The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-19

Judye Erwin received several hun
dred more votes than any ''person
being voted for. No man can 80
twist the English language. or 80 dis
tort the facts Of this case as 10 deny
that under the call Judge Erwin re-
celyed the highest number OF votes
and is entitled to have cast for him
the entire vote of the county at the
Hohenwald convention. II would not
have mattered in the very least, II
neither of the committees had met
or taken any action Under GER
tificate from the chairman OF the
committee. or with the report OF the
sub committee appointed for that pur-
pose, that the election mad been held
and tnat he had received the highest
number OF votes cast. Judge Erwin
could himself have presented his Gre
dentials at the Hohenwald convention
and demanded that the vote OF the
county be cast for him. Maury coun-
tvs 81 votes are more than the COM
bined votes Of Perry and Lewis coun-
ties. Under a regular call and a fair
election, the Democrats have already
voted these 81 votes to Judge Erwin.
These 81 votes-already his, and which
no political chicanery or partisan
committee on eartn has the right or
power to taKe from him. make him
the nominee of the party for this
Senatorial district. Just as much the
nominee as President is elected in
November when his electors are elect
ed. Just as much elected as the Gov
ernor is in November. though he Is
not seated until January.
He NAV be denied his rights at
Hohenwald. Tilden was cheated OF
the Presidency. Presidential electors
could betray their trusts; but thank
God this country has never produced
a man base enough to do 80. The
delegates to the Hohenwald conven-
ton can, by pure usurpatIon of power
defeat and cheat Judge Erwin out OF
the nomination the Democrats of his
own county have already given him
but to do so they must ignore all JUS
tice and fairness: ana by doing so
they will heap calumny upon them
selves and SOW dIscord IN their party
that never a one of them will live
long enough to see healed.
We do not discuss the mo instruc-
tions" tickets, because by all rule and
fairness and precedent, and under the
call. they mean nothing. 1t was
mythical something not in the call
and therefore having no legal place on
the ballot; it was a manufactured
issue injected by those who had no
power or authority to make issues for
that election. They were not cast,
many of them, against anybody. any
more than they were cast for somebody.
Very many personal friends of Judge
Erwin, who were willing to trust
their committeeman, voted these
tickets not dreaming that their vote
would be counted against him. 1t
was a spurious issue, and is being
used for false purpose.
Judge Erwin represents in this cleo
ton the temperance issue. To cheat
him of the nomination might be
small matter; but to cheat the tenn
perance democrats Of Senator from
this district will not be submitted to
by those who hold that principle
dear. They feel and know that they
have fairly won the nomination. And
if influential men and politicians will
be so far controlled by their preju-
dices as to usurp the power to undo
what the people have done, they and
not the temperance people or Judge
Erwin will be responsible for the
split in the party that will inevitably
come.