The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-26
Candidates Speak
At Court House
Large Crowd Out to Hear Of
flee Seekers
SMITH NOT PRESENT V
Candidates For Senate and Con
gress Appeal for Votes

Candidates For Senate. and Con-
gress Appeal for Votes
The candidates for the United
States senate and congress addressed
the voters of Sumter Tusday morning
and all were given a good hearing py
the voters present. Mr.. J. H. Clifton
called the meeting to order at 1:So
and read communication from
Senator SIN; n which is published IN
another column He introduced as
the first speaker of the occasion, 1lr.
w. c.. Irby of Iaurens as the first
candidate for the senate. Mr.. 1rby
said that he could not give all the
facts that he wanted to as the time
was short He Will discuss the various
matters before the country today, at
the various speaking points. He SAID
! that he only wished to take little
time to discuss some principles that
affect the very happiness and pros
perity of the, nation of today He
/ gave a. brief account of his record IN
! the state legislature and told OF the
| efforts he had made some years ago
! to make arrangements for the FARMERS
i to hold their cotton until they could
obtain better prices. He spoke OF
the present high, cost OF living ana
proposed remedy for it. The packers
and others of the north are not. allow
| ing the farmers a fair price for their
products Mr. Irby proposed plan
! to reduce the high cost of living by
tine government establishing local
packing plants, storage houses and
Exchanges. The farmers are to have
charge of the packing houses, the
consumers have charge OF the eX-
tchanges and both together controlling
! the storage houses. This is to be paid
for by the government issuing notes
which would be retired by means OF
lthe profits that. these establishments
would make. Mr.. Irby said that he
would speak of this in more detail at
la later date.
J. Mr. Pollock was the next speaker.
He promised to uphold the democra-
tic platform to be- adopted at San
Francisco, if it contained democratic
principles, but ne Stated that If q
clause was inserted into that platform
repeating the 18th, Qiquor) amend
ment, he would withdraw from the
race as he could not uphold that.
This statement was greeted with
much applause. He spoke at Some
length on the present tax system and
advocated the taxing of man in
taccord with his ability to pay.
! Mr.. Pollock said that the present
congress was too extravagant anC
something should be done to curb
need any immigrants Tor the next ten
years and he Will oppose opening the
doors to them. He gave brief sur
/ vey Of his record while in office. Mr..
Pollock was the. first man to introduce
a bill into the Senate calling on con-
gress to appropriate $300,000.00 tc
wipe out the strain Of illiteracy in the
country He was the first to intro
duce bill into the state legislature
to obtain state aid for rural schools.
He told Of the efforts that he had
made in getting an appropriation OF
| $200,00,0 for roads in the United
States. When Borah, Lodge and Knox
were fighting Wilson the league ques-
ton, Mr.. Pollock. arose in CoongresA
! and pointed them out to the nation as
the men who were fighting the
League not because they didn't want
peace but because they hated Wilson
| If elected, Mr.. Pollock promised to go
back to Congress and fight for the
league Of nations and against Republi-
canism as he had done in the past.
Hon. George Warren Of Hampton
was the next speaker. He spoke of the
present unrest that has spread all
over the country. He gave as the rea-
son for this, the change in our form
of government. 1t is changing from a
dem ocratic to- form of autocracy.
The central powers are being added
to eand the state rights being taken
away Mr.. Warren spoke of Calhoun
who said that state rights should be
kept inyiolate, and nf the men who
fought in 1850 for : ~ nciple- The
people of South Carolina canE0t af-
ford to say that Calhoun and their
fathers were wrong. but they must
stand tor state rights. The men of
1850 fought for principle and Mr..
Warren intends to fight for that same
principle in this campaign, he will
carry the issue from the mountains
to the sea. He spoke Of the various
amendments that had been made and