The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-21
SENATOR TAYLOR.
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~HOoPER's voTE AGAINST THE
CONFEDERATE HOME.
When was governor of Tennessee,
the old neroes of a thousand battle
fields were then beginning to grow
old; many of them were poor ard bad
not where to lay their heads, and the
representatives of the state asked the
question: What shall we do for these
cid followers of Lee and Jackson and
Forrest and William B. Bate and Geo.
G. Dibrell?" And when the proposition
was made to build a home to give
them shelter and to soften their pill
lows and smooth the path of life as
they approached the shadows of declin-
ing years, I was governor of Ten
nessee and signed the bill to purchase
the land close to the Hermitage and
to erect a refuge for them. And when
the vote was taken all over the state
either to indorse or condemn the
action, a shrill voice from away up
in Cooke answered, mo" Many of
these old men had families at home;
many Of them could not leave their
wives and children and the PROPOSE
tioM was made to pension them as
they limped around hoary with age,
covered with scars and glorious as the
living monuments of the old south.
An appropriation for that purpose
was proposed. Mr.. Hooper was in the
legislature and when the vote was TAX
en-, Mr.. Hooper, like a worn-out wash
tub, dropped his hoops and fell into
slaves, and that same small voice from
Cooke answered, mo" But now he
is as tender with the men who wore
the gray and as loving as a cooling
dove. But if he shall, by any mtsfor-
tune to cur state, be permitted to
climb into the gubernatorial chair,
what will the harvest be for the con-
federate veterans? "Good Cod" said
the woodcock when the owl struck
him.
ZOE TAYLOR STATES HIS POLITICAL
FREED.
But, fellow citizens, whether you be-
lieve me good or bad, I am going to
give you my creed. l believe in hon
est government and the enforcement
Of che law. Mr.. Hooper declares that
this is his belief, but If he is sin
eere why does he not see that the cleo
ton commissioners of the state, who
are his followers, give the democratic
party recognized by the national
democratic executive committee as
the democratic party, its share of
election officers on November 8, 1910?
II Is one thing to express a belief and
another to carry it into effect. I
believe in temperance and civic right
eousness everywhere. I signed the
four-mile law and signed the Goa.
stitutlonal amendment submitted to
the people prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors
within the borders of the state. What
did Hooper or his party ever 90 for
Tennessee? l believe in preserving
the purity Of the church at any cost.
/ believe in the ministry of the living
God and his evangels to save a sin
cursed world, and though they slay
Inc, yet will l believe in them and
trust in them. But I believe In the
separation of the church and the state.
! believe in the establishment of pub
lie schools everywhere and the educa-
ton Of all the people, both white and
black. l believe in the movement to
build good roads throughout the land,
as the very cornerstone of %prosperi-
ty to the state. l believe in an hon
est ballot and a fair count as the
only salvation of a free government.
] believe in heaven for future reward