The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-11-25
AN IDEAL TRIUMPHS,

AN IDEAL TRIUMPHS.
Let no one mistake the meaning OF
Saturdays primary for sheriff. 1t was
the triumph of an ideal 1t was a vim
dication of popular government, be-
cause it discounted the accepted cam
paign methods. The result was in no
sense a personal victory for Andrew
B. Ewing although that splendid gen
tleman and patriot well deserves the
confidence expressed in him. But he
was elected solely because~of the is
sue, the ideal which he embodied. He
received an overwhelming majority of
the votes because in him the people
saw an opportunity to express their
desire for the fair, just and impartial
execution of the law. In him the peo-
pie beheld the instrument through
which they could achieve their earnest
wish that conditions in their county
and in their state might be improved.
Ewing's election was an emphatic
protest against the ever growing dis
regard of the law and laxity in their
enforcement. 1t should be warning
to all officials charged in any manner
with the execution of the law that so
far as Maury county is concerned a
large majority of the people appreci-
ate the difference between liberty and
license and realize that the only Sc
curity for life and property lies in the
execution of the laws of the common
wealth.
There was no political machine to
sponsor Ewing. He is poor cam
paigner. He has no strong political
or personal following, he is without
powerful or influential family connec-
tions. Until the campaign began he
was personally unknown to the vast
majority of the democrats of the coun.
ty and he has not greatly extended his
acquaintance. He had no "organiza-
ton" and was absolutely without the
"sinews of war" But the people be-
lieved him when he solemnly promis
ed that if elected, he would to the
best of his ability keep inviolate his
sacred oath of office and execute all
of the laws without fear, favor or par
TALLY ...r
That candidate running as Mr.. Ew
ing did, without any of the accesso-
ries that are generally accepted as
necessary to the successful prosecu-
ton of campaign for Office in this
country, should, have won the striking
victory that he did, is indeed calcu-
lated to renew ones faith in popular
government. But more than that it
may be accepted as protest against
conditions which large majority of
the electorate have come to regard as
as threatening the peace
and security of life and property.
On purely personal issue the re-
suit would probably have been other
wise. For Mr.. Ewings opponent is one
of the most agreeable gentlemen and
best campaigners known to the poll
tice of the county. He has had long
political experience and has many val
liable political associations and is con
nected with some of the finest and
most powerful families in the county. |
But the people who long to see the
of the law meeting in full |
It's responsibility, the courts function
ing to the limit and an earnest, sincere |
effort on the part of all officials to exf
scute the law. saw in Ewing the hope |
'or the achievement of their ideals |
md they voted accordingly. This and /
his alone explains the remarkable re-
suit of Maury county's warm contest
GA sheriff. 1t is to be hoped that it
sounds a warning that will be needed