The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-01-28
HON. |. P. PADGETT
CANDIDATE FOR THE
NATIONAL HOUSE
ANNOUNCES THAT he WILL SEEK
A REELECTION TO
CONGRESS.
lis NOW SERVING FIFTH TERM
Ranking Democrat on Naval Affairs
Committee And Prominent Mem
bers of The Monetary Commission.
one Of His Party's Leaders.

/ Hon. Lemuel p Padgett today al
a lnounced his candidacy for reelection
;, to Congress from this district. Mr.
+ Padgett's announcement was author
:. lied in a letter to The Herald. o.
S course his announcement is subject tC
f the action of the Democratic party.
D Mr.. Padgett's action will not come
: as a surprise as his friends have all
along known that it was mis- intention
to again ask for reelection to the Ma
tional House of Representatives where
he has served with such distinguished
} credit for the past ten years. His
-. announcement will add interest to the
political situation.
That Mr. Padgett will make very
strong race for the House is conceded
even by those who do not agree with
him. He has a strong personal fol-
lowing all over the district and his
course in Congress has met the ap-
Iproval of his constituents. His friends
are legion in every county in the
district and his strength with the
masses has been too often demonstra-
ted to admit of controversy.
During his service in the Nations
House Mr.. Padgett has steadily forged
to the front until he is now recognized
as one of the ablest members. No
man in the Tennessee delegation
stands higher than Mr.. Padgett at the
National capital He is energetic,
careful in his attention to his duties,
a student of the problems of govern
ment, independent and fearless in his
views. He commands the respect and
admiration of the leaders of both par
ties and is generally recognized as one
of the strong men of the House.
Mr.. Padgetts standing in the House
is attested by the fact that he is the
ranking Democrat on the important
committee on naval affairs and is one
of the few members of the House on
the Monetary Commission. While he
does not often speak, when he Is
heard on the floor af the House Mr..
Padgett always commands the atten-
ton of his colleagues.
Mr.. Padgett is Democrat of the
old school He has always given his !
allegiance to that party and has uni
formly acted with the House Demo
cratic organization. He took prom |
inent part in the fight of the Demo
Gratis to reform the obnoxious Cannon
rules His sympathies have ever been
with the masses of the people. While
never a demagogue, Mr.. Padgett has
been unsparring in his denunciation
Of the predatory interests that feed
and fatten at the expense of the mass
es through the Republican tariff and
fiscal policies.
Lemuel P. Padgett, son of the late
John B. Padgett, for many years Coun-
ty Court Clerk of Maury county, was
born in this county in 1855 and has =.
lived here all of his life. Soon after :
his graduation from college he entered
unoI tie pTactice of the law in Colum-
bia and until his election to Congress
was a partner of Hardin P. F1guers.
In 1884 Mr.. Padgett was Democratic
elector for the Seventh District on the
Cleveland and Hendricks ticket. In
1898 he was elected to the Senate
from this district, serving as Chair
nan of the Judiciary Committee, the
most important committee of the Sen
ate. AS the Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee Mr. Padgett rendered nota-
,le service in bringing about reduc-
ion of the number of Judges and
Attorneys General, saving the people
large sum annually.
In 1900 Mr.. Padgett was nominated
or Congress from this district to sue
ICED Col Nicholas Nickleby Cox, of Z
He has been regularly nom- =
mated and elected every two years :,
ince and at the close OF his present =
ERIN will have been member of the n
louise for ten years In the last cleo :! y
lon he defeated the Republican can -, =
idate by 5000 majority, the largest ca
Majority ever given candidate for 1
ongress in this district. ie'
Owing to the demands upon his
me at the National capital, Mr.. Pad
EFT will be unable to devote the time
} a canvass of the district that he
ould like to, but he feels that he
light to remain at his post while