The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-20
EVANS ASSUMES
LEAD IN TENNESSEE
cuATTANooeAN RIDES TO VICTORY OVER sRoWNLow-NAMED
FOR eovERNoR-cAPTUREs EVERYTHING IN SIGHT, INcLUD-
ING PARTY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEAD GAME.

ton the triumphant Evans forces DEM
onstrated their control of the situa-
ton, the report of that faction being
adopted by majority Of 102, out of
the total of SOL This was an even
greater victory than had been expect
ed. Then, not till then, did the Brown
low faction admit the humiliation, and
with the best possible grace the ex-
Chiefs personal lieutenant in many
campaigns, Maj Paul E. Devine with
drew all further opposition and the
Evans programme was carried out
just as it had been planned. The
changing tides in political affairs were
never better illustrated than when the
leaders of the Evans delegations, who
six years ago had been refused seats on
the floor of the convention, were rec
ognized over those who at the former
time had been active in driving them
from the party councils. There were
many of them.
Changed the Rules.
The prediction made in these col
umns ago that if the Evans forces OBJ
obtained control of the convention the
rules of the party would be radically
changed. was fully verified in the con-
vention proceedings. The State Com
mittee was shorn of much of it's pow
er. and it would be difficult under the
existing rules for that body to per-
petuate it's control. Hereafter the
committee will be limited to. the TWEEN
ty members elected by the Congress
ional Districts. OF this number the
Evans faction has not less than four
teen and the Brownlow faction six.
Evans members of the State Com
mittee were elected in the Second,
Third. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth
and Tenth. One member from
the Ninth District, it is expected, Will
affiliate with the majority, giving the
Evans faction fifteen of the twenty
members. The platform outlined in
these columns on Thursday morning
was unanimously adopted, with an adj
ditional plank indorsing the State
Fair
Noisy and Riotous.
At times the convention was noisy
: and almost riotous body, but the best
of feeling prevailed at all times, and
| the noise and confusion was due al
| most entirely to an excess OF entnu-
: siasm. Like the Patterson forces IN
the Democratic convention, the Evans
forces displayed all the enthusiasm
and made all the noise. They also had
the votes. The Brownlow leaders
fought hard. but having no candidate
for Governor, they were unable to stem
the tide which insisted upon giving
MI Evans a committee of his own
friends for the management OF the
campaign.
2 y c. .Swab. of Claiborne County
I was unanimously nominated for Ran
I road Commissioner his name Delne
: the only one suggested. What efec1
!. the result will have on Mr.. Brownlow
e candidacy for Congress is OF course
n largely a matter of opinion, but his
J. friends will not deny that he has SUI
I fered a loss of prestige that will yer!
e materially help the opposition in MI
S district. That he is forever eliminated
e from the control of his party In Zen
$ nessee all must concede, Machines
+ once shattered can never be revived
e The broken and shattered remnant
of his other old machines may SOM
L day come into control in party affalrs
,but it will be under another leader.
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