The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1912-07-27

! SucH progress as LIley We're MAKING,
and wanted it To go faster. With
out the consent of the big cities of
| the state, a law was enacted for
them over their protest, and you
| and [ know what the control OF
| whiskey sales in Tennessee is worse
than before. They said, Lets keep
Whiskey out of politics. but il has
been brought into politics. There
are more licenses issued by the fed
eral government under present con-
ditions than existed in the state
during either the past democratic
or republican administrations. One
democratic and one republican adj
ministration have failed to control
the whiskey traffic, and we say in
all justice to the republicans that
it is neither a partisan failure nor
success. 1t is a condition, and not
theory which confrOnts US and we
must face it as such. | would not
have you think that | evade the
question. The present anafchistic
conditions in the large cities are the
worst they haae been III the history
of the endeavor to control the liz
quQr traffic. 1t would be wise to-
control this traffic, instead of allow
ing it to run rampant.
The speaker here declared for
high licenses, no sales OF Whiskey
to minors, no sales TO DRINKS, no.
gambling houses in connection with
saloons, and an axcise board cock
istent with the state. He said,
There will be no demand, and
there could'be none 10 put it back
into the rural districts, and closed
his discussion OF that question with
a quotation from a member Of the
recen Legislature who said, 1.-THE peo-
ple have the law and the liquor,
too They ought not need more to
please them"
In closing Mr.. McMillin gave COM
last year of his administration and
the year ending June 30, 1912, and
then touched on the back tax law.
saying that The law of 1911 ought
to be radically amended, or wholly
repealed.
Judge ]. w. Sneed made a short
speech presenting to Mr.. McMillin
a beautiful bouquet of white roses
on behalf of himself and Mrs. Sneed.
Mr.. McMillin thanked Jhdge Sneed
in appropriate terms.
Judge Sneed in presenting the
flowers to Gov. McMillin said in
substance as follows:
Gov. McMillin, Ladies and Gentle
men,
| address you thus by your title
not only because you have been
Governor of this great State twice.
in consecutive terms, but because
honestly and sincerely believe you
are to be the next Governor of Ten
nessee. (ADplause.) Accompanying
this token that / hold in my hand, is
a card, havinv inscribed thereon,
compliments of Judge and Mrs.
Sneed" Mrs. Sneed is in Chatta-
nooga, and but for that fact, she
would be sitting beside this beauti-
full woman, who sits here on my
right. Mrs, Sneed like you, but she
loves Mrs. McMillin. You have alo- !
quently referred In your address to
the fact that Moses was forty years
leading the children of fsreal, out |
of the wilderness, and | want to say
that if have in me, anything that
Is Good or worth considering, I owe
it all to her, who has for these last |
forty years been leading me. so TO |
speak, out of the wilderness.
i Yes, Governor, ! am for you, first |
because, | have to be, to have peace |
at home. For as have said, Mrs |
Sneed loves Mrs. McMillin, and will |
vote me for you, whittier or no. But |
seriously am for you Governor, |
because, you have served eighteen
years in Congress. and four years as
Governor of this Great and good old |
Volunteer State Of ours and there |
is not stain or blot upon your es-
cutcheon. | can pay you no greater |
compliment than this, and to add, |
that in this day of grafters, and |
grating, you are a poor man.
In conclusion. let me employ ano-
Their one of your eloquent express
sions in making this presentation. |
that is to say, while the vase lof |
these roses, are shattered, the scent |
of the roses are there still" {Ap- |
plause.)