The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-27
CRUMP APPROVES
REGULAR TICKET
FOR LEGISLATURE
Has Words Of Highest Praise
4. for Candidates Nominated
at Primary-Favors Re-
call Law. w..

The election of the regular Demo-
cratic legislative ticket is urged and
a declaration favoring the operation
of the recall law are contained in a
statement made Wednesday by Ed
ward H. Crump, county trustee. who
has Just returned from Battle Creek,
Mich. The county trustee, and for
mer mayor, says further that he
holds no particular brief for Gov.
A. II. Roberts, but that he is the
regular Democratic nominee for the
states chief executive.
Discussing the political situation
as whole, Mr. Crump said:
"Of course intend to vote for Gov.
Cox for president, as all true Demo-
Gratis will do. While at Battle Creek
heard Gov. Cox speak, and he made
a strong, progressive argument for
the success of the national Demo-
cratic ticket, which plainly caught
the crowd, However, as might have
been expected. the Republican papers
siiBtofted the reaf facts. and did not
give him a square deal"
Regarding the candidacy of Gov.
Roberts, Mr.. Crump said that he
bore no particular brief for the pres
ent state chief executive other than
that he was the Democratic nominee
Mr.. Crump was of the opinion, he
said, that Gov. Roberts had not
proven himself to be particular
friend of Shelby county.
Favors Recall Law.
Asked about the recall, Mr.. Crump
declared that II am very much in
favor of the recall law as d cor
rective' measure, without discussing
the relative merits of demerits of the
recall petitions now i'll controversy.
Judge Dent Minor the late Ed
ridge e. Wright and Hayden NJ.
Mckay, Bolton Smith and r. Lee
Bartels drew the commission char
ter of the city of Memphis, and also
drew the recall act. l assisted i'll
getting these measures through the
legislature of 1909. The purpose of
the recall was for the people who
had employed officials by their votes,
to have the fright to dismiss them
by their same votes if the services
of the officials are not satisfactory.
At the same time lit affords the Of
ficials who are being recalled every
opportunity to give an accounting to
the people, and, as a rule, the peo-
pies verdict in such elections is a
fair one. / am not only in favor of
the recall law, but also of those Civ
ing the initiative and referendum,
which allow the people to express
themselves at all times"
Asked about the legislative ticket,
Mr.. Crump declared himself strong
ly in favor of the regular Democratic
nominees, composed of Frank d.
Fuller, Lois d. Bejach and Walter
Chandler, for the senate. and Messrs.
Gailor, Shea, Larsen, Patton. Sun
derland, Jeter, Cummins and Dean
for the house.
These gentlemen" said Mr.
Crump, were nominated by the peo-
pie in the state Democratic primary
held on Aug. 5, and ] regard the
ticket as a whole as the strongest
ever put before the people of Shelby
county to represent the labor, farm
ing and business interests.
Frank Fuller represents the Tri-
State fair interests, which is the
biggest advertising medium that
Shelby county ever had.
Walter Chandler, Lois Bejach and
Vail LAdlbSI NOlSu lOI SNSly WOlIldIl
suffrage measure, and for every la
Dor measure that came before the
legislature while they were mem
bers of it. -.s
"Bejach, Chandler, John Shea and
Frank Gailor were soldiers in the
late world war, and the latter three
served overseas. All four of these
soldier candidates are wide5 awake
young lawyers of splendid ability.
"Mr. Sunderland and Carl Larsen
are of the highest type of manhood,
representing organized labor, while
Messrs. Lee Cummins, E. E. Jeter
and Charlie Dean are among our
most prominent farmers and mer-
chants out in the county.
Jimmy Patton is a self-made.
successful business man, represent
ing the progressive. business inter-
ests Of Shelby county.
1T will thus be seen that the ticket
is a splendidly balanced one, repre-
senting all of the people, and, in ad-
dition, it has the authosity of the
Democratic party, headed by Gov.
Cox. For that reason ! Can not see
how any Democrat can Fail 20 cup
port it, and shall do what lies in