The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-30
Enforce Law-stop Waste.

Rowlett Paine struck the keynote OF
the campaign at once. Law enforce
ment and economy are the two princt-
pal things for which we stand" he said.
Better government, better schools,
better streets, less waste Of the tax
payers money, and lower taxes viii
follow. Business like administration OF
each department will eliminate the
waste that always follows political rule,
! and will eliminate useless offices. We
intend to ask the people who pay the
taxes to assist us with their advice,
We propose to take them into our con-
fidenco and secure their support In
everything we do"
MIR. Paine said in opening that he
felt at home in the Thirteenth ward
where he spent the years OF his boy
hood and where he has many friends.
He and the other candidates appealed
especially to the women for their sup
port and influence.
Mrs. Samuel ]. Ellis, vice chairman
Of the Citizens league, the next speak
er, said that the Citizens league was
the first political organization ever
formed in Memphis which admitted
women on an equal footing with men,
and which invited women to attend Its
nominating meeting with an equal vote,
| She said That tho women of Memphis
should appreciate that fact, and that
she knew they were aroused to the ne
cessity Of aiding in bringing about a
| better era\ Of civic life In Memphis,
better pay for teachers, better school
buildings, and the other things to which
the candidates Of the league stand
pledged. She received liberal APP
Thomas II. Allen, Mr.. Chandler said
In introducing him, was a soldier, but
Is not running as a soldier, but as a
civil engineer, who is qualified to con
afa 1nfNn ri
branches. He added that Mr.. Allen
served an apprenticeship as a machinist
and won his way by years OF toll with
his hands.
Mr.. Allen is no orator but he spoke
for few minutes. He said II elected
he proposes to ask the people IN each
ward and each community what they
need, what street improvements they
WISH and so far as may be to carry
out their wishes, instead OF improving
only the streets where influential poll
ticians may live or own property lie
asked every man In the audience to
see that his poll tax Is paid before
Oct 6.
John p. Edgar said he had been prac
ticing handshakinE for several days at
the railroad shops and round houses and
that he hoped to shake hands with ey-
cry voter before the campaign ends.
He spoke OF the police and fire depart
ments particularly.
"You and both know" he said, that
policemen for years have been appoint
ed because OF their political pull in their
home wards, not because of merit or
efficiency. Most OF the men would do
their duty II they were permitted to,
but it is the political bosses at the top
who direct their work, and those who
stand in right with the bosses get by,
| while those who do not are arrested
| If am elected that will be changed
| Policemen will be kept on the job or
appointed because they pass the civil
| service regulations and because they do
| their work. They will not be allowed
to do political work"
Paine Self Made.
He also spoke word for Mr. Paine
who he said was the best type Of self
made man, man who stands high
with his business associates, who, work =
| ing up from the bottom, won an I'M
portant position in the wholesale GRO
| Gerry trade and who gave nearly all his
| time to war work for the government
| as long as the war lasted.
Horace Johnson, the next speaker,