The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-29
BOB TAYLOR ROASTS
MACHINES ORGAN
FOR ABUSE OF HIM
DECLARES THAT THE AMERICAN
TRIED TO BRIDE HIM WITH
OFFER OF SUPPORT.
CONTEST BtTGEEN DEMOCRAT
Sees Nothing in the Campaign That
Threatens Supremacy Of Party in
the State, for All the Candidates
Are Good Democrats.

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WASHINGTON, July 21.-Senatol
Robt L. Taylor, before leaving today
to fill Chautauqua engagements in tbs
middle west paid his respect to the
publisher Of the Nashville American
land The Machine" politician, in Ten
nessee, who have been attacking him
flor cancelling his engagements to
stump the State for 1.-The Machine. -
In his interview given out for the
lpress, he startled his friends by stat
ing that only short time ago Milton
Ochs sent him message to the eff
feet that if he (Taylor) would enter
the campaign for Patterson and his
ticket he would support him wita the
Nashville American for reelection to
the Senate.
The Senator states that he did not
understand the situation in Tennes-
see at first and only because OF that
fact he had promised to stump the
State. He became thoroughly con-
WINGED, however, that he had made
terrible mistake in support Of THE
Machine" His mistake was realized
some time ago, he states, and he only
hesitated to withdraw because it hurt
him to again disappoint more of his
friends.
His Statement.
Senator Taylor's statement reads
as follows:
Il am amused at the efforts Of
few individuals and newspapers in
Tennessee to brighten me with their
threats and denunciations because
am not in this unhappy campaign. l
do not know what their object is in
trying to poison the minds of my peo-
pie against me, unless it is because
they are enraged at my refusal 10 be
driven headlong into the dissentions
and discords of factional politicians
in Tennessee.
Il promised to make ten speeches
in the State. l recalled that promise
and every day that has passed over
my head since I withdrew it has con-
vinced me more clearly than ever that
| was right. thought when / made
it that it was my duty to do so, be-
lieving that it was developing into a +
struggle between my party and the
party, but | discovered |
that 1 was invited to Democratic
bull fight, and that was expected to
wave red flag in the faces of below
ing politicians with bloody horns, the
gate receipts, or rather the benefits,
% go the the Republicans.
Ordered to "Butt In"
Il was ordered to butt in, and I be- L
ran to prepare to butt, but in the nick
If time / saw what it all meant, and
adopted the policy of the whole Ten
lessee delegation, and butted out, and {
IS I was over the fence an Ochs
looked at me and bawled at me that
was weakling and a trimmer, I'M I
It to be Senator.
"That was remarkable. in view of T.
he fact that within the past month !.
his Infatuated ex-bull sent me a mes q
age all the way to Washington that j
! I would enter the arena and go to
GLOWING, he would support me with I
he Nashville American for reelection
D the United States Senate at the ex-
iration Of the present term.
when saw an Ochs In bull fight
thought it was no place for bald
eaded man. promise him now if he
ives me too much Slack jaw will
'chwab' him out, for I've got re-
oliver in each bootleg and bowie
nife down my back, and l haven't s
HE'D a negro in three days.
To the Democrats. B
II wish to say this to the Demo al
rats of Tennessee: Call each other IL
4 the hard names you can invent, the Il
Ict still stands out as clear as a fC
,arch light that you are Democrats OF
4 both sides. know there are many Ell
llisted on this side and that side Ell
no are not Democrats and each side n,
ransacxing the dictionary for cpl eli
ets in the effort to kick each other
1t of the party but all that does not d.
ter the fact that most of you are It
and that you have got to pl
It back together If Democracy is to til
I'D Tennessee. Every one of you lde
ho is not blinded by rage and swept
I his feet by intolerance knows all
is to be true, but when realized
determined that I would not en- \
Ige in 1t or foment 1t. Democrats 81
ust come to their senses, or II they gs
not Tennessee will fall into the Re- is