The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-10-06
This Is a Democratic Year.


Orators appeared in nearly ever!
county seat Monday and the cam
paign is we'll under way
Austin Peay, of GAINESVILLE, The
candidate for Governor, fired the bis
opening gun Saturday at Murfrees
bOro. About forty of Tennessee
leading Dem Gratis have volunteered
for the battle of the campaign. Sen.
ators Shields and Mcclellan are al
home, Congressman Garrett is on the
stump" as are all the other Demo
cratic congressman. Hons. G. t
Fitzhugh and w. w. Craig are in the
fight, local and State Democratic
committees are at work and things
look good for the Democrats to win
the victory this year.
Senator Shields has been visiting
in Tennessee and while at Memphis
Saturday he gave the press a few OBJ
servations, as follows:
WI1dL L AdNC ACdIu lIOIu
friends in various sections of the
State, the Democratic party is more
united in this fight than for years,
and indications are that surprising
ly large vote Will be cast for the nom
inees," he said. II see no evidence
OF sore toes within the party and
things are looking mighty promising
fer the Democrats. Tennessee is a
Democratic State, she belongs in the
Democratic column and when the
votes are counted on the seventh of
November she will have returned to
the fold"
Senator Shields said the Democrats
had chosen wisely and well in nam
ing the nominees and that there was
not a party man in the State who
could justify any opposition to Sen
ator Mcclellan, Austin Peay, or Por-
ter Dunlap, the Democratic nominees
respectively for U. S. Senator, Gov
ernor and Railroad Commissioner. |
''They are all splendid men, capable |
men and men whose Democracy is |
uhquestioned," he said.
Senator Shields. while having no
speaking appointments at present, |
said that he had accepted the invita-
tion of Chairman Joseph w. Byrns
TO speak for the ticket and would be
found on the battle front little lat |
err in the campaign. He forecasted |
a Democratic General Assembly by an
overwhelming majority and said the
Democrats owed it to themselves to |
give the Legislature a friendly Gov
ernor, despite the claims of the oppo- |
sition that friendly Legislature"
should be elected. I'VE already have
a friendly Legislature" was the Sen
atOr's comment, land the Governor
should be in keeping with the united
Democracy's verdict as to the legis-
lators."
w AAAC GILL any
in the success of the Democratic par
ty in the nation said the Senator,
Il am just at present vitality inter
ested in the party's success in Ten
nessee and intend to devote my time
and energy to the fight in November,
but the Republican record nationally
is vulnerable one. Practically all |
the metropolitan papers which in
former years gave their support to
the Republican party are open and
frequent in their criticism of the
administration and the gem
eral unrest and dissatisfaction which
has resulted. 1t is the same old crowd,
by the same old interests"
he declered, "and they are riding for
a fall"
Hon. L. E. Gwina, of Covington,
who made a creditabIe race for the
nomination, spoke at
Columbia Monday. He is a Demo-
orat and is in the fight to win.
stopped short time at Nashville
and gave out this Interview:
There is some apathy, but no dis
in the ranks of the party
4 West Tennessee. There are no
;Ore spots as a result of the recent
West Tennessee Demo
rats are united in the support of all
he party nominees
1.-THE Republicans are not merely
pathetic, they are sick. They are
lex over the administrative failures
II President Harding and the blum
lering record of a Republican Con-
;ress. The record of the Republican
majority in that Congress will find
ew apOlogists and no defenders, out
ide of its membership. The country
Veuld have been better off if that
congress had adjourned sine die the
r5t part of the session As part
its reputation of the national Re I
ubliean administration. Tennessee {
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