Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-10-17


terson to set firmly in power In our
state the LIQUOR interests to when ne
was such a devotee And he, the dis-
ruuter of the democratic party ana
the personification of bad government,
after two wears of retirement, looms
mn and dictates whiskey platform FOL
tenperance democrats to stand upon,
OF else be barred from the fold. Ana
Mr.. M, Millin is the chosen leader to
90 forth and preach thigh license ana
Segregation" for Chattanooga, Nash
willie and Memphis That is the situa.
tion confronting the independents OF
which they should take due notice anu
govern themselves accordingly.
THE POLITICAL SIDE.
"The temperance question is NOR
al oae and not political, quotb Mr.
McMillinand the parrots chirp. Not
n political question; not a polltlcal
question Sheer nonsense The very
fact that the state convention wrestled
with the liquor problem more than all
other questions and inserted distinct
i've plank into the platform on that Is
sue, demanding a repeal of the prohlb-
ition law so far as it affects three cit
les. and substituted therefore high Ii
cense and segregation, is conclusive
/ evidence that the question is not only
poitical one but tsnsely so.
| Lexicographers teach us, and in ac"
cord with reason, that any measure,
or question, pertaining to, or relating
/ to. civil government is a political mat
ter. Every intelligent person should
know that not only in Tennessee, but
in many states, the liquor question IS
the biggest and most intense of all pol
itical questions. | cite one state only,
besides our own, in proof of this. In
tie state of Texas recently there was a
urinary to nominate candidates for
governor, United States senator, state
senators, representatives, sher1ffs ana
clerks. and almost all ran either tenn
perance or local option platform. In
our state as a veritable battle-ax, this
burning question has cut through pol
! itical lines, hewed down the saloon
mower and will again play havoc with
the hosts of rum and ruin If we but
stand united and quit ourselves ike
men.
Should the independent democrats
vote fol Hooper, a republican, WhS
not We did so two years ago. lie,
as governor, is largely our handlwork.
He is a true temperance man and baf
proved himself able, strong and brave
He stands for all we believe in as te
matters of state policy, and why moi
support the man who is for us rather
than him who is against u.s.
HOOPER'S PLATFORM.
The republican platform, as to state
affairs, is in full accord with the views
of the independent democrats. IL EN-
braces all that is good to be found III
the o-called democratic platform
which was written after, while 1T an
tagonizes the bad in the latter 1t Il
pronounced for prohibition, law en-
forcement, and our election laws, bu
denounces the legalized robbery of thu
back tax system, the most cunninglJ
devised law for oppression and fee
grabbing ever written on our statute
books. This infamy the machine plat
form makes preteuse of criticislng
but in such namby- -pamby, apologet
ic way as to leave the simple mlndet
in doubt whether the track is going t.
Jericho or is coming back. Tt en-, tht
Patterson rart of the platform stand
souarely fer toe repeal of the prohib1
tiou law in the cities of Chattanooga
, Nashville and Memnbis, which means
in the end, the entire. repeal of tina
; law. for Invested With rover to go for
warA the liquor poWur always marche
o. in t, work of uestru ton, AS t.
law pnfo,cement insttla of nullitica
I tion of law by fores@orn high official
that dark aud most disgraceful pag
in the history of our state-tha 20 call
! ed democratic platform is as silent al
an Egyptian mummy, and he who run
/ may read the portend of that silence
And likewise as to our election laws
for legislature that would repeal
prohibition law would wipe from ou
statute books any fair election law
because liquor and corrupt ballot bo'
go hand in band, for one Is dependen
on the other.
Thus the platforms run. And eacl
supports a candidate in full accorl
E with the letter and spirit of his plat
form. One platform is the embodl
ment of the principles of the independ
dent democrats; the other stands TO
much, both positively and negatively
that independent democrats cannot il
conscience endorse with their past re
, cord.
UNDER WHICH FLAG"
What say you, Independent demo
r Gratis Shall we step upon the plat
form with those who traffic in human
ives and souls for dollars and dimes
and march alongside the negro contin
gent recruited from the "black bot
: toms and the "bell's half acres o
the cities, labeled regular democrats,
and walk side by side with the liquo
S republicans, as we'll as with the liquo
5 democrats-for they are all marchin
} under the sama banner-and make sur
t the re- establishment of the liquor in
/ terests in our state' Shall we ab1ectl
/ surrender all we have fought for an
Y won in favor of temperance and goo
government Nay, verify, We vii
: organize and vote our principles, an
e whatever the result we will not hav
: surrendered our manhood. Methods
r Advocate Journal.