The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-07-26

me unfair, as an example, for
: negligent railroad engineer to xii
a brakeman or some other fellow
laborer and the family Of the MAJ
4 killed cannot recover damages
while if the same engine under thu
control Of the same negligent en-
gineer should kill a tramp upor
the highway, the family of thu
tramp could recover. Nothing tt
me could be more unfair or un
reasonable and should be speed
lily remedied.
! While our school system has
greatly improved, there is YET
room for great improvement.
believe the boys and girls Of this
state should be also educated more
and more along practical lines. In
stead of our free schools turning
out boys who can go to city and
obtain clerkship at possibly Sc
per week, by educating them in
scientific agriculture or in useful
trade pursuits they can earn from
three to six dollars per day.
There is no man in this state
who has a greater pride in the
honor and bravery of the Con-
federate soldiers than I, and am
in favor of pensioning them just
as literally as the state can af-
ford.
I have always been a Democrat
and am in thorough accord with
the platform recently adopted st
Baltimore. ] believe the Demo-
cratic nominee will be elected
president. ! have no political rec
ord and was never before q can
didate for office. In this I am
unlike my distinguished compel
itors, each Of whom have political
records, and ] am informed that
they have in the aggregate held
office for forty eight years, and
that they have in the aggregate
been candidates for office ninety
seven years, and yet the friends
Of some Of them are saying the
people are still in debt to them,
Like the old-time building and
loan association-the more you
paid, the more you owed. Taking
this view Of it, / am afraid the
debt will never be discharged. IL
any one is in doubt as to his duty,
and would like to vote for all Of
us, vote for me. now, for, Judging
the future by the past, you can
vote for my competitors any time.
/ would be unfair and would
lack candor if / did not state my
individual views upon the ques-
ton Of the sale Of intoxicating
liquors.
/ do now and have always be-
lieved in temperance, and it is
needless for me to say to this audi
ence that my habits have always
conformed to this opinion.
My views are now and have
been that if it could be done le-
gally, this question should be han
died by each community affected;
or in other words, the general
principle Of local option should
apply. Different communities
would doubtless treat the ques-
ton in different ways.
Am now and have always been
in favor Of prohibiting the ship
ment Of liquor into dry territory. |
1t is true, shipments can be made |
from other states, but why should
not Tennessee do all she can to re-
spect the wishes Of each COM
on this question:
Am opposed to the whiskey in
terests or any other interests
financing our political campaigns,
believing this to be the source of
one of>our greatest political evils.
I believe the platform in refer
ence to this, adopted by the last
Democratic gubernatorial conven-
ton Of this state, took the correct
view Of it when it said "it should
be treated purely as an economic
and moral question. Men in all
political parties differ widely as to
the means to be adopted and as to
the course to be pursued in sd-
the cause Of temperance.
It is question which must and
should be settled by the members
Of the legislature and the voters
Of this state in their election, and
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