The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-29
WHO'S WHO FOR THE SENATE


suppose, is healthful for ones pa
triotism, for it generally stirs hi
bile, raises his .'dander' and bring
all the vociferous fool there is il
him to the surface: SO gives hin
quite a vigorous shaking UP which
renders him, like shaken compound
"a medicine, more efficient and per
Aaps more bitter or vitrolic. Blu
too much politics is baleful in theil
effect on ones moral character Hence
tAe majority of rank politicians are
loud of voice and conscienceless OF
Aeart. Their hearts," said Haw-
thorne of politicians, "wither away
and die out of their bodies. Their
consciences are turned to India-rub-
her or to some such substance as
black as that and which will stretch
as much"
AS / shuttle the cards of my ex-
ocgitation about the candidates that
are out for the United States Senate,
the first one / turn up has a min
ieture photo on it that bears a very
dose similitude to Malcolm R. Pat
terson. Mr.. Patterson, have heard,
has experienced quite moral and
political revolution somewhere in the
immediate region of his conscience.
heartily hope that it is true, for
Heaven knows (and speak it re-
spectfully) he seriously needed it.
I have no reason upon which to base
any doubts about Mr.. Patterson's re-
ligious conversion, and l bid him
Gods speed, not in politics, but in
religion.
Mr.. Patterson, suppose, is really
powerful force on the lecture plat
form for temperance, and being such,
am persuaded that he could do us
much more good on the platform
than he could in the Senate. And
being also, as his past life indicates,
naturally a man that is very sus-
ceptible to evil temptations, it would
be better for Mr.. Patterson morally
that he should stay out of politics.
Consequently. both for his and our
own good, and even as matter of
conscience, ought to vote to keep
Mr.. Patterson in the temperance field
and out of the political forum.
Daff
litical career, when it is dug up a
little, is very offensive to my po-
litical olfactories. What pledge has
he ever solemnly made the people
and not willfully broken? When
did we implicitly repose confidence
in him without being openly betray-
ID? When did we ever look to him
TO give us strength and unity that he
lid not bring us reproach and di-
leadership would not be simple
as / see it, it would be a
'oolish blunder. We sent Mr.. Pat
erson to Congress, and during his
asst term he voted one time and drew
en- thousand dollars Such derelic-
ion and dishonesty were shame
o him and high-handed insult to
he people. The surest way to judge
f what man will do is by what he
las done. For he will inevitably
epeat the same offence says Shop
nhauer, a great German philoso-
her, "or do something tanta-
Mount to it, should the same occa-
ion return" If l am duped one
ime I may deserve pity, but if twice
y the same fellow in the same way,
should deserve, if not contempt,
least ridicule
/ shuttle the cards again and there
pturns the picture of the incor- =
Igible and most pugnacious Luke.
turn the card over and to my sur
rise the same picture is on the 9TH
: side-beth pictures facing out
ard. Of course, however, a double
nd reversible photo is in good keep =
lg with double, reversible and y
,robatical character. 1t would seem :.
ke a piece of pleasant human or "
rcastic irony il one should ask me y
I were going to support Mr.. Lea y
r the Senate. If were to go out =,
shoot ducks I would waste no am .
unition on a treacherous didapper
e do not need professional ducker "
Id dodger in a high position. A
rong master of men, Lea is a pitt :,
l weak servant of himself. Am =. =.
tious for a position of power, he -,
III stoop to any expediency to OBJ -
in it. Having gained high office,
uses it to aggrandise himself and ~
chagrin the people. Processing to ~
rye his State in Congress, he is
ntinually intriguing with the Leg ="
ature to promote his own interest. =
we must have Mr. Lea in our own 9
ate, forever meddling with the s"
gislature and trying thereby to
inmate State politics, let us not
so disrespectful to that gentleman
to burlesque him by pretending
send him to Congress.