The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-06-10
THAT PRIMARY.

the public the county democratic ex
eCutive committee, so-called, because
its title is about as doubtful as that
Of the average tract of mountain land
has decided to burden the people OF
Maury county with county election
this year, to nominate candidates near
ly year in advance of the beginning
of their terms of office. 1t would be
difficult to defend the action of the
committee. The people of the coun.
ty are entitled to one years rest from
political agitation. Next year we will
have the county and national cleo
tons, to say nothing of primaries and
conventions and if there are a dozen
people in the county outside of the
candidates and politicians who want
an election this year that fact has not
been made known.
AS matter of fact the call for the
primary was snap action pure and sim
pie. No notice of any intention to
call primary was ever given the pub
lie. The so.called committee met on
the first Monday of May to organize.
The meeting Monday was an adjourn.
ment of the former meeting and no
public notice that any other business
would be transacted was given. No
primary for the election OF the com
mittee was ever called or regularly
and legally held. No notice that a
primary last November to elect a DEM
ocratic executive committee was ever
published and the first intimation that
the great majority of the voters ever
had that primary was ever contem-
plated was a soap box affair at certain
precincts.
1t is immaterial to The Herald
whether the committee is usurper
or bona fide organization. This. pa.
per has no personal interest in the
campaign that the committee is seek
ing to launch nearly year and a
half before the beginning of the terms
of Office of the candidates to be NOM
mated. But it does, as a public jour
nal, protest against snap primary
called without notice to the public
and the consequent effort to embroil
the people of the county in political
strife and turmoil at a time when all
of their energies and abilities should
be directed to the great task of recon
struction.
If the candidates all want to enter
the primary and try their cases before
the jury selected, The Herald has no
sort of objection, but the great mass
of the people should have been con.
suited, Why this hurry? Why NOM
nations made so far in advance of the
election that independent candidates
are almost certain to follow as the
day does the night? Why a demo-
chatic primary in Maury county any
way? No nominations were made in
1912, 1914, 1916 for county offices and
all democrats were elected, not even a
republican assuming to run. What diff
ference does it make whether the sher-
if is democrat or republican or an
if he is a good citizen
and will enforce the law fairly and i'm
Last year the democrats nominated
a Legislative ticket and it was defeat |
ed at the polls, although there is some |
reason for party nominations for the
legislature. Are not the candidates in |
the primary who are successful likely |
TO have the expense of making two
races?
The Herald does not believe that |
The plain, common folk of Maury coun-
~ are going to approve of the launch.
Ing of political campaign a year
before there was the slightest necessi-
~ for so doing. They are weary of
The politician and the campaign.