The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-10-14
WEST TENNESSEE
STANDS LOYALTY FOR
THE FUSION TICKET
ANTLMAcrINE DEMOCRATS or
AUGUST 4 ARE PRACTICAL
~ UNBRokEN.
CANDIDATES IN FIVE COUNTIES
Enthusiastic Receptions Seem to Fore
shadow Larger MsIorities-Patter.
son Was Much Stronger Than Tay-
Ior-Mucr Detection.

/ MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. lot must
be amazing to the machine, besides
being Immensely gratifying TO the
friends of law and order. to witness
the unanimiIy with which the Inde-
pendent Democrats of August are
standing by the fusion ticket in West
Tennessee.
Five days Of the week just passed
were spent in that section Of the state
by Capt. Hooper, three appointments
being filed jointly with Col. Enloe,
his colleague, and two with Hon. Jeff
AcCarn, as the Democratic repreaen-
tative on the speaking battery. The
appointments were az follows: Mar
tin, Union City, Trenton, Alamo and
Paris.
For the list three appointments the
weather might be described al
"nerce,' but at Martin on Tuesday. In
the face of a steady drizzle, the opera
house was crowded and jammed until
fears were expressed for the safety
OF the building, while two hundred or
more were turned away unable to get
a seat or standing room. At Union
city the rain was still falling, in heaV-
Ter volume than on the previous day,
hut the opera house, which was larger
than the one at Martin, was two
thirds filed, some of the men having
ridden miles in the rain, fording
streams which had hitherto been
bridged, but determined to see and
hear the next Governor OF Tonnes
see. His colleague they had heard
before and knew well. At Trenton
on Thursda, the rain was but little
. abated, bridges being washed away
and cutting off communication with
the country districts. Gibson's circuit
, court room there seats more than a
thousand, and was three-fourths FLIED.
BY Friday the storm had abated, and
at Alamo, six miles from the railroad,
the speakers we're greeted by crowd
which filled the court room to the lin
it. with standing room all taken. At
, Paris, nearly a thousand people crowd
ed into the opera house to hear the
, fusion candidates.
Everywhere on the speaking tour the
, same situation was described by we'll
, informed residents of the respective
towns and counties
II don't know of man who has de-
serted u.s." was frequent expression
, among the antimachine Democrats.
In a few instances name or two
i. could be called, but usually the report
, was that the lines were absolutely
y without a break.
, The nomination of Senator Tay
for Governor was in no sense 8 sur
prise, and when it was made scal ceiy
. a ripple was created on the surface
6 Of the political waters.
, well, that finishes Bob" was fire.
> quent comment, often from those VINO
had supported Senator Taylor in his
past ambitions.
The buckets gone to the well one
time too many" was also a common
/ expression.
Without exception the opinio npre
n vailed that Patterson would have been
. stronger candidate than Taylor
!. though the anti-machine Democrats
!, we're regretful that the mastiff had
\ retired from the fight, for they we're
eager to make the defeat as pointed
4 and as personal as possible.
Particularly among the Patterson
Republicans is the detection from the
ranks of the Patterson forces most
noticeable. The negroes have seen
. their idol pulled down from the race
and do not feel the same warm feel
. ing for Taylor as they did for Patter
son. The intelligent negroes ara ex
pressing their determination to pass
up Taylor and vote for Hooper. it's
to be noted tn ecriminal negroes, al
well as the criminal whites. are stick
. ing by the Taylor ticket, realizing In
a vague way that the Taylor ticket has
, the endorsement Of their great friend
and pardoner The ignorant negroes
can hardly realize that their friend
is down aud out so far as external
. appearances go and are evidently
e hoping against hope that there is to
o be a resurrection. And then, too, they
Q are political orphans, should they fail
t to line up With the Taylor crowd.
!
. Suffered day and night the torment