The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-20
PoLlTlcs IN TENNEssEE.

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Temperance Union is leading the fgh'
0 They have the money with which L
0 carry On their work on q larger seal
? thar they ever attempted before, an,
they viii make their issue a .'lsy,
wire" before the fight is over, being
fully charged with enthusiasm yea
, and earnestness. They will circular
Ire the state broadcast with their lit
erature, and they will send out tbs
best speakers to present their cause
and they will demand a plank in the
platform OF both the old parties. Car
mack, though he has never declared
for statewide prohibition. has said
that he is in favor Of abolishing the
saloons from Tennessee and utterly
destroying the liquor trafhc. Know.
ing the absolute sincerity of the man,
the W. c. T u. have accepted him as
their candidate for Governor, and will
train their batteries upon the legisla-
ture; knowing, because Mr.. Carmack
has said 90, that he win sign any tenn
persnoe bill that the legislature will
pass, and that his influence will be
for temperance legislation in general,
and that he will not accompany his
signature with the chaste, dignined
and courtly remark, that the legisla-
tors have played hell"
The Anti-Saloon League, at their
Chattanooga convention, declared that
the liquor trafic should be abolished
from Tennessee. They did not de-
fine, purposely did not define, any par
ticular or peculiar method by which
that result should be obtained, be-
cause it is results and not methods
they are interested in; and they viii
doubtless let their Chattanooga utter
ance stand as it is. But they will also I
ask Of both the political parties for !
some strong temperance plank, and
woe be to the party that turns them
down. This League is non-political,
having very many Of the best republi-
cans In their ranks; but OF their Dem
ocratic membership 1t is safe to say
that Mr.. Carmack will get ninety per
cent of the vote. But, like their tenn
perance sisters, they will also train
their guns on candidates for the leg
with full confidence that II
the legislature Is right, no temperance
legislation will be blocked If Carmack
Is Governor.
The concensus Of opinion in politi-
cal circles is that Hamilton and Dav-
dson counties will send temperance ,
men to the legislature, who will have I
heir charters abolished in the good I
I'D way, and the only "sore spot" left {
n the doubtful column is poor old t
Memphis But there is a strong and {
growing hope even for Memphis. The I
Of education has already c
,egun in Memphis, and will not lag c
Until the sun goes down on election /
lay in November. The temperance f
,eople there will submit their cause e
O a Democratic primary for the nomi- b
alton OF candidates for the legisla- n
ure, That will give them the double
dvantage of eliminating the negro Il
ote, and of offsetting some of the g.
,hiskey wards OF the city with the G.
onest sober, white vote of the coun- G,
y. which is overwhelming for tenn ii
erance. And there are not few IL
ho believe that they can win out In n,
contest like that. The moral effect tn
) Carmack's nomination for Governor
ould help greatly in the Legislative
ght in Shelby.
In Davidson county the temperance
seem to have it all going
eir way. Carmack for Governor,
Inns for Sheriff, and JEFF McCarn -
r Attorney General will be easy win
RS in Davidson. There is no sort of
mbination or agreement between :,
csc candidates, but there is nat -;
al dmuiIy UCLWSCh thOI lIIChOoB
d their friends are legion.
Sheriff Johns is the most popular =
IN in Davidson county. He made
ring his first campaign what seemed -,
the time somewhat reckless and a,
promises as to what he
uld do with the illegal whiskey deal -.
and gamblers, If he should be
cted; but he has been so fearless, .
nest and faithful in making good :.
SO promises, that he will run away A..
m the field.
t is pretty much the same as re- ~
DIS JEFF McCarn for Attorney-Gen-
l. He has fought in the ranks 49,
e time. He has been one of the 49,,
dest of the brave band who these 49,
t several years have faced stub A.
n, mean and INSCRIPTIONS enemy,