The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-06-10
WHY CONDEMN
WAS OMI TIED
Gen. Whitaker offers ExpIa-
nation as to the Omission
in Platform.
LOCAL VIEW CONVENTION

| county, IN the democratic state conVcn.
tlon, aud adopted ps part of the state
| platform by that body by n vote OF
! l,279 20 Sli Tuesday afternoon. does
! not, in Gen. Whitakers view, destroy
| In any measure the effectiveness of the
instructions TO Tennesseo's senior sem
ator 10 change his course OF consistent
4 opposition TO the president, and to vote
for an unnmcnded league Of nations and
treaty OF peace,
| Gen. Whitaker disagreed strongly
with the Nashville Banner. Shields
organ, which cditorially Tuesday after
noon declared that the specific oms-
sion of the word condemn" makes the
| Shields resolution which could not he
classed as condemnation or hardly CEN
| sure.
Instructions to the senator TO change
| his position might have been given In
the resolutions on the subject that the
convention adopted. II could not IN
any form have been very explicit, con.
sidored in the light Of the many fne
points of difference IN the numerous
reservations presented by both demo-
Gratis and republicans.
"DIdn't Do Him Any Harm"
'"rhe resolution really didn't do tho
senator and harm" the Banner con-
cluded.
THE Banner is for Shields right or
wrong, and that is the trouble with
| them" Gen. Whitaker declared "My
| resolution very specifically and expdessly
stated that we disagreed with the sen.
ators every step and that we were
III We had wanted to be harsh and
| vindictlve we could have been so, hut
| there was no disposition TO be harsh
| or bitter There was decided dispo-
sition IN our view OF the matter
In what course we wished him TO fol-
low.
III the Banner thinks II takes harsh-
| ness and unkindness to havb teeth In
thing, | can't help itA II the Ban
ner wants to counsel shields TO ignore
tho resolution, coming as II does from
the democracy Of Tennessee, why. that
y up to The Banner and to senator
Shields"
Garden on the Convention,
The consensus OF opinion OF those
coming back firm Nashville Ia enthus-
iestic over the passage OF the Shields
| plank.
Frank s. Garden. who made the prln-
| cipal address at the convention con
| demning Senator Shields, said, ~ am,
/ OF course, well pleased with action OF
the convention hs regards Senator
Shields. Az q whole, J. am especially
wen pleased with the convention and
the way II went about It's business.
| The selection Of delegates TO the ma
tiohal convention IL representative OF
the democracy OF Tennessee AS To the
conventions action In indorEng Gov.
thing now"
Did Foolish Thirus, TOO.
Ally 'ien, George w. chamlee said
sr,y,, lls ,x,,,,l, T,Dnxentton diq aonlQ ylse aud
mmnds me repeal OF the public utilitles
bill, which raised street ear fare and
TOOK from the people the right TO con
troll domestic corporations, etc. Thnt
was good thing. u
1T provides for calling mn extra ses
sion OF the legislature whereby hnnexa =
ton will be revived at once This will
prove good thing provided the mn .
nexatlonists win let the suburbAnites
have q square deal In drafting tho an =
nexation bill. Right here we win meet
the issue; this bill must be drafted I'm
substance like tho bin we had when
| Highland Park was annexed. That IN
| to say, put In the bin itself that bonds
to given amount must he issued. and
| flX the amount, for sewers and streets
and high school
This bill can he drawn and the op-
ponents of annexation must he seated
at the table while IL In being done. and
we viii pass fair annexation bill by
practically unanimous consent n that
is done. As attorney for Alton Park,
am now working on the annexation
| bill applying to that town. and we viii
| invite those people who we're opposed
| TO II before to express ideas about the
hlll ana Try to meet tho objections Of
"a square deal is demanded by tho
suburbs. and II must IN this or some
hetter way be granted TO them, and
| then they viii come In,
"rhe defense ..of the tax legislation
In the platform has not yet been d.
gested thoroughly and that Ia always
an open issue,
EVades This Issue.
"rhe eVadlng Of the employers lla-
blllty act was sign Of contentment
with bill that In unworthy OF this
great state In its present form. That
a skilled workman can only draw I'll
week insurance for being hurt. when
he could make $40 week working, In
rotten law Limited liability by law
TO such injustices breeds spirit OF dis
content among people who suffer under
| such n law.
"The fact that Chattanooga got Hon
| T.. X. Preston for delegate and Mrs
| q. +. Milton for alternate delegate from
the state large was pleasing TO their
hosts Of friends.
"rhe crowd at the convention seemed
10 thoroughly enjoy seeing the women
voting. and Mrs. Dudley was great
favorite with delegates.
"The McAdoo parade IN Nashville,
| composed OF about 1900 men. could
have indorsed McAdoo. but we had
agreed that II was perhaps best not
10 try 10 pass revolutions IN view OF the
fact that McAdoo had requested that
delegates 20 uninFtructed.
"It was n clear fact that McAdoo sem
tlment was IN control of that city"
c. s. Coffee declared; 81 enjoyed the
convention immensely. especially the
Endorsement of the wilson admnistra-
tion and the league ~ nations. This
was really my sole purpose IN going.
was very much Erailhed over the action
taken along these lines, ] am not op.
posed 70 any man voting his honest
convictions but ! did what ! could 10
let Senator Shields know that In his
votes on the League of nation and peace
treaty he did not represent my views"
MokellAr's strona Hold.
~ thought and Etill think the dele
gates In convention made mistake
la attacking or nttemptinF 10 defeat
senator McKellar Tor deiegate.at large"
declared J. ", r. Lowry. ~ honestly
believe that Senator Mckellar has RS
strong a hold on the people Of Ten
nessee. ~ any man who hns been IN
public life for many years
The personnel ~ the convention was
as nne a. amy I ever attended, and !
VAS especially proud ~ Hamilton coun-
tvs reFrepreacntation We had largo
delegation made up of the very best
element In the party and ~ showed iis
influence on the other delegations Of
the state.
"rhe condemnation ~ shields I he
lieve. war largely due 10 the innunce of
the women delegates They havn I
amh~dmcnt and win not soon. be
iieye that the reason Davidson county
changed ITS vote Was due 60 the In
nurnrr ~ the women. This dcleEation
had IN caucus voted against 'onden-
nation. but the women made u so warm
for tho delegation that when the matter
came 60 vote N cast its vote Tor the
condemnation