The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-07-05
PRESTON OPENS HIS
CAMPAIGN MONDAY
In HIS HOME CITY
,cosuased iron Fl-s, Pass

option shoald apply. Di-ereat con
nAnitiss would doubtless treat II.
question IN direre.t Esya
an now and always have been II
tsTor Of prohibiting n shipment q
liqaor into dry territory. II 10 uUe
shipments czn Be made tron olhe:
Etztss, but Why should not Teanes
SIC do all she can 10 respect the wisa
e. Of each community On this ques
tion!
Am opposed 70 the whisky interests
o. any other interests financing or
political campaigns, believing this "a
te the source Of one Of our greatest
political evils.
/ believe the platform il reference
70 this, adopted By the last democrat
ic gubernatoTial convention OF this
state, took the correct view Of IL
whel il said 1t should De treated
purely as an economic and moral
question, and should not be made the
football Of political expediency or al
loved TO become q party question
Men in all political parties differ
widely as TO the means TO be adopted
and as 10 the course TO be pursued
in advance the cause OF temperance
II is a question which must and
should be settled by the members Of
the legislature and the voters OF this
state in their election. and it should
Lot be an issue in sgubernatorial
campaign
Except BY leaving the matter TO
tIe legislature, there is no other con-
sti:utiOnal method OF dealing with
this subject except by a direct vote
IF the people OF the state on a con-
stitutional amendment At any time
the legislature desires the question
in this form submitted to a direct
vote Of the people, it would have my
approval
/. | should become governor of Ten
nessee would exert all my consIitu-
ti0nal authority to enforce all laws
20 long as they are on the statute
looks
Closing, he gaid whether you nomi- |
nate and elect me or not, this state
must have new men in the admins
-ration Of its affairs. II is of the Ut
most importance that We this year !
send our very best men to the legis-
latLre, men whose character and |
standing in their respective communi- |
les are guarantee OF their fitness
Ind fidelity, men who are broad
.auged and patriotic, and who will do
for the public good, who
VII not sacrifice the interests of their
constituency to the private ends or to
ain a little political advantage, who
VII lot sell their very souls for pet
y political Office. Otherwise all our
necessary reforms will go for nalght
nd Tennessee will continue her
downward course.
Now while the eyes of the indus
rial world are turned upon the south
re We of Tennessee going to allow
arty differences to divide US, our
rejudices to control US, our personal
interests TO becloud our judgment?
IRE We going to live only in the mem
ries of the past, glorious as they are,
Thile We lose standing at home and
broad and fall further and further
ehind in the race of progress Or
will We be worthy sons of great an
estry, meet like men in the prob
ems of the present and solve them
f they solved the problems in the
asst, thus restoring Tennessee to her
roper place in the great march of
rOgress?
Mr.. Preston will take the field to-
morrow morning. His speaking
oints for the day are Richard City,
asper, Dunlap, Pikeyille, Whitewell, {
and South Pittsburg. At
orney General NJ. n. Whitaker and
Judge s. D. McReynolds will make
De trip tomorrow and they are scred-
led to talk at all six places with Mr.. I
'reston.