The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-24

tional restraint. But he would utterly
despise tine man who would say of him
that he is so mean. petty and pussillanl-
nous as to deny the people of a great
State their proper share in the privileges
of government because one of her Sem
ators in PLAIN, candid ana respect full
language has opposed the policy of q
Republican Administration. l chal-
lenge any man to show where | have
done more than that. | challenge any
man to sho " wherein / have transcend
ed the limits OF fair criticism upon the
public conduct of a public man. | have
said on the floor of the Senate as now
say. that have much admiration for
some of the strong and splendid quail
ties of that distinguished man; but
that does not blind me to the fact that
the course he was pursuing in the
early part of his administration was
full of peril to the peace and safety of
the country. II does not blind me to
the fact that, ne was fast klndling into
flame the Stun beriDg race passions of
the South and revlving an unhappy
conflict fraught with nothing hut con-
fusion and calamity. would not for
all the patronage In the git of this
Government consent to speak with
bateu breath and whispered humble
ness when confronted by an issue
which impeIils the dearest lights OF
my people and challenges to the combat
every drop of white mans blood in my
veins.
DEMOCRATIC PATRONAGE.
But let me ask my critics what pats
ronage do they expect a Democratic
Senator to get unuer a Republican Ad-
mlnistTation? An old soldier was once
asked how prize money was divided
among the crew of pTivateeIs.
% 1t is sifted through ladder. said
he, and what goes through belongs to
the officers. and what sticks to the
rounds the sailors get.
1t is like the case of the penurious
old lady who fed the beggars at her gate
with the water the eggs were boiled
in. That is the share of patronage
that goes to a Democrat under q Re.
publican Administration. If the ped
ding of petty patronage be the chief
duty of Senator my competitor
might be better Senator than | am,
but Walter BrownlOw would be better
than either. If that Is to be your stand
ard and your test of usefulness, you do
not want democrat you want Re.
publican. those VINO urge this objec-
ton seem to be under the impression
that this is Republican instead of a
Democatic primary, and my competitor
himself seems to be laoOring under
that delusion when he asks me to Sc
lect a Republican repI sentative TO
meet him In DEBATE. There are some
Democrats in Washington known es
White House Democrats, who pick up
few little scraps of patronage OF
practically no value to their con-
stltuents, who are noted more for
their zeal tor a Republican Admin
istIatIon than for thelt fidelity
to the principles of Democracy.
| beg leave TO say TO you, my country
men, that did not go to Washington
to barter the principles of the Demo-
Garlic party or the nights Of the Amer
lean people for fourth class postottice
at BucKsnort for scot huDen. l am
your servant. and bound to your SER
vice, tut otherwise an A meIlcan free
man, ana / will moi, foI scrap OF pat
1Onage, bow to any earthly seat OF
power except rnat wnere sits enthroned
IN majesty the people OF tennessee.
| will not haunt the Kitchen doors or
Uub w ulI6 house " SudD up lI6 SudA-
Ings of the table cloth. Is thy servant
uog that he sDouId do this thingI'
Esau sold his Dirtnrlght fora mess OF
pouHge, and he mas been the scorn and
contempt or the ages. But there Is
t lis To DC said tor Esan-he was very
hungry. ana it was his own birth,
Iignt; but the public man who for
patronage seals MS lips IN the pIea-
ence of public wrong sells the birth
right of rIee speech which is not his
own, tut wnlon ne holds IN trust TO
defend Inc rights ana liberties or the
people.
DEMORALIZING INFLUENCES.
Let me say to you, my countrymen,
that one of tue greatest curses or our
latter day politics, and douOly curse
to the Democratic party, IS the power
OF patronage, through wnlch leglsla-
tIon Is often shaped ana just Opposi-
tlon deauene1 or dlsarmeu. there Is
nothing more disheartenlng tnan the
influence OF Republican patronage In
delnoIa lIZlng tue Democratic party
and weakening It's strength and etfi-
cheney as party OF opposition.
AN AGGRESSIVE rARrY.
"If the Democratic party IS TO serve
any useful purpose, il 1t Is to impose
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