The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

ists5 that same party Wblcn SURVIVES 70
day and is known as the Democrats
party. With Thomas Jefferson tai
principles of this party were soon re
stored to the government in all th'
pristine glory of independence. and they
have stood aud survive to-day while al
! the federalism and all Others isms hay,
come and gone. Andrew Jackson, the
great bulwark Of latter-day Democracy
. caused the name of the party to bt
5 called Democracy, and this Democracy,
. the Democracy of Jefferson, jackson,
: Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings
: Bryan. lives to-day, not only in the or
ganization, but in the hearts and lives Of
} the American people. The late Re-
} publican party was organized only "a
years ago, progeny Of the war drama.
1t is the principles OF Democracy
we are fighting for in Tennessee against
the Republican principles OF Governor
Hooper. Tennessee has only to look
over the line in Kentucky to see the
evils internal discord. Out OF this strife
Kentucky has been misrepresented with
two Republican Governors and one Re-
publican Senator, but even as Kentucky,
with all these lessons before us, Tennes-
see has hoisted the black flag. Tennes-
see has a Republican Governor, who,
with all his official machine, supported
President Taft. In the hands of Gov
ernor Hooper the power to appoint has
actually become dangerous, and yet he
calls for more power. The Governor
wants the additional power to displace
officers who do not enforce the law. He
wants the power to build up bigger
machine-that's it. Why doesn't the
Governor call on the Attorneys General
to enforce the law. Tennessee has suf-
ficient laws on her statute books to DIS
place delinquent officials, and yet the
Governor has never called on the proper
authorities to remove the men who re-
fuse to comply with these laws. 1t is
not the enforcement OF law that Gov
ernor Hooper is SO anxious about, but
the material to construct bigger ma
chine. He hasn't given the proper
evidence that be wants to enforce the
law. The fact is, that the people should
elect their own officers and the Governor
should neither appoint nor displace
them. It power that bad Governor
should not have and good Governor
should not want.
The Democratic party has given Ten G
nessee oil Of its temperance laws These
laws originated with the four-mile law, 4
which was intended to protect school +
children from the saloon traffic. That 8
aw was enacted by Democratic ma a
ority in the Tennessee Legislature over v
thirty years ago, and every temperance
aw since then has had the support OF Il
Democratic majority in the Legislature. +
Every extension to the four-mile law Il
Town to Statewide Prohibition, has been
by Democratic majority in the =
legislature, and hence the Democratic
)arty in Tennessee, and not the Re- II
publican party, is the real Prohibition u
,arty. 1t was not until four years ago g
hat the Republican party in the State n
ndorsed the four-mile law, and this was Il
Incorporated in platform upon which 81
Governor Hooper made the first race for
Governor, the man who had in 1904 d
oted for lessee Littleton for Governor p'
pom whisky platform. This Repub- 81
can platform opposed the extension of al
he four-mile law to towns over 5000 o.
while the platform upon
hich Governor McMillin made the race VI
opposed the extension OF the four-mile az
w to four cities in the State only. 70
Dub WAidb AlOLG dDOub ILLS uCflitSu
ood' Governor. In the organization
the last Legislature Governor Hooper
pes down TO the good Prohibition % !,
ounty of Shelby for his choice for
'eaker. Mr.. Stanton; and this speaker, =
npowered with the appointment OF d,
anding committees, is liberal with ~,
assignments to his whisky favorites ia
ldge Everett was the author OF bill a.,
prevent the Shipment OF whisky from ,ay
lie county in Tennessee to another. n,
Re bill was introduced by the member ",
pm Madison aud referred to one OF
r. Stanton's committees who put it to on
sep. This is part Of the work Of car
Prohibition % Governor. the
What nextY Judge Caldwell, Judge silt
md, Mr.. Sid Clark and other eminent car
sorneys OF West Tennessee, who had att
retofore supported the Governor, as tin
On as the Democratic party Endorsed Ian