The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-10-28

The saloon is a relic Of the frontier
1t is disappearing with civilization. Il
was one Of the primeval institutions.
1t first stood on the main streets in the
shopping centers, then it was moved to
the side streets, then to the suburbs and
then came prohibition and wiped it out.
The man who sits and dreams that the
old days with the round-faced bar keeper,
the tinkling glasses and pool table will
ever return might as well open his eyes
to the fact that it is dead one. !" 1t
is one Of the things that never come
back Whisky may be used and it may
come in some form Of traffic, but the
saloon, never. 1t is doomed, and the
time is coming when Congress will be
forced under the pressure Of public
opinion will to discontinue the license
system
This is the living issue in Tennessee
and there is no way to force it out Of
politics. But they say that Senator
Taylor is controlled by Patterson and
will not enforce the temperance laws.
This opinion rests upon the fact that a
majority Of the Senator's supporters are
Patterson men. Senator Taylor says
that he proposes to enforce the laws,
but in no speech does he specify the
Temperance laws, except the words at
tributed to him by the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal in his Knoxville speech.
1t is generally denied that he made that
statement, and if the Commercial APP
peal has misquoted him, we are ready
and glad to make the correction.
But, as stated before, there are NUM-
Der OF important matters to be consid-
cred Upon the same theory isn't it
safe to assume that Hooper will be con
trolIed by the Administration at Wash
ington. Governor Taylor says, if elect
ed, he will be Governor Hooper says,
if elected. he will be Governor. If it
is right to assume that Taylor will be
controlled by Patterson, then upon the
same grounds it may be assumed that
Hooper will be controlled by the author
ty at Washington, which will under
take to control the patronage of Ten
nessee, and with the use of slush funds
and other means establish Republican
ism and all that it means in this State.
Mr.. Hooper's majority support will be
the Evans Republicans and the bulk Of
the Brownlow men Democrats, includ
ing Regulars and Independents,
will be divided Therefore Mr.. Hooper
will owe his support principally to Re
pubicans, and the same motives that
are attributed to Taylor may be with
equal force attributed to Hooper
Now, whether it is better to risk the
temperance laws to Taylor or the ma
chinery of the State to the party that is
owned body and soul by grinding and
soulless corporations, the party that is
spenGing billions in graft and other cor
ruption, the party without patriotism
or the sense or moral responsibility |
strikes us as one of the most impor-
tant and forcibIe issues OF the campaign
If Taylor as harmony candidate is
not prohibitionist then let us see what
are the mistakes OF the other Moses.
As member of the Legislature in
1898 Captain Hooper voted on the Age
of Consent Law" to reduce the age Of I
consent from Is to 16 years, stating
that he did not think the age of con
sent ought to be even placed 50 high .
as sixteen years This is quoted from
House Journal for 1898, page 44G
This question does not come to the
front as an issue in the present campaign,
but it is a part OF Mr.. Hooper's record,
Is sobriety of more importance than
the virtue and chastity of the nation,
or should the man who refuses to pro-
tect your child by law from the lecher
Gus seoundre be held up as great
moral reform leader candidate enti-
tied to your full confidence and support
Will the good women of the State take
this man to their bosoms as the embod
iment of purity and the standard of
stalwart manhood? Is the sanctity of
your home not sacred to your heart? In
this age of social midnight reyel and
does not the heart droop
under the weary vigil of tender solicit
tude.
Coming nearer to the subject, many
know, and are there those who do not,
that this is an age Of fast living Many
things are now permissible that some
years ago were considered beyond the
pale of modesty Bolder and more inn
modest become many of our young men
and women. The young girls are not
naturally inclined to be hayward, but
some are led on by the wiles Of the gay
Lothario until they drink the bitter cup
IF sorrow.
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