The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-11-19
IMMENSE CROWD TO
HEAR StbATOR LA
PLEAD Ills CAUSE
CAPACITY AUDIENCE AT THE
NEW GRAND GIVE STRONG
ENDORSEMENT.
NEARLY ALL OF THEM VOTtiS
Representative of Every Section Of
the County-Strong Introductory
Speech Made by Chairman Whit
thorns, Of the County Committee.
Mondays Daily.)

(Monday's Daily.)
To one of the largest crowds Of Vot-
ers that ever assembled in the New
Grand Theatre Senator Luke Lea this
afternoon made his plea for re-elec-
ton to the voters of Aaury county.
| The audience filled the theatre, the
first floor being literally packed like
the proverbial sardines. From the
rear seats back against the walls the
voters stood. On the stage were
about thirty democrats, a majority OF
them being old Confederate soldiers.
The gallery was filled, there be-
ing enough people standing to have
filled the few seats uRoccupied and
more besides. 1t was strictly capac'
ity audience and one OF the most
striking features of it was the small
proportion of ladies. There were not
over fifty ladies and non-VotSrs In
the entire first floor. 1t was an en-
thusiastic crowd 1t was likewise
representative. Every district in the
county was represented by good sized
delegations. There were regular dem
ocrats and independent democrats
and Just plain democrats in the audi
ence. There were supporters Of all
three of the senatorial candidates
present but it was very largely o
Luke Lea audience. The crowd was
in sympathy with the speaker and
literally cheered and applauded his
telling points.
Senator Lea was presented to the
audience by Hon. W. c. Whitthorne,
chairman of the reunited democracy
of Maury county in very strong,
forceful and telling speech in which
he paid a deserved tribute to the
ability and services of the baby sen.
ator' When Lea arose 10 speak
he was given rousing cheer that was
renewed a moment later.
In his preliminary remarks Sena-
tor Lea referred to the pleasure that
it always gave him to come to Maui
ry county, to the tie that had always
and would always bind him to this
county. He referred especially to
Capt w. T. Galloway, former member
of the legislature from this county,
who occupied seat upon the stage.
He said that it was exceedingly graf
flying to him to know that his course
in the senate had been such as to
meet the approval of Capt. Galloway
the man, who as member of the
legislature, had nominted him for the
federal senate. He said that one of
the most pleasing features of this
campaign had been the fact that with
one or two exceptions the independ.
ent democrats who in the legislature
had voted for him for the senate were
supporting him now and giving testi-
monials of their approval of his
course His tribute to Capt. Gallo
way was applauded.
renator LEAFS speech did not mate
rally differ from that delivered at
many other places in the state His
eulogy of President Woodrow Wilson
awoke the echoes. His tribute to the
reunited democracy of Tennessee and
to Governor Rye, who carried out the
pledges of the party upon temperance
and law enforcement, was the signal
for renewed cheering. His arraign-
ment of the state committee for tn
snap primary was caustic and seve>
and apparently met the apprc
the audience.
Senator Lea assuredly has no right .
to contain of his reception ant
dinece in Columbia. 1t was al
his most sanguine supporters had ex
pected. The crowd that came from
the country was the most gratifying
feature of the audience While there
were a great many from the city a
majority were unquestionably coun.
.ry voters. N
At the conclusion of the speech
Senator Lea was presented with flow.
ers by Miss Della Hays, the lovely
laughter of R. L. Hays. Little Harry
Napier, son of E. w. Napier, also pre-
;entpd flowers