The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-25

the population Of the state, and we
! should select a man the ablest and
best availa Bile to represent us in this
great legislative body, the American
congress.
Mr.. Dominick sad some might
think it out of place for him to thank
the women for their presence and
to welcome them as voters because
he voted against the amendment to
the federal constitution giving them
the ballot. He WAS just old fash
ioned enough to believe in states
rights, and he thought the matter
of suffrage was one thing which
should have been left to the states
to determine, and that in several
states and for many years the wom-
en- had been permitted to vote before
this amendment was adopted. We
are getting too far away from the
fundamental principles upon which
the fathers founded our government
and tending too fast towrad a great
centralized government. He could
never forget the effect Of the 18th
amendment which gave manhood suf-
frage and was forced upon US by
the congress, and the evils that fol-
lowed, and while the two are not 81
miliar in results he believed in main
tanning the rights of the states to
regulate their own affairs and not
have everything regulated from
Washington.
He proposed to conduct fair snd
ar honorable campaign and to dis
cuss the issues, and he did not appeal
to the people of Newoerry to vote
for him because he w2s a Newberry
man, but to cast their ballot for the
man whom they felt best able to rep
resent the people Of this great dis
trict. He believed, however, that he
would get a much larger majority in
his native county than he had ever
received in this county. He also
felt that his majority in Greenwood
would be larger than it was two
years ago and he felt the same way
about the vote in Pickens and the
other counties in the district. That
was the information he had from
these counties. We were passing
through at this time the most mo-
nentous period in the history of the
world, and the congress was almost
in continuous session and he had
been on the job I'll the time.
He first took up the discussion Of
the tariff bill now before the con-
grcSs, and said while this was an old
subject at the present time it was a
very vital one. He said the pl Gent
bill was a monstrosity in the way o.
. legislation, that it carried more than
1000 schedules and instead of help
ing the great consuming class it was
in effect in the interest of the man
uf2cturer. This government and in
dividuals had loaned to Europe
around twenty billion dollars and the
Only way that Europe could pay it
wc6 by having the gold which it did
not, by selling us its produce md
manufactured goods which this tar
if VIRTUALLY prohibits it from doing,
or by the use of its ships and this it
could net Go, ard yet there We're
forty-one socalled Democrats who
voted for the bill. About the only
effect it had was when the price of
wheat went down the price Of -four
went up and the consumer paid the
bill. This tariff measure IS in the
interest of the corporations and ma
nufacturers. The agricultural bloc
had been of some benefit to the far
mer and there had been some lcg;s-
lation in the matter of finance that
had been Of great benefit to the far
mer, but the farmer should not look
exclusively to legislation for relief
from the burden which he was bear
ing, he must do something to help
himself IN the way Of living at home
! and making all he needed to live on
on his own farm, and he quoted the
famous words of Henry Grady which
gave the only real freedom to the
farmer. That is to say the farmer
could never be free and independent,
it matters not how much legislation
IS passed in his interests, until he
practiced the habit of living at home
and raising his own food on his own
farm, and then the day would break
Mr.. Dominick said he was opposed
to the Townes- Sterling educational
bill by which it was proposed to es,
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