The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07
Supported Hooper Twice
Now for Rye
Aditor Plain Talk:

space IN your columns through
which | hope to reach some of the
Itlzens of Tennessee, who may
de lingering in doubt as to their
duty in November, in casting their
vote for Governor. 1t takes an
extraordinary, well balanced mind
% reach conclusion, since there
il so much mud in the air; and
dast in the eyes of the people,
Acked up to serve as a curtain,
Hat the people cannot look in
upon the work table OF our state
government to see how little has
aeen accomplished. Yet at the
aame time, so much laid out on
Mue print, to come through early
sfter the next team" convenes.
4ell is full of souls whose carnal
house meant to take steps at the
next big meeting" to have them
baptized with fire against eternal
aamnation. The State house ma
hon is full OF men who is fooling
The suffrage of the people, to
carry themselves up into high
places, then after feeling perfectly
@cure, cast them down like the
eagle did the Tom Tit
! talk with the representative
men of both parties every day,
who, like myself, supported Hoop
ar twice for governor, yet after
fur years of "watchful waiting"
and earnest diligent support of
Ills two administrations find Ten
nessee in the midst of the hardest
struggle for decent political exist
mce since reconstruction days. |
have been called a Republican for
the determined stand took for
Hooper, hoping that he would
aut into working harness the
feasible and plausible and possible
promises he made. Yet after
-FOUR years of waiting we find mat
ers in as unsatisfactory condition
as when Mr.. Patterson rendered
the Governors chair to Mr..
Hooper.
wish that every man, woman
and child who can lay prejudice
aside will compare the similarity
of Hoopers speech now and of
thoce of two and four years ago.
He is as prolific of promise now
as then. admit there has been
periods when it seemed that he
dad the whip-hand over the backs
Of the law violators of the state,
and would cause law and order to
neign for a few days at a time,
when the lid would fly off and the
reign Of terror prevailed.
make bold to say, that if the
aonstitutionality Of the law is suf-
acient to prohibit the violation of
law for one day at a time;it is fit
TO prohibit it for all time unless
repealed. If law on our statute
socks is so pliable that it can be
repulsed over night and set free
to the violators of the law, they
should be speedily repealed, and
laws enacted that cannot be pick
ad by so-called experts who.make |
4 their business to burglarize the
law of its justice and convictino
power. 1t is not healthy sign in
any man, in any position, when he
cannot see any good in any man
gho may oppose him. If we will
20 back to the history of all time
md trace the lineage of all men
vi note, gained by their tyranny
Or their great humanity and con-
adence, like Napoleon on Que
hand, and Socrates on the other,
hey will not have hurled their
leeds in song, sung by a paid ,
luartett who have no interest at ,
Aeaft further than the considera-
aon of such service.
! have diligently searched and ,
fought for an excuse to support :
Ar. Hooper for a third term, so
intent was to see him accomplish
his pet theme of absolute state :
ride prohibition. But, after COM \