The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-11
M|lT ALLEN TURNED
/. DOWN BY REGULARS
AT BEHtST MACHINE
CHAIRMAN PEBBLES AGAIN DOM.
MATES THE PATTERSON
FACTION.
ARE Welded TO THEIR idol
Aliens offense Consists in Fact That
His Character Is So High That he
Has the Confidence Of His Political
Opponents.

By substantial majority Chair
man PEBBLES and the old line liquor
regulars demonstrated their absolute
control of he so-called regular" or
Patterson county committee today.
The committee proved it's subser-
viency to the old Peebles-Towler ma
chine by turning down M. E. Allen,
one of the best men in the county
for election commissioner.
The action of the committee shows
that it does not desire any reforma.
ton of the regular party in this coun.
ty. The fight made by w. c. Whit
thorne, who believes that If the dem.
ocratic party in this state wins it
must deserve to win, met a decisive
failure. There was no substantial
charge against Allen except that he
was not in line with the bosses of the
regular faction and he went by the
boards.
Luther Thomas, one OF the rankesl
of the regulars. an original Patter-
son supporter, was unanimously en-.
dorsed for one of the commissioners.
e. NJ. Kindel, of Mt. Pleasant, also a
devoted adherent of Patterson and
the regulars was the victor for the
other place over Allen by vote OF
fifteen to nine
The committees action shows that
| 1t is content TO represent a minority
of the people Of the county; that It Is
not in humor to hold out any olive
branches; that like the Bourbons OF
France 1t has learned nothing and
forgotten nothing from the lersons
! of the past.
The meeting Of the committee was
warm affair. Several Of the regu'
lars of the county were roasted to a
turn. The leaders we're after r. G.
Mullins, Of the first district, for party
disloyalty. They also took an indi
rect shot at Sheriff Claud Goodwin
and of course the gang leaders paid
their respects tc The Herald. In fact
the chief charge against Mr. Allen
was that his character and his integ
lrity were SO unimpeachable that he
had the full confidence of his politi
cal opponents. The whole offense Of
Mr.. Allen was that he had so demean
ed himself as gentleman, as bust
ness man and as Christian that hi
has won the golden opinions of mel
tof all factions. This was too much
for the machine.
The committee met at few min
utes after ~ o'clock in accordance
| with the call in the county cour
room, and the fun started right OF
the reel when the secretary, Bertran
lDedman called the name of R. G. Null
Ilins from the second district. w.
fowler objected on the grounds tina
|Mr. Mullins did not support the leg
lislative nominees, and his name wa
passed. He. stated, however, that h
voted for Wilson and McMillin. Their
Twas considerable wrangling and SOM
feeling shown in the discussion
which was Lased on the question o
1.-THE right OF the committee to refus
; to accept a man who had been electe,
by the people of his district. Mullin
was finally accepted after stating tina
he thought he would stand by tn
nominees OF the regular democrats il
1.-THE future. Mullins, Russell, Whit
lthorne, Hui, and a number of other
lentered into the discussion.
| With the settlement of this ques
ltion the committee went into the en-
dorsement of two men from thi
J county for election commissioner
flor this county.
| Luther Thomas and Ed Kindel wer
Nominated by John C. Sowell.
| NJ E. Allen was nominated by c
,lv. Hull.
John M. Burns and M. E. Allel
were nominated by w. G. Whitthorne
lwho deplored the condition of the reg
, lulars, spoke Of anticipated trouble il
getting control OF the registration
books, and anticipated legal contes
that he knew not where it would END
/ Chairman PEBBLES called another t
1.-THE chair ard entered into the discus
sions, touching on The Herald and it
, Friendship tor Mr.. Allen, as did w.
] H. Matthews, and took thrust at tn
, lpresent sheriff for the part he ha
taken in the circulation of the pet
ton Of Mr.. Allen.
Wash P. Russell, member from tn
second district, got the floor after tn
J chairman had desisted in the face G
, cries for the question" and mad
] the statement that there was a secre
. caucus this morning that came yer
hear causing a stampede. Their