Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-07-14
Work of Senator E. D. Smith.

co Convention will be interested in
the important part which Senator E..
D. Smith played in the deliberations.
The work of Senator Smith is best
described in the following ARTICLE
from the Florence Daily Times:
Friends of Senator Ellison D..
Smith in Florence county are begin
ming to interest themselves in his be-
half as a candidate for reelection
to the United States Senate, not
that they are fearful of the Sena-
tors failing to carry the county by
large majority, as usual, but be-
cause of the fact that they are anx-
ious to recognize the Senator's great
work in the Senate by giving him, a
much larger majority than ever be-
fore. +,
Senator Smith has been at. San
Francisco attending the National
Democratic convention. He will re-
turn to his home at Lynchburg to-
morrow and is expected in Florence
for a conference with his friends lat
er in the week. Senator Smith will
be late in entering the campaign, his
opponents having already covered
a large part of the State.
In his letter to the people of the
State which was read at the>opening
meeting of the campaign he recount
ed his achievements in the Senate
and stated that he felt it his duty to
attend the convention and as men,
Der of the platform committee, to
do what he could for his State and
the South. 1t happened that he ac-
complished much, the port facilities
plank in the platform, for which he
is responsible being of deep signif-
canoe to this section. This, however,
was not the only item in which his
influence was felt. Senator Smith
happily has the knack of getting
things done and his activities at the
convention bore fruit just as they
have done ir; the Senate.
The following rather remarkable
tribute to Senator Smith is taken
from the Raleigh News and Observ-
er, the paper owned by Josephus
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, and
will be of interst as pointing out the
esteem in which Senator Smith is
held in the Tar heel State.
Senator Ellison D. Smith.
"south Carolina has had a sensa-
tional page in the political history
of the country, but in all of its novel
story it has not contributed anything
that has a deeper significance than
the origin of the port facilities plank
in the Democratic platform of which
Senator Ellison D. Smith Of South
Carolina is the fathering influence.
Senator Smith has been active in the
practical things that help his nation
and his section. He is one of the
original designers of the cotton asso-
citation movement, and for number
of years he served the South in the
field work with the organization of
the association. When he came to be
elected for the Senate in 1908 his
vote was the biggest in his state
had given for this Office, showing the
appreciation in which the people of
his State had held his work. In Con-
gress his committee assignments
show the bent of his work. They in
clude the Committees on Railroads,
Manufactures, Interstate Commerce,
Agriculture and Forestry and he is
Chairman of the Committee on Con-
selvation Of National Resources,
every one of them a practical work
ing committee that works directly to
the welfare Of the country.
As an active member of these in
dustrial and commercial committees
Senator Smith has chance to know
the needs of the country in it's rela-
tions, and he has the conception that
realizes the absolute necessity Of
making our railroads and harbors
serve the requirements of both do
mestic and foreign trade. Consider
able that has been brilliant, has been
written by Senators from South Carv
olina in the story of the country.
The State has contributed it's share
of the sensational in its day. But
never has her representation in
Washington showed more compre-
hensive association with the practi-
of tho oo,rnfr than