The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-01-31
WEBB TABLESPOONS
HIS VIEWS ON TNE
GREAT ISSUES TODAY
HAS sWAGED LIFE LONG WAR ON
THE SALOON
EVIL.
WOULD FOREVER END WARS
WOULD FOREVER END VARS
Pays High Tribute to Gov. Hooper
and tho Late Senator carmsck.
Will Leave Thursday for the Ma.
tion's Capital.

upon his arrival there confer and Co
operate with Senator Sanders in the
passage of the Responsiveness bill,
Senator-lect w. R. Webb appeared be-
fore the joint convention of the Ten
nessee general assembly yesterday
afternoon.
Senator Webb's address was like
the man. 1t was filled with the ripe
experience of over seventy years Of
life, was shot through with kindly hui
NOR, and breathed in every sentence
the simple, steadfast honesty and sim
cerity of the senator-elect
He was introduced by Speaker
Newton H White, an old Webb hoy.
"as the man who never did anything
on the sly-'Old Sawney'"
He appeared before the assembly,
almost overcome, apparently. with
the remarkable honor that had been
conferred upon him absolutely with.
out solicitation. and was greeted with
the most enthusiastic applause With
his spectacles on his nose, three little
scraps of paper constituting the notes
in his hands, and smile of genuine
good feeling on his face, he began to
express his thanks to the legislature.
Il have belonged to the temperance
wing of the democratic party, and
have helped to make the platform be.
fore Gov. Hooper was born. Now he
is on the platform, but Hooper and
all the republicans can't crowd me
off welcome them there, for that
is what the platform was made for
don't want any misunderstood.
/ ing about my position on
the greatest evil that ever
affected mankind. / have seen
my little hatched-heeled, carrot-head-
! ed boys go out. have seen them 60
to the senate Of the United States,
to honor places on the bench, to high
positions In the business world. l
have also seen them go to the peni-
Tertiary, and / have never seen one
! go there that whisky did not put him
there.
Il am indebted to those boys today
for my election and the pleasantest
| feature of the day is that one of them
! is speaker of the senate and did me
the honor to introduce me-
Il have been proud to stand with
! Governor Hooper in this fight. He
Yields a master blade and | believe
him to be the greatest champion the
state has ever furnished for the loft
lest ideals of mankind and the state.
Gov. Hooper is of presidential size.
There mas been some speculation
among my friends and my opponents
as to my intentions. / have here a
little statement that have written
without consultation with any one.
am no politician, and IL it is mis-
take | am responsible. It follows.
Some of my friends and some Of
my opponents are showing concern
about my future action. | have made
no deal to secure my election and am
a party to none. have formed my
plans to leave for Washington City
next THURSDAY afternoon AS soon
as l reach the capital of the nation l
shall confer with Senator Sanders
and cooperate with him for the PASS
age of the Kenyon,Sanders bill. Ii
would give me great pleasure in my
long fight for temperance to assist in
the passage of this BILL
Il have studied government and
governmental prsblems with the
deepest interest. / have never had.
hand in the making of law, bat u
know how to obey them.
IF i have the opportunity to vote
for the Kenyon-Sanders bill it will
be the proudest day in my life to
vote in its favor
Il know war. | was shot at Nal
vern Hill, and lay there in the rain
on the red clay soil of Virginia from
Tuesday till Friday morning, while
the nurses and surgeons wewre try
ing to care for others. / know war
and know it is what en-. Sherman says
it is, and If have chance to vote.
for international arbitration, God
knows will stand for peace until ev-i
ery means Of avoiding war has been
exhausted.
Il love Tennessee. My eight chill
dren were born in Tennessee. If you
will pardon the suggestion from an
old man-for am above SEVENTY
would like to see the Dortcb law in
force in every county in the state, so
that the helers would not have an un-
fair advantage over the honest voters