The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-08


Memphis, a gentleman who makes q
specially Of diamonds, got his pardon
only 20 land IN the penitentiaTy a
little later for a diamond robbery AZ
Buffalo. =. \.
And let MIN explain Why be par
dOned the rufdian guard al the Boil
var Insane Asylum convicted OF
brutally beating and kicking a poor
imbecile inmate into a state OF
insensibiltyg What was the yUice Of
mercy doing that day? These are
few sample cases that happen 70 come
10 my attention
And there Nas another caSe-the case
OF a Dlan IN McMlnn County. convict
ed on his own confession OF a name
less and shameless crime upon a fe-
male member of his own family
one whom by every law of manhood
and OF honor, he was bound to pro-
tect You gave him another chance
to find another victim but did you
give one thought to the poor victim
of his lust who must carry her ruin
ed name and her broken heart in
shame and sorrow to the grave?
"Ahi my countrymen, while you
are weeping over Gov. PattersOn's
pathetic story, do not forget to let
fall one tear for this poor ruined girl!
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
HE gives himself all the credit for
the increased appropriations for Con-
federate Veterans. The fact is that
the last Legislature simply followed
the policy OF all its predecessors for
the last ten years, as the following
statement shows:
Appropriations-1891 to 1898, in
elusive, 100000 per annum; 1899 to
1900, 100000 per annum; 1901 to
1902, $l50,000 per annum; 1903 to
1904, 100000 per annum, 1865 TO
1906, $250,000 per annum; 1907 to
1903, 100000 per annum
Thus we see that every Legisla-
ture under every administration has
increased these appropriations by
the same amount and the last Legisla.
ture simply followed the custom.
What was Gov. Pattersons part?
when the Confederate Veterans
held their annual meeting at Pulaski
Hon. Frank A. Moses, Special Exam
liner for the Pension Board, laid be-
fore them statement that the sum
of 100000 would be needed 20 meet
the demand for soldiers pensions as
well as an increase from $3.50 to
100000 for widows, and the veterans
adopted a unanimous resolution ask
ing for the specific sum named. When
the Legislature met, Gov. Cox, in his
retiring message, recommended the
specific sums asked for and bills we're |
introduced in both houses to carry out |
this recommendation and had passed |
two readings before Patterson became
Governor. What did he do? Did he
recommend the appropriation of the
particular sums asked for? He did
not. He only recommended an in
increase-if necessary
| ask you if the recommendation could
have been made in more perfunctory
and half-hearted way? Why was he
not willing to say these old heroes
have asked you to give them this ap-
the pension board has
declared that the sum asked for is
needed. | will take the responsibility
of asking you to give them what they
ask; | will take the responsibility of
saying that it is necessary and that
they ought to have it,
Gov. Patterson did not put any such
qualifications on his recommendations
of any other bills in whose passage he
was deeply interested. He did not ask
to vote for the Memphis
charter bill eff necessary" He didn't
ask them to support his Auditors bill
eff necessary" He didn't ask them to
vote for his election law "if neces-
sary" He didn't ask them to buy and
furnish governors mansion eff nee
essary" Upon all these he had a very
positive opinion of his own. Upon the
matter of increasing Confederate pen
sions his only word to the legislature
was just to act on it's own judgment
rs to whether it were necessary-he
himself had no opinion to offer and no
advice to give.
GOV. PATTERSON AN ENEMY
TO TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.
"My competitor and his friends have
abored hard to fabricate for him a ;
ecord as great temperance reform s
#. In the literature that goes out
rom his committee he is pictured as {
he arch enemy of the liquor traffic,
he great destroyer of the demon rum {
'ome of his admirers go so far as to G
ay that, while Carrie Nation has I
mashed her thousands, Gov Patter- c
on has smashed his tens of thous- t
nds. Others, less extravagant, claim /
hat hundreds OF saloons have gone to I
estruction under the blows of his v
Mighty arm. I
I'm his campaign for the nomina- i
ion my competitor gave assurances Q
hat were fairly satisfactory to s
lrge body of the temperance people T.
! Tennessee, and he convinced many
nat he was sincerely DESTROYS to n
remote lppiSlatiOn IN restrict n DOf n