The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-10-28
popeINe lie IssUE-

DODGING THE ISSUE
The letter Of Messrs- skelly and
Moore declining a free, frank. full and
open discussion Of the issues Of this
campaign face 70 face with their cp-
ponents was expected Il 10 the Iolt
q Of the PattersOB-TayloT candidates
N this campaign to dodge the real To-
sues about which the people are con
esrned. A Joint debate would force
stand upon vital questions and 10
therefore not TO be thought Of By the
representative Of the machine faction
Perhaps the most amusing feature
q the reply IL the denial that Messrs.
lApscomb and Galloway are the regu-
lmr nominees. The convention which
nominated them was called By the
same authority that called the
urinary that nominated Hardin w.
Thomas and Claude Goodwin and Sam
Hays and the other county onacsrs- Ita
authority has not been successfully
challenged. II was elected b. the Deo'
ne In the regular, usual and tradt
6aonal way.
The convention which nominated
Messrs. Sicily and Moore was called
Oy q committee elected at the june
primary which was repudiated b. the
Democracy OF this county on August
i by a majority Of more than 800. II
was called by . committee elected at
the June primary which was repudiat'
ed In the State by q majority Of $4,000,
and which was repudiated by the Eow
chairman Of the Patterson-Taylor
State machine II has no sort OF
claim to party regularity.
The argument that Messrs. Gallo
way and Lipscomb are not Democrats
because they are supporting Capt.
Hooper, a Republican, is absurd and
pueriIe. According to the logic Of the
Patterson argument Capt. Hooper IL
ten times as good Democrat az Gal
loway and Lipscomb are Republicans.
for he voted for ten Democrats on Au-
gust A, in fact he is by virtue Of that
logic a good Democrat.
Capt. Hooper IL in effect the nomi-
nee of the real and majority Deraoc-
racy In Tennessee. He received an
endorsement from the 1000 represen-
tatives Of the real and majority De-
mocracy of the State and is stancing
on the platform Of that convention.
The so-called nominees in this coun'
ty dare not denounce the Democratic
platform of September IA. 1910. or re-
pudiate the declaration Of principles
therein made.
The whole letter is patent dodge
of the real isues Of this campaign. An
effort is made to revive issues long
since inferred. Not one single refer
ence, however, Is made to the vital
questions of temperance, or the free
dom Of the several departments OF gov
eminent from the interference OF the
others; of the enforcement Of the law,
nor to assassination as redress for
real or imaginary political differences.
Pardon brokerage and Office traflcing
are lodged as IL they were the plague.
Particular attention is invited to this
statement in the letter OF MeSsrs.
Sicily and Moore: I'VE are forced
TO smile at the regularity Of Dem
ocrat' who is supporting Republican
for Governor; a Republican who ls OBJ
posed to caring for the old and inhrm
soldiers who wore the gray" This Is
not true statement Of Capt Hooper's
position. Both the Democratic and Re
publican platforms upon which ne Is
making this race declare for liberal
appropriations for Confederate veter-
ans. Capt. Hooper stands upon those
platforms. He has repeatedly declar-
ed that he favored liberal aid for the
old soldiers. Every Republican In the
Legislature for ten years has voted for
the Confederate pension bill. Hence
this statement is manifestly an effort
to deceive and is directly at variance
with the facts and Is unworthy OF can
didates for the high ONCE which
Messrs. skeIly and Moore are seeking.
This statement affords an additional
argument why there should be a Joint
debate with their opponents.