The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-06-03

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RED Fox" closed his speech at TIL
court house Wednesday afternoon tn
less than one hundred Patterson mel
present made bolt for the door as
to stampede the audience. To stem
the tide of exit Judge z. D. Looney
jumped from his seat to announce
that Hon. Henry C. Snodgrass would
speak. But before Mr.. Looney could
call for order the gifted White coun
tian was already speaking. From that
moment until he ceased the most re
markable address ever delivered in
the Circuit Court room he held the five
hundred persons present spellbound.
The address was a ferocious and mas
terly assault upon the machine and
machine politics and profound and
logical defense of free judiciary.
Mr. Snodgrass, after few pre.im-
inaries, took official cogizance of Mr..
Ledgerwood's boast that he hated the
New Englander and the Puritan and
loved the Hughenot and Cavalier. ut
looks like It," he said. when / was
boy Of sixteen and shoulderei my
gun and marched away from home to
fight in defense of my native land
found this same red fox" at the head
of Northern troops marching South
to pillage, and wreck and burn. II he
loved the Cavalier and hated the Pur-
tan, then was his time to show II"
you have heard the fox tell about
his Democracy and some Of you have
applauded the stale old things Of the
long ago. Who Is SO solicitous at out
the Republican party? why, it's the
Nashville American and these dema-
gogues who go about proclaiming its
doctrines. But / won't have any lies
told and / am here to give you the
straight goods.
81 want to speak to you Patterson
men. l am a Patterson man myself.
But this is not question of local OPP
ton or of statewide prohibition. /
am local optionist and hold 1t sac
religious to destroy the rights that
God has given us to govern ourselves.
But In this fight great issue is in
volved. 1t is a grand fight of tho pa
riotic people Of Tennessee to correct
! foul and egregious wrong.
His sOn-ln-Law
"The American and Ledgerwood
Ind these demagogues nave Tried TO
make it appear that the reason I take |
he stand that do is because my SON.
n-law is a candidate for supreme
Judge. That is lie and / am here to |
ell you why l am making this fight, |
md ! wish that Ledgerwood had stay
ID to hear me. Two years ago when
senator Carmack was making his race |
or governor he came to Chattanooga
nd made a speech In which he came
ut for statewide prohibition. Plior
0 that time had supported him and
spoused his cause. But when he
1ade that speech / revolted, because
thought his position was contrary
D the old Democratic doctrine of |,
ONE rule. I>admired and loved Ned
for he was my friend, and
thought him one of the greatest II
saders the state had ever produced. II
ut when he came to me afterwards
nd said that I was running the
lances of Dick Landsen ! said: h
When l gave my daughter to Dick
andsen, and she was the apple Of my e
re and the choicest flower of my s
cart, believed that he was capable (
taking care of himself and her too t
stood by my guns and stood for c
hat / believed to be right, anG no In
lie can say that / deserted my prin- t
pies then because my son-in law J
as a candidate and none can 10 so d
wv unless they lie. 4
Ran Away n
"Ledgerwood spoke to you OF Dem
racy but he didn't touch the issues 7
this campaign. ! am going to give :
u some reasons. asked the red
K for a joint debate here but this
eat Ajax had met me at Cokeville !,
d he got enough. SO he ran on and =
id he wouldn't meet anybody else. !,
J believes in that old doctrine: !,
" He who fights and runs away =
May live to fight another day
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