The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
TAYLOR, AT ", MADE
GOV. OF TENNESSEE
uIcTORY RECALLS WAR OF
VIZ noeEso MORE THAN THIR-
nv nv YEARS AGO, WHEN HIS
6poTHER DEFEATED HIM.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-After being
,r;t;cal retirement for Is years,
II Nth more than third of a CEN
@"r. hetween his first and second races
w. tar' Governor, Alfred Alexander lay
l ~ ianiliarly known as "Alf" Taylor
~,eed vigorous and successful cam
pagn. -, it, .ooro
,od ten mark when he entered the
~a.e for the republican nomination in
! tSo' nr;uary of August last.
"' Colonel Taylor took the stump and
hoCan an active campaign. 1t became
orGrnt that it was one mans race
eerort;raIIv all over the state. So Alt
To,lor woke up on his seventy-second
t;rtbdav to find himself the republican
D pn,; for governor of Tennessee
for the second time in his life.
First Race Famous
Tay1or's first race for governor was
.ba most famous affair of the kind in
tbs history of the state. On June IT,
1894 the republican state convention
met in Nashville and nominated lay
lor Tor governor.
The democratic state convention met
On August II, 1886, and, after con-
siderable jockeying, nominated Kob-
ert L. Taylor, Our Bob, Tor COVER
nor on the fifteenth ballot. Thus 1t was
that Tennessee's "war of the roses
was set going
The two Taylor made tour of the
state, speaking to immense crowds.
They hammered the opposition and
noked fun at one another, but wound
I'm each day as affectionate pair OF
mothers as one would desire to see.
After a tour of the Seuqatchie valley,
in the course of the campaign, the two
stopped at Bridgeport, Ala, Tor the
NIGHT as the guests of Mrs. Jones,
who had heard them speak that alter
noon at Jasper. The good woman was
greatly impressed with the considera-
tion the brothers showed each other,
not only in the debate at Jasper, but
about the hospitable Preside of her
home The next morning, alter break
fast, she gathered from her garden two
bouquets of roses, one white and the
other red. Returning to the hall of her
home she found AT and Bob waiting
to say goodbye To each she presented
one of the bouquets.
Knight of Red Rose"
q want you to accept these flowers,
gentlemen, said the warm-hearted
hostess, "for the sake of your mother;
know she must be proud of her boys,
who can be politicians and still be
brothers. [ know that her blessings
follow YOU"
Bob Taylor received the white roses
and Aft the red. Thereafter during
the campaign Bob Taylor was known
to newspaper fame as Knight OF the
White Rose" and Aft was Knight of
the Red Rose" and Robert still was
Known as the Knight of the White
Rose" when he defeated Edward w:
Carmack for denomination as United
States senator in 1906. The war of
the roses" between the Taylor broth.
ers ended in the November election OF
1886 with Robert the victor.
Alfred Taylor's home is at M1ll1gan
College, Tenn, where he is extensively
interested in farming. He is the father
of several sons, one OF whom, follow
ing the family bent for political divls-
ions, is a democrat.
The campaign between Robert l..
Taylor, democrat, and Alfred A. Tay-
lor, his brother, republican, for cleo
ton as governor of Tennessee in 1885,
more than a third of a century ago,
was much enlivened by the tactics OF
Bob, as he is familiarly known.
He carried with him fiddle made
so he told, at his home at Happy Val
ley, in east Tennessee, and which he
played at each joint speaking date. He
rarely attempted to discuss the serious
issues of the campaign, spending the
greater part OF his time in telling Jokes
at the expense of his serious-minded
brother, ALI, and playing the fiddle.
During the latter part Of this cam
paign Aft Taylor has been accompa-
MED by the Taylor quartet, composed
of his sons and nephews, who render
ed old-time southern melodies upon
'the guitar, banjo and violin. The quar-
tet occupied part of the time at each
speaking date in entertaining the
crowd