Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-10-22
CattersOn Speaks
Against Saloons
Former Governor Addresses
MufireesbOrO Meeting.


iernoon, resolutions we're adopted ia.
vorinq law enforcement measures
Representative A. L Todd called the
meeting 10 order and p A. Lyon was
elected Chairman. Independents and
Regulars we're present.
Patterson said in part
The object Of this meeting is 10 ex
press the views ol the citizens ol Ruth
eriord County for law enforcement
Did you ever think Of the anomaly Of a
situation such as coulronls us now
that in the twentieth century Of civili-
zalion, in a republic dedicated to libsr.
iy under law in a State whose illustri.
Gus men have embellished nearly every
page Of its history, that It should be
necessary for God fearing and law
abiding men to assemble TO pass reso
lulions for the enforcement Of law or
to petition their members Of the Leeis-
lature to stand for such an obvious and
necessary thing as law enforcement
The Democratic party if it shall
ever again become ascendant in Ten
nessee and be power for good, as it is
now in the republic, must cut itself
loose from the liquor traffic now and
forever
To protect this iniquitY is TO seal
its own destruction.
The city bosses call themselves
Democrats, but have not the fainIest
idea Of what the splendid truths Of
Democracy mean. Their ideas Of
Democracy begin at the brewery and
: distillery and end with the dive.keeper,
the brothel aud the gambling hell.
"They have raised the red iae
against order, and the hand Of every
honest citizen should be against them "
To assert organized lawlessness 10
the States mandates is not to assert
human liberty, but ii is TO assert a
principle Of anarchy Of disease and
death to the body polite" he declared
The city bosses" he continued, dc
not want the prohibition law repealed
they do not want it enforced They
want to retain, unmolested, their tyran.
nical power and crack the lash ovel
the backs Of their slaves
Liquor pOsonS everything il touches
f. 1t Isl public enemy, and as such i
should be treated.
When sent in my message TO tn,
Legislature on the prohibition question
and afterwards vetoed the bill, ! wa
as honest and sincere with the peOpl
as knew how TO be, and absoluiel
true to my platform pledges,
Since then | have tried to discOve
whether the law itself was responsible
for the evils or its non enforcement
and have been irresistably led, as
BY the hand Of an unseen power,
the belief that our trouble was not
the law-not altogether in the non-el
enforcement of the law--but in the a
cursed thing itself.
You who have followed me in Il
past and rallied around my flag wht
the smoke was thickest and the Iigh
inp fiercest will ask, Is this the m;
we once knew? Aud answer 'Ye
the only difference is that have ca
off my environment, cut the cord whi
bound me and entered upon new an
| hope, happier and better life
II know that every man in Tenu'
see who has been my real friend "
never find it in his heart to censu
There are others who will charge
with inconsistency; those who ha
used me to their own advantage, a
those who wish to be unmoles
while they coin money from the wa
OF children, the tears and heartaches
women and the degradation OF men
TO those who charge inconsisten
nv reply shall be an admission of
fact, am inconsistent-mY views
no, what they were-l want and MI
10 be Inconsistent How has
change come abOut2 II did not &C
4 through me or by me, have felt
counlrywen, like one cropping in
dark.
u know suffering and sorrow, al
have pitisd it in others | have
nv weakness and insecurity and
help. could not find it in cold
and reason looked for it in mT
mind and conscience and could
discover II,
u then cast aside all pride Of Q