Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-12-25

rhinery. Bc,n these bills were vetoed by
Patterson and passed over his Veto
Then followed the alleged effort Of Pat
terson to coerce the Supreme Court in this
case, the free use of the pardon power by
Governor Patterson, the revolt of the peo-
ple the launching of the Independent
Democratic ticket for the Supreme Court
and Court of Appeals, and the over
whelming defeat of the Patterson jadi-
riary ticket by the Independent and Re
publican vote.
HOOPER NOMINATED
Next came the nomination of Ben W.
Hooper for Governor by both Republicans
and Independents, the withdrawal of CO..
Patterson in the face of certain defeat,
he substitution of Senator Robert l.. Tay-
Tor, and the first election OF Governor
Hooper.
After the enactment OF the statew wide
prohibition law in 1909 it was ignored in
The cities Of the state, the city officials
publicly announced that they would not
enforce Ii, and Governor Patterson aided
this scheme of notification by pardoning
hundreds of bootleggefs all over the state
The people still hoped for the ultimate
enforcement of the laws and Governor
Hooper and a majority of the Lower
House Of the Legislature of 1911 Were
elected upon pledges for the maintenance
0f the election and prohibition laws, but
The majority of the Senate was the other
Sfy. When the Legislature Of 1911 met
The liquor interests waged a strong fight
for the repeal of the election law. The
control of the Lower House was wrestcd
from the Republicans and Independent
by the treacherous desertion of five men
from their ranks, and the election law
designed 10 restore the control of the sa
looms al the ballot box was passed 1t
failed, however, to get by Gov. Hooper's
veto.
During Gov. Hooper's first administra-
lion the promiscuous pardoning OF guilty
bootleggers in the rural counties was dis
continued and the liquor laws We're there
by moro rigidly enforced. Conditions In
the cities, however, did not improve Lo-
raj officials continued to nullify the laws
and crime of all sorts greatly increased.
RENoMINATED.
Governor Hooper was renominated by
The Republicans and Independent Demo.
srats in platforms strongly demanding the
retention of the election law of 1909 and
additional legislation for the enforcement
If the four-mile law
Gov. McMillin. his opponent, ran on
platform advocating the repeal OF the
four-mile law as to cities, but making no
mention Of the election laws.
The recollection of Governor Hooper
amid the compiled lions of the Presden-
tial election, with the Republicans di-
cided and Roosevelt in the state speaking
against him. was one OF the marvels Of
politics.
But when count OF noses was had
It was found that the Republicans and
Independents lacked little of controll-
ing eitlnr branch of the Legislature.
In the Senate, where seventeen is a
ma jority. they had only fifteen. In the
House, where NIFTY is a majority, they
had only forty-seven, and of these,
three men elected rs Republicans Roys-
ton Love and Boyer. went over to the
regular Democrats before the Legislature
even met.
The Shelby County delegation. three
in the Senate and eight in the House,
Ill controlled by Mayor Crump, We're
free lances. ready TO make with any
body any alliance that seemed advan-
tagcous to themselves. Their most nat
ara, alliance, however, at that time, was
with the Republicans and Independents,
FOR the reason that Crump was the Bit
ter encr9 Of Patterson and Dibrell, and
hat Patterson had been nominated by
the rcsalar Democratic primary for
United statcs Senator and Dibrcl for
Comp;r llrr.
BALANCE OF POWER,
10 us held the balance Of
- bl; Ne eould not
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