The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-23
VOTERS URGED TO
RALLY TO FLAG
Of DEMOCRACY

and Roosevelt, candidates for presi-
dent and president. down to
the candidate for the most humble
office; by speakers for the Demo-
cratic candidates for the legislature
Friday night at CASTOR park. The
meeting was the first open-air rally
of the local campaign, and the can
didates and members Of the execu-
tive committee expressed satisfac-
ton at the size OF the initial audience
and the interest manifested.
There were between SO and rs
women in the gathering, and they
gave the speakers close attention, the
majority of them having remained
until Judge r. Harry Kelly, who pre-
sided at the meeting, dismissed them
with thanks for their attention.
Judge Julian Wilson, one of the
delegates from Tennessee to the
Democratic convention at San Fran
cisco; Capt. Walter Chandler. can
didate for floterial senator from
Shelby and Upton counties; Frank
ID. Fuller and Lois Bejach, candl-
dates for the other Shelby seats in
the senate. and l., L. Sunderland,
John T. Shea and Frank Hoyt Gal
lor, candidates for the house, were
the speakers.
They faced an appreciative au-
dience. There was little in the way
of applause at the start but as the
tenets of Democracy were expound-
ed. by speaker after speaker the
audience grew more responsive and
frequent applause greeted the sallies
of the speakers. This was especially
true after Judge Wilson's stirring
address on what might be termed the
fundamentals of Democracy.
The speakers all stressed the fact
that the ticket for which they spoke
represented the Democratic party In
Shelby county. and they urged the
support of the voters on this ground.
They scored the opposition running
under the name of the Peoples Dem
ocratic ticket saying that there was
no excuse for an opposition ticket
at this time, as the Democratic can
didates were duly nominated at the
Democratic primary. In which Capt.
Chandler charged practically all the
candidates of the Peoples ticket vot-
ed. fact which pledged them to
support the Democratic nominees.
Criticize Opposition.
Capt. Chandler and Frank Hoyt Cal
Tor each took occasion to deny that
either had volunteered in the recent
firemen's strike, each stating that he
had absolutely nothing to do with
the strike.
Capt. Chandler especially criti-
cized the opposition for failure to
indorse either the national or state
administrations, and said they were
giving aid to the enemy, the Re-
publicans, by reason OF their failure
to support the Democrats. He said
the Peoples ticket had read them
selves out of the Democratic party
by their failure to support candi-
dates duly chosen In n Democratic
primary. He expressed regret at the
recent unfortunate accident to the
daughter of DR.. Henderson, his OPP
ponent. and paid DIR. Henderson a
personal compliment, but said there
was no excuse for his running for
the senate against a DEMOCRATIC
nominee.
Judge Wilson had the crowd COM
pietely with him when he gave some
reasons for voting the Democratic
ticket. He said there was only one
so far as he was concerned, and
while there were many more, he
had never found II necessary to go
beyond the first one, This, he said,
was the refusal OF the Republican
party since its organization, to give
TO the South the same recognition as
other sections of the country.
He said that he had no patience
with anyone who would raise sec
tional or race Issue, but that when
he demanded the South be given
equal recognition IL was a matter OF |
simple justice and that no Southerner |
should vote for any party which per- |
sisted in discriminating against his |
section of the country. I'VE have
the right TO take the stand that un- |
ill the Republican party is willing |
to accord exact equality to every sec |
.tion of the country we will not vote |
for the candidates OF that party" he |
said.
Party of the People.
Judge Wilson said that while the
Democratic party had always recog- |
nized the right of property and pro-
tected the individual in that right, 1t |
had always put the man before the |
dollar; the soul before the body. He |
showed by the methods in which the |
two parties nominated their candi- !
dates for the presidency this year,
, the rule of the people in the Demo
cratic party as contrasted with the
boss ridden choice OF the Republi- |
cans. He described the voting at
San Francisco, and said that while
Gov. Cox was not the first choice
of many Of the delegates. he was the
choice of the majority, and that all ,
good Democrats would accept that
choice, because all could not have
their own way. and a tenet OF the
party was for majority rule
On this ground he appealed for
support for the local Democratic
candidates for the legislature.
Frank d. Fuller and Lois Beiach
each pointed to their past record in
the legislature and asked the voters
TO judge their future actions by their
past performances.
l.. +. Sunderland said II was super
fluous for him TO ask voters Of the
Thirteenth ward to support him. He
said he had been pulling one OF MIR.
Tutwiler's well known limousines
through that ward for several wears.
and was too wei known ~ need an
introduction. He SAID as a labor
candidate. his interests were at one
with the voters in the Thirteenth, and
self-interest, if nothing else. would
lead him to work for their interests
Frank Hoyt Gailor and John T.
Shea each asked the support Of the
voters on their pledges TO serve Che
best interests of the community. Mr..
Shea touched the charge that the
ticket represented the Citizens
league. saying that while the league
had Endorsed them they were run
ming solely on the Democratic ticket.
He said that the league had done
only what they wanted every other
organization ID the city to do, and