The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-09-27
AS TO REGULARITY.

lative ticket In this county base thei
chief appeal, in fact almost their sol
appeal, for votes upon the ground O
the alleged regularity Of the ticket
Although the chief plank in the plat
form upon which these candidate
are making the race is demand TO
the repeal of the temperance laws n,
attempt will be made to defend tn,
liquor traffic. On the contrary tn,
candidates will probably make thu
hypocritical claim that they are "just
as good temperance men as their op
ponents." They will essay no de
Tense of the back tax machine.
In truth and in fact their chief ap
peal will be to party regularity
There will be a good deal said about
the grand old democratic party" and
we may expect a vigorous waving OF
the bloody shirt" but after all reg
ularity" is the principal plea. The
Herald would not insult the intelli-
gence Of the patriotic people of Maui
ry county by appealing to them for
support or to withhold support from
any ticket for the legislature because
of the regularity or irregularity of the
nominees. 1t is not the party label
that the candidates wear that chiefly
concerns the people. 1t is the plat
form upon which they are making
the contest and the company they
are keeping which are the subjects of
chief concern. In other words this
paper believes that people should
vote more for themselves and less for
the party machine.
However, even the claim of regu-
larity in Maury county Is spurious
and wholly without substantial basis
in fact. The so-called regular"
legislative ticket in this county is a
boilers ticket pure and simple. The
committee that called the convention
and virtually appointed the dele
gates to it, is the successor Of
committee selected at a boilers
mass meeting here two years ago.
Without any warrant from the regu-
lar party organization whatever. but
in contempt of that organization,
faction of the party met
and appointed a democratic cxecu-
tive committee" Subsequently these
selections were ratified in the June |
bug primary Of 1910. But in the |
August election following the people |
Of Maury county repudiated and re-
buked the boilers by majority Of |
several hundred votes. But the bolt
ers persisted in their efforts to di-
vide and disrupt and destroy demo
cratic organization in Maury county.
Their rump committee nominated
candidates for the legislature, but
hey too we're defeated by the nom-
nees of the regular and organized
democracy.
Messrs. Denton and Long are the
nominees of the regular and organic
ID democracy OF Maury county.
rhey were nominated by conyen-
ion held under the direction of an
Executive committee that is the legiti-
nate and direct successor of every
ocular democratic committee that
Iaury county has had in genera
lon.
Again the so-called regular"
emocracy of this county Is repre-
entative of the same brand of demo-
racy in the state that opposed the
omination of Woodrow Wilson at
'altimore; that stood for the aomi-
alton of a reactionary; that oppos-
d Bryan in his efforts to drive the
honey changers from the temple of !,
that stood for corporate :
omination of the party In the ma
on and liquor domination in the !.
late. The so-called regular" demo-
racy of this county, as a general =
like the so-called "regu- ),
#" democracy of the state, is out
harmony with the principles and :
olicies of Bryan and Wilson and a :,
,habilitated democracy. It is more :,
early aligned with the democracy
Belmont and Ryan and Murphy
Id Jim Smith
In fact the real, genuine Pryan
the enthusiastic original
,ilson democracy Of Maury county,
e largely behind Denton and Long
this contest. But as we nave G
ated this paper does not appeal for
lpport for this splendid ticket upon
e ground Of regularity" The ticket
Is too much intrinsic merit to
AXE any such appeal necessary. hi
is entitled to support because 1t til
ands for the best interests, for the s,
CHEST ideals and aspirations Of all fu
Q people of this grand old state. OIL