The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-02-25

in the face and tell you of my claims
70 the Office for which / aspire that
of attorney general l was born in the
good county of Maury. My people
were born here, and for the last CEN
tury they have been the neighbors ana
friends of you and your forbears.
Since | began the practice of law l
have resided at Lawrenceburg, and
have enjoyed a practice in the civil
chancery and criminal courts. nave
been extensively engaged in criminal
practice, and for this reason say with
confidence that l am qualified to dis
charge the duties which the office en-
tails. realize to the fullest extent
the duties of that Office. To be sue
cessfullv administered it must be held
nv a man of honesty, ability and dis
eliminating judgment The attorney
| general in a sense exercises the par
doning power as no other official does
He must be discriminating and APP
proachable. He must go into the grand
iury room and place the evidence be-
! fore the Jurors. He is often called on
to nolle PROSE- cases arising through
| malice or enmity Above all things
! the attorney general must be man
/ whom you can trust.
/ "If elected to this Office ! Will en-
force every statute upon the books OF
Tennessee, whether they be good OF
had shall not cavil, criticise or
eyade. | shall shall use my influence
as an officer to punish any and every
infraction of a law of the State, re-
CARELESS of whom the offender may be
or how high or low his station. AT
the same time | will be approachable
and within the reach of ALL Every
man can come to me as his friend and
7 can be talked to along all lines.
"As this is a contest for nomina
ton at the hands of Democrats
would feel that | had beeen negligent
of my duty to you If | did not state
that am a Democrats plain, simple
Democrat. Since the day | first went
IN the nolls to vote | have had the In
terests of the Democratic party al
heart | have supported every Demo
cratic nominee faithfully and cheer
fully. My father was a Democrat MY
neople on both sides have been Demo
Gratis for an hundred years. | was
rocked in a Democratic cradle, and Il
| should scratch a Democratic tlcke'
nv forefathers would turn in the1l
graves.
81 do not appeal to you on prejudl
cial grounds or any grounds or pas
sion I want to see the Democratic
party in Tennessee reunited anc
} ready to give battle to the common en-
envy. If you think l am entitled tc
the office on my merits as lawyer
and a Democrat then l want your
: votes. Do not vote against me on the
! grounds of prejudice. Let your vote
: be based on that high patriotism tha'
| should appeal to the hearts OF all goot
citizens"
T. H. PEBBLES.
t. H. PEBBLES followed Mr. Frierson
saying in part:
I'm asking you for your votes l hard
" feel 1t necessary to dwell so muci
ON nv ideas of the duties of the at
torney generalship my ideas OF thu
! capabilities of the man who seeks OF
fee or my ideas of Democracy as !
in a country where I was not known
have frequently acted as attorne.
, general pro TEN at Columbia and yo'
all know my capabilities. When Jol
wasn't in Columbia he got me TO d'
!. if and when he wasn't in Lawrence
burg he got Horace to do it. / hav
:, been many times in the grand jur'
g room and ! always acted where 1t wa
my duty to act.
:, IT deem it the duty of the attorne,
general to enforce all the laws unde
q his oath of office regardless OF tn
/, source Of those laws. l deem 1t hi
!, duty to also defend the innocent a
' well as prosecute the guilty. The o.
e fice in my opinion is the most power
3 full in the gift of the people. The a
torney general exercises the pardon
a ing power where others do not hay
|. the right He should prosecute wheI
. ever It is necessary to preserve tn
= peace and dignity OF the state an
he should dismiss whenever It is ne'