The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-14
naEEa. re NOMINEE.

Desperate indeed are tho NY
of a faction of the party which cares
more for the political fortunes OF an
Individual than for the welfare of the
Democratic party. 1t is apparent that
the element of the Democratic party
which is determined to elect a Leg
islature that will be merely an auto
matte machine TO register the VIII OF
the Governor win not hesitate to re-
sort to any scheme or device to ac-
complish that end. Forgetting the
traditions and principles OF the party;
false TO the constitution of their State
and defying the rule of the majority,
this faction has determined to ruin
the Democratic party if its members
will not subscribe to Bans platform
and dof the cap to him as the IN
spired leader and reyealer OF Demo-
cratic doctrines.
This disposition has been manifest
ed in the action of the Chairmen OF
the Democratic Committees of Perry
and Lewis counties who have assumed
to call a convention to name candl-
date for Senator and to dictate to the
sovereign Democracy Of the several
counties how and when and where
thew shall elect the delegates to reg
lister their imperial will. No meeting
of the Committee was called or held,
the order for the convention was is
sued without consultation with the
Chairman of Maury county, the county
that casts two-thirds of the Demo-
cratic vote of the district. -
This so-called order directs the
Democrats of the several counties as
to their duties in the premises. What
authority have the Democrats OF this
county conferred upon the Chairman
in Lewis or the Chairman in Perry to
dictate to them how and when and
where they shall express their will
upon question vitality affecting their
welfare and the interests of the Dem
ocratic party? When did the Demo-
Gratis of Maury county authorize
aliens to this county to determine the
party law for them?
That the faction which would sub
ordinate the Legislative branch OF the
government to the whims and fancies
of the Governor is bent upon policy
of rule or ruin is manifest in the re-
vival of the old discredited and dis
carded mass convention The Demo-
Gratis have not held a mass conven-
ton in Maury county in more than
decade. Such procedure is contrary
to the policy and established tradi-
lions Of the party in this county. The
Democrats of this county have con-
ferred no power or authority upon
Patterson partisans in other counties
to change their party law and they
will never submit to tactics so revo-
lutionary, so manifestly partisan and
so at variance with their conception
OF their duty as those which aliens
would thrust upon. them.
Mr. Sloan, the. Perry county Chair
man, is evidently smarting under the
rebuke which the Democrats of his
county have just administered to him.
He was the nominee for Trustee and
was defeated although every other
Democrat was elected and the county
is normally Democratic by several
hundred majority. Regulated at
home he comes with poor grace to the
Democracy of Maury county with or
ders as to how they shall elect their
nominees. Mr.. Cooper, the Chairman
in Lewis county, is an appointee OF
Patterson and is probably inspired
from administration headquarters TO
act with Mr.. Sloan.
The Democrats of Maury and Perry
counties have settled the Senatorial
succession and have done it in man.
ner eminently satisfactory to them
selves. Having still the right to elect
members of the Senate they propose
to exercise that privilege regardless
of the interference of discredited and
defeated politicians. The convention
in this county that endorsed John Z.
Greer was composed OF delegates
elected by the people-every one OF
them. They were commissioned TO
speak for the Democracy of the county
and no others have that right. Mr..
Greer was endorsed in Perry county
by convention regularly called and
held according to the traditions OF the
party. These counties have twenty
nine of the thirty-three votes in con-
vention. Who can therefore deny Mr..
Greer's title to the Democratic nomi-
nation?
: When the Senatorial Committee is
sued the call for the convention two