The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-09-28
DEMOCRATS ARE
CALLED TO RALLY
COMMITTEE MEETS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Esq. Bennett Overall, Chairman, win
Preside at Meeting-W Women Voters
Are Also Urged to Become Inter-
ested and Work For Party Nomi-
nees-Speakers to Go on Stump at
An Early Date.

! A meeting Of the Upton County
Democratic Executive Committee
viii be held ii the courthouse here
at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon for
the purpose Of formulating plans to
effect a thorough organization of the
the Democratic voters in this county.
Esq j. Bennett Overall, chairman,
will preside over the meeting.
The committee plans to organize
Democratic club in every district Of
the county ana to inlist the services
of every available local and outside
speaker during the campaign between
now and the date Of election in No
vember. A tremendous drive will be
made to poll the full strength Of the
party in this county against the Re-
publican ticket. In order to accomp-
lish this the committee will attempt.
to reach every voter in the county
through some method to be adopted
Saturday. Democratic women par
ticulariy win be urged to rally to the
call of their party on election day
Democratic success in November, ac-
cording to party leaders, will depend
on the participation Of women voters
by exercising their right to vote.
Women in the Republican counties of
East Tennessee are alfeady organ
lied and will present solid front at
the polls.
Speakers Of national reputation
will be invited to fill engagements in
this county some time during the
campaign
The chief aim Of the party is to
restore the state to Democratic rule
by defeating Gov Taylor and the en-
tire Republicans ticket. Senator K
D. Mcclellan, Democratic nominee for
senator, is opposed by Hon. Newell
Sanders, of Chattanooga, Republican
There will also be some bitter con-
tests for Congress over the state be-
tween Republican and Democrats.
Hon Fins j. Garrett. of this district,
however, is unopposed so far.
The keynote speech of Hon. Aus
in Peay, of GAINESVILLE, Democratic
nominee for governor, which will be
delivered at Murfreesbore Saturday.
will fatty declare for a revision of
The tax system and reduction of
axes to the amount of at least ST.
100000 per annum, it was announced
Wednesday by Joseph w. Byrns.
hartman of the Democratic state ex-
scutive committee.
The speech will be along the GEN
sral lines laid down in the Peay plat
sorm, on which he won the noraina-
ion over his Democratic competi-
ors in the August primary, it was
Iaid. -"
The nominee will again declare for
he absolute adjustment of the hack
AK system in Tennessee. He will /
ome out strongly for the repeal Of
ne eight per cent. law, which was
PASSED by the last Legislature, and ,
or the complete reorganization al
he state highway department. "a
arge portion of the speech will be
evoted to economy in the state gov
rnment and the abolition of useless {
nd overlapping offices Mr.. Peay I
stimates that thousands of dollars !
an be saved by his program
lax problems will occupy the spot.
light at the formal opening of the I
Saturday. Mr.. Peay is ex-
'ected to declare for more equitable /
distribution of the burden of taxation /,
and, ne maintains, is bearing too :
1uch of the load.
Senator Mcclellan, along with I
Their Democratic nominees, is ex-
ected to launch his speaking cam
aign soon, Congress having adj 5
burned recently, thereby relieving
I'm OF his duties in Washington.