Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-07-31
Snaaakirg of adj minisLering the

p" Speaking OF administering the
affairs of The state on business
10ygprmtples We now have a richi
adj man for ,gavBrh6f whois giving
,,o usla strictly business adminis
traitor. True his immense prop
"' 'efty interests take, up so much
3sll6f his time That he can only, visit
uqthe g6verh0F's Office 0ccasionaliI
.dcIy, YET whdn he Is there he IS
strictly business.nd Heis a man
=. of many parts and devotion to-
~ detail If at any time be has ev-
''i'er missed an opportunity to in
crease his own or the Salaries of
nh the patriots who SURROUND MIN
and feed out Ofahis hand the fact
has not been found ont. His, ca
"7' pacity for business detail might
toi help and Would help the country
if he had any time to Spare 10
ia the public serviCei1 From the
outset he has been hampered by
q multitude Of QDerOus duties
that never fell to the lot Of any
leother governor. In the first
iupiaoe his own and all the Salaries
,aQf his sappOintess had 10 be rails.
ed, This duty was all important
and exacting and the public ,ser'
vice had to be subordinated to
qdit44Theh the persistent widows
moi dead cOnfedeFates had to- be
sHkept away from,pohe ntreasury
This was delicate duty reqOir-
ing his personal attention and of
~ course the public service must
uyield to that Then another du.
NJ tyswhich rfell to the Tot of
iany other GOVERNOR "A TeNhes-
see Legislature bad to be- organ
lied and run in Alabama This
bswas an oherous duty, requiring
Fp0ise, pluck and cash True.
awhile this was going he had the
glegislature,in Nashville stop bus
mess until the Alabama 70 eontin
gent returned. But. in all this
he attested his love for his
friends and his fine business
Qualities. He had his Legislature
to vote several hundred dollars
each to the Alabama crowd 4rout
Side of their regular pay TO con
o. sole them FOR their Sacrifices IN
the cause of the country And
now the wicked democrats are
clamoring because, bis a admnis
tratioh' has not and will not pay
one cent. on the state debts This
is wicked. True he has collect
ed more money than any former
administration but he needed tho
beash,fOF his friends and he Gould
not give it tOHthea creditor anC
them too, He, will largely over
run the revenues but when pa
Lriots get the cash who has /
right to compfaih?-Sum mer
town Press. hu8 S'|qs tNF'" ''''
sdGertainly those regular patriot
inqthe Houseand Senate, dugh
not to complain, who voted K
give themselves the cash aht
gotit, even overthe earnest pro
test,of Governor Hooper True
there were few fecalctrdnts
like old man Galloway Of Marry
who held honor above money anC
refused to vote for this bold rob
berry, and eg9nifefqSed to toucl
the loot after it had been appro
priated But it may be truly OBJ
served that, there were n6tmSny
of that sort in either house, faht
there werenqute' enough mem
beRs lof HoopeF's Legislature
like the SENATORS from Maufy
andofrem Lawrence, for Instance
tQkepp the, money IN the STATE
andiin, thel pockets of the afore
said patriots, and prevent any
greedy creditors from taking
over any of it il, payment of the
Indebtedness Of Tennessee.
.4kJHIHuG IkUHF9'
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