Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-08-30
POLITICAL TALK.

The Tennessean insists that only
Democratic Governor and Damocrat
lie Legislature can bring relief to the
tax payers. Will the Tennessean deny
the fact that we had Democratic
Governor and Democratic Legisla-
ture when the iniquitous tax assess
ment laws that are now depressing the
people were passed? Can we hope for
an improvement with them in control!
Everyone who knows anything knows
that Governor Taylor's policies have
been so positively approved by the
people of Tennessee without regard
to party, that candidates of all party
affiliations have adopted his policies.
|If elected, they will stand by them or
answer to their home people.
During the 1920 campaign, Repub'i l.
cans were charged with having an inn
mense campaign fund. The facts wee
that they Fad hard time raising rhe
money for legitimate expenses. In
fact, there was a big deficit to take
care Of after the campaign. The same
cry is again started that $43,ooo.oo mas
been raised for the Fourth Congress
sional District alone. We have all
heard the stop thief" cry started by
pickpockets. Cordell Hull was made
Chairman of the National Democratic
Executive Committee and has large.
voice in the expenditure OF National
democratic funds, and as candidate
for Congressman from the Fourth
Conoressional District, and when, we
/ hear a cry of Republican Doodle money
to be used in that District, coming
from partisan papers, we can easily
understand why.
| No more fair or impartial Governor
ever sat in the Governors chair in
Tennessee than Governor Taylor. Yet
for all that partisan Dempcrats are
charging him with playing politics.
neglect of duty, and failure to ac-
lcomplish ANYTHING Thousands OF tair
minded Democrats have cone IN con,
tact with him in an Official way and
thew know and will testify to his abb
solute fairness and promr diScharge
of his official duty.
A studied campaign of contemplate
,rona panda has been wsged to es-
Itranpe the negro vote from Governor
Tavior. because he has been impartial
IN The enforcement of the law, because
he has refused to interfe'e with the
decisions of the courts where there
was no evidence when tn. cases were
tried that would justify MS mterven-
tion. Tennessee has beer remarkably
free from mob violence dlring Cover
. nor Taylor's administration. MOI
violence is seldom resored to when
.. th. nubiic is assured that the law VIII
metz out Justice to the offenders.
Sensible negroes know that 1t !:
better for them for tte occasional
guilty. offender to pay tie penalty 0,
the law than for executive interference
r to weaken faith in the punishment o.
: the guilty to the point where an out
. raeed citizenship takes the law intc
|, their own hands and in their frenzy
. on to extremes that coud never nap,
: nen where law is legally administered
E The majesty of the Law must be up
, lb.ld and the Governor who has the
/ eour.se to do it is entitled to com
/ m.ndstion instead of contemplate
/ nronaeanda to drive votrs away from
: him by misrepresentation: Goverhol
Taylor has prevented mob violence IN
. .eyeral cases by doing Us duty. Inere
. hs. not been = iynchint in Tennessee
: during Governor Taylc's admin'stra'
tios.