The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-05-09
this and other municipalities often

this and other municipalities Of Ten
nessee.
| "It is contemplate for you to under
take to stain the good name Of all good
officials In the state, when you have,
asyou claim, in your possession in.
formation in reference to some men or
men who have been guilty Of this
offense.
"You appear to be laboring under
the delusion that the people in the
rural communities of Tennessee are
ignorant, uniformed and unaquainted
with conditions in the various cities of
this state, but in this you are sadly
mistaken. How is it, governor, that
you always make these raw breaks
when away from Nashville on one of
your periodical nervous breakdowns?
"Now acknowledge before the world
that the statewide prohibition law is
vialoted in the city of Nashville in the
same manner as it is violated in the
city of Newport. This same law is vio-
lated in every city of Tennessee with
the consent of a great majority of the
people of these various municipalities
at has been charged .pu 5licaly and
privately, and never denied that you
and the man whom you appointed
United State senator, raised slush
sund with which to pay the expenses
and salary of the members of the last
legislature, who went to Alabama for
the purpose of breaking quorum.
81 at one time assisted in breaking
quorum in the state senate, but every
member of the senate who assisted in
breaking this quorum, paid his own
| expenses out of his own funds. Now
if you want to give the people of Tenn
essee some real live information, in
which all are interested, phase come
out like man and real governor,
and tell them whether or not this Oft
| repeated charge is or is not true.
81 thought you had reached the
limit of folly, when you announced
your desire to possess the authority to
remove mayors and sheriffs and inter-
change judges, TO suit your own politi-
cal ambition but it seems now that
you are anxious to name the grand
juries in Nashville and elsewhere.
"You do not call the names Of any
of the members OF the late grand jury
but want to tell you that they were
honorable citizens of Davidson county,
and their characters and good names
are immune from Islander which a
nervous governor might make.
"Have you forgotten the fact that
Judge A. B. Neil recently made race
before the people in opposition to one
of your anointed saints and was named
by an overwhelming majority?
"These facts are living testimony
to the confidence which the people OF
Davidson county have in these officials
and no irresponsible charge which you
can make will serve to revenge the de-
cision of the people of this city and
county,
"Now, governor, have never given
you credit for being overburdened with
intelligence, or possessing any patriot
ism at all, but why don't you be hon
est for day and tell the people of
Tennessee that the statewide prohibit
ton law is complete failure. 1t
breeds law violations, creates confus-
ion, hurts business and keeps the
minds of the people in a state of dis
turbance. We all know that you do
not sincerely believe in statewide pro-
hibition, and that you took advantage
of political situation, and thereby
became an accidental governor, which
has and will continue to be a misfor.
tune to the state of Tennessee.
eff you would devote as much time
to the office of governor as you devote
to abusing, criticising and slandering
i. the officials of the state, everybody
: would be benefited thereby, and il
would not be necessary for official,
who do not have time to take vaca
ton for thirty days, six times year
to be continually answering irrespon
sible communications and refuting un
founded charges.
Very respectfully,
r "H. E. HOWSE, Mayor"
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