The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-11-07
Big Crowd Shivers in Court
house Yard for Two Hours
to Hear His First Home Ef-
fort Since His Election Two
Years Ago.
Made a Plea for the Election Of
Sol Rollins to the Legislature
Without Mentioning His Name
Stating That People Who
Were Opposed to McMillin
Should Be Opposed to All
That He Stood For.

PPoo~N " &hh
That He Stood For.
y crowd estimated anywhere from
Twelve hundred 10 two thousand
gathered here Monday to hear Cover
nor Hooper in the closing speech Of
his campaign. y free train was runs
down from Crestmont, y. c., and
business generally was suspended dur
ing the speaking. The governor was
introduced by w. J. McSween, who
stated that the presence of SO large
crowd was an Indication of the crowds
interest in the enforcement of the laws
of our state; that they were opposed 10
the efforts Of the lawless element of the
state 10 ruic.
Mr.. McSwecn stated tha. the gues-
lion in Tennessee was that Of the rul-
ling by the decent or indecent people
of the state; and that Hooper repre-
sents the decent element while Nc
Millin representst The indecent element.
Mr.. McSween said he would never
be a regular Democrat if he had 10
bow down 10 a whisl>ey ring: that we
have the same ring today that we had
two years ago. Then it was Patterson
against Hooper and today ii Is patieT-
son and McMilln against Hooper.
He said: "we fought the battle for
Hooper two years ago ON his promise
to MAINTAIN The election and temper
ance laws. l voted for Ben Hooper
two years agoa and am willing 10 vote
for him again. Send no man 10 the
legislature who now he's McMiIlin
whiskey money in his pocket. Give
Hooper a legislature and promise
you that he will clean up the state.
In the beginning Governor Hooper
begged his audeuce TO bear with him
for brief time as his throat was in a
bad shape. lie said I've was making
his appeal on the high ground of ciii-
zenship; that,h had fulfilled the pro-
miscs he made two years ago..
He reviewed the effort to prevent
his inauguration and Stated that his
career in Office had been one Of con-
tinuous fight against great otst acles
and that he would continue To fight
for the next two years OF his governor-
ship.
He stated that the political condi-
lions were not much different thar
they were two years ago; that IL was
then Patterson, McMilin and Com
pany while this year it was MeMilIin.
Patterson and Company.
He said he would review his work
rs best he could with failing voice and
bleeding throat: that he believed there.
were live thousand men in the moEn-
tains of East Tennessee who would
make better governors than any of The
machine politicians picked from the
cities OF Nashville and Memphis
! He reviewed the prison conditions.
and stated that more prisoners Knew
him by sight than had ever before
known q governor; that he tried To do
something fer The prisoners, not by
selling them pardons, but by trying
to do something for them.
He went into the prison condition al
length and stated that if he had not
done anything else that he had amply
repaid the men who voted for him two
years ago, by his conduct of this de-
partment, alone.
lie made an extensive review of the
agricultural department, and reviewed
some of The obstacles he encountered
in The legislature. lie stated that the
Cox-DibreIl, back tax machine had y
candidate in for the legislature in nj
most every county; that while he did
not want anything at the hands of the
Legislature for himself that he should
be backed up by a legislature not un4
der the heiniluence OF the machine. He
said that his position In regard io
Cooke county was no different from
his position iaken in other counlifs.
This was taken as "a general piea for
the election OF Sol Rollins, over q. n
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