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...surprising was that, after the Memphis conferences, Senator McKellar one morning in mid-July announced that his candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor was Burgin Estel Dossett, East Tennessee schoolteacher. Dossett was also the candidate of the present State Administration headed by Governor Hill McAlister, whom Boss Crump helped to elect. Six hours later Boss Crump announced: "We, what is generally known as the city and county crowd, will support Gordon Browning for Governor believing he is honestly the best...
Excited newshawks besieged Boss Crump to know whether he and Senator McKellar had had a break. "A break?" asked he. "No. We are still good friends. . . . We just differ on the Governor's race...
Said Senator McKellar: "Mr. Crump and I have been friends for 25 years. He has supported me all during that time. I haven't anything on earth but the kindest words and thoughts concerning him and shall not have...
Seeking a cause for this breach between Memphis' Boss and the Nashville Administration, quidnunes recalled that the McAlister organization had grievously disappointed Crump by failing to repeal Tennessee's prohibition law. Gordon Browning, a hefty, thick-thatched, loose-lipped A. E. F. artillery captain who served twelve years (1923-35) in the House of Representatives, is personally and politically Dry, but promised to advocate a State referendum on liquor...
...ability of Boss Crump to achieve his political ends became apparent last week. His friend Senator McKellar and others who value Boss Crump's votes failed to put up a real fight for Candidate Dossett. In Shelby County the vote was: Browning 60,302; Dossett 872. When the ballots were counted in Tennessee, Candidate Browning had won the Democratic nomination by better than...