The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

not willing to vouchsafe to others
Ask him if he is willing to Use his
best influence in the nominating con
vention to send Representatives. to the
legislature who will favor bill to
abolish the saloons from Columbia and
Mt. Pleasant, provided the people.
through their delegates instruct him
to do so, without referring it back to
the people of the towns for their rati-
fication or rejection? For if he is not,
he is that peculiar tenderfooted sort
of temperance man, whose views blend
very tremendously at this critical
juncture with the wishes of the whis-
key men. Columbia and Mt. Pleasant
are whiskey strongholds; and the
whiskey men, naturally enough, would
like to confne the fight to their strong
holds. But the State Democratic plat
form declares for the extension of the
Adams law to all communities where
the people to be effected" by it, ex-
press themselves as wanting it. Now
no sane man will deny, that the people
of Maury county. are effected" either
for good 81 evil, by the saloons in Co
lumbia and Mt. Pleasant; and there
fore, to comply with the Democratic
platform, they should have the right
to settle this question. But the plat
form, mind you, favors its extension
only to the territories where the peo-
pie effected" by it, give their CON
sent" to 1t. Not only, therefore, have
the people of Maury county, who are
to be effected" by the extension of
the Adams law, the right to vote, but
in order to get 1t they must vote; for
the platform, drawn by Mr.. Patter-
son himself, clearly implies, that the
law will not be extended with his APP
proval into any territory until the
people of that territory. have first con. |
setned" thereto. So your delegate
should favor the adjustment of the
saloons from Columbia and Mt. Pleas
ant, without submitting that question
to the voters of those towns exclus-
lively.
Above all things do not be fooled
or led or persuaded to side-track this
great principle, for the consideration
OK any man. Do not commit yourself,
or your delegate, to the candidacy of
any particular man. Send as delegates
to the convention from your districts
men who can be trusted, and trust
them to choose from among the as
pirants the safest, truest, best quail
lied men to serve the people, first I:
upon the temperance question, and
hen upon all other questions. i,
What we would like to impress upon
our readers is the Importance of
he 9th day of October; the impor-
ance of going to the polls and voting;
he Importance of choosing their very
best men as delegates. The victory
or or against the Saloon will be lost 2
If won on the 9Th day of October !.
rhe people have the say that day;
fter that all power is in the hands of
he delegates. If the people will send /.
onest, true and tried temperance =
emocrats to the convention, those
elegates will nominate honest, true :
nd tried temperance democrats for :
he legislature; and the nominees of =
hat convention will be elected, and \.
vill give the people of this grand old =
ounty the relief they SO devoutly de-
Ire. u
So we repeat again, and we intend =
, repeat again and again, that the
Important election day is not the gen. :,
raj election in November, but the -
ii, day of October, when thedelegates
re to be chosen. If the right dele -
ates are chosen, the right men will -
3 nominated and the right laws viii -
, passed. If the wrong delegates -
e chosen, the wrong men will be =
ominated. And If the temperance =
sople of the several districts of the -
,unty will take the care and pains :.
Id trouble to look after the selec- -
On of proper delegates from their =
vn districts, the convention as a p
hole. may be relied upon to do the :"
sit thing. -
The state Democratic Executive tn