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turned to power in the general elecA
Ex.Gov. Sheppard Chairman.

Ex-Gov. Sheppard Chairman.
Ex-Governor John C. Sheppard,
State Senator from Edgeield county,
vas nominated and elected to the
permanent craftsmanship Of the con-
vention. He told Of the trials and
tribulations the Democracy Of the
State went through during the days
Of the reconstruction, between 1868
and 1876, aud some of the amusing
and tragic things that occurred when
the radical and negro went into con-
troll Of the State government. He
recited the achievements OF iIamp-
ton, Gary, Simpson, Butler, Cothran
and others Of that gallant body Of
men who relieved the State OF a tyr
annicul and illegal government.
From those days to this" he ex-
claimed, eve have had a govern
ment comparable with that Of any
State In the Union"
The former Governor declared
Woodrow Wilson to be the equal Of
George Washington in the matter of
patriotism, Of Thomas Jefferson in
wisdom and learning, and Of Andrew
Jackson in the courage Of his con-
victiOns when he knows that he is
right.
Resolution Of Sympathy.
The following resolution Of sympa-
thy was unanimously adopted and at
once wired to President Wilson:
Resolved, That W e the Demo-
Gratis Of South Carolina, in
ton assembled, hereby tender to the
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, the great lead
er of the party, our sincere and pro-
found sympathy in his recent illness,
and assure him that 1t Is our hope
that he may soon be fully restored
to health and strength in order that
he may again assume the leadership
Of the moral forces OF the world"
Administration achievements.
In the platform adopted tonight
the following achievements Of the
Wilson administration were extolled:
The abolition Of the tariff law;
the progressive income tax that made
the rich bear a just proportion of the
taxes. taking the burden from the
backs of the producers; the farmers
loan act, that enabled farmers to OBJ
tain cheap money on long time,
through n~on-taxable farm loan
bonds, thus compelling land mort
gage banks TO lower the rate of in
terest, a measure that the Republic
a n arc trying to repeal; the Smith
Lever agricultural extension act, put
ting the services Of the great agri-
cultural department at the door of
every farmer; the good roads act;
the rural free delivery system; the
parcel post system; the Department
OF Labor, giving the workers a men,
Der Of the cabinet; the child labor
act, giving the children the right to
be educated; the eight-hour law,
giving the railroad and industrial
workers a chance to see their fami-
lies; the workmen's compensation
act; the exemption Of farmers and
laborers from the antitrust act, de-
claring labor not a commodity; the
act for vocational training, giving
soldiers a means for earning a live
lihood; the building of a great mer-
chant marine, carrying cotton and
cotton goods to foreign ports in
American ships and opening South
ern ports that were bottled up by
Republican magnates; the antitrust
act, destroying monopolies; the Fed
eral trade commission to destroy un-
fair business dealings; the great
Federal reserve banking act, which
destroyed the money trusts, made
panics impossible and enabled the
country to finance the great var
without a bank failure. The world
war was fought, financed and won
without a scandal, and those who
were most able were made to pay the
bill; the act requiring the election
of United States Senators by popular
vote.
The platform rejoiced in the large
prosperity enjoyed by the State and
the nation during the past few
years, but condemned the methods
Of profteering practiced in certain
quarters. 1t cautioned the people
against undue extravaganza, and
asked them to be more circumspect
In their purchases; urged the elm
nation OF waste and extravagances
n luxuries, which, it affirmed,
would cause a more proper level Of
he economic law Of supply and de-
mand.
Education Endorsed.
The efforts Of the national govern
ment and those Of the State in fos-