The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-03
WARM FIGHT IN
TENNESSEE
Old Liners VS.. Insurgent
Republicans and Dem
ocrats Lined UP.

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 3.-What
has probably been the bitterest cam
paign in this history of Tennessee
closed today. Democrats and insur-
gent democrats and republicans have
finished the preliminary skirmishing
and are awaiting with intense anxi-
ETY. the result of the battle at the
polls tomorrow, when the state jul
dietary and county elections are to
be held. The campaign has been of
a truly whirlwind character. Never
ers on the stump. Families have be-
come divided over the issues involved
in the contest and even dissensions
in churches have been caused.
Judges of the state supreme court
and the court of civil appeals are to
be chosen at tomorrow's election.
The incumbents of these benches are
seeking reelection being badly split.
Some have aligned themselves with
the administration forces, of which
Governor Patterson is the controll-
ing factor, while others are support
ed by the insurgent democracy of
the state.
Three of the supreme court JUS
tees declined to enter into the dem
ocratic primary, alleging that Gov
ernor Patterson and his administra-
ton were attempting to cOerce the
judiciary. Their partisans called a
convention and these three were
nominated, with two others. The re-
naming two justices entered into
the primary and lined up with the
administration party, thus securing
denomination. Three opposition can
ldidates were named to run against
the three sO-called boiling justices.
The same state of affairs exists in
the contest for the judgeships of the
court of civil appeals. The republic
cans declined to name a judiciary
ticket and that party is now divided
in its support.
Charles t. Gates, state attorney
general, is nominally the campaign
manager for the insurgent faction.
He has directed, in his speeches
throughout the state, bitter attacks
against Governor Patterson and his
administration. The pardoning Of
Duncan Cooper for the Staying of the
late ex-United States Senator Edward
w. Carmack has been made a lead
ing issue in the campaign and Gov
ernor Patterson has been bitterly ar
raigned for his action in granting
the pardon.
On the other hand, Governor Pat
terson has denounced Attorney Gen.
eral Gates, charging him with using
his official position in the handling
of private lawsuits before the SUI
preme court. The attacks and coun-
ter-attacks have been extremely bit
ter.
On the eve of the election both
factions of the democratic party are
claiming certain victory. The negro
registration throughout the state has
broken all records and it is claimed
by the Patterson faction that they
will almost to a man vote the regu-
lar democratic ticket. On the 9TH
faver that the vote of the white re-
publicans will far overbalance the
negro vote.
The prohibition question, which
was the chief and practically the sole
issue in the last Tennessee election,
has received but scant attention in
the present campaign. 1t is gener-
ally admitted that in Memphis, Nash
vile, Chattanooga and other large
cities of the state, little or no at
tempt has been made to enforce the
statewide prohibition law, and the
administration forces have openly
declared that if they are victorious
at the polls next November, when a
governor and other state officers are
to be elected, and are also success
full in tomorrow's election, steps will
be taken to have the lay repealed
at the next session of the .eg:.i'.-
ture.