The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-07-23
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followed by that Of Harvey Hannah.
and then the meeting OF statewide
Democrats. all give food for thought
and conjecture.
McCarn and the state-widers are
somewhat of p sameness. McCam
says he does nor want anybqdy's vote
who does. not want Law Enforcement,
in capital letters and for all that
stands Tor; and the state-widers say
hey DO not want anybody who does
not want that So that makes It a
self-evident proposition that there is
strong community of interest be
tween Davidson county's great attor-
ney-general, and the men who wrote
| he statewide law and the primary
and election laws on the statute books.
and who are determined, God willing,
to keep them there. So it is easy, slz-
! ing the two factors up.
But when it comes to Gen. Hannah,
| it is not so easy. We speak without
prejudice in the matter, because The
Herald is friendly to all parties. But
Idescanting on the news of the day. we
say it is not so easy to size up the ell
/ oouent young orator from the blue
.oD mountains of East Tennessee.
To size Mr.. Hannah according to
his record in the last campaign, and
! re find him in the Carmack-state-wide
column. To size him according to his
| announcement card, and there is moth
me in that to contradict his past rec
ord. But to take his present position
| and connect it with present rumors'
and it does give rise to much specu;a-
ion as to where Harvey is at.
Rumor has it that the Patterson To-
cal option crowd aIe going to ge' De
hind Cen Hannah And rumor has il
that that is why he played the hal-
monican 50 sweetly, in his announce
a ant, when he said he was no fac-
tional candidate, and hoped 10 bring
Deace and not discord into the party
ranks. The aforesaid rumor further
has it that his support Of Gen. Han
nah by the lawless liquorites, is not
that they are particularly, or even
little bit enamored Of the man, but as
kind Of SOD to Cerberus: and that
while the harmOnican is working over
time and attracting general attention
10 the Governors race, they Will gum
foot il over the state and quietly
take the legislature unto themselves;
having learned to their sorrow that
the Governor is a small potato after
all unles he has legislature to opey
and respect his mandates. In other
words they are willing to let the gov
ernorship go by default, or to the least
obiectional of the two candidates ID
the field, provided if, by so doing, they
can curry favor with the people Tor
harmony sake and steal the leglsla'
.ure unbeknownist to them.
Gen Hannah, it is but fair to say
makes specific and unqualified denial
Of all this, and he is certainly entitled
20 full faith and credit upon his denl'
al And no one has the right to con-
cion him IN the eternal damnation OF
training with that crowd against MS
convictions: doing the John !. COX
stunt) until he have proof OF sucn
perfidy. And for our part we shall
NOT believe it until we have tha'
nroof and have it strong. For We
should not like to think so meanly
of a gentleman we now think so nlgn
" Of When the Patterson local op'
tionists do in deed and in truth line
m behind him; then, and not uh'il
then. is it fair to say or 10 OelleNe
that Harvey Hannah has been SO I'M
: trua ia himself as 10 sell his conVlc
: lions and his manhood ana lhe
!, bright future that seems in store 1oi
, him for so mean and cheap a price
t PM if the liquor forces do not gel
r behind him, then WhaI!' nc -
means by his announcement to yielo
no part of the ground to the state
b wide organization, or to play no rae
+ ion" in the race, And if that be SO
r in our humble opinion he has DUN
n dered.
] 1t is, it must be, a factional nsh
o inside the Democratic party, ina
:. tho condition that confronts US
There are irreconcilable differences
:, between the two wings OF the party
:, If there was no envy, hate or nance
in it, if there were no spells OF once
: to quarrel over; if there were no en
: emies to punish nor ambitions to con
! serve, there would still be irreeoncil
ahle differences of opinion between
~ loco1 ontionists and the state