The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-05-19
General Hannah at McMinnville.

General Hannah at McMinnville.
Democrats in this part of the Stat
are beginning to line up for one o
the other of the gubernatorial candi
dates. The idea seems to be to picl
a winner in the fall elections. AS TO-
me, I do not believe that Demo
Gratis are going to refuse to vote fol
the nominee whoever he may be
They will support the nominee not
solely because he is Democrat, but
because State affairs. with a Repub-
lican governor, are in deplorable
condition. Now, again; the identity
of the candidate has always been a
stumbling block to the cause of dem
ocracy. People vote for men and not
for measures; they are lining up just
that way in Tennessee to-day in both
the Senatorial and gubernatorial
campaigns. l know men that are
supporting candidates on personal
grounds-candidates who have stood
and voted for things-importan
things-that the voter himself is bit
terly protesting against. How in the
name of high heaven can ever any
thing be accomplished in this way.
Following this thought l would
like to say that whoever you consider
the best man, by far the most strik-
ing and matter-of-fact declaration
made in the gubernatorial campaign
was made at McMinnville last Sat
urday by Gen. Harvey Hannah. Cen
eral Hannah did not mince words
when he told you just exactly how
the school lobby in Tennessee is
building up normal schools and high
er education at the expense of the
primary education and the common
schools of Tennessee.
Nobody doubts that change in |
the tax system is needed, but you
can tinker with the tax system and
the tax laws from now until dooms-
day and unless there is some effort
made to curb the extravaganza and
to adjust Inconsistencies in State ad-
ministration and State institutions
the taxpayers and school children
will feel the weight of an unjust
and oppressive system.
Now The Commercial insists that
the people Of Tennessee have enough
to stir them from one end of the State
to the other, and that unless the
rank and file of the dominant party
Democracy-rises to it's
duty there is more trouble brewing
and bigger storm clouds threatening.
These higher educational institutions
Of Tennessee are in the hands of an
lmplacable and selfish POLITICAL or
(invisible maybe) but an
organization to all intents and pur-
poses. To this organization also be-
longs the State highway and the =,
state fair departments. 1t is aug
nented in this manner for political
purposes to dominate and control. 1t I
S triangular in form, having one I
in Memphis, one in Nashville
md MErfreesboro and one in Knox {
lille and Johnson City There are 7
ONE smaller dependencies, but this b
the general working order of the 4
rganization which has completely
bsorbed all the political rights and a
rlVlleges the people OF Tennessee n
ave in their own State affairs. That a
bodies in the respective o
AIMED localities are active today in G
lie support of this organization is "
Now, before the people R
tennessee can make any headWay M
all towards checking graft and al
.travagance and correcting Unequal ",
les and Inconsistencies in State gov -
nment and administration this or nj
must be destroyed. There sa
re you must understand the cour- til
e 1t takes to make a declaration Ell
.e that made by General Hannah. ro
simply means hat General Han on
h, more than any other candidate it
far, has openly and boldly es- of
used the cause of the taxpayers ne
the schOolchildren of Tennessee -
ainst the school lobby and the po- Al,
cal triangle. You can call it what co,
will. but I say that it is a coura- as
JUS and manly speech. Cal
He
jol. II. G. Alexander, of Nashville, 4
in the city last week represent ia
Caldwell & Co., taking home a lleI