The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-10-18
PATTERSON FAILS TO
ANSWER LEA AS
stated HE WOULD
ONLY REPLIES IN COUNTER
CHARGES AND ASSERTIONS
OF uNTRuTHFULNESs.
COMPLAINS AT HIS CRITICS
Says the Senator Is the Perfidlous
Product of Fusion and Was a TraI-
tor the Condolences Obtained While
Processing Friendship.

tor the Condolences Obtained While
Processing Friendship.
| The followers of Mr. Patterson will
doubtless assert that they are salts
fed with his effort here Monday and
maybe they are, but Senator LEAFS
speech rmains unanswered. Mr.. Pat
terson never at any stage of his two
hours address made any attempt to
answer anything with which the sem
ator had charged him, although it
was given out that the ex-governor
would make satisfactory reply and
satisfactory denial of all with which
he stood charged. During the whole
of his effort he seemed to be laboring
under some character of embarrass-
ment and although his crowd cbacred
him frequently he was never roally
in what he was saying and never
reached the heights of eloquence and
logic which was expected from his
past record as a speaker.
The speaker was vindictive and
bitter from the beginning, and appar-
emily was unable to express himself
just as he felt. In referring to the
opposition to him in the democratic
party he said he did not have 70 ask
his critics when he should run for Of
fee, and declared he was the only
public man in Tennessee who had
really made public sacrifice for the
benefit of the democratic party Mr..
Patterson talked of his own admins
tration and his pardon record and
criticised Gov. Hooper, and took his
cue from all the other speakers re-
garding the moving picture incident,
and said there was no parole system
In Tennessee like in other states by
which the convicts could be put ON
their good conduct.
Senator Lea was characterized az
"the perfidious product of fusion" .
dozen times or more, and the only an
swer made to the charges of the SEN
ator here on the 7th Of the month,
were in the manner of countercharg-
es-"you're another" BY his own
reasoning he showed that Senator
Lea staid with him until he could do
so no longer
Mr.. Patterson referred to the par
doning of d. B. Cooper, stating that
he cid so only because he did not be-
lieve the defendant had had fair
trial, but never mentioned the
charge Of Senator Lea that he had
written two notes of contradictory
character referring to the incident
and had sent them to the Tennessean
Office for publication.
Evidently the speaker was smart
| ing under the criticism that has fol-
lowed him through his career, and
especially since the killing of Mr..
Carmack, for he played the role of
the martyr to an almost touching de-
gree. He said that his critics had
wrung the heart of his poor old moth
er and had distressed those who were
near and dear to him. Which for Mr..
Patterson's family is of course un-
/ fortunate, but no one is to blame but
himself, for If he would be satisfied
to remain in private life this criti-
cism would cease. At the close OF
his reference to his critics and HIS
defense of the pardon of Cooper he
asked that the people of Tennessee
vindicate him by sending him to tho
United States senate.
The speaker closed with an appeal
to the voters to stand by the ticket
from Wilson down to the lowest NOM
inee, for when you vote for your
Irregular nominees for the egisla4
ture you are best serving my inter-
ests as candidate for the United
/ states senate.
The crowd was heartily in sympa-
thy with the speaker, there being
large number in the audience from
Giles, Lawrence and Lewis counties,
with a small sprinkling from David
son. When speaking of the liquor
question reference was made to
my friend, Hilary Howse," who was
on the stage, and there was a round
Of applause which was only exceed
ed one time during the speech.
The applause started when Mr..
Webster introduced the speaker and
it was evident that many present
were for Ham no matter what he
said, for they cheered and yelled
so much that he had to hold up his
hand for silence on numerous occa-
sions