The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-16
GREAT SPEECH OF
ELOQUENT DINNING-
TO THE DEMOCRATS
CLARION CALL OF The CHAIR
MAN or THE coNVEN-
TON.
DOWN WITH PAITfRSONISM, CRY
Graphic picture Of Conditions IN Ten
nessee When This Contest Is
Fouaht to Successful Conclusion
Audience Profoundly Moved,

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vention OF Maury county Democrats
on last Monday, profoundly moved
that vast assembly In this speech
he tersely stated the issues, the hopes
and the ambitions of the great hide
pendent Democracy of the State. He
drew a splendid picture of the good
DAVIS that were coming when the State
was cleansed and purified and Patter-
sonism was forever driven from lts
borders. Mr.. Dining spoke as fol-
lows:
| wish to thank most profoundly
this assembly of Maury County Demo
cracy for the honor of being called
upon to preside over this convention
for Maury county Democracy mas
blazed the way to the most trans
cendant political victory won In our
state within the memory OF nan
Five months ago the self-appolnteu
dictator of Tennessee Democracy, for
getting that he was the servant OF the
people, attempted by the most brazen
nerfidy and dishonor, to fasten on the
necks OF the fremen OF the state, the
woke Of slavery and disgrace, and
labeled it Party Regularity While
the imperial Democracy of the state
stood appalled, and Frustrated 0eneatn
the insult, and only few individual
expressions of revolution were heard,
and while it was still uncertain wne-
Their the great mass of the Democracy
of the state would accept this last
browning insult from the usurperJt
was then that the Maury County
Democracy spoke, and spread to heaV-
ems breezes the immortal slogan OF
Joshua of old, Let others do as they
may we will serve the Lord"
And the battle cry of Maury was
caught up alike by beardless boys
and qrizzled men, by laughing sweet
hearts and white haired mothers, ana
all alike, from babes in arms, to stal-
wart men. from mountain top to riV-
er's edge, joined in the glad acclaim
that Tennessee, must once again, be
free, be free.
congratulate you upon the result
Though our leader was gone, that
leader. 1.-THE blast upon whose bugle
horn was worth thousand men.
That leader. under whose Standard
we would have willingly gone to de-
feat every day in the year, If heed
he. rather than fail him, we never lost
the heroic purpose, as firmly planted
within us as the principles OF Our
uolv Faith. that we would never rest
until Patterson and Pattersonism
were driven from the borders OF the
commonwealth, and until every man
that placed his allegiance to Patter-
son higher than his loyalty to Demo
cracy and the State, should be driven
from public life.
There were moments OF profound
depression, for at one time 1t seemeu
that the Republicans OF the state, the
decent, God fearing Republicans
might be tempted TO nominate a Iuh
Judicial ticket, and it was an open
secret that perhaps one-fourth OF
them, representing the negro and IL
uuor elements, would go over bag ana
baggage to the Patterson ranks. But
patriotism and unselfishness won the
day. and seventy-five thousand lnoe-
pendent Democrats and seventy nve
thousand Independent Republicans
marched to the polls and, by major
ity of forty-five thousand, elected
ten democratic judges who had the
hardi-hood and the moral courage 10
disobey the mandates of King NAL
colin |.
congratulate you upon the COM
nleteness of the local victory. we
have met the enemy and they are
ours" From almost. every part OF
this proud county came reports
multiplied reports-of victories scar
cely hoped for, until the members
of the old guard were almost tempted
to say Let thy servants depart In
peace" Communities where the
rank poison of Patterson's influence
had apparently produced its most
deadly effects, were, by the super
human efforts of devoted men, SC
thoroughly cleansed that from alnios'
every valley and hill top OF tni'
county, we catch the songs of praises
and thanksgiving.
And. above all, gentlemen Of TIM
convention, congratulate you, an'
not only you, but thousands in THU
county whom you represent, and th'
multiplied thousands in the counties