The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-11-04

Tennessee mas too many Judges,
too many Office holders, some of
whom, are receiving too much pay.
Tennessee has been run too eXtrava- .
gaDtly, too car,lessly. and with too
little attention to business details 1.
The dominant party is responsible
for some of these ills, and in their
7tate cnr~."''"" 80 Hh"':"rrogr
they awoFo Ia a realizing sense Of
their duty aud responsibility, and in
no uncertain tone declared for Re
form Actual, buni.fde, genuine
Reform. Aud their standard bearer
has boldly and bravely declared his
purpose to carry out this retrench-
meut and reform, to the fullest and
best of his ability. Democrats have
chosen their legislative nominees
with the same purpurse and end in
view. With their backs to the past
and their faces to the future, the
leaders 1T the party were never
more conscious of the necessity of
the hour, never more determined to
rectify the mistakes of the past and
build more wisely for the future.
The party ia its present frame of
mind, committed by its platform
promises and conscious that their
only hope rests in the faithful exc
cution of these Reform promises, is
in better shape to- day to serve Ten
nessee and its best interests, than it
has been for years. The party lead
ers realize that its business record
for several administrations is not
just what it ought to be. They know
that conditions have changed and
that the party Is not as compact as it
once was. They have seen their old
time fifty thousand majority melt
away to five. They have been
rather haru to awake, but they are
fully aroused and determined now.
and with one accord they say our
next administration must be "Busi-
ness" from start to finish. We must
have our taxes carefully assessed,
promptly collected, honestly ex-
pended. We must and will regard
a public office as public trust, and
McMillin's administration must and
shall and will be a service to all of
| Tennessee, an honor to himself and
a credit to bis party. Don't fail to
help elect him next Tuesday.
WE are pleased to find in our en-
tertainment column the announce
ment that the Rev. DR.. Hawthorne,
of the First Baptist Church, Nash
vile, will deliver, in the First Bap-
fist Church of this city next Thurs
day evening, his delightful lecture
on Courage and its Counterfeits."
This people will have no better op-
portunity this season for an evening
of uplifting entertainment. DR..
Hawthorne is both scholar and ora
tor, and this is his best lecture. We
not only will advise our friends to
hear this lecture, but we commend
the example of our Baptist friends
to the friends of other denomina
tions. This lecture is brought here at
the very popular admission price Of
% cents. Not so much to make money,
as to cultivate taste in this cOmmu.
nifty for this class of entertainments
inspire the youth with nObler ambi.
tons; to educate those of all ages tC
higher plane of thought and to ell
joyment of a higher class of enter.
tainment. If each of the severa
churches in this city would have
one or more such lectures this win
ter, it would do much for the i'm
2 provement of Columbia, and nigh
= result in creating such demand a:
to encourage eminent professional
: lecturers and readers to come oil
r their own accord. There is already
D more demand for such, than Colum
r bia has the credit for. The HERALI
has been discussing this subject a
/. random for weeks, aid we fine
much encouragement along thi
line. The people to large extern
t are tired, not to say disguised, will
@ second class shows, and are be
p ginning to crave and call for some
8 thing better and higher and nobler
. A meeting of one or more member
Y from several churches to discuss thi
t question, we believe would be pro
}. ductive of good.
e NEXT Monday will be genera
}, round up day. If you amt here ther
i the band will leave you. II you