The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-27
GREENEvILLE GOES DRY.

dNdht anu dIOlhc lIt puDllC NOilsCltuCc,
Greeneville, in East Tennessee, has
gone dry.
We have heard a great many people
lately exclaim, 'What "A pity George
Stuart did not come to Columbia a
month earlier than he did he would
have defeated the whiskey men ticket
if he had -
Well, from that point Of view it is a
pity he did not come earlier; bat there
is another and a greater pity than that ;
which is this: that the public con-
science has to be lashed into doing its
plain duty. That men, claiming to be
temperance men and protesting to be
christians, will side track their relig-
ion to vote their prejudices, and barter
their principles for trife of trade.
We feel towards this class pretty much
as the good old woman did of one of her
prying, gossipping neighbors, when
she said May the Lord take likin'
unto her, / can't.
But the Herald s face is towards the
future, not the past, and this Greene
vile election is encouraging.
Greeneville is not only whiskey
center, surrounded by moonshiners and
legalized distillers, but it is Republi
can stronghold as well; and if the
temperance people can carry Greene
vile, they ought to be able TO elect the
next Tennessee legislature.
Republicans as rule, have voted in
the Legislature against temperance
legislation But the Greeneville specia.
tells us that the Republicans were
lined up solid for temperance.
This indicates that we have fight
ing chance at least, to elect temper
anco Republicans to the State legisla
ture from the Republican Businesses
Of East Tennessee. And temperance
Democrat, in hopelessly Republican
district, who will not give his vote an(
influence to that end, is not fit to stol
bung hole in beer barrel.
We are not in favor of any attemp
at fusion between the two grea
political parties or any division of tn,
offices and honors and enoluments. Blu
in counties where the Democrats hav
no chance Of success temperance Demo
Gratis should encourage the temperate
Republicans to make the fight in thei
nominating convention or primary, an
then help elect the nominee if hi
platform is sound and he can be relic
upon.
And in Democratic counties Is
Maury, temperance Republican
should give their encouragement, il
fuence and support, to Democrat
nominees, if they are outspoken, tru
and fearless friends to temperance
Some of our political friends ma
fear that the Herald is wearing i
party robes rather loosely. Certainl
not more loosely than the whiske
men wear theirs all the time. An
the point we are driving at is pra
teal one. The better element in bot
the old parties, and the element tn;
ought to control both the old partie
are at heart for temperance and GOO
morals and good government. On
idea is, and the object of this artic
is, to unite these elements where the
can do the most good. We are
favor of the temperance voters gettil
together in sensible way, and hittil
this old whiskey devil a death blov
and they can do it if they will.
There is yet another class of peop
to whom we will address just fe
words. Some people are for absolu
prohibition, and won't "stultify
themselves by voting for any half WI
measure. We have known them to
so awfully good that they would II
with the whiskey gang to help defe
partial prohibitory law. May Il
Lord have mercy upon their hvpocrit
cal souls
There are others for high hcens
others for local option; others still f
the local dispensary system. Al
some of these are sticklers for the
particular way, or none at all
Now real bona fide temperan
man, whose heart is right and who
head is clear, is for the best thing
can get, ard will vote for any al
every temperance reform propose
There should be no division in d
temperance ranks next year. II
whiskey rings only hope. is to divi
the temperance vote. They will a
peal to a mans party fealty, to 4
political future, to his business i
terests. to his sense of Justice,
the failure" of temperance In,
elsewhere. to the impracticability
this particular remedy at this partic
lar time and to something better
that ought to have been propose
They will rent halls and hire spe
binders 10 crate for them. They W