The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-10-26
GEN. PATTERSON
Makes Opening Speech Of the
Gubernatorial Race.
DEFINES HIS POSITION ON MATTERS
OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
Gov. COx'S Record on Temperance and
Other Issues and as State Revenue
Agent CauStiCally Criticised.
Nashville American,
Continued from last week. }


TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.
As a Senator in the Tennessee Legis-
lsture of 1901 Governor Cox introduced
and voted for two bills, one to prevent
the sale of liquor at the State Capitol
and the other to prevent it's sale within
two miles of National Soldiers Home
At the same session he voted against
Senate bill 81, to extend the four mile
law to towns having a population of
1900. At that session he also voted
against the consideration of the Peeler
bill, which was local option measure,
on point of order that Senate bill 81
had been rejected. Speaker White
overruled the point of order, and when
the bill came up for discussion and
amendment Mr.. Cox attempted to de-
feat 1t by resorting to all the parlia-
mentary tactics known and used by
those in opposition.
Where the figures $1,000 occurred
in the Peeler bill Mr.. Cox voted for an
amendment to change it to "105, ,000,"
but the amendment was rejected-the
friends of the temperance people vot-
ing against it, and those who wished
to kill the bill voting for it.
Mr.. Cox then moved to amend the
bill by striking out $1,000 and insert
ing "1O4, ,OOO", which was voted for and
carried by majority of the Senate,
the friends of the bill voting against
it. After he had succeeded in loading
the bill down with this amendment
the bill with the amendment was taken
up on a third and final reading and
was rejected, Mr.. Cox voting not only
against the bill but against his own
amendment. Various explanations OF
their votes were spread upon the Jour
nal by Senators from which it appears
that the express purpose of the amend
ment was to kill the bill.
Senator Byrns, of Davidson, who
voted faye" on the passage of the bill,
among other things, said: 81 am OPP.
posed to the amendment making the
bill apply to towns of over 5000. The
Journal will show this amendment was
passed and urged by those who are
opposed to the passage OF the bill. Il
is urged by the whisky interests in thu
effort to deprive certain Senators from
their convictions, that the people il
} towns under 5000 who are demanding
it have the right to vote and govern
themselves. |, for one, do not inten(
to be driven from my convictions b,
this insincere effort of those interest
who are here working and lobbying
against the bill" +"
TWAS thus that all temperance legis
lation was defeated at the session o
1901, and Mr.. Cox was more RESPONSE
BILE for it than any man in Tennessee
/. In the Legislature Of 1903 the Adam
/. bill was introduced and Mr.. Cox wa
: again a member of the Senate.
It was provided that the four mil
law should extend to towns of 5000 Q
under hereafter Incorporated, and MI
Cox led the fight against the bill an
pursued the same tactics to defeat it q
he had employed against the Peele
bill.
In order to defeat the bill, he offere
an amendment which not only provit
ed for local option, as the Peeler bi
= did, which he had voted against at th
previous session, but which, if adopted
would have rendered nugatory I'll
Griffin Law, which was passed by Il
70 Legislature in 1899, and which extenl
ed the four mile law to towns with
population Of two thousand.
n An amendment was then offered
the amendment by Mr.. Cox strikir
out 5000" and inserting '1O4, 600
and Mr.. Adams, the author of the bill
moved to table the amendment, AID {
vote, it was tabled, Mr.. Cox votir
Vi mo"
A motion was then made to table Il
original amendment offered by M
Cox, which prevailed Mr.. Cox votir
q in the negative.
~ - Mr.. Cox stated that he would yo
e. for the bill if amended, and this n
being done, he voted against the bi
The line was drawn on the Adams la
just as it was on the Peeler bill, t
IL friends Of the measure opposing amen
How to Cure Corns and Bunions.
First soak the corn or bunion