The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-09
JOINT DEBATE MAY
Be ARRANGED FOR
H00PER-M' M|LL|M
LATTER MAY CHALLENGE THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AT
EARLY DATE.
WOULD Be INTERESTING MEETING
What viii Convention Of the 18th
Do Regarding the Whisky Cues
tion?-Status of the Bull Moose
Candidate in the Campaign.

Do Regarding the Whisky Cues
tion?-Status of the Bull Moose
Candidate in the Campaign.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 6.-When the
voters Of Tennessee come to the
polls on the day of the general eelc-
ton in November, to exercise their
franchise and eject governor of the
state, they will find on their ballots
the names of Gov. Ben w. Hooper,
ex-Gov. Benton McMillin and the
Hon. w. F. Poison. The first named
is the nominee of the republican
party the second Is the nominee of
the democratic party, and the third
is wearing the colors of the Bull
Moose. One of these three men will
be the next governor of the state,
and from now in until the day of the
election, their adherents and sup
porters will be whooping things up
for their favorites.
1t is the general opinion that the
candidacy of Mr.. Poston, the NOM
inee Of split convention, will pull
every few republican votes away
from the regular nominee, and that
therefore the main battle will be
waged between the veteran warrior
McMillin and the young republican
governor. Since McMillin was nom-
mated in the recent primary the
question of joint debate between
the two leading candidates has been
discussd considerably in the capital
city.
Both candidates have announced
that they would begin their cam
paigns about the first of September.
This would give them two months in
which to present the issues before
the people. Before M. R. Patterson
surrendered his nomination two
years ago, he had challenged Hooper
to meet him in debate. 1t is expect
ed by the supporters of McMillin,
that he will follow the example Of
Patterson and ask Governor Hooper
to meet him during this campaign.
II this Is done the governor will
probably pick up the gauntlet, and
the people of the state will see the
first debate between republican and
democrat since Frazier and Littleton
locked horns several years ago.
A debate between McMillin and
Hooper would be an extremely in
teresting one. The former is the
more seasoned of the two, having
spent much Of his life on the oil
tical hastings, but Governor Hooper
is a finished speaker, and has shown
remarkable adaptness in taking
care of himself in this respect, in
the past Such contest would be,
a battle of giants and would iiven
things up politically to no little ex-
tent.
On August Is the state democratic
convention will be held in Nashville
to adopt the platform under which
the democrats will fight. The last
democratic state platform was silent
on the liquor question, holding that
it was not pertinent to guberna-
torial campaign, and left it to the
legislature to decide. Governor Nc
Milin, during his campaign for the
nomination, while expressing his pre-
ference for local option in the larger
cities, of the prohibition laws.
Thomas J. Tyne was the only candi-
ate to come out flat-footedly for such
a step, and the state convention may
follow the precedent set by the last
convention and leave the question
for settlement to the legislature. If
this is done it is believed that a
great many more independents
would be willing to fight under the
flag than if the platform favored any
backward steps.