The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19


cause there are no more to which tt
adacf. It's official o. X.
unwept, unhonored and unsung this
committee goes to the early polltica
demise which it's vacilation, its incon
staucy and its subserviency to rolit
ical schemers so richly merits. II
has proven false to every principle
when brought 1t into existence; il
has been faithless to every issue thai
created it Inconsistent, blowing
hct and cold, ready to embrace and
devise what it's masters might origi
nate the committee long ago forfeited
the respec. and allegiance Of those
WAC created it.
Lorn Of great revolution fought
for principles as deathless as the re.
public; followed and trusted by the
, noblcst army of disinterested patri.
OTIS who ever battled for civic regen.
Grafton in any land, the committee
has been false to every principle and
has used or sought to use it's powers
to advance the interests of self-seek-
ers and place-hunters. It, has prosti-
tutcd power and abandoned princi-
pie 1T the behest of every schemer
WHO was slick enough to catch it's
ear. There has been no thought Of
safeguarding single principle for
the advancement of which the COM
mittee was brought into being. The
one idea of the committee has been
to make deals and trades whereby
the pathway to political preferement
for certain selfish individuals could
be made easier.
Without character, without fol-
lowers, without single lofty act
uaring principle the committee dies
a deeth that common decency dem
anded should have been six months
earlier. 1t has already lived too
loLg It's career has brought 10th
ing but reproach to the cause in
whose name it was given it's being.
There will be no mourners at the
funeral On the contrary the tom
tons will beat, the drums will sound
and there will be merry making
throughout the length and breath of
the state.
There is one ray of light that en-
enates from the committee. It has
unquestionably contributed to the
gaiety of the nation. It's antics have
caused the most phlegmatic indivi-
duals to smile. The seriousness
with which the committee took. it.
self; the self-assurance of the men,
berg; these have been factors to
cause laugh that has resounded
throughout the length of the state.
The committee, alone of all the g.
100000 people in Tennessee, has
been blind to the humor of the sit.
uation. 1t has been obcessed with
the idea that its DEGREES were potent
and that It's orders would find fol-
lowers.
The committee has moved In a tor
tous course. There has been no fix
ed star to guide it. Too often its
Inspiration has come from one be-
yond the confines of the state. Small
wonder therefore that members who
had a proper conception of the duties
and responsibilities Of the commit
tee have resigned and washed their
hands of the whole miserable affair.
These minority members fought a
good fight and their course was con-
sistent; they have the esteem of
those who elected the committee and
in resigning Messrs. Amis and John
son did not leave their posts, on the
contrary when they saw that it was
a choice between principle and the
committee, they promptly decided
in favor Of principle.
There are some splendid gentle
ment upon this committee; they
have in the past done valiant work
for good cause, but lately they
seem to have been completely under
the spell of the political opportunists
and adventures who are ready at
any time to wreck party or destroy
principle to advance selfish ambi-
ton