Evening star., 1936-10-18
Tennessee Taylors are still
in politics, pro and con.
For example. there's Aunt

-HE Tennessee Taylors are still
in politics, pro and con.
For example, there's Aunt
i Jennie, widow of Alf and
Aunt Sanna, sister of Alf and the
late Bob.
The brothers, ALI and Bob Taylor,
battled each other for the governor
ship of Tennessee, ALI as a Republic
can and Bob as Democrat.
Just so years ago their furious cam
paign was dubbed "the bloodless war
of the roses" and today Aunt Jennie
and Aunt Sanna carry on the tradi-
ton.
Aunt Jennie wears a sunfower along
with the hallowed red rose Of the Re-
publican Taylors, although she has
large respect for Mr.. Roosevelt be-
cause "he's my PRESIDENT"
Aunt Sanna sports the white rose
of the Democratic Taylors and plans
to cancel Aune Jennie's vote in Ten
nessee. Like her brother Bob, who
had been a Senator for five years
when he died here in 1912. Aunt Sanna
votes the Democratic ticket straight.
Visit Capital Together.
Aunt Sanna, or Mrs. w. j. Miller
Of johnson City, Tenn, is "a years
old, and Aunt Jennie (Mrs. Alfred
Alexander Taylor), also of johnson
City, is four years her Junior. The
two representatives of the famous
Taylor family are visiting Washing
ton together for the first time.
They arrived here yesterday for a
To-day stay with Mrs. Jay Hayden
of 1924 Twentieth street, daughter
of the late Bob Taylor. The two
elderly ladies are great friends, de-
spite their political rivalry, for If
some of Aunt Jennie's Is grandchil-
dren vote for Landon there will be
enough good Democrats among Aunt
| Sanna's even dozen to square the
score.
Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Taylor, un-
| der the stimulus of an election year,
were moved to recall yesterday the
battle of wits and oratory which
thrust the Taylor brothers to the
| front in State and national politics.
1t was the youngest brother Bob
who won the election for Governor IN
1885.
Goodness knows they told enough
| stories on Bob and Af," chuckled
| Aunt Sanna. THE boys campaigned
on the same platform. and they put
on quite show. I can tell you I was
careful how I expressed myself about
my politics in those days, with one
brother a Democrat and the other
Republican!
Refuses Sunflower.
But I can say I'm a Democrat
now without fear of contradiction.
When I left home for Washington one
of my grandsons came to tell me good
by. The child had Landon sunf1ow-
ers pinned all over his coat. He
asked me to wear one to Washing
ton. I had tell him, No. sonny!"
"And my grandson said, We'll,
grandmother, If you won't wear Lam
don button for me, will you please go
to the White House to see Mr.. Roose-
velt, and tell me If you still Like him
when you get homer"
Mrs. Taylor smiled a trifile grimly
while Mrs. Miller was talking. She
said: "Mr. Roosevelt is my President.
and I have the greatest respect for
him, but I'm voting the Republican
ticket next month because am con-
vinced we need change of admin
istration hope my grandchil-
dren will agree with mel"
Each Of the Taylor brothers served
in the House of Representatives, Bob
for two terms, beginning in 1879, and
ALT for three terms, starting in 1889,
Their father, Nathaniel Green Tay-
lor,. served in Congress before them
as Whig from the same Tennessee
district which sent Bob to the House
as Democrat and ALI to the House
as q Republican.
Denies Mule Story.
| Aunt Sanna took occasion yester-
day to deny q story that her father,
introducing his campaigning sons to
o gathering Of voters, remarked that
Bob was stubborn as o mule" and
evoked the reply from Bob that every
one knew what sort Of an animal was
the father Of q mule.
"our father was q preacher as well
as q politician" Aunt Sanna said, "he
was much too dignified to have made
such q remark in public, and Bob
was incapable Of such reply"
The Memphis newspapers several
days ago published stories of the
fiftieth anniversary of the rival
speeches Of the brothers.
| According to an old issue Of the
Memphis Appeal, Nothing like 1t was
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