whom
only FIVE per cent. have been cared
for by the federal board for voca-
tional: education, should receive such
consideration as their needs demand,
and that the able-bodied should not
demand a bonus. The national house
of representatives yesterday passed
the bonus measure by vote OF 289
to 81, and sent it over to the senate.
Congressman Dominick and all the
other South Carolina representatives
who voted were recorded against the
bill.
Nobody wants to take away from
any soldier in the great world war
anything that is his due-and the
American nation today basks in the
sunshine of the glory which the
American soldier shed upon storm
tossed world-but the harmful effects
of the bonus bill are realized and
convincingly called attention to by
the South Carolina branch OF the
legion.
Interest in Columbia now is center
ing mainly in the national conven-
tions, the first of which, the Repub-
licans, meets in Chicago next week.
South Carolina has number of con-
tests, as usual. A prominent Repub-
lican stated here the other day that
the South Carolina votes would 60 to
Governor Lowden-but where
Southern delegation vote in nation
al convention will 60 is about as
problematical as the verdict of a
petit jury, whom a woman will marry,
or whether cloud presages rain.
Everybody seems to be. agreed,
however, that, no matter whom the
Republicanes nominate, the Demo
Gratis have got to get together and
quit reading each other out of the
party, if they expect to win. The
Republicans have a normal majority
in the United States, and the Demo
Gratis have got to stand united to