The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25
woRK FOR YorR pRINCIPLEs.


past differences, let's bury all per-
sonal prejudices, lets get together
and work for our party nominees
and our political principles.
The legislative convention last
Monday did good work. Work the
Democrats may not only be satisfied
with but proud of.
In Messrs. Mumford Smith and ].
H. Courtney, chosen to represent
Maury County in the legislature,
we find representative men of the
people. They are farmers who have
earned their living, supported their
families and accumulated some
property, by the labor of their hands
and the sweat of their brow. They
know what it is to work and pay
taxes. They know what money is
and what taxes are. They have sue
cessfully managed and taken care of
their own, and they will with the
same prudence and economy vote for
an economical administration of
public affairs.
They are the kind of "business
men" Bryan speaks of who Ego out
in the morning and toll all day; who
go forth in the early spring and work
through the heat of the summer"
They are of the people and will vote
for the peoples interest. They are
men of intelligence, men of sobriety,
men of right living, and they wear
the collar of no clique or ring.
Besides being the right sort of
men, they are bound by the right
sort of instructions.
g This convention did, what no leg
: islative convention in this county
: has done for years; it declared its
principles. We need not repeat the
resolutions here; they may be found
), elsewhere in this paper. They eX.
press not only the instructions OF
/, that convention, but the sentiments
10 and wishes of the Democracy of this
county.
r The people are not in favor OF
owning the railroads; for they have
- seen the state own railroads ant
9. operate them at a loss heretofore
but they are in favor of manda.
tory railroad commission that will
to some extent at least protect then
!, from unfair, unjust, excessive anC
i, discriminating freight rates.
They are in favor of fee system
~ or salary system that will fairly
~ remunerate public officials for tn,
70 work they do. But they are opposed
N to system that will enable politica
70 tricksters to buy their election ant
then reimburse themselves at tn
peoples expense.
They are in favor of a Constitu
NJ tional convention that will enabl
II; them to so amend our laws that tn
- proper enforcement of them will nc
MI cost Tennessee a million dollars
-, while Georgia gets it for ten thou
sand.
jul These are the men and the princi
zee pies that Democracy in this count
stands for. Lets work for them
Don't think the battle is over now;
~ has just begun. Don't think you hav
- done your full duty by naming
= good ticket. 1t is your further dut
- to elect it. Don't think all you al
- called upon to do is to vote. 1t
~ your further duty to work. Some
~ body must work, why not yor
90 Somebody must talk and work an
~ arouse an interest in your neighbol
~ hood why not you?
~ In over-confideDce there is DANCE
-. Our nominees in August had clio;
~ call. A few more stay-at-homes, (
the changing of a few votes woul
have defeated them. Will you /
your indifference, by your careles
ness, your thoughtlessness or yol
lazyness, subject this ticket of GOO
49, and acceptable men on sound pla
form to the humiliation of so sea-
He a majority? Lets get to work no.
" We have but five weeks more
:. work in. Lets poll every distriC
and know how every man stand
w and whether or not he has paid
poll tax. Lets leave nothing u
~ done that fairly may be done. lie
~ have everything ready for the ele
On ton hour, and when that day com
81 lets roll up an old time Democrat
~ majority like we used to have, al
~ give Maury County the proud pla
IL it once had in the party councils.
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