The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11

| Hobt l. Taylor, fatteTeons sS@Ar
For Senator
T. B. Brown, Patterson, 1,s47.
John A. Greer, Democrat, 1,S7e
For Representative
w. T. Galloway, Democrat, 2.O44
A. A. Lipscomb, Democrat. 2,OO1
r. N. Moore. Patterson. 1910
Hardy Shelley. Patterson, 1895
The above figures In brief tell the
story OF one OF the most desperately
fought cont ests ever known In tina po-
liticaI annals of Maury county. Bob
Taylor ca, rled the county by less than
900 az compared with Patterson's ma
jority over Tillman Of 1915 two years
ago, a net loss for Taylor Of 1000.
Galloway and Lipscomb, the sturdy
champions of good government, cross
ed the wire with about 100 votes each
to spare. It is a verdict Of good cheer
TO the forces Of law and order who
had fought 81 long and 50 desperately
for the past four years. 1t is a YER
dict that means that Carmack's county
will be represented In the house by
those who will not revile his name.
There has never been a more cxcit-
ing race known than that for the Leg
Islature In this county. The first re-
turns indicated that the Patterson
Taylor candidates would win. The
Taylorites we're wild with Joy. A mob
Of them stood in front Of The Herald
Office and celebrated the election OF
their candidates. 1t turned out that
they we're wise In having an early
celebration otherwise they would not
have had any chance at all to cele-
brate.
All OF the country precincts were
'eceived before seven o'clock and the
result finally depended on the vote
Z Columbia and Mt Pleasant When
the Mt. Pleasant box came in at eight
o'clock with sixty-five majority for the
Democratic nominees the old line
Democrats went wild with Joy and the
mob that had been doing so much yell
ing at The Herald Office skunk away to
the Bethel House in the, hopes OF find
ing news m,,re to its liking.
1t was known that the court house
box would give a majority for the
Democratic nominees and when Mt.
Pleasant reported the vote at the
court house became practically the
majority that Galloway and Lipsccmb
would receive The local box gave
them a little the rise Of 100 majority
each
! There were some rather remarka-
BILE Developments in the race. Skel-
ley one of the Patterson nominees
lost his horne box and also his home
district Lipscomb, the regular nom-
inee also lost his home box and his
home district. Galloway and Moore
both carried the Glendale box where
they both reside, but Moore lost his
home district Heavy losses were sus-
tanned by The Democrats in the third
and fourth districts with the excep-
ton of Sp,:ng Hill. Hampshire, Big
byville, Sawdust, FIy's Store and San
ia Fs were notable factors In winning
the contest for the champions OF law
and order.
The fact that the county gave ma
jority for Taylor was no tsurprising.
For several days the fusion forces
have admitted that this would be the
case and tae;r estimate of $50 proved
to be not very far wrong The Patter-
son leaders were claiming as high as
1000. Tha Chattanooga Times, the
Patterson organ, published a story
from Columbia q week ago that Pat
terson's substitute would carry the
county by 1000 and intimating all
kinds OF dire things that might hap
pen to the election commissioners II
things did not pan out az the Patter
son-Taylor organ would have them.
The Pat erson. Taylor faction went
wild over the reports indicating that
Taylor had carried the county, being
wholly oblivious of the import OF q
vote that cut the usual DemocIatic
majority over 1000 The simple fact
that Taylor carried many Of the Mid
die Tennessee counties by greatly re-
duced majoritiec In the minds OF the
Patterson-Taylor element proved his
election and they proceeded to cele-
brata