Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-11-12
MCKELLAR CAN
BRING PEACE.
Nashville Bannerl

nomination, was given by Chan
cellor Allison this morning to a
representative OF the Banner.
Political parties have no right
to exist except for the purpose OF
serving and promoting the public
welfare. No political party can
fulfill these obligations without
peace, harmony and unity exists
in it.
Il hear democrats say almost
daily: I am far Patterson for SEN
ator, but | am not going to vote In
the primary, for if Lea was to be
nominated, | do not intend to vote
for him.
"On the other hand, i hear dem
ocrats declare: / am for Lea, but
will not vote in the primary, for
il Patterson should be nominated,
| will not vote for him.
II have heard many Democrats
declare that they would not vote
in the primary at all, and give as
q reason that they would not vote
fer either Mr.. Patterson or Mr..
Lea, if either of them should be
nominated.
How many such democrats are
there in the state? YOU ask. | do
not knaR.>-f 4hfeve-heaFd the num-
Der Of these placed as high as thlr,-
ty thousand. Certain it is that
there are many thousands; the
number, whether greater or small
er than estimated, serves to show
conclusively that strife, discord
and factional divisions in the dem
ocratic party in the state will be
revived, thrive and grow greater
each year under the leadership OF
either Mr.. Patterson or Mr.. Lea,
and thus will the efficiency OF the
party for usefulness to the public
be destroyed again and the party
rendered powerless to do those
things for the public welfare that
it might otherwise do.
II am old in the service OF the
party; | am devoted to its doc.
trines, principles and teachings,
and do not want to see it again
divided into factions striving to
destroy each other, and trading
and trafficing in public Offices, and
trading in the passage or defeat OF
laws; their passage or defeat being
made to depend on things other
than their merits. For example.
failure to provide at the proper
time for the refunding Of the state
debt, which failure cost the peo-
pie hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. All such trading and traffic,
ing greatly injured the people and
discredited the state. | will not
mention quorum breaking.
"Does any democrat believe that
harmony could possibly exist in
this party if either one of two men
should be chosen as its leader, who
have been carrying on bitter
personal warfare against each
other for years, and who have ar
rayed their friends and supporters
throughout the state into factions,
which have become embittered to-
ward each other to such an extent
that they refuse to vote in a pri-
mary on the, avowed ground that
if either be nominated the friends
Of the other will not vote for the
nominee?
Moreover, one OF thes candi'
dades before named, it is said, is
ct open war with practically the
whole delegation now in congress
from Tennessee, and has made
such assaults in his campaign
upon the state democratic execu
tive committee as to call forth
from the chairman Of that com
mittee a caustic rebuke, the latter
never having, to my knowledge
occurred before in the state, while
the other of the two candidates be
fore named has heretofore made {
kind Of personal warfare on som,
Of the delegation in congress from
the state, and war generally som'
years ago on everybody and ever!
thing then opposing him, to sucf
an extent that the old sears anc
wounds then made by his trench
ant tongue are being reopened ant
the wounded are now declaring
thew will not vote for him if he il
nominated.
THE ambition OF a true, patri
otic democrat ought to be to builc
no and unity a useful party, anC
not to divide, disrupt and destro!
such a party.
IA 81 have not heard a single dem
ocrat express unkind feelings 0.
i'll will toward Mr.. Mcclellan o.