Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-11


crs would leave the party and the
state.
So q was, when 10 niurs of my with
drawal were given currency. prompt
ly denied them. and in doing SO 1t
was my wish 10 serve my party rather
than my own ambitiOn.
Would Save Party.
Now a. seems certain that my Opin.
ion. shared by friends. was not justl-
fed and that the continued appeals
10 passion and credulity have found
Judgment which neither fact nor
persuasion can change and that SO
long as / remain candidate con
siderable number OF Democrats will
not affiliate with the party. and while
nos large comparatively. it is enough
TO impeiil Democratic success IN No
v'mber. | don't wish it sid that my
desire for Office Is responsible for this
condition or as furnishing an excuse
10 endorse Republican candidate by
the socalled independent Democratic
convention soon TO be held in Nash
Vile
My conclusion is that can best
serve my party and STA in this emer-
gency by voluntarily doing what my
enemies have so persisteutiy stated. |
notify both the state executive com
mittee and the Independent Democrat
ic committee that am no longer a
candidate for governor.
Hope for Success.
In taking this step. our party
should NOT be left without a capable
loadN. and / hope that with harmon
Gus action another candidate. wholly
unobjectiOnable. may be named and
slch a platform adopted as will III
sure party cooperate ion and success.
1T would be an Inmixed evil and
reproach to Tennessee for the Re
publican party to get control Of our
state government and il is especially
true al this time when the country Is
aroused and the battle is on between
special interests and popular rights.
ct is scarcely bellevable that a dis
credited Republican President should
attempt TO control Lhe politics of a
Democratic sta'e nCr any man calling
himself a Democrat could lend his
dishonorable aid to it's contamination.
Our state should be governed by
its friends aud not its enemies; by
the patty that represents its credit
and intelligence. the educai ion of its
people and that in the past has stood
fer its women. its homes and its very
civilization. have been an enthus-
last On the possibilities Of our state
and the South. They can be realized
in loyalty and highmindedness and
never in disloyalty and sordid pur-
poses.
With all my heart and soul | have
combatted intolerance and fnaticism
which have soared and blistered all
they have touched, and hope to lead
our people oct Of the bogs and mile Of
error into which designing and vicious
men have led them.
Not Ashamed Of His Acts.
Il have never performed a public
act Of which ! am ashamed and
every one was for the good of the
stste I have extended mercy TO the
helpless. and served the state as best
| could, while a storm of hate and
ragged about me. I have
advanced the cause of education and
have stood for those things hat are
worth while and enduring TO a com
When prohibition was
first raised IS an issue opposed II
without the consent Of the people, and
foresaw the innumersble train of evils
which would follow its enactment. the
dissensions. which would come. The
hope that would be Afforded for the
demagogue to ply his trsde.
During nv remaining serice as
governor ! will continue to act as in
the past and on my retirment to pri-
vate life I en- look back upon my
record with piide. for there is not
bio, or a stain upon j..
To my thousands Of friends who
hace never faltered in their allegiance.
and who represent the conservative
Of the state. send from
nv heart a message Of thanks and
coed will"