The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-10-06
NO APOLOGY TO OFFER TO ANY
MAN FOR HIS COURSE AS GOV.
ERNoR OF STATE.
WILL Gu TlSUL SAME POLICIES
Will Continue To Use All or The Pow
ers of His Great Office to see That
The Laws of the State Are Respect
ed and Obeyed.
Special to The Herald.

Fe-eleCLlOn mere tnlS afternoon Win
singular but nevertheless cutting in.
! dictment of the Hooper administra-
ton, and a determined stand that two
years more of democratic rule under
. him will bring no backward step in
the moral and political progress of the
state.
The indictment against the Hooper
administration was not drawn by d.
, rect inference. 1t was lodged in a
forceful and interesting comparison.
The governors speech, which was
long one, was a complete account Of
lis stewardship in the executive office
In reciting what had been done since
the restoration of democratic rule in
Tennessee he showed entertainingly
the strong differences in the matter of
: administration and of progress in the
affairs of state, how it was gone about,
anu inc l6oulCS UDJotlLCu'
Gov. Rye did draw a general and
biting charge against the republican
party in his praise of Woodrow Will
son. He urged the large audience to
uphold the hands of Wilson by sending
K D. Mcclellan to the United States
Senate He also urged all democrats
to lend their active aid and support
to Col. B. A. Enloe for railroad COM
missioner.
He was particularly vigorous in his
discussion of the law enforcement
: measures of the governors office He
: declared that he enforced the law not
only because it was his duty but be-
cause he believed the laws were right.
But before this declaration the COVER
; nor frankly admitted that maybe
some voters had been disappointed by
him. This frankness led him to insist
that if anybody doesn't believe the law
will still be enforced he will be disap-
pointed again.
: "All these temperance laws were
t endorsed by the democratic party In
s its last convention" said the governor.
For that reason, and for the further
Q reason and better reason that | be-
lieve these laws are right and should
be enforced, | take the same position
now that | did as candidate two
years ago, and solemn declare that in
sofar as the efforts of the chief execu-
tive of the state and by the powers
vested in him and the authority given
by legislative enactment will permit,
: these laws shall be enforced so LONG
as | enjoy the distinction of being your
governor. | am glad to announce that
in the effort made along these lines
J. / have had the hearty cooperation Of
r,any Of the officials of the state
charged with the duty of enforcing the
laws and | am encouraged to believe
IT that in the future practically if not al
:, the officers charged with these respon
= sible duties will be found industriously
h exerting themselves in upholding the
IT law and maintaining the dignity of the
great state of Tennessee.
q Il shall not at this time enter fur
3, Their into a discussion of these ques
tions for the reason that my record fol
: temperance and law enforcement, and
i my conception of the duties OF Officials
e charged with the responsibility of exc
II cutting these laws is before you for
u your approval or condemnation.
= 81 am not unmindful of the fact tha
x there are those who supported me two
If years ago, many of them with the firm
u belief and others suspecting and hop
ing, that my professions and expressed
r declaration upon thees questions were
merely a matter of political expedien
cy, uttered with deliberate intention
to deceive a large body of men in Ten
nessee who had turned their back
upon party organization and ronunceo
= party fealty in order that they might
follow their conviction and support
principles in which they believed, in
: casting their vote for me, and some
have expressed dissatisfaction and
disappointment because this was not
the case
5, ut seems that / was peculiarly sit
o uated, as there were those who sup
If ported me because they did NOT be
l. lieve me, while many others did NOT
If support me for the same reason. Fol
y. the disappointment l have caused
10 those who did not expect me to carry
% out my platform pledges can feel nc
d pangs of regret save the sorrow one
d must feel for the want of confidence
Il in ones open declaration as to conduct
10 and policy.
n 1.-THE doubling Thomas who demand
ed some more convincing proof thar