The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-27
RATHER A FIASCO
DEMOCRATIC MEETING CALLED
TO ENDORSE PATTERSON AD-
JoURNS WITHOUT EN-
DoRSING ANYBODY.
SOME OLD TIME DEMO
CRATIC DOCTRINE HEARD.

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non and Jno M. Grove to meet in the I
court house in Columbia Monday, as !
sembled at IL o'clock, and was adj t
dressed by DR.. E. A. Timmons in very {
strong appeal for democrats to support !
the ticket from Governor down. Mr.. l
6. X Houser, the independent candi- {
date for Trustee, rose and made his {
usual caustic speech, making the same /
old charges, after which DR.. Collins !
called the meeting to order.
Mr.. w. ]. Webster was Immediately
recognized and made an appeal for
democracy; not for Governor only but
for every nominee of the Democratic
party down to school commissioner.
Mr.. Webster's remarks were received
with thunderous applause
Mr.. Webster, at the conclusion OF
his speech, offered the following reso-
luton:
RESOLVED: That the State of
Tennessee is democratic and will fall
! in line with her sister Southern States.
2-Resolved: That Maury County
is Democratic.
3-Resolved: That if we have griev-
r ances to settle they should be settled
e inside the party.
[ A. Resolved: That we deplore the
+ fact that Maury County, having here
: tofore a representation of forty-four
+ votes in the Democratic General Con-
l. vention, has now only twenty-one
n votes.
l. 5-Resolved: That Maury County
n expresses it's sense in mass meeting
l. assembled that it will support all of the
k nominees of the Democratic party.
a. Mr.. Websters resolutions were
ID seconded and were placed before the
T. meeting, whereupon Mr. Thomas
le PEBBLES rose and offered resolution
n in lieu of Mr.. Webster's resolution,
b. which was to the effect that the meet
ing was not called together for the pur-
pose of endorsing the County nomi-
nees, but for the purpose of forming a
" Patterson club. Mr.. PEBBLES stated as
m his reason in offering this
NV resolution that there were Dem
ocratic factions in the county. The
Patterson forces, the regular party
democrats and the Independents.
:. This statement brought several good
! democrats to their feet, and motion
was made to table Mr.. PEBBLES reso
luton and a lively discussion ensued
Mr.. James A. Smiser was given the
floor and made a talk. but was inter
rupted by Mr.. ]. A. Forgey, who con
tended that Mr. Smiser and the whole
meeting was out of order as there haC
been no election of permanent chair
I man. Mr.. w. J. Webster was place.
in nomination by j. C. Sowell and Dr.
IE. e. Collins was nominated by J. H
Forgey. Mr.. Webster rose and state'
that he supposed that DR.. Collins wa
g the permanent chairman and that
n he was not, that he moved that he b
elected unanimously, which was done
y motion was made that committee
be appointed and that the organizatio
be perfected. when Mr. Webster ros
and in a few brief words stated ths
there was no use of committees as tn
- democratic party was a committee
y itself and that the members presen
rs committee of the whole, were abb
to dispose of any subject {
NJ question which may arise, an
no that the only question befol
them now was as to supportir
OF the democratic nominees, and thi
n he felt sure that Maury county wou
M roll up a big majority for the count
Tor nominees, and that when the time fl
the election of Governor in Novemb
-, In came that Maury would be there wi
ais handsome majority for Mr.. Pate
ish son.
we Mr. Jesse Tomlinson rose al
for seconded the speech made by Mr.. We
ster and said that the sentimen
Ay. sounded more like old time democra
than anything he had heard in ma
- years, and that many man who h
liz decided to go fishing on that ds
would come to the polls and vote t
IIi' straight democratic ticket.
= The meeting was becoming disorg'
lied and everybody was trying to
,l,,a heard at once, when motion was ma
had by ]. H. Forgey and seconded by II
one PEBBLES to adjourn to the first Mond
"a in September.
one A motion in lieu to the above v
K of offered by Mr.. Jas. Cranberry to
'ura journ sine die, which was also seco
o onU ed. AS to which motion or what I
ton was put by the chairman, there
liss. conflicting opinion; but some sort
every very motion was put to adjourn, and
al