The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-09
PHI UP Or SHUT UP.

PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
There is some talk Of an mdepend-
ant ticket being put out to run against
the regular Democratic nominees for
county Offices. This IS q free coun-
Try, and if any maa H4i.s 10 rUn, let
aim run. If his legs can stand it, we
can.
But whoever runs ought to run upon
their own merits, and not upon SLAM
Ter OF the democratic nominees. Of
course you can hear talk" about the
use Of whiskey and money in the re
cent primary. Men will stand on the
street corners and tell every passer
by what they know" Why do they
not tell it to Acknowledgement Car
ner and the grand jury? If they know
SO much ana know it so positively
and are so shocked by it, why is it they
won't go before the courts Ike good
citizens and tell it all? If they don't
know it Of their own personal knowl-
edge, but have got it straight" as
they profess, why don't they give
their source of information to the At
torney-General or the grand jury? If
they are modest about going before
the grand jury, and will give the
r4erald their information, or the
names of their informants, we will
place it before the grand jury.
We are supporting the nominees,
but we do not feel called upon and
have no disposition to support any
boodlers or corruptionist. We do not
believe we are supporting any hood
Ter or corruptionist. We have taken
soecial pains to inquire about this
election. Last Monday when the
crowd was in town the Herald Office
was crowded the great part of the day
with the honest yoemanry of Maury
county. Men from every district in
the county. Men who had supported
all the different candidates. Men who
had been prominent in the fight, and
men who had taken little part. And in
order to get information straight and
1irect from the people, we made it
part of our business that day to ask
nearly every man who came in the:I
office what he knew and what he
thought of the election; and it was
the unanimous opinion of these men
that it was the fairest, cleanest cleo |
ton held in this county in many |
years. One man said, "a few years |
ago. | never expected to live to see |
he day when an election could be
leld SO peaceably SO fairly so nearly |
without the least faint of bribery and |
Another one said, I'll
stood at the polls great part of the |
lay, and commented, time and again,
Upon the clean, gentlemanly way in
which everything proceeded. Men,
Ill SEEMING to be in perfect good humor
With each ether, just walked up to the
)oOls and voted, and nobody tried to
Interfere in anyway" Another man
aid lit is different from all former
lections as night is from day 1t was
real pleasure to see how things
we're being conducted, and was gen
rally commented on" Not a man,
ot a single man, reported the use or
he suspicion Of the use of any money
+ whiskey or other corrupting infiu-
nee used that day. In the face of
uch testimony as this, it is idle for
len to talk in a general way of what
hey have heard, without being will
lg to divulge the name of their in
and think they can make any
Official capital by such clap-trap
lethods.
If they can prove their case, let ;
hem prove it. If they cannot !
rove it, let them run; and what
ne people of Maury county will do
)r them at the polls next August, will ,
e a plenty.
N. B.;-If you have an enemy you.
'ish to put forever on the shelf, just
'ot him out against one of the demo- /,
ratio nominees this year, and you ;
ill never hear from him again after ;
ext August.