The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04
DEBATE lively IN
TENNESSEE HOUSE
THURSDAY MORNING
STANTON AND ALBRIGHT CLASH
(; WHEN LATTER ARRAiGNS
SALOON INTERESTS.
NO PEACE IN THE STATE
Until Whisky Is Driven From the
Borders Says Representative From
Knox, While Speaker Says Whisky
and Saloon Is Not an Issue

The whisky business as business
was born in hell and is fast return
ing to the place of it's birth. God
speed the day when it shall be sent
| to the depths to which it belongs
You may cry peace, but ethare is nc
peace until the saloon is didysn' from
our borders" ;si%
The above is an extract from a
speech delivered on the floor Of the
house of representatives Thusrday
morning by Dr. A. d. Albright, repre-
sentative from Knox county, in which
he severely arraigned the saloon in
iterests giving as his belief that the
underlying cause of the political
strife in Tennessee is the out,awed
and lawless saloons"
The speech of the gentleman from
Knox was replied to by Speaker
Stanton, who relinquished the chair
| to Mr.. Mcfarland and took the floor
for that purpose. The clash between
the two representatives was a lively
one, but, though the language used
was forceful, it was free from the use
of all personalities and violent denun-
Citations that is usually of frequent
occurrence when orators mix on the
floor of the house.
Soon after the house was called to
order DR.. Albright arose to a ques.
ton of personal privilege. In open
| ing his remarks he stated that he had
Ijust received word that his mother
was dangerously i'll and that he would
leave for her bedside on the first
train.
This will probably be the last
time tina IL will have chance to ex-
press myself on the floor of the
house." he said. 'but l cannot go I'M
til l have paid my disrespects rather
to the law,essj saloons in the state,
for believe that the underlying
cause of all the political strife in Ten
neSsee is the outlaw and lawless liQ-
uor interesto.' VI
Il do not propose, gentlemen, to in
dulge in any vituperative language
against any party, person or faction.
For the man who said on the floor of
the house that there was not an hon.
est man in Tennessee, shall be con-
tent to let him be judged by the char
acter of his words and deeds while a
member of this body. For the repre-
sentative who said on the floor of the
house Il have never been accused of
being an honest man and l hope to
God l never will" I am content to let
him be judged by his actions which
have been in accord with his words
by his colleagues and by the people.
For the man who said there had new
er been fair elections in Tennessee
and never would be in the future,
shall let him be judged by the indict-
ment he laid upon himself. In pass
ing, however, will say that the regu-
lars passed the election bill, which
caused the abscondence, by and only
by, the vote. of the man who said
there was not an honest man in Ten
nessee.
The underlying cause of the politi-
cal strife in Tennessee, gentlemen is
the saloon business, which business
as a business was born in hell and is
fast returning to the place of its
birth. God speed the day when it
will have been sent to the depths to
which it belongs. You may cry peace,
but there will be no peace until the
saloon is driven from our borders"
At this juncture DR.. Albright was
interrupted by question from Mr..
Mcfarland, who asked him if he
thought the saloon would ever be put
out of Tennessee, so long as "men like
yourself and your chief executive go
into trade with certain mayors and
others to countenance the sale of liq-
nor in certain sections"
In reply Mr.. Albright said:
Il deny that was any party to any
such alleged agreement or trade, and
knowing Gov. Hooper as 1 do, and
having heard him express himself on
this same point emphatically on nu-
merous occasions, l will never believe
that he agreed to any trade which
would permit whisky to be sold in
Shelby county, or any other county"
Isn't it fact that your delegation
was known as wet delegation? con-
tinued Mr.. Stanton.
Most emphatically, no" replied
Mr.. Albright, land want to inform
the speaker that had the people sus-
pected that some of the members of
the delegation would ever speak a
word in favor of the lawless saloon,
they would not have got within mile