The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-07-05

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T. Gov. Patterson promised the Poop
J. an economical administration. He
Il directly responsible for the extrav,
e gance of the Legislature. He put hi
a own pets at the head of the commi
r tees having charge of the appropri;
!, tons and encouraged them to run rio
l. with the State money;-anybody coul
get an appropriation for anything il
exchange for a vote for the Memphi
q ripper bill.
, Gov. Patterson made his stronges
, bid for votes by denouncing the cleo
ticn laws. He said it was shameful
thet governor should have the powel
to put his own personal partisans il
control Of the election machinery
He declared on every. stump that If be
were elected he would wipe this in
fanny from the statute books But
that was before the election. After
his election he used all his power and
influence to prevent the passage of
any law that would take this power
out of his hands. He urged the pas
sage OF the present law. VIII The
Tennessean pretend that it differs
from the old law in any way, except
that it provides three more offices
for the governor to fill, and three
more salaries for the people to pay:
Will it pretend that the governor is
not using this power to put his per
sonal rartisans in con."ol OF the cleo
ten machinery? W. know that CO..
Patterson has himself actively inter-
fered in this matter; that he has per
sonally cross-questioned men as to
whether proposed election commits
sioners would support him over Car
mack" and as to the influence they
could WELD in sending a Patterson
delegation to the next convention |
Men here in this county have been |
told that the election commissioners |
must pledge themselves to supper,
Patterson over Carmack If the latter
should be a candidate for governor.
In an adjoining county the fact that
a man had supported Carmack for the
Senate was regarded as an argument
against his appointment. And this
from governor who said it was
infamous" for a governor to WELD
such power; who said it was a
1ower mo bad governor would
want and no bad governor should
ave." and there is not a newspaper
n Nashville brave enough to tell the
ruth about it.
In all his campaign Gov. Patterson
nlarged upon the theme that the Gov
rnor had too much power; that he
ad too much patronage He demand St
that this power should be taken s.
ON him and should go back to the u
eople.' Will The Tennessean name is
single bill in which the governor TT
'ok an active interest that wasn't s.
Id to enlarge his patronage? AS a
suit of the laws he procured, Gov m
ltterson has more power and he APP ds
,ints more officials and has built up tn
larger machine than any governor Sc
e State ever had. He even vetoed the tn
INK Examiners bill, which he 10
d uregd upon the Legisla- su
re because it gave the APP fo
intments to the Comptroller ca
d not to himself. He did not give III,
is reason in his message, but he did "a
his conversations. Even then he no
not get all the power he wanted.
lie Auditors bill went down under
; universal condemnation of the
ople.
And this is the "anti-machine" Gov iiio
Tor who was to take power out of gu
governors hands and give 1t back ~
the people" land this is how he at
IT his pledge; and there is not sta
in Nashville bravo anouob bee
tell the truth about It, loa
lie procured the passage OF the .
nphis ripper bill" This bill took w."
'er out of the hands of men elected "i'
the people and bestowed 1t on men o'a'
ointed by Gov Patterson. He APP "ei'
tied his own personal partisans-- ern'
uding his partner and his brother m
w. They were clothed with the estil
t arbitrary and despotic power, in war
ing the power to make their own asai
ton laws, manage their own cleo goln
, and Tins nernetuate tbemselves feat
flee forever. And this is your
governor. III
Ie Tennessean tells us that the man
rnop's appointments are all of Stan
highest merit We don't know rima
vet, for they have not been tried. the
ONE of them, however, few rema