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In Senator Taylor's speech at Obion
last week ho branded the report as a lie
that he would not servo his term as
Governor if elected.
The election is nearly on us and cam
paign sensations are being liberally dis
tributed. Partisans are usually too ea
ger to accept unfounded reports and
give them circulation. More untrue
the report the more rapidly it spreads.
Gossip mongers have besieged both can
didates. Whatever the result of the election in
Tennessee next Tuesday we sincerely
hope there will be no backward step. If
Taylor is elected We hope to see the
State-wide prohibition law enforced to
the Jelter as near as possible, county
election commissioners elected by the
people, good roads measures for all the
counties alike in the State and an equal
division of the proposed convict labor,
the State fair conducted as a private en
terprise, and the retention of the stat
utes affecting the liquor traffic. If
Hooper is elected we trust that ho will
keep good his temperance pledges and
give us as near as possible a Democratic f
administration. "lie azy, Mike; but if
ye can t be azy, lie as a.y as ye can.
William Jennings liryan, by unan- pure snow; to make white; to Whiten;
inious consent the greatest political or-' to whitewash; to bleoch. Thus seeing
ator of the present age in the world, and the true definition of the two colors
in our opinion no less the greatest states- represented in the fight that is now be
man, defines Roosevelt's "new national-, jng waged -in the State, we could not
ism" in a recent speech in support of l,ep but think how appropriate the col
Mr. Kern, Democratic candidate for ! ors Were. Red, the badgo that the sup
United 'States Senator from Indiana, j porters of the fusion ticket are wearing,
& portion of which is reproduced else-, l signifies to put in order; to free from
where in. this paper. It is well worth
reading. Appropriating Bryan's poli
cies 'as his offspring, Roosevelt has gone
a step further and ventured upon the
most radical lines, the opposite extreme
of JK'tnooraey. Roosevelt has taken a
t leap in the dark. Bryan's theories have
almost everyone developed into popular
favor. The insurgency of the West is
no more nor less than the reflex of Bry
anism, a revival of the true democratic
spirit. Bryan is Ihe same patriot on
all occasions. Roosevelt an insur
gent in the West, a conservative iu the
North, a Democrat in the South, a stand
pat Republican in the Ea3t. He is to
all men everything and to his country
a false prophet. Roosevelt id the Re
publican party, which is represented in
Tennessee by Ilooperism.
Aren't you tired of borrowing the other fellow's gun?
If ou are not, let us whiwper something to you, "He is."
Own your own things; then you won't spoil all the fun of your outing in
fearing you'll break the gun, or whatever you have borrowed.
. In sporting goods and hardware we sell only the best. They are the
cheapest for you.
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The Colors.
Some time since we saw in a company
of men some wearing white badges and
some wearing a badge of red. A gentle
man wearing a white badge approached
ono who was wearing the red and said,
"What is the definition or significance
of your red badge?" The wearer replied
that he could not give the proper defi
nition of the word red but that its sig
nificance to himself was that he was for
law enforcement and the majority rule
and against lawlesness and machine
rule.
The other said, "You are wrong,
red stands for radical Republicanism
and that you have bolted the Demo
cratic party and gone off with the Re
ii litf it i i .i
publicans. wen," saiu tlio wearer
of the red, "what is the definition and
significance of your white badge?" and
the man replied. ''White is the emblem
of purity, innocence and harmony, and
is the peculiar badge of a true Demo
crat and means that I am a follower of
our Hob. " And ,hus the dialogue ended
with them,. but not so with us, as we
were anxious to know the truo defini
tion of the words red and white, and by
consulting standard authorities we find
t)em
ms: Red, to put in order; to
make tidy; to free from entanglement
or embarrassment. White, the color of
entanglement, etc. There is no one that
can deny the fact that our State needs
to le put in order and freed from en
tanglement? To convince one that the
S'ate is in bad order we only have to
look at the. non-enforcement of the
laws and the lawlessness that is ram
pant in almost every section, from Car
ter to Shelby. That she is entangled
and embarrassed, we have but to look
at the executive branch trying to con
trol the legislative and judicial. Then,
fellow men, rally to the cause of the
Red and help put our State in a tidy
shape, so she will no longer be a dis
grace in the eyes of the world. But
what of the white? Is the principles it
represents as pure as the driven snow?
Is it not evident to every thinking man
that the recent change of candidates is
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an attempt to whitewash and bleach, as
It were, the present administration and
to keep the present state of disorder
and entanglement in force. The wear
ers of the white, to our mind, represent
thewhited sepulchers, which indeed ap
pear beautiful, outward, but are, with
in, full of uncleanness, so that no fuller
on earth could make them white. This
is a time of all times when every voter
in the State should consider well the
principles at stake before he casts his
vote and cast that vote for principle and
right rather than for some man who has
been whitewashed for the occasion.
Watch Dog.
For Hooper and Enloe.
II Y W. 0. 1iKY.V0I.U-i.
Again I come fo show further reasons
why I believe it's our duty to vote for
the above named gentlemen in the (.lec
tion Nov. 8 and to use our best energy
to see that all of our friends get to the
polls atid vote on said occasion.
Never before in the history of Ten
nessee, since I can remember, have is
sues of such great importance been be
fore the State, and it behooves every
citizen to come to the front like men
and declare for law and order, and that
no backward steps be taken in our tem
perance ami" moral laws, and that men
be elected to office who do declare for
these laws. Vote for no man who does
not and will not tell you where he
stands. The whisky people know their
man, and we should know ours. No
man can satisfy that class of voters and
at the same time satisfy the law and or
der class. Let's come to the front as
did our fathers in the sixties, except we
come with our votes (and they came
with their gun.s) and put to flight the
greatest political machine ever made
and .restore to the people their rights
as American citizens to choose their
representatives and to demand the en
forcement of law and order.
Things have come to a pretty pass in
this grand old State of ours, and it is
all brought aliout by this Fatterson
Taylor party who will enforce only such
laws as suit their liking. Talk about
peace in the party and State. There
will never be peace until the lawless el
ement is made to respect the laws of the
land, and that a preacher of the Gos
pel shall have the same rights and pro
tection as the criminal negro.
The say a preacher has no business in i
politics. We will tighten up on the'
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purse strings -we will bring him to
terms. They are not "regular," but
the blackest negro in the State can wear
the "badge" of regularity. Shame on
any people that resort to such tactics.
The respectable negroes are not in that
class, however, and they deserve credit
for standing for the right.
They say that iTaylor stands for tem
perance. Why doesut he say so. Jay
lor says he stands for a free lake. Won
der how much he wants the State to pay
the company which jelaims it. His son
in-law at Trenton is interested in the
lake.
Who nominated Boy Taylor for Gov
ernor of Tennessee? The machine. How
many offices can Bob hold at one time?
Which one would you prefer? Which
does he? Would he serve if elected?
They say Taylor has made such
acrifice for the State. Who made Tay
lor what he is? What's he ever done
for Tennessee? For twenty-four years
the people have honored him with the
best they had, but now it seems lie has
outgrown himself and thinks the people
of Tennessee belong to him, and all he
has to do is to round up the hill-billies
and red-necks, but he has come one
time too many. They say that Taylor
is so patriotic that he gives for various
charitable and benevolent purposes
Any ten-cent show, street fair or vau
deville will give half of the proceeds to
anything if you will furnish the people.
Is that true patriotism? The street fairs,
run by Pennsylvania yankees, paid in
to the monument by giving a part to
the good ladies for their support. It is
very much like the man getting hands
to pick blackberries and giving half
AnylKidy em be patriotic when the peo
ple do the work.
True patriotism will be shown next
Tuesday by every good citizen of tin's
county and State going to the polls and
exercising his rights and in voting to
put down the Patterson-Taylor machine.
Let the people say what they want.
There are a thousand farmers and busi
ness men in Obion County who would
make better governors than Boh Tay
lor, Give us a change.
A Banquet
spread before you would do you no good
if you couldn t eat. Vhat. good can
food do a child when as soon as it enters
it's stomach it is eaten by worms.
That's the reason your baby is ailing,
cross, pasty faced and thin. Give it
White's Cream Vermifuge. It will ex
pel the worms and act as a tonic for the
child. Sold by Red Cross Drug Co.
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