The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
DEMOCRATS OF MlURY
ENDORSE CAPT. HOOPER
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property and the protection Of human
life. the good citizens OF Tennessee
cannot anord 70 divide. No party
lines should sunder those who stand
for the enforcement OF our laws, the
preservation OF our institutions and
the honor OF our State. The questions
which are involved in this campaign
are above factional issues; they are
superior to party lines.
In crisis like this he is not pa
uiot who places blind adherence to
party fetish above duty 10 his coun-
try. The best citizen is he who loves
his country above any human organ
ization; the best Democrat is the
Democrat who stands for clean, hon.
est, constitutional government; for a
strict Interpretation of the organic
law. for economy in administration
and for the honor and. integrity of his
State.
There is no politics in contest be-
tween right and wrong.
1t would be unnecessary now TO re-
peat and recount the numerous acts OF
usurpation, the unwarranted assump-
ton of authority, the gross betrayal
of patty trust Of which the so-called
Democratic machine in Tennessee has
been guilty. The people of this state,
the final arbiters in all political con-
tests, have already passed Judgment
upon those acts. 1t only remains for
the people in this contest to make
final the decree rendered at the polls
on August 4. That cannot be done
if 4he forces of law and order and
good government shall be divided
against each other.
This convention reafirms the dec
laration of the Maury county Demo
Gratis of last May that the Democratic
party should be recognized. Those
who have used its name as cloak
for their infamies and have disrupt |
ed and destroy its organization
should be driven from the temple |
But in this hour of Tennessee's Iced /
when every son is expected to do his |
duty there can be no division among /
those upon whom depend the future |
welfare of the state.
Two candidates are asking the
votes of the people of Tennessee for
chief executive. One Of them stands
as the representative of the forces
of greed and graft, the friend of the
lawless, the ally of the corrupt Liquor
interests. His election would bring
further reproach and shame upon the
State that he has already disgraced.
The other candidate is the nominee
Of the patriotic. Republicans who stood
Shoulder to shoulder with the ratri-
otto Democrats of the State for the
of the honor and indie
pendence of the judiciary One OF
these candidates will be the next Gov
ernor of Tennessee. Under these
the path of duty is
plain; it's way is blazed so that no
patriot can mistake it. Tennessee
must be redeemed and the Democrats
should not stand upon the manner
of her redemption. A constitutional
a government where the
peaceful and orderly processes Of the
law and not assassination shall be
the redress for grievances; a govern
ment that is strong enough and ron
est enough to enforce the law against
all alike: a government that perfol ms
its true mission, must be restored in
Tennessee.
Under these conditions and with
this view of a situation which we sin
cerely deplore but in the making Oh
which we had no part, the Democrats
of Maury do declare and resolve as
follows:
/. The delegates to the state con-
yention at Nashville on Sept. IA, next,
are hereby instructed to vote as Unit
for the endorsement of the nomina-
ton of Capt. Ben w. Hooper. for Gov
ernor.
2. Said delegates are instructed 10
vote for the nomination Of Hon. Benj.
A. Enloe for Railroad Commissioner !
for the Western Division.
8. Said delegates are instructed to
vote for the reorganization of the
Democratic party on lines that VIII
the rule of the masses Of
the marty and to that end they shall
vote against any proposition involv-
ing the appointment of members OF