The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-04
CAPT. B. ". HOOPER
WELCOMED ROYALTY
IN BRADLEY COUNTY
FUSION NOMINEE FOR COVER
NOR SPEAKS TO VOTERS AT
CLEVELAND.
EATERS TAYLOR'S RECORI
His Speech Along the Usual Lines IL
Enthusiastically Applauded-ccn
federate Veterans Attend Speaking
Portrait Of carmaek.

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q CLEVELAND, Tenn, Nov. e.
9 Though Bradley county had alread,
q decided to do its part in delivering th,
3 final crushing blow to the malignant
Z political machine on Nov. by a Iarg
er majority than in August, this dic
J not lessen jot the desire to see and
hear the man whom the people Of
Tennessee generally concede will be
{ the next Governor. The reception
given today to Capt. Hooper was ioost
cordial in every way. This town end
county have been considered a Taylor
stronghold and perhaps half of the
Democrats viii follow the machines
titular head to the bitter end.
But It cannot be denied that he has
lost caste, as must have been apparent
to the Senator himself, when he came
here on his whirlwind special and met
q partial frost. Courthouses in Ten
nessee have not been built with a view
of meeting the strain which a Hooper
audience puts on their capacity. TEif
rule was emphasized emphatically this
afternoon. when more than thousand
people, nearly all voters, attempted to
crowd into a court room intended to
accommodate six hundred. Standing
room was quickly taken, and nearly
three hundred were unable to get near
enough to the door to hear. A score
of ladies stood throughout the ad-
dress
Just over the speakers stand was a
picture Of Capt Hoorer and under 1t
hung framed portrait of Senator Car
mack, drarcd with bit of crepe A
number of Confederate veterans were
inside the chancel, who are firm sup
porters Of the fusion ticket.
This feature was in striking con-
trast to the Taylor speaking, on Which
occasion not a single Confederate vet.
eran was on the platform with him.
crate veterans and five of them are for
Hooper Maj. c. r. Evans, candidate
for Congress, had date to speak here
at l o'clock, mdae before Hooper's
and the latter's hour was placed at
2 o'clock. Maj. Evans spoke briefly,
being introduced by Hon. J. X. P.
Marshall. Hooper was introduced by !
|. j. Stamper, Democrat and Confed- s
crate veteran. AS Hooper arose a
storm of applause swept over the audi I
,nce,-a compliment which he acknowl- q
,dge1. Capt. Hooper's voice was in '
air condition. i
The fusion candidate accurately
rained his batteries of argument and i
sarcasm on the political record of .
Taylor, and every yolley brought forth !,
of delight from the au- h
Hence. The speech was in the main y
long usual lines. Once he referred >,
o the person who emanated from
senator Taylor's train when it was in
his city"He said that the effort of
ne man to drag the little waif sto-
~ into the campaign had belittled -
lie purveyor and worked no injury :.
, the object of the attack.
During the speech, which lasted an
our and forty minutes applause was =
eQuent Hundreds crowded around y
shake Hooper's hand when the adj -
'ess was over. At the station Hooper
az met by a committee OF more than 70
hundred, representing both political ~
rites, and taken in an automobile
the Artz Hotel, where he rested un- -
the dinner hour.
Bradley gave 600 majority for the
dependent judiciary. Some Losses
e reported among the anti-machine
,mocrats, but nearly 500 Republl- -
ms, who did not vote in August, are ~
ing to more than make good the de- 10
,tion Many Democrats, who have
en- claimed by the Taylor faction,
} preparing quietly to vote for Hoop ~.
and Enioe. The November majori- D
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