The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-31

DR.. H. G. Boyd, who worked with !
r. A. Haggard, the Republican
leader, and delivered quite mum
Der of Democratic votes to the Re
publican candidate. Capt. p. n
Craig is Clerk and Master of this
county by Democratic appointment,
and has been in this office about
twenty years, consequently the
interest taken by him in behalf of
the Republican party on last Thurs.
day. together with charges against
his Democracy, Is causing much dis
satisfaction among the party in this
county. He Is charged with having
refused for the last twelve or four
teen years to vote for the Democratic
nominees for Congress, and having
voted and worked for Hon. r. A
Haggarf, Republican nominee for
Railroad Commissioner in 1893
Also that he worked enthusiasticall
to defeat Hon. Sam Holding, Demo
cratic nominee for Circuit Judge in
1893.
AS yet we have seen no denial Of
the above serious political charges.
The DR.. H. c. Boyd referred to is
the brother of Attorney General
Frank Boyd, and Capt. P. H. Craig,
DR.. Boyd's fatherin law, is one of
Frank Boy DIS general managers
in the Congressional contest now
going on. The further charge comes
from Democratic sources in Wayne
county that, as further considera.
ton for the support given by DR..
Boyd and Capt. Craig to the Repub-
lican ticket on August 2, their Re-
publican friends are to vote for Mr..
Boyd in the Democratic primaries
on Sept. 8. We have baen most re-
liably informed that Mr.. Frank
Boyd has stated that he expects to
receive one thousand votes in
Wayne County in said primaries !;
but just whence these one thousand
votes are to come in Wayne county
is not shown. We know that Wayne
county has never cast more than
seven hundred Democratic votes,
and il every Democratic voter were
to go to the polls in the primaries.
which of course they will not do,
and Mr.. Boyd were to receive every
one of them, which will not be the
case, he could not receive more than
seven hundred votes.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Boyd
in his public speeches and public
canvassing, in the smaller counties,
is seeking to array an unworthy pre-
JUDGE of the smaller counties against
the larger ones. The Democrats OF
Giles, Williamson and Maury do not
entertain any such prejudice against
the smaller counties. The smaller
counties contain as worthy citizens
and as loyal Democrats as do the
larger ones, and it is shame that
any one should seek to disturb the
harmony and good feeling existing
between the counties for the political
purposes of any candidate. The
people of the entire district have 6
far deeper interest in preserving the
fellowship and good feeling between
the counties than they have in the
success of any candidate from any
county; and it is unworthy of Mr.
Boyd to seek to engender or to foster
any prejudice of the kind, from NJ
loftier motive than to promote hii
own political ambition.
Among many other things, Mr.
Mr.. Boyd is stating in the smaller
counties that they ought to stanC
together against the larger ones, ant
support him because he cOme
, from the small county of Wayne
He says in particular that Maur.
, county fought him when he was tn
Democratic nominee for Attorne,
General in 1891. Let US examine tn
facts. In 1885, Judge e. D. Patter
g son, from the small Republican
. county of Hardin, was nominated
e for Circuit Judge over Hon. L. T
= Padgett of Maury. Capt. ]. H. Fus
: sell then became an independen
!, candidate against Judge Patterson
= Mr.. Padgett made an open and az
t tive canvass throughout Maur
y county for Judge Patterson, and h
i received in Maury county nearly tw
l. thousand majority over Capt. Fus
d sell that is, Marry gave Judge Pa
terson a majority fof about thre
times the entire democratic vote {
IS Wayne county. Again, in Is!
:. Judge Patterson was the Demo
1t cratic nominee for Circuit Judg
IS and Mr.. Boyd of Wayne, was til
10 nominee for Attorney General, ov,
), Mr.. Smiser, of Maury. Capt. Flu
d sell again became an independeI
lie candidate and against Mr.. Boy,
a Mr.. Smiser's home district ga,
Is Mr.. Boyd the largest Democrat
,e majority that 1t ever cast, an
t Maury gave Mr.. Boyd a majority
y, more than double the entire numb,
% of votes cast for Judge Holding