The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-19
THE NASHVILLE RESULT.

THE NASHVILLE RESULT.
There will be few expressions o.
surprise over the result Of the Nash
vile lection. 1t was foregone con
clusion that Howse would again wiz
the contest That was predicted
weeks ago by The Herald and 1t new
or had any reason to change its opin
ion. Cooper made q gallant race aud
he received substantially the vote
that the good government candidate
always gets in Nashville. There are
about $500 advocates Of law and OF.
der and decency in Nashville who can
always be depended upon to 80 to the
polls and vote. That is the extent OF
this vote. 1t remains stationary. The
lawless advocates number about 1900
more and they poll the same number
at each succeeding election It is :
regretable, deplorable state Of at
fairs. but it exists and we may - we'll
look the facts squarely in the face.
Howse's election is disgrace to
Nashville and to the state and
makes an unanswerable argument
for the enactment of laws by the
legislature that will effectually pre-
vent local notification of the law.
It should be beyond the power OF
any Official to ruthlessly set at
naught the enactments Of a sover-
eign people. The state OF Tennessee
should have the power to make its
mandates effective regardless Of the
wishes Of majority Of any particu-
lar community. For the question OF
law-enforcement, like the question of
the sale Of liquor cannot, in the very
nature of things. be purely local
issue. 1t effects every portion Of
the state.
Howse's election Is a challenge to
our Wanted civilization. That a city
of the boosted culture and wealth
and education of Nashville should
deliberately endorse lawlessness and
vice and unrestained crime, because
the people believe that wide open
town means greater material pros
perity. 10 p result that must cause
one to. pause and ask whittier are we
drifting? Is the dollar to be always
and ever above the man? Is sordid
gain to determine every issue? Is
Nashville willing to pay the price in
starved bodies, wrecked lives and
lost souls, that 10 must In order to
enjoy the doubtful prosperity that
comes from being wide open
city,"
Cooper made heroic fight. His
cause was just; his battle was for
the righteous. He kept the faith
He will live long in the affections
Of the good men and good women Of
that city. But he could not win.
He has been defeated but he is
stronger than ever in the affections 4,
Of all who love home; approve NOR
ality and believe in the sacredness
Of the laws of God.
Meeks made miserable showing.
He never had chance. Loaded
down with the support of Il. c. Lewis
and the Nashville Democrat, he was
predestined to an ignominious de-
feat. His effort to carry water on
one shoulder and liquor on the other
pleased no one, He never could
satisfactorily explain why he would
save Mat and destroy SOL The PEG.
pie of Nashville are in no humor to
compromise the question of law-en-
forcement. They are either for
against it. They will not take an
utterly illogical half way ground.
And that is to their credit. The
only redeming feature of the Nash
vile result was the poor showing
made by Meeks. Apparently the
only purpose of his campaign was to
indicate Ham Patterson, who had
been caught in place of shame by
order of Howse. 1t Is to the credit
of the people Of Nashville that they
gave small comfort to the ex-gover-
nj nIfnnfsay,
personal candidate got just exactly
what he deserved. Meeks has not
only suffered the pangs of defeat but
he has been utterly discredited. 1t
would have been much better for his
good name had he never entered the
contest.
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