The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-08-06

4
party Is the only one that truly grew
out OF the Constitution OF America
IL was opposed by the Wing party
but the Republican party succeeded
Whige The South has all united with
the Democratic party, the reason for
that Is plain,S They were Anglo
SaXons The Republican party In
the past has given the South trouble
am old enough TO remember the Key
Noter at Chicago. Senator Lodge. Is
the one the same with Force Bller
Lodge who undertook to force the
South and take charge of all elections
and run the negro over the white
| man.
The younger generation who call
themselves smart, now free thinkers,
who want to break up the solid South
and vote with the Republicans are
not old enough to have remembered
Force Biller Lodge. He is the leader
and head front of the Republican
party for which party they would adj
vocate breaking up of the Democrat
Anglo-Saxon party of the South.
So you can look ahead and see that
this has got heavy responsibility on
their shoulders, and we should stand
together after this Worlds War when
everything is torn up, Socialism and
Bolsheviks and Anarchists rampan.
ted more solidiy than ever for union.
There is strength in the large unions,
! am for a union for Anglo Saxon for
the good of the Government and it
Will only be made under the standard
of the Democratic party. This party
has as its principal Equal and Exact
Justice to all, Special Favors to
None" This is an old principle, but
the older the better.
So much for the National election.
it Is equally important that we have
an able and sound Government and
standard bearer for this position in
order to properly present the claims
OF our party In the National elections.
1t would scarcely be necessary for
me to undertake to defend Governor
Roberts administration to any who
heard his extremely able address in
Manry county. The gist of it is
equal and exact justice to all, |
Special Favors to None. What he is
criticized for is the tax law and 1t has
been the law of the State of Tonnes
see as written in the Constitution and |
In the old code of 1883 and in act is.
95 and act 1907 and is the law of Ten,
nessee. All property shall be assess
ed equally3Sand rateably at It's fair
cash market value. That is and has |
been always the law of Tennessee,
and Governor Roberts has just had /
The courage to carry it out, all cit
Gems are equally assessed. ,4g5I
The question of what the rate of
taxation will be is governed solely |
by the necessities of the State, and
Will be no higher nor no lower than
IS necessary to meet the obligations
If the State and to sustain the Honor
and credit of the State.
They get up many other frivolous
charges just before the
election as they always do, but a
sensible public will know how those
Kings are circulated and pay no at
ention to it.
The main thing they criticise him
IN was the taxat on law and that has
,een fully and absolutely answered.
Now ! want to make a special ap-
zeal to the Democrats of Maury
county have been with the Demo.
ratio for fifty-one years and have
ollOwed rigidly the standards of this
'arty. can recollect when Maury
Iounty cast forty votes in a Demo.
ratio Convention, | was Chairman of
he Maury County Delegates and cast
hat vote. | have understood that it
las cast as high as forty.four votes.
)ur representative in the Convention
ow is only twenty.one, seven or
light less than Giles when Giles
had little more than two
birds of our strength, and we would
nOre than double several other coun.
les around us who now have more /.
otes in Democratic Convention than
re have. Why is this? The answer
5 plain, it is not because we have
ess Democratic strength in Maury :
ut because the Democrats of Maury
ounty are not voting.
The race between Carmack ard
atterson forty-four hundred votes
rere cast in the democratic primary, ..
his shows we are entitled to about
because if you will say that
very white Republican in the
ounty voted i'll this election, there {
re not more than two hundred white
epublicians that would indicate that
@ are entitled TO forty-two votes.
So let us put up strong and able