Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-25
The Campaign Meeting at
HOncn Path,

Congressman Fred H. Dominick
began his speech by thanking the
voters for the magnificent vote which
they have always given him in this
section Of Anderson county. He said
that four years ago when lie was
elected he promised the people Of
the Third District to give the best
that was in him to the interests of
the District, the State and the Coun-
ty. AS to how we'll he has carried
out that promise-the record has
been written and he could not change
1t II he would and would not change
1t If he could
This is free country and every
white Democrat in the Third Con-
gressional District who has reached
the age Of twenty-five years has the
right to run for Congress; and, as a
candidate, he, as we'll as the hum
blest citizen in the District, has a
perfect right to criticise the record
Of the Congressman who Is running
for reelection. 1t is the Congress-
mans duty and his privilege to come
before the people and give an ac-
count Of his stewardship.
Mr.. Bradley, mis- opponent, out of
eight hundred and fifty or nine hun
0rea rU.l la'ia, has seen IL to criticGc
HD''" l''ii "E i'S Np'2S cH@l Dy M.
LDMtNitil, aUI al 0t those votes
we're cast in l9lI- three years ago,
and before MS rG-ele"tiun tn Con
greas two "2o"$ $50 rhey are the
Identical CRITICS MS, in part, that
were made against his record two
years ago, which were debated on
every stump in the Third Congress
s'onAl District. Hls record was a3-
proved by the citizens returning him
to Congress-; and, also by the Coun-
ty Convention sending him, unani-
mously, to the State Convention, and
the State Convention electing him as
delegate to the National Democra-
tic Convention at San Francisco.
Mr.. Dominick admitted that he
voted against the war with Germany;
against conscription; press censor
ship, and the prohibition amend
ment to the Federal Constitu tlon,
and stated that he cast all those votes
consc:entiously and according to his
best Judgment, and would have done
SO had he known it would have been
the cause Of his losing his seat in
Congress Immediately upon the cast
ing OF those votes
Mr.. Dominick discussed at length
the proposed Bonus Bill, which he
stated was passed by Republican
Congress solely for political purpo-
ses. He said that under this bill, all
able-bodied soldiers who were in the
World War would receive from five
hundred to six hundred dollars each,
which would necessitate an appro-
priatton amounting to one and a half
to two billion dollars. He believes
that this bill was introduced and
passed the House by the Republicans
solely for political purposes, and does
not believe that 1t will ever pass the
Senate. which is also controlled by
the Republicans, because, II the Re.
publicans were sincere in their ef-
forts to pass the bill, they could have
done so before the adjournment of
Congress on the 5th 70 June, 1920.
He then referred to the present f.
nancial condition Of the Federal Gov
ernnient, and stated that some peo-
pie seemed to think that in order to
provide money to pay the enormous
appropriations made by the Federal
government, 1T was only necessary
TO keep the printing presses running
IN washington and grinding out pa
per money. This Is a mistake, for
every dollar that Is paid out under