The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-06-07
SULLIVAN COUNTY DOTS.
WHEA T-BETT,ER TIMES ANTTC-
LPA -POLTITOAL NEWS.
the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:

HHEZ 1-bEI IEIE L 1I1uI1(C I'M III
POLITICAL NEWS.
To the Editor of the SIorristown Gazette:
| Your writer has been thinking for
some time of sending you for publi-
cation the "dots" from this end OF
the State but time has failed9 10
grant me the privilege until this af-
ternoon. Our general items may be
simply summed up as follows:
Farmers are watching with q jeal-
GUS eye their wheat crops, the pros
poets of which at present writing are
very fattering. but from the frequent
rains and heavy fogs we have had
fears are entertained that the rust
will lay its whitening hand thereon
ere the golden days of harvest roll
around. We trust such will not be
the case.
This seems to be an age of pro-
gress-but this we might expect, be-
ing the Centennial. Everything
looks houaishing. The bright pros
poets of mother Earth yielding an
abundant crop gives to the needy
pleasant countenanoe, and the rich
ana miserly ply the patches to the
already worn-out pocket-book, and
even the Grangers (who, by the way,
are as thick in these parts as the To-
Gusts were in Egypt meet you with
pleasant smile and hearty shake of
the hand. ALI these are omens Of
better times.
The rising generation, seeming to
have caught the spirit of progression,
as soon as their upper lip can sup
port favorably about fifteen fibres of
fuzz, take to themselves a rib, in the
person OF one to ply the needle and
handle the coffee-pot. the conse-
quence of all of which is, every
zephyr comes freighted with the
news of an increase of our popula.
ton, Well, enough Of this now for
the political news of the day
Our people are anxiously looking
forward to the coming elections, and
such enquiries as the following be.
tray the feelings of our party: Who
shall be our next Representative in
Congress? Who our next Senator?
and who shall wear the Judicial err
mine of the First DISTRICTS AS to
the first question, 1 think [ speak
the sentiments of my county, so far
as-our party is concerned, when
say We are for the present incum-
bent, Hon. VIM. Mcfarland. As
Representative he has done his duty
nobly, and has fully acted as such
toward his constituents. Mr.. Nc.
Farland in the last contest stepped
fearlessly forth, leaving his quiet
avocations, entered the arena of
strife, bearing the burdens and heat
of the day, and in spite of all the
stratagem and triggery of his oppo.
nent, together with the combined eff
forts Of their party, Mcfarland glo.
riously won the victory for US, and
threw our colors to the breeze, and |
nobly has he borne them; therefore,
it is nothing but justice to him that
our party as a unit in the coming
election rally around him. aud send |
him as our Representative in the
next Congress of the United States.
AS to an answer to the second
question, who shall be the next Sen.
ator from the End Senatorial Dis
trict2 in casting around amongst
those aspiring for that office, we no.
tiee the name of Maj. w. N. Clark
son, a member of the Bar at Rogers
vile, and under the circumstances
which now surround us your writer
would say that this honor properly
belongs to Hawkins county. in the
person of Major Clarkson. Whilst
/ am acquainted with the aspirants
for said Office from the county of
Sullivan, and whilst at the same
time | am ready to say they are gen.
tlemen of the first order, and either
of them would honorably and salts.
factorlly fill said position, being men
well qualified for the same, and whilst
my preferences would naturally be
with Sullivan county, yet, aside from
all of these, we should not forget
the past. Let us ask ourselves the
question who it was, under all the
disparaging circumstances, called
Convention in the town of Greene
vile, and thereby was the cause of
Hon. VIM. Mcfarland being nomi.
mated as the standard bearer of our
party in the last Congressional elec-
tion, although many of our party op-
posed said Convention from the fact
that the same was not considered as
a proper step? Yet we realize and
should appreciate the steps taken
by Major Clarkson in calling said
Convention, and aside from this, for
fear of being a disorganizer. and in
order to secure perfect harmony in
the party, Major Clarkson has de-
clined making a race fer Office here
tofore, when the prospects of his
election were very fattering. Such
actions as the above should not be
forgotten. Let the party in return
remember the same in the coming
election. st%ts~to
AS to the third question, we claim
this honor for Sullivan, which un-
doubtedly cannot be denied in fair
Convention. .er
Having continued my pencilling
longer than | intended, Nio
remain yours, GATHERER.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, May 26, 1876.
Are We Going to See a General
European War?