The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-08-12
SENATE ASPIRANTS
SPEAK TO VOTERS
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED VOTERS
PRESENT SATURDAY.
Speakers Well Received.
Smith, Pollock, Irby and Warren Ask
Bamberg Citizens for Sena-
tOrial Support.

Saturday the four candidates for
the office of United States senator ad-
dressed the voters of Bamberg county
at the court house. The meeting was
attended by a fairly good sized crowd.
It was estimated that there were two
hundred voters in the court house
when the crowd was at it's zenith,
and most of them remained through
out the speaking. The candidates
were given a most respectful hearing,
and all of the candidates. received
more or less applause, although the
meeting was entirely lacking in the
old time political enthusiasm of other
days.
George Warren, apparently was
the favorite among those voters who
showed any preference at all. Judg-
ing from the applause he received
Warren will show up we'll in Bam-
berg county. Next in point of ap-
plause came E. D. Smith, the incum-
bent for the past eleven years. Pol
lock and Irby received also a share
of the applause.
Notwithstanding the fact that in the
person Of ex-senator Pollock the Wo-
man suffrage advocates have very
warm and enthusiastic supporter, not
a single woman of voting age-lf they
had the ballot-or any other age,
graced the court house with her pres
ence. 1t was strictly mems meet
ing. If the women of Bamherg coun-
tv desire the ballot they certainly
showed no evidence of it Saturday.
The meeting was presided over oy
County Chairman J. F. Carter, VINO
opened the meeting with a few ap-
propriate introdurtory remarks. Dr'
George F. Hair offered an invocation,
and Senator Smith was presented as
the first speaker.
Senator Smith exhibited consider
able fire and earnestness in his ad-
dress. and it is quite evident that ne
is not going to let his defeat be en-
\ compassed through default. Senator
Smith spoke for thirty minutes, about
% to 25 minutes of which were de-
voted to his old time and most effect
i've subject of farming. Senator
Smith makes no attempt to disguise
the source of his popularity in South
Carolina. He opened by saying that
he is before the people to give an &C
count of his stewardship in the United
States senate for the last eleven years.
He devoted a few minutes to dis
cussing the circular that has been
sent broadcast through the state at
tacking his record in the senate and
said that the author of this circular
is an Office seeker Who was disap-
pointed in not receiving an appoint
ment from Senator Tillman and him.
self. In regard to the charge that he
had missed more than half, of the roll
calls. Senator Smith said that he was
not sent to the senate to sit idly at
his desk merely to answer to filibust-
ering roll calls; that he was in the
senate on all occasions when his
presence was needed, and that the
remainder of the time he spent IN
committee work on many of the I'M
portant senate committees, in which
work he was of vastly more benefit to
the people than in answering idle roll
calls, many of which were only for the
purpose of killing time. He is will
ing to compare his record with any
other man.
He referred to his vote On the 18th
amendment, denying that it was any
abridgement of the rights of states,
in that it is necessary for three
fourths of the states to ratify before
the amendment becomes law. South
Carolina almost unanimously ratified
the amendment, as did almost all the
other states. He is as much in favor
of states rights as ANYBODY else, but
he is heartily in favor Of the abolition
of the liquor troffic and has no apollo
gies to offer for his vose to submit
the ar?eninent Th 9-e are eight law
yers in congress from this state he
said, and one farmer--and he is the
farmer.
Senator Smith wet over in detail
his many bills fl~ the hnt,arment ri
the condition of the farmers, account
ed fer his record III ing the war, as
serting that he had supported the
administration in eve"y particular.
w. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, was the
next speaker. Mr.. Pollock said that
he was no stranger in anV part OF