The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-08-11

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much the assistance Mr.. Thurmond
had rendered him in the last cam
paign, and yet at the same time he
was under prior obligations to friends
who had aided him on former occa-
sions - And the newspaper
article concluded, Senator Dial an
nounced that he would ask the sen
ate to confirm the nomination Of Mr..
Thurmond and hoped the matter
would be disposed of at an early
day" But this interview was tissue
of deception and insincerity, for he
knew then that his time for helping
me had passed.
My nomination was held in the
committee for months, but my Re-
publican successors nomination was
confirmed within a few days after it
was made.
1 made no effort, directly or indi-
rectly, to obtain the assistance of Joe
Tolbert, the Republican referee, for
he owed me nothing and the Repub-
lican party owed me nothing, and |
would not be put in the attitude OF
owing them anything.
"Never would I crook the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift may
follow fawning.'
In the interview given by Senator
Dial in December, 1920, he stated
that his first information Was erren-
eous as to Mr.. Thurmond's position
as to the question of opening the lists
for the entry of new candidates in
the senatorial race, after the death of
Senator Tillman. This statement is
positively untrue, for he had the facts
as to my attitude as to that situation
when the executive committee passed
on the question and discussed it fully
with me while he was at Edgefield
during the campaign.
l leave Senator Dial, the greatest
political accident the state ever had.
to revel in his own littleness, bit
terness and arrogance.
In my opinion, the much discussed
effort to organize new Republican
party in this state, to be composed
entirely of white people, will meet
an ignominous failure, as it should
do. Some criticize President Will
son for the defation Of commodi-
ties at the end of his last term. This
criticism is not justified, for Presi-
dent Wilson did not dedate, the fed
eral reserve board did that. Presi-
dent Wilson stood by the south dur
ing his whole administration and
hereafter the pages reciting his
achievements will be regarded the
brightest in American history.
It must be admitted that the de-
hation policy of the federal reserve
board has come, nigh bankrupting
the whole country and especially the
south. The fact is, many good men
have been ruined and can never come
back in a business way, while others
will be able in time to retrieve their
lost fortunes. During the initiation
of this defation policy and for the
remainder of the Wilson adminstra-
ton, President Wilson was very
sick man. and I believe his son-in-
law, Mr.. McAdoo, a great financier.
expressed President Wilson's views
when he took sharp issue with the
federal reserve board. What COM
fort can those Democrats, estranged
from the Democratic party because
of the defation policy of the federal
reserve board, get from the Republi-
can party, which has continued the
defation policy, and President Hard
ing has even retained in office the
Democratic governor OF the federal
reserve board, and it is understood
that President Harding sympathized
with the action of that board? We
all know that the tremendous in
crease in taxation and other public
demands and the high cost of living
necessitate a reasonable price for lab
or and mmodities-both imitation
and defation should (be within reas-
enable limits. I think the time has
come for a campaign for reduction
of taxes, both state and federal.
White supremacy should be para
mount with us. Nothing could be
more abhorrent than a return to con-
ditions in 1875. AS IA year old
boy I was at the presidential election
at Shaw and McKie's mill precinct.
There was six or seven negroes to
one white man. I had been taught to
handle long pistol for the occasion,
and the boys of my age and all white