The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 22

NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and The Nashville American, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1918. CEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE TICKET Indorsed by the Citizens' Democratic Committee, Subject to the Action of the Davidson County Democratic Primary, Thursday, August 1, 1918 CITIZENS' DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE TICKET LEMUEL R. CAMPBELL Candidate for State Senator, Davidson County. FIN LEY M. DORMS Candidate for State Senator, Davidson County.

JOE S. BOYD Candidate for Representative, Davidson County. ROBERT W. BRATTON Candidate for Representative, Davidson County. JAMES B.

COLE Candidate for Representative, Davidson County, ED F. NENON Candidate for Representative, Davidson County. R. E. McLURE Candidate for Representative, Davidson County.

THOS. J. SMITH Candidate for Representative, Davidson County. FINLEY M. DORRIS Finiev M.

Iiori'ls wii linni in Clavka-v i lie. Tennessee, ilurtni: the civil War. Morris Is the sun of the lKUr Jtov. William j. non-ls, who was for more lll'ty years mnuibiT uf tlio ronTeri'iii'i'.

Mr. Dun-is' father iihivinI tu SumiiLT ('ouiity, ToiinOBBCc, wIhm-( Mr. I'urrlrt tiiudt his hoyie until lie wji.s IS yours ol' ants wiiou no cumo lo Xuslivlllc to llvo. lie whs connected with his uncle, W. It.

CornclluB, In the uiiilertuklnii Inislness. which business he hits followed ever since, 11 tollll of thti-ty-eiuht years. In I'JOL' Mr. V'oitIs opened the llr.st rt'Sltlentliil undertaking establishment In the known its the llrni of Finley M. Dorrla, which was operated under that, niilttc-for tivo years.

In 1907 the Hrni of rton'ls, Karsch Co. was and Is now one of Nashvllle'8 loading undertfiklnw esliiblishments. In at Ihe. solicitation of How friends. 1 lorris imide the i-aoo, and was elected a member of the County Court, havlniv Just completed tho Blx- year torin of that ofllee.

Sonio of: 'the progress of the court In recent years Is tho fruits of Mr. Dorrls' labors, ua evidenced by the fact: that he was ro. cently renominated for the same offioo for another term. L. R.

CAMPBELL 17 R. rntuplion ivas born nnrt reared "in fitini in AVWkoh County, TonnoHaeo. (lie waa otluculud at Cumberland Unl--vtiraity and ai VandorbHt, mid, Iiaa lived in Bavidwon County since 1885, wlicro lie lias pracliciMl law. Mr. CumnlieU's father whh a natives of Tennerjsec and was colnncl of the First Tonnestiee Hegimont of Volunteers In the Mexican war in 18-17 and 1818, and afterwards was Governor of TenneaHoc.

For many yearn Mr. Campbell lia.H lived five miles on tho Murfreesboro pHte. whoro ho has conducted a ftmn. iio lias never been a candidate for any public ofJlec. For many years ho was one of tho trustcos of tho Tennessee School for tho Blind at Nushville, one of (ho best-conducted of all the stato institutions.

He has always been a strong; supporter of all "measures that appeared to bo for the moral, social and material betterment of tho state, city and Mr. Campbell 1ms two sons in the service of the United States. Ono volunteered bot'oro war began and is now fi (jilting: ii France-; tho othor volunteered before reach intff the use of HI, and ho, too, will soon bo flgrhtinc for hla country. T. J.

SMITH T. .1. Smith was born In Williamson County, Alisons, Tenn. to Nashville In I89f. Since that time has been a -resident of this city.

Past twenty vcars employed as clerk in market house. Now manag-er for F. G. l.owe Second avenue, north, and their place of business In the city market. Past two years President of tho Market House Association; Senior Warden of Bast Nashville Lodge No.

6fi0, F. and A. also member of Cherokee Tribe No. 21, Red Men; and Jr. O.

U. A. Guiding; Star Council No, 7. Clerk of the North Edgoricld Baptist Church. JAMES B.

COLE James B. Cole was born and reared In Goodlettsvillc. Ho Is a successful farmer and undertaker of that plane. Air. Cole is a member of the Davidson County Kxecutivo Committee, havlncr reprospnted the Tenth District for tivelvo consecutive years, He Is a member of the Masonic and W.

O. W. and is 38 years of ag. Davidson County is entitled to two Senators and six Representatives in the General Assembly of the State. Under the new compulsory primary law, all party nominations for the Legislature, must be made in party primaries held on the same day as the general August election.

The gentlemen whose names appear above and whose photographs, with sketches appended, are shown elsewhere in this issue, consented to become candidates, subject to the action of the Davidson County Democratic Primary, to be held on Thursday, August 1, 1918, at the request of the Citizens' Democratic Committee. 1 These candidates have adop'ted, and are publishing over their signatures in today's issue, a declaration of principles and platform, which the Citizens' Democratic Committee and, we believe, a large majority of the Democratic voters of Nashville and Davidson County heartily approve. The ticket' is composed of men who are Democrats in politics, who are of unquestioned integrity and ability, who are worthy of the utmost confidence, and who would represent our county with credit to themselves and satisfaction to all citizens who approve the principles and policies to which tliey are pledged. The public is earnestly requested to investigate the character and ability of the gentlemen composing this ticket, and to read the declaration and platform upon which stand. From our own knowledge and personal acquaintance, we indorse them and their candidacy without qualification, and most heartily commend them to the Democratic voters of Nashville and Davidson CITIZENS' DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.

EDWARD FRANCIS NENON was born in lOdwartl Francis Xenon His father. onfif the moat ponular DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND PLATFORM ADOPTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE CITIZENS' DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE TICKET and successful retail sroeerymen, wua lidward Netion. was retired in Nasliylllo: educated In Wallace, Uowen'alld St. actiuirlue; the litilshliic; touches at SI. Mary's Colleue, Ky.

After graduation lie enlisted In business with his father, and In ltlOl, entered the ranks of Phillips ButtorfC Mfg. occupying various positions with Ildellty and loyalty, which served to make him more and more popular with an Increased circle of acquaintances. In 1310 ho reccivod a (lulteHnK offer from the- Buck Stove Range St. Louis. representing thorn In various territories.

lncrensei! tk'-s served to bind him so fast to Nashville, that lie accepted an offer front tho Phillips Uuttorff Mfff. Co. to enter their ranks again, since' time ho bus been accounted as among the most offlcldut. uiass of their salesmen. lie In second vice-president of I'ogt Travelers' Protective Association, a membor of (ho Knights of Columbus.

Ills nomination largely due to tltts demonstration of his.efilcleney In Nashville's campaign for philanthropic JOES. BOYD Ab business man Joe, S. Boyd, the subject of this sketch, has few peers In tho city of Nashville i He was born at Holt's Corner, Marshall (bounty. Tennessee, 44 years He wuh raised' on the faruii H1b father, the lato Thos. A.

Boyd, was a gallant Confederate soldier, and served throughout the civil war-under General Nathan Bedford Forrest as'a member of tho Eleventh Tonnesseo Cavulry. Joe Boyd rocolvod his -education in tho common county schools at -Holt's Cornor and Chapel Hill. He came to Nashville when 1G years of ago and worked as a clerk in several different linos of business. In ho wont -west for sevoral thereafter was with the Missouri Pacific Hallway. For tho past twelve- or fifteen yearn he has been identified with the business Interests of Nashville as see'retary of the Nouhoff Abattoir Packing; Co.

At the present time ho Is secretary and manager of the White Sevum Co, Ho is a Mason, Bed Man and deacon In tho Socond Free by tori an Church. For several years he has served the otty of Nashville as a member of Carnegie Library Board. To the Democracy of Nashville and Davidson County: We, the undersigned Legislative candidates for nomination as Senators and members of the House of Representatives, respectively, from Davidson County, in the next General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, subject to the Davidson County Democratic Primary 'to be held on Thursday, August 1, 1918. for which we have qualified at the solicitation of the Citizens' Democratic Committee, in order that the people may be fully informed as to our position on matters and questions of great do publish the following DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND PLATFORM: 1. POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.

We are Democrats, believe in the principles of the Democratic Party, and are submitting our candidacy to the voters in a Democratic primary. II. FOR PRESIDENT WILSON AND VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF WAR. We. are American citizens, and yield to none in our patriotism and our loyalty to the State and the Natipn, and In our support of the President and the Federal and State Governments in the vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary, in conjunction with the Allies of the United States.

We, believe that every energy of the City, the County, the State, and the Nation should now be turned toward the winning of this war. Other interests and other enterprises can wait, but no possible preparation for forcing a speedy, definite and victorious issue should be postponed. We stand firmly and loyally behind the President. We shall uphold his hands. We believe that ail of our people now realize what Is at stake, and are ready to do or die to defeat the enemies of mankind.

We now and here place ourselves on record as being willing to subordinate all other matters to the necessities of the national emergency. III. ECONOMY, CONSERVATION AND MORALE. To the end that our Army and Navy, the non-combatant and industrial units auxiliary thereto, and the military and naval forces of our Allies, may be" supported in every way to the fullest 'extent, we are In favor of strict economy in state, county and municipal administration! of persistent conservation of food, supplies and materials of every kind needful for carrying on the wars and of constant, active, and diligent effort to maintain order, harmony, and sound morale among our people at home. We believe in sacrifice, self-denial, and heroism for our civilian population that shall bear some comparable relation to the utter consecration of our soldiers and sailors.

We are opposed to every form of looseness, slackness, profiteering, disloyalty, sabotage, and sedition. We are In favor of reducingthe backwash and moral -deterioration, so frequently incident to war, to minimum. Therefore, we are for the maintenance in their integrity and the strict enforcement of all the laws for the Suppression of the liquor traffic, and the illicit sale and distribution ot narcotics. We are also tn favor of all reasonable measures to safeguard the public health, and especially the health of our soldiers, dur sailors, and our Industrial army engaged in war work. This is not a time, in our opinion, for any species of political sabotage, or for the satisfaction of personal spites and resentments through political action.

We are opposed, therefore, to all measures that would make for discord, weakness, or inefficiency in government, whether national, state, coujity, or municipal. IV. TAXATION, REVENUE, AND PUBLIC CREDIT. We favor a just. fair and equitable system of taxation, so that all property may bear its proper portion of the burden.

The budget system should be adopted with reference to State appropriations and disbursements. Sufficient taxes, and no more, should be levied and collected, to, meet all the current obligations of the Stale, and provide for the gradual retirement of its Bonded indebtedness. The State's credit must be kept unimpaired. The State, no less than its citizen's, should live within its means. When taxes have been once assessed! equalized, and collected, there should be an end of the matter.

We are Unalterably opposed to the back-tax system in Tennessee. V. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Education of thp people is the only means of making the world safe for democracy, or of making democracy safe for the "Without vision the people perish." Education of Its citizens is a prime function of the state. We favor a liberal policy in regard to the public schools, and believe that they should be maintained In the most efficient manner possible, with well-educated, well-trained, and well-paid teachers, and with free textbooks for the use of the children.

VI. CONFEDERATE PENSIONS, SOLDIERS' HOME, STATE INSTITUTIONS. We approve. the generous policy thai has been pursued with respect to the Confederate soldiers of Tennessee. The partial discharge of our debt of gratitude for their valor and sacrifice, will make it easier for us to meet and solve the problems of care, re-education, and restoration of our blessed ones, who shall come back from "over there," wearing their wounds like stars.

An illiberal policy touching the State's philanthropic, reformative, and charitable institutions, would be unworthy of Tennessee and Tennesseans. Therefore, we favor as ample provision as possible for the actual needs of all the State's institutions. VII. WORK OR FIGHT. it is one of the compensations of war that, many thousands of people, women as well as men, have given freely of their time and service, have found joy In the giving, and have helped by their sacrifice to keep ajar the gates of brotherhood.

The slacker cannot be contemplated' without emotions of rlgliteous indignation. All just men recognize the obligation to work or fight. We favor all reasonable legislation that may be needed to eliminate idleness and vagrancy, and to distribute Impartially the burdens and sacrifices of war. VIII. ORGANIZED LABOR.

There is no place in a democracy for the man who does not work. There is no labor, that is wholly physical, or wholly mental. All wholesome effort, all useful toil, Involves both mental and physi'cal factors. To attempt to classify men, in this country, as working-men and capitalists, is not only illogical but mischievous as well. That there may be radical, though not clearly discerned, defects In our social and economic system, lending to Individual injustice and inequality, all thinkers agree.

A serious and sympathetic effort to remedy those defects will be another of the compensations of the world war. Meanwhile, most men would agree, as we do, with President Wilson and the National War Labor Board, in the principle of. the right of etnplbyes to organize in their trades, crafts, and occupations, and to bargain collectively, through representatives, for wage scales and conditions and hours of labor, and the equal right of employers to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives with those authorized to speak for organized labor. Struggle to reach justice is ever permissible, and is In accordance with all laws of life and progress. War and strife in industry, however, aro hurtful alike to employers, employes, and the public, and greatly to be deplored.

We are in sympathy with the legitimate aspifatlons of the employed, as voiced by organized labor. No backward step should be taken In Ute mittcr of child labor laws. A just and fair workmen's compensation law should be enacted, as well as laws to establish an eight-hour day and a minimum wage for women and children In Industry. In striving for the well-being and the protection of those who carry on Ihe work of the world, we believe that we shall beitranslatlng our profession of democracy Into a vital practice thereof. IX.

CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM. Whatever may be said of the ethics of confiscation of the labor of convicts beyond the cost of conviction and keep, there cannot be two opinions on the subject of the convict lease system. We 'still live under the competitive industrial, order, it Is not right that one pVoducer, by aid of the State, shall have the markets open to convict-made goods in competition with the products of free labor. We are unalterably opposed to the, convict lease system, and approve the legislation contained In Chapter 46, Acts of 1 9 1 7, providing for the retirement by the State from the system of leasing or contracting the labor of convicts to manufacturers. We favor a plan for utilizing the labor of convicts, heretofore leased to manufacturers, in the building and repair of public highways.

X. NO BOND ISSUE WITHOUT POPULAR VOTE. We are opposed to the Issuance of any bonds by the City or County, unless and until they have been authorized by a vote of the people thereon. XI. CONCLUSION.

We pledge ourselves unreservedly to the support of legislation to carry out the principles and policies set forth believe that the public Interest would, therefore, be best subserved by our election, and earnestly solicit your vote and your active support In Ihe August primaryr Respectfully, LEMUEL R. FINLEY M. DORRIS, Candidates for State Senators, Davidson County. JOE S. BOYD, ROBERT W.

BRATTON, JAMES B. COLE, ED F. NENON, R. E. McLURE, THOS.

J. SMITH, Candidates for Representatives, Davidson County. R. t. McLURE "Dick" McLui'c Is it Tcuncsseun by birth, put received his education In the public schools of Orlando, b-la.

Since coming to Nashville to make ids homo in HtOO. he. has been identified with the printing business. For a number of years he was with Wubii. now the Foster Parkes later Koltig to the Naslivtlle.

Banner, with which paper ho Is trtlll couuectod-111s ability, filghstimdnrds, onergy 'and dependability have made him the' most valued moil connected with' that paper, Mr. McLure Is a member of Nashville Typographical Union Wo. 0, lias always taken a doep Interest in Its affairs, and has Doeu honored by official positions. At present he Is vl-jc-prosl-dent of the unfon and a member of the executive committee, in he wtts chosen to represent the. local organisation at tile International Typographical Union convention at.

Cleveland, ollto. jLast year he was delegate "tu the Tennessee State Federation Sf Labor and was made third vice-president of that body. Ho has this rospect and estoom of all who know him. In 1901 ho was married to Miss Margaret S. Anderson, daughter of Mr.

J. J. Andorson, formerly president of the 'X Anderson Wagon Co. of this city-Mr. McLttro is 41 years of age.

ROBT. W. BRATTON Robert W. Bratton was born Octobor 30, 1S75, In Iho Thirtoenth Civil District of Davidson County, Tennessee. Hit boyhoo'd and a few years, of hls.

early manhood was spent on a farm. Between 'these years and his entrance Into real estate- circles In 1901, Mr. Brat- ton servod three years in the mercantile business at Jordonta, and three years as teacher in the county sohoots. After connecting himself In a. substantial way with the real estate activities of Nashville, ho served one year as president of tho Heal Estate Board.

Mr. Bruttou was also a niomhor of tho first County Board of Education, and has recently been elected vice-president of-- tho National of Real Estate Boards. Tho greater part of Mr. Bratton's sparo time is given to the supervision of stock raising and fanning on his farm-.