The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-05-25

when he first made II! ana why ulu
they not say to the other side, we con-
strue that call to mean to elect dele
gates from the new districts; and we
give you fair warning that we shall in
sist upon that construction of the res
olution calling for the primary? Why
die they hug their secret to their Dos
ON. if not for the reason that they
wanted to slip up on the people and
force Patterson upon them against
their will, or for the further purpose
of preparing to lodge a protest to JUS
tifv a bolt? To say the least of it they
were devising ways and means for
their own fractional purposes and in
terests. and not for the peace and har-
mony of the democratic party in this
GOOD county of Maury or State of Ten
nessee.
If in the beginning they had wanted
to make a fair open fight they would
have entered their protest against the
chairman's ruling at the very time the
ruling was made, and not saved 1t as
fire brand for the convention. If, on
the day OF the convention, they had
been less partisan and more willing
TO consult the interest of the party,
they would simply have filed their pro
test to the chairman's ruling ana ap-
nealed from it to the credential COM
mittee of the state convention. Their
manner of procedure from first to last
smacks more of factional rancor than
| it does of party interest.
The Patterson men started into this
fight as irreconcilables. The nominal
leaders seemed to be dominated by
some radicals in their ranks whom
they could not control. Twice in the
early conferences, the ENJOYS from the
Patterson forces were agreeable to
tentative terms proposed for the sake
of harmony; but when they conferred
with the radicals in their ranks they
renorted back that they could not
agree. One of their leaders said more
than once 10 the editor of the Herald,
and TO others that he was for neither
Cox nor Patterson; that he thought
both of them should be defeated. And
vet when the proposition was made
in the conference room to instruct
against them both, he voted against
II Another leader on the Patterson
side after the election Saturday even
ing called at the Herald office ana
congratulated the editor of the Herald
on the success of the Lander ticket.
And vet this same man was in the
fight Monday contesting the right OF
these same delegates to seats IN the
convention. And when asked, after
the convention why he talked one way
and voted another, frankly replied
that he still believed the Lander ticket
was elected and should be seated, bu,
that he had to so with his crowd.
And thus it was that the conservatives
and those who were willing to stop
and think and act for the good OF the
party at large, we're dominated and
controlled by the radicals in theiI
ranks.
The Herald has not the slightest
personal feeling in the matter. we
write purely from public and party
standpoint. We have no personal
quarrel to make with any man OF
either faction. And with all the eX
citement and boisterous behavior IN
Mondays convention, we were glad tc
see the general good humor and very
little personal ill-feeling. We have nc
concern whatever as between COZ
and Patterson. We are dead out
against the m both. Our only regre'
is that this factional fight has beer
made in a manner so much to the
hurt of the party. And now for the
sake of the party, let us have peace,