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JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1910.
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'WOBBLING'
BRETHREN
TAYLOR SAYS IT
IS UNNECESSARY
Democratic Candidate Introduced
by Confederate Veteran He
Captured the Audience
Humboldt, Oct. 29- Senator Robert
L. Taylor came here from Brownsville
yesterday afternoon and addressed a
crowd at the new Lyric theater that
taxed the capacity of the building
There were probably 1,200 in the audi-
ence, many of them women and chil-
dren.
Col. VV. M. McCall, a member of the
Humboldt bar, a confederate veteran,
was introduced by Thomas J. Walsq,
who in turn introduced Senator Tay- j
or-
In his speech of little over an hour, 1
Senator Taylor was given perfect at-
tention. He denied that he was lead-!
ing a lawless element in Tennessee pol-
itics, but said that he was leading the
same element that he had led for thir
ty years. He mado frequent mention
of the "wobbling" brethren, and de-!
clared there was no necessity for them 1
deserting democracy in this campaign.
CAN LADY IN HOBBLE
SKIRT KICK ANOTHER
New York, Oct 28 The hobble skirt
was presented as evidence in court yes-
terday. The defendant came into court
with evidence under her arm.
It was the oase of Mrs. Bertha Lang
against Miss Frances Stultz in the New
Jersey avenue court. The women had
an argument over Mrs. Lang's husband
one day last week. Miss Stultz had
Mrs. Lang arrested for assault When
Mrs. Lang said she was attacked first
the judge asked how.
"She punched and kicked me," said
Mrs. Lang.
It was then that the hobble skirt
was triumphantly produced.
"Do you think I could kick anybody
with this on, judge?" Miss Stulz asked
hs she held the garment up
for his in-'
spection.
"Why, judge, I can Just barely glide
along with it on, much less indulge in
violent exercise. Believe me, if you
ever had a hobble skirt on, judge, you
would know that you could never
raise your foot in anger."
"I'm no Solomon," said Magistrate
Oilroy, and dismissed the case.
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VERTREES
CONFIDENT
STATEMENT LOOKED FOB
And Anxiously Awaited For By
Voters Says Less than 10,400
Independents for Hooper
Nashville, Oct. 31. Chairman W. O.
j Vertrees, of the state democratic cam
paign committee, has issued a state
ment reviewing the situation and ex
pressing the utmost confidence in the
election of Heuator Taylor.
The text of the statement of Major
Vertrees is as follows:
To the Democrats of Tennessee:
As chairman of the state executive
committee, I have endeavored to ascer
tain the political situation so as to
make a statement to you. I can now
do s0- t)ur information comes from
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I visitors at headquarters and personal
'.letters irom those who were regulars
anti independents throughout the state,
This information is most assuring. In
every county there are democrats who
I voted for the independent judiciary in
j November, but they are not so numer
ous as many nave been lea to Deueve,
Most of those who voted the independ
ent ticket in August understood the
situation; they knew they were voting
for one ticket of democratic candidates
against another ticket of democratic
candidates, to be judges. They knew
thev were voting for democrats and
they knew the reasons which were in
fluencing them. They understand that
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snail vote lor a repuoncan against a
democrat in November, and for t'e
most part they will not do it
It is not a question of coming back,
1 for they do not consider that by voting
I between democrats in that election
they had gne away. It is merely a
question of hot going away, andl.can
say with confidence mat supnsingiy
jew, in view of the great clamor raised,
have gone astray. When Senator Tay
lor was nominated only thirty-wo pa
pers supported him. But the indepen
dent papers have been dropping into
line until now there are sixty-seven,
The American has been lost to democ
racy, but by a change, but by merger
into the Tennessean, which has oppos
ed Senator Taylor from his nomination;
still there are sixty-seven. The news
through all sources, and from every
county is that the independents are
falling into linethat they are changing
from Hooper to Taylor, and that the
democratic vote will fall but little
short of the normal regular vote not
enouch to leave any doubt as to the
election of Senator Taylor. I predict
that less than 10,000 independents will
vote for Hooper. If only the average
vote be cast, we can lose many more
and still will win. The vote in the
last November election was as follows:
Patterson 133,166, Tillman, 113,233,
Total 246,399, a majority of 20,000. Ten
nessee can - vote, and has voted, over
313,000. It is not expected that such
vote will be cast in an off year, but, of
course, the larger the vote the greater
tQe democratic majority.
The republicans are very active. If
you will turnout as you usually do,
even in off years, and when you get
th tnttt lhe vote8 you cast aie
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counted as cast, Senator Taylor will be
the governor of Tennessee.
(Signed)
WILLIAM O. VFRTREE8.
Chmn. Dem. State Executive Com.
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SUSPECTED DYNAMITERS
ARE HELD IN MEXICO
Washington, Oct 31. The state de
partment has been notified by the
American ambassador to Mexico that
United States Consul Marion Letcher
at Acapulco reports the detention of
five men suspected of connection with
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building. The department has
advised Mr. Letcher to supply further
details direct to Washington.
Today the police examined the pris
oners in the light of descriptions fur
nished by a private detective agency
of the fugitives Evans and Ham burn,
and it is believed that the identifica
tion was sufficient.
MAJORITY WILL BE 20,000
Says That Since Making Whirl
wind Campaign He will Far
Exceed All Calculations
Nashville, Oct. 31. "I have been
campaigning in Tennessee since 1884
und I have made fourteen to sixteen
campaign tours of this state in that
time, when party enthusiasm has run
high, but never before have I seen in
West Tennessee such detei mination
rnd enthusiasm on the part of the
democrats as I have soen this yea:."
Thus spoke Senator Robert L. Tay,
lor yesterday in the course of a brief
rest between the end of the second
week and the commencement of the
third week in his whirlwind cam
paign.
"In the best days of democracy in
this state, when the party was solid,
and when the democratic speaker
brought out the full strength of his
party at every appointment, I never
got such crowds as I have seen this
week. I have made from six to nine
speeches per day, and since leaving
Memphis last Monday I have talked to
forty-eight audiences, every one of
them as large as the size of the com
munity would justify.
"My observation teaches me that ye
will carry every West Tennesse county
that the democrats are accustomed to
carry, and with the usual democratic
majorities. Gibson and Weakley are
the only, two counties as to which I
feel any alarm as to the size of the ma
jorities, and in both of them we found
the democrats alert, determined and
hopeful, and since making this trip 1
am satisfied of ultimate victory, if
the vote of the state were taken today,
and we had an absolutely fair count,
we would carry the state by a good
majority. This prospect will be im
proved during the coming week, for
the democratic tide is now rising, while
the republican strength is receding."
Senator Taylor in every speech he
made last week repeated the estimate
of his majority at 20,000, and upon ar
rival at headquarters here in Nash
ville he finds his estimates verified by
the close calculations of state commit
tee. Maj. Vertrees was chairman of
the independent campaign in August,
and those who were then associated
with him know how conservative he is
in the matter of giving out oampaign
estimates. They know also how close
ly he gathers his figures and calcula
tions. He says the republican majori
ty in East Tennessee will not exceed
20,000. The campaign party which, has
just traversed West Tennessee knows
how easily this majority can be over
come.
SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILT
UPON RUINS OF SALOON
Rev. J. H. Wallin, Sunday school
missionary, attended a Sunday school
rally on Big Rock Creek Saturday.
ThirSunday school edifice is built on
the ruins of a saloon and a stoam dis
tillery- .
NO TAYLOR SUPPORTERS
AS ELECTION OFFICERS
Newport, Tenn., Oct. 26. The elec
tion commissioners met here today and I
appointed officers to hold the Novem
ber election. Not a single Taylor sup
porter was named on the list, which is
made up of seventy-three republicans
and forty so-called democrats, who are
upporting Hooper. The election board
is composed of three Hooper support
ers.
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SEN. JEFF DAVIS' SPEECH
He Declares Taylor is a Man ot
Courage and Will be Elected
by People Who Love Him
Senator Jeff Davis .addressed a ca
pacity audience at the court house in
this city Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock, notwithstanding the fact that
only a few hours' notice had been
given that the distinguished speaker
wonld visit Johnson City. Senator
Davis is cne of the strongest speakers
in the democratic ranks today and
more than interested the large crowd
that heard him. He was introduced
by Cy H. Lyle and spoke for nearly
two hours, but held the closest atten
tion of his crowd throughout. His
speech was forceful and logical and,
best of all, it convinced many inde
pendent democrats of the error of their
way and they openly returned to the
fold.
When Senator Davis arose he was
given an ovation, and spoke in part as
follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: I am not here
to disturb, far from it, but to aid in
peace in lhe democratic party in my
humble way. Just subsequent to the
terrible civil war the people of this
country were happier by far than they
are at the present time. The Confed
erates returned to find their homes
and fortunes gone, but these brave and
honest men, God bless them, they are
the most honest on earth, took up the
work of rebuilding their homes and
fortunes against great odds.
They had an unequal chance then
and a condition has arisen in this coun
try of late which has brought about an
unequal chance and this latter condi
tion was brought about by laws passed
By a republican congress and the result
is that the ownership of property is in
no wise equal. I want to say to you
that it is an astounding fact that there
are 52 men in the United States who
own 85 per cent of the entire wealth of
the country and 4,000 other men who
are worth from one million to ten mill
ion dollars, and taken together these
4,052 men own and control more than
85 per cent of the combined wealth of
this great nation. Following the civil
war there were two fields of labor,
namely: Human endeavor and those
who work in the field of legislation.
View the two crowds, the laborer who
works in the different vocations of life
and the gang that works in legislative
fields for unearned gain. The former
creates something which the latter
class neither spin nor toil, but sit In all
the glory of modern Solomons. - The
republicans have challenged on the
floor of congress and none have yet de
nied that this small number of men
own more than 87 per cent of the
wealth. These monopolies said to the
republicans of congress, we want to
make money and by sliding bills
through that body are doing it Why
did they want this power of money?
Because they knew that to weld such
a power ultimately meant the control
of the government They were not
satisfied and said . to the government
we want these little state banks put
out of business for e are desirous of
canning the" money 6f lhecountry.
This was done foMheni as you all
know. They were still not satisfied
and come again sqying: "We find
greenback dollars in the labprers'fpock
et," and they demanded that these
greenbneks be withdrawn. This was
done as you all remember but still they
were not satisfied and came forth again
wanting a closer corner on the money
of the country. They said: 41 We find
silver dollars in the laborers' pocket
and we want that slaughtered.
Tn 1873 the act was passed and
no
one knows to this good day who per
petrated that national outrage which
was slipped through like ST thief in the
night. The secretary of the treasury
at that time construed the word "coin"
to mean gold and only gold. Do you
wonder that tbey now own more than
87 per cent of the nation's wealth?
This crowd wanted to tax everything
and the government 8sl(1 .ve cant do
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that the people won't stand it will
nave to revolution," and yet uey did
RESIDENCE OF
E. J.PITTS BURNED
At 6-30 yesterday morning fire was
discovered in the roof of the kitchen of
K J. Pitts, on Watauga Avenue, just
below New Street. The blaze was dis
covered by John Titts just after he had
finished breakrast and the alarm im
mediately turned in. The nouse was
badly damaged both by fire and water
but most of the furniture was saved,
but some of it was damaged. Mr.
Pitts has moved his family to the res
idence of M. C. Curtis until the build
ing can be repaired. Loss covered by
insurance. It is supposed the fire
started from a defective flue as the fire
in Ithe kitchen stove had only been
burning a short tune.
IS
Will Run as an Independent Re
publican and Announces His
Candidacy Well- Known
Butler, Oct. 28 John B. Shoun, of
this place, has decided to make the
race for the Senate against K. E. But
ler, who received a so-called nomina
nation a few days ago as the result of
a political deal. Mr. Shoun is one of
our best citizens and was a loyal friend
and supporter of the late Col. W. P,
Brownlow. He is a republican leader
in this section and has a strong follow
ing that will land him in the senate if
hard work will count.
as they asked quietly and couteiously
so that the people would not note it at
a single time.
Have you ever stopped to think
what taxes you are paying on your
coal, pants, sheets, shoes, hats, etc.?
These fellows exclaim, put a tax on.
We .want to shut the English out and
add that this helps the laboring man.
You are intelligent enough to know
that this sort of argument is untrue
and without foundation.
I want to tell you there is danger
ahead in this nation if these condit
ions are not broken into and destroyed.
Should such methods continue some
man, with perhaps a heated brain, may
ignite the fagots which may blaze into
another Gettysburg or Shiloh and if
such should come 1 feel for these men
who are grinding down the laborer and
the masses' of this country. Where
the Payne-Aldrieh tariff bill was fram
ed no democrat was allowed to see the
items or the measure until it was pre
sented for passage. The meanest crim
inal in this city or county is given a
hearing in open court but were not
given a chance to be heard. Did you
ever hear of such methods in the his
tory of this country? I never knew or
read of such. Why are prices so high
in this country for every commodity
we use? Why, gentlemen, a good hog
is worth as much now as a negro was
before the civil war. In Arkansas it
costs $16 to catch a pig by the tail.
Take everything we consume practic
ally and I want to ask these republi
cans and mugwump democrats what
makes this high cost of living. Why,
breakfast bacon has gone up so high,
since it must pass through the hands
of the millionaire packing companies,
that the doctors are putting it in cap
sules and administering it to the peo
ple. There is some reason for the east
ern manufacturer voting with these
grafting republicans, but why a home
spun republican or democrat should
do so I don't know. I read your f 1,500
work of commodities on which we pay
$400 tax and who gets it, the govern
ment? No, these wealthy fellows I
have been talking about, pockets it.
Heading the free list is acorns follow
ed by persimmons and I wonder why
they did not add 'possums. Now,gen-
tlemen, I cannot say too much for
"Bob" Taylor, whose name is a house
hold ward all over this land, not only
in Tennessee,but throughout the coun
try. I am frank and tiuthful to you
when -I say he made the best and
strongest speech in the United Stales
senate against the obnoxious republi
can tariff bill and his speech was made
campaign document by National
Chairman Mack in the Bryan cam
paign. When "Bob" Taylor asked
for a tariff relief on boots, shoes, cloth
ing, etc., Aldrich smilingly handed us
acorns, persimmons and castor oil.
I shall never believe you will allow
this great Tennessean to be defeated by
any republican under any reasonable
conditions.
He is making a sacrifice, 1
he has gone through the mill and no
man can say he 1s not clean, honest
and luprigbt. He came back from
Washington in response to a second
call by the people of his state and you
tell me the people of Tennessee will de
feat him for that little fellow whose
gall is busted? I say again, no. This
battle in Tennessee is one of the most
phenomenal and spectacular ones in
In the h'story of the country and I
want to say to you that if "Bob" Ty-
lor is elected he is likely to be ther'em-
critic nominee for president i'he
AT HOME BY
BIG AUDIENCE
COL CT i. LYLE SPEAKS
Great Audience Greets Speakers
and Cause of Democracy Is
Advanced Town Taken
Newport, Oct. 31. Today was a big
day for the democracy in the hon
town of the Newell Sanders discovery
who imagines he is running for gover
nor. Fully 1500 stalwart sons and
lovely daughters of Newport and
Cocke county were gathered in the
courthouse this afternoon to hear Hon
R. B. Hickey answer his home critics
and to vindicate him by their presence,
It was a great audience and Hickey
met the occasion like an intellectual
giant and in the ears of responsive
hearers for nearly two hours he de
uouncedthe detractors and character
assassins who were trying to destroy
him because he was advocating the
election of Sen. Robt. L. Taylor. The
situation called for plain talk and he
used it to the satisfaction of all pres
ent. The talk about Cocke County
being solid for Hooper isn't good noa
sense and it would have done good to
day to have heard the old confederate
soldiers who were present in large
numbers, including A." C. Faubian,the
old man who the Hooperites are de
nouncing, declare in a chorus that
Hooper had never been their friend up
on any occasion and at any time. There
were over 200 ladies present, and they
were the very best women of New
port, that is noted. for its good wo
men. This was another living evi
dence that Hooper's statement that 9(
per cent of the women were for him
and the other 10 per cent would be but
for their husbands was untrue,
The ladies cheered Mr. Hickey to
the echo when he referred to that part
of Capt. Hooper's record when he stat
ed he was opposed to the age of con
sent being fixed at 16 years. At the
conclusion of the speech Miss Huff
presented a large boquet of white
chrysanthemums in the name of the
old confederate veterans. Miss Greer
presented a large bunch of white flow
ers and delivered them with a beauti
ful original verse complimentery to
"Our Bob Hickey." Little Miss Su
song, a little beauty of four years, car
ried a shower boquet as large as her
self and gave it to Bob while the peo.
pie cheered Mr. Hickey was so deep
ly touched he could scarcely reply but
found himself a little later and paid a
glowing tribute to woman.
Following Mr. Hickey, Rev. Hen
dricks, pastor of the M. E. Church,
South, mounted the stand and with
out notice to anyone made a statement
in regard to Mr. Hickey that was the
greatest Compliment that could have
been paid him. Without desiring to
enter politics in any way Rev. Hen
dricks felt it his duty to tell what he
knew Bob Hickey to be and what he
said carried conviction.
Following this speech Col. Cy H.
Lyle, candidate for congress, was in
troduced by R. B. Hickey and made a
characteristic speech that caught the
large audience, and was punctured
throughout with laughter and ap
plause. When he announced that he
would rather be Bob Hickey today than
Ben Hooper on the 8th of November
he was cheered to the echo. He con
vinced the people he was running
a winning race and the enthusiasm
created was satisfactory evidence that
Cocke county would do its full duty.
At the conclusion of his speech the old
confederates present came forward and
pledged their support. and hundreds of
democrats, and many of the ladies,
crowded around the stand to shake
hands and congratulate Hon. R. B.
Hickey and Col. Lyle. " Several Brown
low republicans present assured Col.
Lyle that all the Brownlow followers
were delighted to know he was run
ning arid would certainly vote for him.
Not Sorry for Blander.
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south itnd west will join together and
"B'ti" Tatar is good material. There
vwon't be enough republicans in the
next congress to grease a gimlet, for
we are going to aweep the country for
democracy."
NEGROES
B INDEPENDENT
ORGANIZED
MOVEMENT
TO FJGHT 'LILLY WHITES'
Negroes are Awakening to Fact
That Northern People are Not
Their Real Friends Today
Nashville, Oct. 28. At a speaking of
the independent colored republican
party of Tennessee held in this city at
their headquarters last ninht, where
over 300 loyal Taylor supporters were
present, P. E. Hill, the leading secret
society negro of this state and a man of
great influence with his race, said
among th many things touching the
interest of his people:
"The negro has just opened his eyes
and he now sees who is really his best
friend. The negro has grown tired of
being pulled around by lily white re
publicans, who have lost respect for
the race as voters only to ride into of
fice on his back. I expect to cast my
vote hereafter for men who are friends
to my race, be they republicans or dem
ocrats. I am a republican, but I am a
negro first, last and all the time, before
any party under the sun. We have
been mistreated long enough by carpet
baggers and demagogues who have fat
tened at the public crib upon our votes
and then turn and kick us out of the
party ror inuepenaent aemocrais. w e
are going to give our support to Senator
Robert L. Taylor for governor and wil
do our best to help to elect him. The
while southerners are our friends, but
we have been too long finding it out;
but it is never too late to do us good, so
we are with them now, teeth and toe
nail. As president of the independent
colored republican party of Tennennee,
intend to use every effort to have the
negro voter of the state to cast his bal
lot for "Our Bob."
A. W. Fite, a negro well known
throughout the state, followed Hill,
and in part said :
"The time has come for us as a race
to throw off the party yoke and line
ourselves up with thoje who befriend
and give us our bread daily. We
gain nothing by continuing to vote for
republican candidates year in and year
out We have found out that it will
be to our best interest to vote for Sena
tor Robert L. Taylor for governor, in
asmuch as the republicans have no
candidate."
J. Thomas Turner said in part as fol
lows:
" With a crisis upon us 1 see no other
alternative than to divide our votes
and stop voting solid for any one party
as we have, since we had the right of
suffrage. We reel now that It is to the
best interests of our race to vote for
men and measures and no party. For
help and protection we must look to
our white friends in the south, rather
than continue to look to Washington
city or to northern climes as in days
gone by. The southern people are in.
clined to be friendly to us, and have
showed their friendship on more than
one occasion all over the south. Then
should be ours to stand by them
henever one is a candidate for office,
to show our gratitude and friendly feel
ing for them. Realizing that we have
paid all debts that we have owed to
the republican party by sacrificing our
lives at the ballot box for barpet-bag-gers
to ride into office on our backs, we
cease to be 'hewers of wood and draw
ers of water ' any longer. For the fact
the white republicans, better known
as lily white republicans, have eliml.
nated us from their ranks gave to vote
but no vote nor seat in committee or
conventions.
'As a race we have been voting
against ourselves too long by voting
for a republican because he was label
ed as such, regardless of his friendship,
but God being our helper, we will do
so any more. We propose to search
men's record on the negro in the future
before we cast our ballots for them.
Senator Taylor has on no occasion in
office uttered one word of abuse against
the negro. Such a man we will always
support"
Thorouflhness Paya,
Although the time la one of rash.
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