Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1921-07-14

| KNOWS more ABOUT tne ndNlSdDN
waters of the state than any othe
public man and he is Intimately ia
miliar with the lock and dam systems
and the possibilities of cheap com
mercial intercourse through utiliza
tion of the streams. The phosphate
deposits, the stone quarries, the va
rious ore beds and other natural re
sources of the state are just as boldly
printed upon his mind as are the
songs and stories and beautiful sentr
ments of Robert l.. Taylor.
| Harvey H. Hannah was adjutant
general in Tennessee for a number
of years, and like the title of Squire, u
the term general will march on
down the paths of time with him as
long as his memory exists, but to
his closer friends he is known as
"Harve," and there are no frills and
fancies about him. Just a big heart
ed, broad-minded, splendidly school
ed, patriotic fellow who has always
had an ambition TO be of some real
esrvice to his fellow man. He loves
to mix with people and to come In
| to contact with life as it actually ex-
lists. The ignorant mountaineer with
his family of half a dozen poorly
| nOurished children and an innate be-
lief in the free and unlimited manipu-
lation of still worm can attract Gen.
Hannah's attention just as quickly as
can the man in the gilded salon who
has his pockets lined with silver and
gold, who has favors to bestow upon
those who bow to him. He is alike at
home at a Sunday school picnic in
Cumberland county and at banquet
given by the chamber of commercl ;
at Nashville or Memphis. He can go
out into the rural districts and get
as much satisfaction from talking to
farmer about the condition of his
corn and the benefits or iniquities of
the tick law as he can from meeting
railway magnates around the ban
quet tables, and in either case he
can say something that will be in
structive. Gen Hannah is a lawyer
and his mind has been trained to
grasp intricate details. He is a stu
dent of life and his philosophy talleys
we'll with the Golden Rule. Above all,
he is wholly honest, conscientious, fair
alike to the rich and the poor, a be-
lever in the eternal principles of the
Christian religion, and friend to
man. He has never cared to accumu.
late money, but rather, has been con.
tent to do his full share as a worker
and as one who loves his state.
Gen. Harvey Hannah is to make
the race for the democratic guberna-
torial nomination, and if successful
will oppose ALI Taylor in next years
general election. He is the only man
who possesses all or the qualif1ca-
tions requisite to success. He knows
in advance just what the opposition
will say anil do. He knows the
strength of the East Tennessee re-
publican organization, and he knows
where it's weaknesses lie, while at
the same time he has the unboundeo
confidence and respect and COM
mands the admiration of the voters
in Middle and West Tennessee. In
gone by he has, on sew
eral occasions, voluntarily stepped
aside rather than oppose a friend
it is his nature to give more than he
asks. But in the present crisis hls
friends have unanimously agreed that
he is the one Democrat in Tennessee
who can defeat the republican party,
and these same friends will not now
allow him to give way in favor Of
another. Also, 1t happens that Gen. |
Hannah feels that his services have |
been drafted by the Volunteer State,
and he has determined to put up a
tight that will restore control of Ten.
lessee to the dominant party.
Arkansas extends greetings to Gen.
coupled with the sincere
wish that his ambitions may be real
zed.