The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-23
Gov. Patterson Wishes
Late Foeman Well
KIND WORDS TO FRIENDS
Eloquent Tribute to "Those
Who Won the Victory"
BY the Governor.

In accepting denomination the Gov.
ernor said:
Fellow Democrats l wish there
were words to express the gratitude
which swells in my heart for this nom
ination, which carries with it your
esteem and good will, and the recorded
opinion of the democratic party that its
interests are safe in my keeping.
"Once before the honor came to me
to be named as your candidate for Gov
ernor, and how we'll | bore the banner
and used the larger trust which success
imposed is attested by this renewal of
confidence.
"We have just emerged from siren.
uous and unusual contest which arous-
ed and absorbed the attention of the
people; q contest remarkable in our own
state, and viewed elsewhere as one of
unusual interest and meaning.
''It was my fortune to win, and no
man truthfully can say l fought un-
fairly.
"In the hour of victory there is no
note of exultation over my opponent,
who is worthy the steel of any foeman,
and, as the years stretch forth, it is my
sincere wish that they may bring to
him and his peace of mind which is
not always found in the dust and heat
OF political strife, and those full re-
wards which belong to a man of his
splendid gifts.
ITO the devoted friends of my COM
petitor who followed his fortunes with
unfailing zeal | have no word of cen
sure, and if they shall give to me, as |
have every reason to expect, the same
support they gave their favorite for the
nomination, we shall roll up such
majority in November as will cause our
common enemy never to speak of Ten
nessee again as battle-ground where
there is the slightest chance for Repub-
lican success.
ITO those men who won the victory,
those without whose support my own
efforts would have been in vain / can
only say that somewhere in the human
soul there grows flower which the eye
cannot see nor the hand of mortal touch
but whose perfume is more subtle and
sweeter far than any that ever bloomed
in the gardens and bowers of men, and
this flower | lay at their feet as my
token of love.
I'm the contest which has Just ended
l stood for those policies with which
my administration was identified, and
for others which l thought were con.
ducive to the public welfare, and ]
congratulate this convention on the
platform of principles it has adopted az
being sound, progressive, meeting the
just expectations of the people and
, making for the welfare of the demo
3 cratic party and the growth and thu
3 glory of Tennessee.
q 81 am prepared to sustain this plat
form, for it is broad, wise and safe, an(
1 / call upon the friends OF good govern
ment to help me curry out the will O
the people, for their will shall be tn,
law, if my efforts avail.
'In Denver, at q great gathering O
democrats, representing every state il
the nnion, made another platform o
. principles for our guide and our battl
cry in the great national conflict will
our ancient and intrenched foe. AM
for the third time was named a leade
;, of the democratic hosts who grow
u stronger in defeat, whose name is
% household word in every American
home from sea to sea, whose heart is a
- true as the ring of hammer on anvil
~ whose character IS as pure rs the noun
tain air, as unsoiled rs the untrodde
q snow of the giant peaks who stand tn
70 sleepless sentinels of American liberty
and who witnessed in the nominatio
of Bryan the effort to restore this gov
ernment to the rule of the people.
le "We have pledged ourselves to stan
rs by this platform and this candidate
n and we shall redeem this pledge
A. November.
Is When the governor began his addrei
another ovation was given him. Il
began his address by expressing h
.. thanks to the convention for the hone
:. conferred upon him. He was eheere
% Justify throughout his speech.
- When the governor concluded h
- speech of acceptance hundreds Of del
gates rushed to the stage to greet Il
a standard bearer. For few minutes
seemed that order would not be resto
ed, it being evident that the delegat
~ were Of the opinion that their work W
done. The sergeants-at-arm we're i
- structed to clear the stage, which W
" done.
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