The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-30
EAST TENNESSEE
| TIDE TURNING
"Polltial Bob" Sees RepubR-
. can Majority IN This Sec
ton Shrink. ii,
WOMEN ARE FOR LEAGUE.
Knox County Democracy in
Better Shape--Speake-s
Aid Ticket. 81
WOMEN ARE FOR LEAGUE
(BY "PoLITicAL Bob"

Knoxville. Oct. s0.--lSpeoial.) THE
@. o. p. in Tennessee has heretofore
had II on the democrats in organize
tion, owing to the fact that last sprips
II. employed Senator John C.. Houk Il
nerfect the same. Then the repuB-
licans have been amply supplied with
the money to carry. on the organixa-
tion.
butswithin the last month there
has been a great change In East
Tennessee. The democracy, aided
by the good women, has been
aroused, and the democratic vote
will be polIed in the mountain
sections, with an increas ed vote
in the democratic column.
The republicans have been hoping
to come to the Middle Tennessee line
with an increased. majority, but, UNI
less all signs fail, they will not do II.
In their own ranks they md many
who openly declare they are going to
vote for Gov. A. II. Roberts. And
then. too. you md many who are go-
Ing to support Gov. Cox on the league
OF nations. The women are for the
league and are supporting Gov. Cox.
Democrats Encouraged.
The recent visit or Senator Oscar
Underwood and his able speech on the
league of nations enthused the democ-
racy OF Knox and the adjoining coun-
ties. New hope and new life was
brought out by him in his able state
ment OF facts.
Thursday night. to a packed house.
Gen. Tyson delivered one OF the best
speeches of. the campaign on the
league of nations. He spoke first as
q soldier. telling why the boys who
fought for victory hoped for peace un-
der the league Of nations. As a man
ufncturer and business man, Gen. ,Ty-
son then discussed the great cry for
the need for a change put up by big
business and the profteers. This he
laid bare and showed that II was
mere myth. tsrhe only cry Is excess
profit taxes. Any man should be sat
isfied with the per- cent. that the
government allows him on his invest
ment," he said. He then called at
tention to President Wilson's message
where he urged revision OF the war
taxes, but that. both houses being re-
publican, not a single bill was intro
duced for relief Gen. Tyson spoke as
a citizen on what 1t meant In the
future.
Mrs. Guilford Dudley captured the
crowd. She spoke from a woman's
standpoint. Her speech was inter
rupted with applause from beginning
to end. ~
Wilson the ideal.
II has been my pleasure to attend
every democratic meeting In Knox
county. Although Woodrow Wilson
has been belied and besmirched by
the g., o. p, the mention Of his name
alone brings the audience to Its feet
with prolonged cheering. s
IS, !. What About TENNESSEE
The opposition to Gov. A. II. Rob
erts is fast fading away. The meeting
held by the anti Roberts laboring men
at Market hall was very small. Peo-
ple are realizing now what. the tar
laws mean, and that Gov. Roberts H.
only carrying out the constitntion.
II the Tennessee Society for the
Protection of the Constitution had
done half the amount of work to have
the constitution carried out in regard
to the assessment OF taxes M II did
to defeat or try to defeat woman suf-
frage, Tennessee would be. out OF debt
and would have plenty OF money Tor
the schools.