Evening star., 1922-07-23
F|TzHUGH ASSA|LS
M'KELLAR RECORD
Tennessee Senator, How.
ever, Claims denomination
Is Assured.
GARRETT IN HARD FIGHT
Representative Uses Letter From
Wilson, Calling Him BEST
Man in Our Party"
GARRETT IN HARD FIGHT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 22.-With
the party primaries for the pomina.
ton OF candidates for United States
senator, governor. representatives and
minor offices less than two weeks
away political lines are shaping them
selves.
The fight for the democratic NOM
nation Tor United States senator ap
pa. vu.iy lies between Senator 4. -.
Mckeiier and Capt. &c. T. Fitznugh,
Meinphis lawyer: Both are on me
stump daily; McKellar this week
mas been IN West Tennessee and Fitg-
hugn' In upper east Tennessee. Fitx-
hugh In h,s campaign IL charging
Mcclellan with having failed to sup
port Wilson in the early days of the
war, with encouraging slackers by
nsatlng Tue seiec.So service ac., with
tagging the War Department. with
socialistic leanines and with father
ing no constructive legislation.
.dckeller has retaliated BY assail-
Ing Fitzhugh In connection with his
Part in .ne election Vi Ben W.
Hooper, republican. =. .,overnor in
asd as0 rsnuS1cas when asfs@ IN
unhokse the so-called regular" ds'.lp-
cra,s. Both candidates are waginE
vigorous campaigns. MceKllar
claims assurances Of denomination by
a large figure. In the meantime.
FORMER Representative Thstus w. Sims
Is making occasional speeches. while
the fourth man in the race, Noah w.
Cooper, Sunday blue law advocate, is
delivering regular revival sermons
daily over the state.
Tax Reform Issue.
In the matter of public interest. the
race for the democratic nomination
for governor is overshadowing the
race for senator. The four candid
a;rs. FORMER 'iov. benton McMillin.
Austin Peay. Harvey H. Hannah and
Z. L. Gwtnn are stirring up consider
able interest. McMillin and Peay are
supposed To be the leading candi-
dates In the race. but Hannah, an eio-
quent speaker. is supplying the fire.
works Of the campaign, while, Gwinn.
the least known among the candi-
number Of new friends. Tax referm
Is the overehadowing political de-
mand OF the people, and all candi-
dates are promising reforms and ex-
tensive economies.
Only one of the several republicans
who qualified for the republican pri-
been formally announced as a can
didate. He Is Newell Sanders, Chat
tanooga manufacturer, who filled out
the unexpired term Of Senator Robert
L. Taylor on the latter's death. Only
one candidate. A. Grant Mathews of
Memphis, however. has withdrawn,
but none of the rest. and this includes
Sanders as well. Is making any public
campaign for votes. The republican
nomination for governor goes to Gov.
Aif Taylor who has no opposition in
his own party.
Garrett In Hard Fight.
For congressional nomination, Reece
in the frst district. Taylor in the
second. Padgett in the seventh. and
Garrett in tina ninth have opposition
in their own parties to denomination.
Garrett's race. in view of his position
as minority leader of che House, is
the one which is attracting general
in,eres. He is opposed by w. W.
Craig, a lawyer of Ripley. and from
indications CARROTS friends consider
that he has a hght on his hands.
Craig is . man Of means and has
made a close canvass of the district.
according to all reports,
Garrett has come home and Ia max
Ing speeches In the district. At one
of these engagements a letter was
read from Woodrow Wilson. in which
best man "our party contains"
The republicans have a congress
sional race in the Chattanooga dis
trict, the third. and the democrats
have one in the eighth, now repre-
sented by Lon Scott. republican. Only
the Craig-Garrett race is exciting in
tsrest outside Of the district confines.