The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-07-30
THE CAL 10 AIMS

is-7,44 for meeting u democrats
,,o favor tire maintenance ard en-
sorcsmsnt Of ststs-Nide and election
avs 70 &c held a. ?. n On tie
srst Moncsy in September. 1903, ~
n. various cog-ty seats . select del
.7ates 70 > general conference 10 De
7eid IN Nashville, Tenn. n the Ven
s,me theatre c. Tuesday. the twenty
first day Of September. 1909, at noon'
and 10 take such steps as may be aeeia-
ID -ecessary fer success and unity O.
action with respect thereto" Il is
he rur1 ose Of The Herald 70 keep
his call squarely before the Demo
Gratis Of Maury county and. from time
to time. 10 accent the necessity Tor a
hearty response thereto.
The purpose Of this meeting is al
ready well known. not only to state
viders but 10 the advocates Of the
open saloon. To the state-widers II
q call TO arms, a call that cannot
~ ignored by those who love home
md who. demand purity Of the bal
OF. II is an alarrum that will arouse
every drop OF fighting blood that
courses in their veins, that will spur
.barn on To such efforts as are neces-
sarv to hold what has been gained.
and that will insure the enforcement
Of the laws already upon the statue
hooks. To the whisky crowd 1t is an
5-eD challenge. a challenge that VIII
not be ignored. For come what VIII
no whisky element is never caught
naming and whether the prohibition
ais Law down or fight they will go
forward with their stealthy. insiduous
,lans for again dominating the state
-cIitical machinery. in the future as
IN the past. Only thar this time they
will realize that there is more at stake
han ever before, and that the hight
must therefore be waged with more
astuteness and more vigor.
When the first Monday in Septem-
Der rolls around the Democracy OF
Maurv county must be found assem-
bled at Columbia, they or their rep
resentatives, for the purpose Of join
ing in the state movement 10 keep
what has been gained, and to work
for such other reforms as may be
needed. They should come imbued
With the idea that NO MAN is AS
BIG AS A CAUSE and that issues
md not men must decide the fate OF
battle. They must come with the de-
termination to perpetuate policies al
~eadv promulgated. and TO Wrest new
victories from a stubborn foe. hey
should not be content to believe that
the battle is already won. When the
smoke lifts and the field is shown
he wreck of the Patterson machine
will be seen slowly putting itself to
rights. with the assistance Of those
stalwart repairFs-the whisky ring
# Is not necessary TO predict that he
whisky machine will attempt 70 make
,apital Of the statewide movement
They will attempt to set one candidate
,q9inst another, to make the friends
if one statewide aspirant the enc
mics of some other statewide as
pirant. Or they may point to the rec
urhn 0nCP
faithful to the cause but who now Is
willing to hang up the white flag IN
the hone of election, and claim that
he is being deserted in the hour OF
need But if indications count for
ANYTHING If common sense IS permit
ed TO rule. and it will be, then the
state-widers will display hat unity CT
purpose that will send the chill OF
terror "a the hearts Of the Patterson
ties. for the only thing which the gang
has to fear is that there Will be no
division among the reformers of Ten
nessee.
The election OF the next governor
of Tennessee is important. It has
often been illustrated in the history
Of chief executives of the South that
the governor is an essential factor
in the enforcement of any law rms
has been shown in this common
wealth, when night riders were
brought to Justice and more noted
murderers were left unmolested save
FOR the brave efforts OF Davidson
county's attorne general. 1t IS beng
shown in Georgia, where Governor
Brown. who upon The stump adVo-
cated the enforcement of the prohlbi-
lion law now announces that he Will
.oto any law directed at the suppress
sion Of the sale Of "nearbeer' L IS
inr shown in Alabama, where Gov.
arnor Conner. who at heart is as good