The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29

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feat OF his judiciary ticket, it was
hoped that he would remain in the
ONCE for governor while the issue
was so clearly joined. Not wanting
this and ever alert the whisky inter.
ests withdrew their leader and adroit
ly substituted Robt. l.. Taylor In his
place. He had not taken any BRO
nounced stand on the whisky cues
ton and that interest hoped that q
legislative ticket in sympathy with
them could be elected, boosted by
Ta31or's eloquence mad POPULARITY on
the one hand, and the liquor question
obscured by an ambiguous platform
and their leaders, cry of Harmony
and Come ON back, boys" on the eth.
er. Therefore full ticket was
brought out and received Taylor's
hearty and active support, and though
the whole ticket was defeated in this
county, yet by the vote Of Perry
county the senator squeezed in. How.
ever, under the circumstances, this
was not fair test of the paramount
question at issue.
In the late election these ADVENT.
'tious supporse were absent, for the
whisky plank had been put into the
PLATFORM by Patterson, the old wills.
ky leader himself. and there was no
room for misunderstanding Of the
situation. The result was that the
average vote OF Denton and Long
was 10 more than the average vote
of Moore ard Hammond. The vote
|of Church in this county was 744
more than Brown. who had been
elected in 1910 by Perry county's
vote.
These immense majorities we're
brought about by the slump In the
so-called regular vote as compared
with the vote Of two years ago. and
this falling cff of their vote was due
to the fact that the people knew ex,
actly what a. vote fol that ticket
meant. They were not so certain in
1910, but G M. Miller, OF Marshall
county, and Col. Tillman, of Lincoln.
who had been elected On the Bob
Taylor harmony" cry, voted just the
same in the legislature on all whisky
questions as the Patterson faction,
and in fact there was no difference,
for all the other harmony" members
did the same thing.
There is no explanation needed for
the splendid vote that Denton, Long
and Church received. The average
vote received by Lipscohmb and Gal
loway two years ago for the same
position was 1924. Denton and Long
increased this average 81 votes, max
ing their average 2,055, notwithstand-
ing the fact that this was presiden-
tial election year, in which the PARTY
whip is used MOST effectively, and it
is certainly very creditable to them
that they increased the temperance
vote at. all, under the circumstances.
The average vote this year for
Moore, Hammond and Brown was
1921, Brown failing to come up to
this average by AZ votes. BY these
figures we know that AZ men OF the
so-called, regular" democratic fac
ton did not endorse the vote for Tom
Taylor, and the salary grab" but
the other 1874 members o this ac-
ton did endorse both acts by their
votes, and tie same is true Of the To-
cal pare backing them. inasmuch as
1t did not oppose Brown for re-elec-
ton, nor has it so far as / have been
able to see, ever condemned either
act
The facts evident from the figures
are these:
LIST. Maury countys vote for Will
son and Marshall proves her TO be
democratic.
End. Her vote for Church, Long
and Denton that she is against the
whisky traffic by big majority. and
will not endorse Patterson or Patter-
sonism.
4 Ord. That the so-caled regular"
democrats were not sincere in the
howl they made for democrats voting
for Hooper, when they endorse the
vote for Tom Taylor
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