The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-20
= STATE SCANDAL.

Efforts of the Patterson partlsans
In the General Assembly to keep
Hooper out of the Governors office
that Patterson may have further op-
portunity to afflict the State with I'M
desirable appointments and to con-
tinue the pardon mill, cons itute
State scandal. No more reprehen-
sible politics has ever been played
In any State In the Union. Not only
Ia 1t a deliberate violation or the
constitution of the State to continue
the Governors term ten days but
the purpose of this legerdermain ID
80 reprehensible that honest men OF
all parties must give 1t unQualined
condemnation. Patterson Is trying
In every way possible to embarrass
the administration of the next Gov
ernor by weighing him down with
appointess who will hold office for
two years. Coal Oil inspectors are
actually resigning that their success
sors may be named by Patterson Tor
two years. The whole thing is q
gigantic and damnable conspiracy to
defeat the will Of the people and to
prevent the Governor from giving
the State that successful and econom-
10 administration which 10 his smbi-
ton.
Patterson's appointment Of a. coal
oil inspector at Nashville shows his
utter disregard Of the will of the
people. The appointment there Is
an affront to every law abiding citi-
rem Of the State. II II further evil
dance Of the Governors unqualified
approval OF murder. But there are
few people In Tennessee who VIII
be surprised at any infamy that Pat
terson may perpretrate. He has not
the slightest regard for the honor OF
tho State and IL utterly devoid OF q
sense Of decency. In spite Of the re-
prehensible efforts Of his partisans
to keep him In ONCE beyond the con-
stitutional term Patterson 10 passing
and when he does leave ONCE his
political career in Tennessee will be
forever closed. There will be no one
20 poor az to do him honor.
But the determination Of the Pat
by the foulest OF methods
to keep Patterson in once proves
how false was the cry In the last
camuaign that Patterson has been
eliminated. Every supporter OF Tay-
lor has seemingly come to be an en-
thusiastic and ardent supporter OF
Ham Patterson. The Taylor organ
in the State, that a few months ago
was a bitter opponent Of Patterson,
10 now an ardent Patterson puppet
and apologist for the infamies COM
mitted by his gang. Patterson would
have been elected to the Senate had
Taylor been chosen Governor and
a majority Of the legislature In sym
patty with him elected. The retire
ment of Patterson was not an act OF
good faith. II he had been honest
and sincere in his remuneration ne
would have scorned to hold the office
of Governor beyond the term for
which he was elected.
That the profits of the pardon mill
are enormous and the revenues OF the
Office brokerage are not inconsider-
able Is proven by the desperate tao
tics to which the Pattersonites Lave
resorted in order to keep the head
of the mill and the brokerage IN Of
flee. First the representatives def1ed
the law and their obligation to the
people and refused to take the cath
of Office. Next the Senate declined
to fix the constitutional date for the
Governors Inauguration. Failing In
both of these schemes to defeat the
will Of the people let us hope, for the
good of the State, that Hooper win
not be kept from the Governors