The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
1ae LEGISLATIVE CONTEST

TaE LEGISLATIVE CONTEST
No one should be .mlslead by false
issues In the pending legislative con-
test in Maury county. They should
,ot allow the real questions to be OBJ
scured by an appeal to party loyal
Nv and party labels. There are ques-
tions in this campaign which are
above and beyond mere party align
meuts They go to the very founda-
tions Of the government itself.
In this contest Messrs. Denton ana
Long stand for the complete out
lawry of the liquor traffic in Tennes'
see. They are opposed TO allowing
the vicious liquor interests to de-
bauch and corrupt the Legislature, the
judiciary and the executive powers
of the state. They are unwilling TOT
the state Of Tennessee to surrender
to the lawless liquor interests OF
tbree mr. four cities and confess that
It is impotent to enforce its proper
enactments.
Messrs. Denton and Long are OPP
posed to the back tax plunderpnnd
which is fattening off legitimate IN
dustry and enterprise In the state
and that is a constant menace TO the
hest business interests of Tennessee.
They are opposed to legalized and
organized graft for the benefit OF
favored attorneys at the expense OF
the taxpayers of this state. Tney
would abolish the horde of back tax
fee grabbers who constitute in al
lance with the liquor interests the
most powerful political machine that
this state has ever known.
These candidates are opposed 70
salary grabs and salary increases
They believe that public Office Is
public trust. They believe In the
enforcement of the laws. They are
forever against assassination as re
dress for political wrongs, real o.
fancied. They stand for the bes'
and highest interests of all the PEG
nile not for the back tax plunderbund
the lawless liquor power and thu
special interests.
n Messrs Denton and Long ar
elected to the legislature they VIII
vote against NJ R. Patterson's amoi
ton to occupy the seat In the Sen
ate of the United States once adorn
ed by the knightlyr Carmack. The
will vote against Frank Dibrell an
will insist that the man whom the
elected as comptroller of the stat
shall be one who will keep his book
ever open for the inspection an
audit OF the taxpayers.
The real issues are these: Snal
the back tax plumber bund and Tn
lawless liquor power dominate tn
politics of Tennessee? Shall tn
laws Of the state be enforced agains
the saloonkeepers in three cities a
they are enforced against the poo
and the defenseless in the countr'
counties Of Tennessee? Shall tn
laws be administered in Tennessee
without fear, favor or partially?
These are the real questions Which
on Tuesday, Nov. 5, the people 0
Maury county must determine at tn
polls. Messrs. Long and Denton D.
their consistent lives, their assocta
tions and their platform answe" al
of these questions in the negative
They are worthy OF confidence
They are lodging nothing; evodinl
no issue.
The Herald has no personal inter
est in this campaign. 1t has ho In
terest save that dictated by patrio
tic desire to serve well the people o
Maury county and the state OF Zen
nessee. 1t has no personal iilwll
toward the candidates of the liquo
powe, in this county. 1t right.
places the issues above the men. l
little concerns The Herald ~ an,
one else whether Long and Denton
the men, or Moore and Hammond
the individuals, draw the per dien
and wear the honors of represents
tiyes from Maury county, but it doe
make a vast difference to the goo
people of the state whether they o
A. haol tax plunder bund and tn