The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-05
THE ELECTION RESULT.

The result Of the municipal contest
will cause little surprise. II was ex-
pected By those who took disinter-
ested view Of the situation. The Law
Enforcement ticket was hampered
from the start There never was a
chance for it's election after the sup
Elemental registration closed. The
withdrawal of Mr.. Latta and the sub
stitution of Mr.. Guest as the head OF
the ticket demoralized the forces. 1t
was an uphill fight and the result
was almost inevitable.
The administration forces were well
organized Great care had been eXer-
cised in the selection of the ticket.
In the main it was composed of the
most popular citizens in the city. No
man in Columbia has larger personal
following than Dr. Biddle. He has
very few enemies and as a physician
he has done much charity practice.
To the credit Of those who were the
recipients of his kindness they rallied
Loyalty to his cause.
The issues of the campaign were
never well defined after the Withdraw
al of Mr.. Latta Vague and indefinite
rumors there were without number But
direct and positive charges of failure
to enforce the laws were utterly lack
ing. The mass meeting failed to de-
yelop an issue. Only by inuendo and
yelled insnuation was any attack
made upon the Biddle administration.
That character of campaign is seldom
attended with success.
Again the Biddle ticket met the ru-
more of non-feasance by plain, posi-
tive and unequivocal declaration that
the laws would be enforced. Hence I
on the surface and to the average |
voter, there was no issue in the con- /,
test 1t was a personal campaign be-
tween certain gentlemen who were IN /
and certain other gentlemen who want i
ed to get in That is this is the way
the contest looked to many, hence I
they voted their personal choice.
1t is gratifying that the new admin I
istration will go into office with )
pledge to enforce the laws. We sim !
cerely trust that this pledge will be |
kept inviolate Every good citizen, !
whether he approves the past record |
of the administration or not, should /
give the next his enthusiastic and &C
tive support in its every effort to up
hold the laws. The Herald will do
it's part.
But there is one feature of the cleo
ton that The Herald cannot too
condemn. 1t would be false
to it's faith, untrue to its party and
recreant to it's duty if it did not raise
a voice in emphatic protest against
The effort to bring the negro back into
the politics of this community. The
negro, of his own motion, cares little
for politics. He knows that the white
men care nothing for him except as
tool to register their will and execute
their plans The negro is not fitted
for the exercise of the right of suf-
frage.
The Herald is a Democrat. 1t is
opposed to political equality with the
negro as it is opposed to social equali-
ty. It's pride of race will not permit
it to countenance any effort to make
the negro a factor in the politics OF
this country. And it is with deep
regret that it notes the activity OF
men who profess to be Democrats,
some of them the sons of those who
wore the gray to again make the pc
gro an important factor in civic af-
fairs. No matter who they are their
efforts in this direction cannot be too
severely condemned This paper will
advocate white primary when the
next city election is held regardless of
its effect upon the fortunes of any
candidate or ticket. 1t believes in
white mans government and in Anglo
Saxon supremacy.
ANOTHER POLLING PLACE.
That Columbia needs another poll