Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-09-23

Governor Patterson is making greaf s,;S.
cess On the lecture platform It IS cIaimet
tnat ne y doing world Of good IL 4
claimed tnat ne is making more money thar
az any time during his history. If he lis ~
ing SO well why withdraw him from th;,
splendid field of service? Why not let hin,
, continue to do good? Why not let him con-
unue to make men better and more tenner.
|, ate! Why involve him in political fights AM
storms in Tennessee In politics he has onIv
succeeded In bringing about discord in the
party. On the platform he is doing 0ood
to his fellow citizens. Why change him from from
a place where he is doing good, to a place
where he may do himself harm? Governor
PATTERSON In his lectures tells you that during
all the twenty years and more Of his public
life, In his life as an official and in various
capacities in Tennessee, he was wrong and
pursued wrong policy He tells you that
he has changed his views and changed his
methods. Well, if as long as Governor Pat
terson stayed in politics he was wrong, and
since ne got out of politics he has gotten right
and is now doing great and good work.
why should you injure him by restoring him to
politics? Why should you not let him STAY
where ne is doing good and being good?
Governor PattersOn's Broken Promises.
Governor Paterson in 1906 was reformer.
just as he is now. He went over the State
and made to the people many promises. One
OF these was: ELECT me Governor, and will
take the election machinery entirely out of
the hands Of the Governor and give it back
to the people" The people trusted Governor
Patterson and elected him. Did he carry out
MS promises? On the contrary no Governor
ever kept the election machinery more entire
~ In his own hands than did Governor Pat
terson. He changed the law, it is true, but
ne kept the power in his own hands.
Again, he said, elect me. and will put an
end to this odious system of back assess
ments and revenue agents. They relied on
his promise and elected him. Did you ever
hear OF law being passed during Governor
Pattersons administration changing the back
tax laws, or interfering with the revenue
agents? On the contrary the back tax sys-
tenn and revenue agent system never flour
lshed so gloriously as it did during Governor
Patterson's administration.
Again he said, elect me and will give you
an economical administration, and yet no adj
ministration in this State was ever more ex-
travagant
Again he said, 'the Governor Of Tennessee
has too much patronage, too many appoint
ments, and too much power. Elect me, and
will take this power out of his hands and give
1t back to the people. Instead of having the
Governor name the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, the Penitentiary Commissioners, and
the like, will have them elected by the peo-
pie" They elected him, and instead Of re-
ducing the Governors patronage he greatly
added to it.
Elect me, said Governor Patterson, and
will put an end to machine rule and restore
the power to the people, and they elected
him, and he bent all of his powers and ener-
gies to the building up of the most monstrous
personal political machine ever known in the
State So great was that machine, so arbi-
trary, SO naughty, so ruthless did that ma
china hnanrnn hot "a ~ 10 C+a+a
rebelled and destroyed it. 1t was that ma
chine that caused Tennessee to become re-
publican. And yet Governor Patterson would
have you accept his political promises again.
Governor Patterson now comes forward
as the champion of prohibition, and many
people seem to think it is new proposition
With him. On the contrary, he was a cham
olon OF temperance legislation in 1906. Elect
me, said Governor Patterson land | will be
he champion of temperance legislation.
They elected him, and he used every effort
n his power to defeat every kind of temper
ance Legislation that was proposed during
lis administration.
The of the Governor Of Tennessee are too great
aid Governor and Reformer Patterson then. They
overs that no good Governor would want and no bad
Governor should have said Governor Patterson then;
ut the record ID that he retained them all.
Governor Patterson, Senator Lea, and the Machine.
The truth 10 that for period Of nearly ten years
Governor Patterson and Senator Lea have been fighting
yer the ownership Of political machine in Tennessee.
enator Lea once great friend and supporter Of
Governor Patterson, and aided him In securing his first
ominaton Governor At that time Governor Pattor-
on was opposed to machine, but he became
overnor machine was created, and he and Senator
ea fell out about which one should control 1t, and
nce that time there has been continual fght Gov
Patterson fighting in the party for the control Of
nd fighting for the machine and finally securing 1t.
nd today the fight Of Senator Lea against Governor
atterson, and the fight Of Governor Patterson against
enator Lea ID to not only this Office but the
'ntro and ownership Of machine in Tennessee They
both aan Aafl &hafr
nine politics. and whichever Of them the
achine, he will grind out the political life Of the other
atterson Senator Lea # you want to put an end
machine politics, strike while the iron Is hot vote
gans both OF these machine manipuator and vote for
p
he Records Of Governor Patterson and Senator Lea in
Congress.
There 10 little difference in the records Of Governor
atterson and Senator Lea in Congress. The Congress
ona Record shows woeful disregard Of duty on the
art Of both. They have taken interest," practically
eaking, in legislation Neither has been present
en one-hah Of the time. Senator Las record for alb
nteesm is notorious Governor Pattersons In just
3D. In the first Congress that Governor Patterson At
nded, the record shows that he voted thrtyour times
i'd did not vote twentyeight times. The next session
Congress he voted twenty-nine times and failed TO
me- and failed to vote ninety-nine times Il was this
ongress wherein he dropped from the rolls BY Mr..
,eaker Cannon, and could not draw his pay and went
Washington and voted time and got ten thousand
ars, five thousand dollars per year for two years. II
VI judge the future by the past, and yop take Coy.
noE past EScVEub Sah y"s ~<ep7Ss
u nominate and elect him your Senator9 Can you
asonably expect that he will 60 there and attend 70
9 duties Of the oRcef It is remarkable proposition
at Of these gentlemen couldn't be gotten there exc
pit by dropping him from the rolls, and the other avn
.man had to have warrant issued for bis arrest 70
ing him there to vote for the most important measure
at before the last Congress- And yet these Two
ntlemen are appealing to you for your votes. IN an
ort to be returned to Congress where they nave %
ynally failed perform their duties In reading ssna
! Leafs speech ala you hear him say one word about
,vernor PaterBons absentee record In CongresaI no
OF a word. And when you come to read Governor Esr
rsons speech, you are not going TO hear him crneils
nator Lea about his absentee record. That y one -
Q that neither of these gentlemen will discuss
If you nominate Governor Patterson what
We you that he will leave the lecture platfornl
sent him to Washington before ne was apsens mo1s
an two-thrds Of the time when he had not leesate
atform engagements. The question for you 20 esySs
ne will be how much Of his time Will ne gave W
tiea of his ofca now that he has these lectaKe pln