The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-25
GREAT VICTORY
FOR DEMOCRATS
PREDICTED By E. A. ENk0E, NOM
NEE FOR COMMISSIONER.

NEE FOR COMMISSIONER.
Hon. B. A. Enloe, nominated for
railroad commissioner for West Ten
nessee by the state democratic con-
vention last Wednesday, has issued
the following statement in apprecia-
ton of the honor conferred on him
by the democrats of the state:
ITO the Democrats of Tennessee
Owing to the early hour of the morn
ing at which / was nominated by the
state democratic convention for the
Office of railroad commissioner, | did
not nave the opportunity to return
my thanks to the convention and
through the delegates to the democra-
cy which they represented. Coming
to me as this honor did, after a brief
and successful campaign, conducted
upon a high and honorable plane,
! feel that the democracy of Tennessee
has placed the seal of it's approval on
the record for efficiency which l have
made as railroad commissioner, and
accept my nomination as a commits
sioner from the democracy to go
forth in the coming campaign and
! present the claims of the state and
national democracy to the trust and
! confidence of the voters of Tennes-
see.
The splendid platform IF princi-
pies adopted by the convention should
meet with public approval, and it will
certainly command the support of the
united and militant democracy Of the
state. Tennessee is naturally q
stronghold of democracy.
with that great statesman and
leader, Woodrow Wilson, as captain
of the host in the campaign of 1916;
with the distinguished congressman
from the Tenth congressional dis
trict, Hon. X. D. Mcclellan, as our
nominee for United States senator
with our present able, brave and hon
est governor, Thomas G. Rye, as our
nominee for a second term as gov
ernor, we will deserve success, and
through deserving it achieve it by
an old-fashioned democratic majority.
During the progress OF the campaign
| hope to be able to prove myself
worthy of the part assigned to- me in
such distinguished democratic com
pany.
mo man ever had more true and
loyal friends and supporters than
were those who fought and won my
battles before the people and in the
convention, and my heart is filled
with gratitude to them which will last
as long as | live. | cannot express
my gratitude in words, but | will en-
deavor to better express it in my con
duct as a citizen and as a public of
fetal.
ITO my late competitors and those
who supported them | extend my
congratulations on the fact thai
they made a clean and clear-cut figh
against me and at its close manfully
accepted the result.
I'm Tennessee our standard is I'M
furled and the order is forward.
THE battles of civic progress are
fought and won by men and pOlitica
parties that look to the front and ain
well.
I'm politics, as in everything else
the flower of hope blooms ever be
fore us, never behind us, and the
vista which stretches out before the
democratic party Of Tennessee is
rich with brilliant promise of the
fruits of victory in a just cause.
I'm due time l will endeavor tc
give proper attention to the cam
paign. In the meantime I will con
tinue to daily thank God that in this
time Of worldwide stress and strain
on all the standards of Christian civ
ilizatiOn we have a President who
prefers peace to war; a President
who prefers that our young mer
shall pour their virile energies into
the pulsing arteries of the worlds
work rather than that they pour out
their life blood on foreign battlefields
and in foreign seas at the behest Of
those who worship Mars and Nam
mon, and who daily pray for more fat
contracts for the munitions of war.
Il still believe in the God of oul
fathers and that His hand guides the
destinies of men and nations who dc
not forget God.
Following the advice of the father
of his country we should in time OF
peace prepare for war, and yet hole
to peace with honor, as we are doing
under the wise leadership of oul
great and patriotic President.
LET us prepare to gain in peace
victories no less renowned thar
those Of war by making the state anC
, nation blossom like a rose in the pur
suits of peace under democratic rule
With malice toward none and charity
for all, | stand with Woodrow Wilson
X. d. Mcclellan and Tom Rye to wiz
all down the line at the November
polls. 3. A. ENLOE."
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