Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-05-25
CONVENTION EcHoEs.

= CONVENTION ECH0ES.
Congressman Byrnss Talked ofas
Opponent Of, Senator Dial. :
A bit of political gossip going
the rounds at the recent State
Democratic convention which will
be heard with interest generally
was that two years hence United
States Senator N. b. Dial will
have for opponent Congressman
James F.. Byrnes Of the Aiken,
district, who is said to have re-
eeived much encouragement to
enter the, race. Mr.. Byrnes has
represented his district in Con-
gress for the last Is years and is
one of the outstanding figures ON
the Democratic side Of the body.
When there is an opportunity to
prod the Republicans for their
broken promises and inefficient
method of conducting the public
business and Byrnes is in the
neighbOrhood he seldom let's the
opportunity pass without improv-
ing upon it. He is quick in de-
bate, has good vocabulary on
which to draw and in his long
years Of service in the house has
gathered a fund of information
his friends say he could use to
good advantage in the senate.
Along with the statement that
Mr.. Byrnes will enter the race
against Senator Dial also came
the statement that Edgar Brown
will be an aspirant for the seat
now held by Mr.. Byrnes. If Mr..
Brown has designs on the house
seat of his district, he received a
considerable shove Washington.
ward when he. was elected State
cl.airman-an honor few men are
too big to accept. 1t is a politI.
cal asset worth the while of any
man in public life. Mr.. Brown Is
serving his first term in the State
house of representatives, from
Barnwell county, and is gener-
ally considered one of the strong
men of the body, in which he is
popular beeause--of his affabiiity
and fairness and influential be-
cause Of his ability and disinter-
estedness. He is as far from par
tizanship as between the factions
OF, the party as any South Carroll
man ever gets and those who
know him. best will be disap-
pointed If his administration Of
the Office of State chairman does
not meet with universal approval.
There was lots of speech max
ing in the convention, but one
would have to stretch his mag
nation and violate his conscience
to dignity most of it with more
praise than, to describe it as me-
diocre. Claud Sapp made u hur-
rahs speech that was worth. listen
ing to in opposition to high
tariff argument of which Wanna
maker, president of the cotton as
sociation and owner OF d head Of
hair that needs cutting, delivered
himself but the one really high
class speech the convention list
ened to came, from Congressman
Fred Dominick, who opposed q
blanket, Endorsement of the So
called farm bloc in Congress,
which he said was, composed in
the main of high tariff Republi-
cans awaiting the opportunity to
rob the people to further enrich
the big interests up North. There
were some in the convention who
did not appreciate the force of
Mr.. Dominick''s remarks; it was
too deep for them. There were
others who. did not enjoy what
ht said because they recalled
that he voted against the soldier
bonus bill, to which he referred
Incidentally by saying he would
defend his vote in the campaign
this summer. But most of those
who heard the speech came away
convinced that the Third district
is represented by a man who is
able to rtakescaSe Of himself either
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