The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-09-29
REPUBLICAN PARTY
DROPS ITS MASK
NOW STANDS STRIPPED OF ALL
ITS PRETENsES.
Four Years Ago When Candidate
Hooper Dared Not Criticise Will
son-Now Says there viii be
No Second Administration

first time in six ears the old republi-
can party. 1t has been stripped of its
pretenses. 1t is unmasked. 1t is no
longer means through which an era
of democratic regeneration may be
brought about.
Four years ago, Mr.. Hooper, at that
time candidate for reelection as gov
ernor, dared not say a word in criti-
cism of Woodrow Wilson. Two years
later, as a candidate for third term,
his mouth was still shut. Though |
elected by democratic votes, he was
not generous enough to give Woodrow
Wilson praise for what a democratic
administration at Washington has
done.
Now the mask is off. He is preach
ing Hughes and criticising Wilson. He
tries to give Taft credit for the income
tax and actually says that the noto-
rious Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, which |
the people of the United States repu-
dated was what prevented panic at
the outbreak of the European war.
There is not going to be any Sec
ond Wilson administration" Hooper
said in his opening speech Saturday |
at Elizabethton. "The next president |
of the United States will be Charles E.
Hughes. 1t is written in the hearts Of
the American people. 1t is blazoned
upon the armament"
Thus does Mr. Hooper show the true
colors Of the present republican cam
paign
If Mr.. Hooper had been in the Unit
ed States Senate he would have voted
against the federal reserve bank law;
He would have been with the republic
can party against the rural credits
law; he would have been for a pro-
tective tariff. He would have been
against the foreign policy of Woodrow
Wilson which has kept the country out
of war;
! In East Tennessee where republic
cans are in the majority Mr.. Hooper
is charging that Congressman Nickel
lar voted to cut down the pensions to
soldiers of the Union army during the
civil war. Since 1860 several million
dollars have been paid out in pension
graft. Nine-tenths of it has gone to
the north and the south has borne its
share Of the burden of taxation. When
Mr.. Hooper gets to Middle Tennessee
it might be interesting for him to tell
why he voted against the little pit
lance that Tennessee pays her Confed-
crate soldiers. Hooper was in the leg
islature when the first Confederate
pensoin bill passed. He was against it.
| Mr.. Hooper is saying that Mr.. Nc
Kellar is not Tennessean because he
was born in Alabama. Hooper is a
Tennessean through the accident of
birth. He was born in Tennessee. Nc
Kellar is Tennessean through choice.
He was born in Alabama, and when
he grew up decided to spend his days
in Tennessee. Therefore Mr.. Nickel
lar is the better Tennessean.
Johnson City, Sept. 27.-0ne of the
largest audiences ever seen at demo-
|, cratic meeting in East Tennessee gath
cred today at grand rally. Gov.Rye
Congressman Mcclellan and Gov. Nat
! Harris of Georgia were the guests
; There is great enthusiasm in East
Tennessee. Hooper is unpopular with
the republicans of East Tennessee.
Under the heading, "The State Cam
paign, the Memphis Commercial APP
peal has the following to say:
The state campaign was inaugural
ed Saturday when Congressman Nc
Kellar began his fight for election to
the United States senate.
"Mr. Mcclellan is democrat. He is
in line with the present teachings Of
the party. He made remarkable
+ race for the nomination. He ought, in
the November election, to receive teh
enthusiastic support of united de-
mocracy. There is no reason why his
republican opponent should be elected
senator from Tennessee.
THE democrats of West Tennessee
/ will roll up good majority for Nc
. Kellar in November.
Gov. Rye will take the stump at
an early date. He and Mcclellan and
all the other democrats are pulling
solidly together therefore it is up to
! the democratic voters to see to it that
they are elected"
John w. Overall the republican nom
/ inee for governor is issuing pamph-
: let the burden of which is that he is a
plain business man and farmer" In
another part of this romance the in
formation drops out that Mr.. Overall
served four years as school superinten-
ent of DeKalb county and II years as
a United States marshal. 1t must be
. an unusually "plain business mar
and farmer that holds office q years
2 and draws down 5000 in salary from
: the public treasures.
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! | am willing no matter what my
personal fortunes may be, to play fol
the verdict of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
/, Wilson.
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