Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-11-12
GOVERNOR PATTERSON
IN LINCOLN COUNTY,
Especial to Banner.]

OLD Lincoln county, IN the beautl-
ful city Of Fayetteville, famed for
its great but homely men and its
lovely women, Malcolm R. Pat
terson turned.loose his oratorical
guns Friday afternoon. 1t was a
splendid day for the speaking, and
the unterrifed were on hand from
all sections of the county. Many
of those who heretofore have been
occupying grand seats on the
fence fell off, and those who have
always been strong in the Patter-
son faith were made stronger.
The Citizens opera house where
the speaking occurred, was filled
long before the speaking, and
when the speaker arrived at the
building standing room was at a
premium. Droves of people were
turned away.
The perioration of Gov. Patter-
son was remarkably effective.
Dozens and dozens of men told
him afterl the speech that they
had come with an open mind
determined to support him if he
convinced them of his sincerity.
With tears in their eyes they told
him they believed he was a great
and good man and would willing
ly and Eagerly follow his stand :
ards.
All indications in Lincoln coun-
tv are said to point to a victory
for Patterson. George Goodrich,
DR.. A. G. Buckner, Tom Bagley,
Charles Waddle and all the old-line
Patterson men in the county are
standing firm, and a large number
of the independent democrats have
rallied to his colors. Among those
red-hot independents who are now
supporters of Patterson may be
mentioned such as ]. Moseby Full
ton, mayor of Fayetteville and for
merly clerk Of the senate; D. G..
Sheriff., J. A. Moores, Collier
Rees, R. A. Rees, Judge M. W.
Woodward, ]. G. Epps, DR.. ]. P.
Farrell, the Rev. R. S. Brown, the
Rev, G. N. Butler, Judge j. B.
Parkes, the Rev. R. S. Brown,
the Rev, J. V. Kirkland, etc.
DR.. A. G. Buckner, who presid-
ed over the meeting, in presenting
the Rev. G. N. Butler, spoke of
Gov. Patterson as the game cock
Of Tennessee democracy. A man
by birth an aristocrat, by attain
ment an autocrat, whose ability
makes him a democrat"
The Rev. Butler, in presenting
the former governor, said, in part:
MY friends, one of the great
questions before the American peo-
pie today is the temperance ques-
ton. 1t is like Banquo's ghost
it will not down. The time is on
US when we must have strong
fighters for this mighty cause in
the halls of our national congress
if we are to win. And who, among
us, ought not to rejoice at the con-
version of this new Saul OF Tarsus
to the temperance cause, Malcolm
R. Patterson? | tell you, when |
read his Murfreesboro speech two
years ago, when he swore eternal
allegiance to the temperance cause,
| seemed to hear the deathknell of
this mighty vampire that has suck
ed the likelihood out of its millions
of victims, and has, in it's intern
al NAV, the precious wealth of inn
mortal souls.
Zone element of danger that we
face in Tennessee to-day is that of
the rule of the city bosses. They
defy our laws and defy our legisla-
lures and defy our governors and |
the great state Of which their
municipal governments are but
small parts. We are glad to know
that Gov, Patterson has set him
self sternly against their sway; not
one of them is his supporter in
this campaign, neither with his
voice nor in his heart. You can
pretty we'll tell who is right in a
political campaign by watching the
alignment Of the city bosses. Let US
MT forget this when we come to