The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-24

as a candidate, he had not said taht he
would not run. There were other
candidates for governor, all of whom
had friends and supporters in the con
vention. They were not disposed to-
allow Mr.. Evans to get any undue
glory from writing a platform. Then,
the platform as presented by the com
mittee, was not very happy in it's COM
position. 1t did not contain a single
kind word about anybody or anything
except Woodrow Wilson and his poll
cics during the world war. 1t cover
ed a good deal Of territory and crti-
cised a good many things. 1t criti-
cised the legislature and the state and
county governments. 1t did not point
with pride to anything, but viewed ev-
erything with alarm.
The Fight Begins
The opening paragraph, reaffirming
the allegiance OF the democracy Of
South Carolina to the policies Of Wood
row Wilson and extending sympathy
to the stricken leader in his illness,
was adopted without comment or op-
position. There were some in the con-
vention who would have been glad to
strike out this section, but they did not
say anything. The fight started when
Dominiclt opposed the
section commenting the course Of the
agricultural bloc in the United States
senate Mr.. iDominick said majority
Of the senator's composing the bloc
were republicans and wanted high
tariff and that he could not endorse
any sort Of tariff system and wanted
the reference to the agricultural bloc
out.
This brought rise out Of j. Skot-
towe Wannamaker, president Of the
American Cotton Association, and
delegate from Calhoun county. Mr..
said he was familiar
with the agricultural bloc and it's pro-.
gram, and that he strongly approved
OF it. Great good Is bound to result
from this alliance Of western and
southern senators, he said, who are
together for legislation that
will benefit the farmers. The MEM
bers OF the bloc differ on the tariff,
and there Is no agreement among them
on this matter, but they are united on
agricultural legislation, and he urged
that the convention give them it's en-
Talks along the same line
were made by Governor Cooper and
Congressman Fulmer, and the agricul-
tural bloc was endorsed over Congress-
man Dominick's protest.
Legislators Sore
One plank Of the platform criti.
cised the general assembly for failure
to pass all the tax reform bills at the
last session. This plank had been
warmly discussed in the committee,
and had been toned down before being
to the convention in the
hope Of avoiding friction with mem
bers of the legislature who were dele
gates, but some Of them we're still
rather sore when the plank was read.
Senator tombstone, Of Newberry; SEN
ator Laney, Of Chesterfield Senator
Williams, OF Aiken, and others made
rather spirited talks, in which they re-
sented the criticism OF the general as
sembly and declared that some Of the
contained therein were not
in accord with the facts. The plank
was finally modified by simply demand
ingEfurther tax reform.
The State Government
p4ere was another acrimonious dis
cushion over the plank alleging care
lessness and bad management in the
state government, particularly with
reference to the various boards and
commissions. The plank was discuss
EDIT length and after the convention
adjourned nobody seemed to know
whether 1t had been accepted, amend
ed or rejected entirety. Everybody be-
gan to get restless and to lose inter-
est. The notes OF the secretaries Of
the convention did not show lust
what had happened to$this plank, but
the general impression was that the:
convention got tired Of discussing it
and dropped 1t without taking any
action.
Another row started when the
plank referring to the soldier bonus
bill was reached. The plank referred