The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-07-19

e#- The Hawkins Department is in
| debted to somebody for very pleasant
seIenadc one night last week. The mu-
sic was good.
~ Who will you have for Judge?
ROderick Butler or John A. Mckinney?
! The race is between these two. Make
your choice.
Ia Don't forget that one School
! Commissioner is to be elected iE each
civil district at the election in August.
Select and vote for good man.
~ Mr.. Hayes says, ''what the South
needs is peace" We are not fighting
any body lately. The war has been
over down here ten or eleven years.
~ Our colored friends had a tenn
perance procession and dinner in Rog-
ersYiIle on the 4th of July. They were
! addressed by several white gentlemen
and everything passed off pleasantly.
u The County Court of Sullivan
refused to make the appropriation of
twenty-five hundred dollars for the
North-fork Bridge, and so that much
needed structure for the present goes by
the board
~ Little Phil sometimes comes with
his harp to the window of the family
room of this writer and treats the ladies
to delicious music. For his age he is
an excellent musician, and ought to cul
tivate the talent of which he ispossessed.
gW r. NJ. Dickey of the SuNioan
Landmark has our thanks for numerous
complimentary notices. Bob always
was an honest, good fellow. The Land
mark is a first-rate little paper. 1t de
serves success, and Is, we are glad to
hear, quite prosperous.
Ez- Judge John A Mckinney has
been gaining ground steadily and rapidly
ever since he was nominated. Men of
all parties are for him, while new recruits
are joining mis- ranks every day. His
election is looked upon as an assured
fact.
E8- Some of the truest Republicans in
Hawkins and Hancock counties are
among the warmest and best of Judge MIC
Kinney's friends They say this is no
political election-they like the man,
think he will make an excellent Judge,
and hence they are for him
~ Some people are trying very hard
10 believe ana TO Bersu4de others TO be
lieYe that Butler is not a candidate FOR
Judge. Well we shall see what we
shall see. and our guess is that ROderiok
will be along here at the appointed time,
as full of pluck and vim as he ever was
in his life.
some blast upon his bugle-horn
Is worth thousand men,"
EB After ''the glorious 4tA0 had
passed in quietness away, the people of
ROgersville were seized with patriotic /
spasm, and on Saturday last the Ameri-
oaO dl0 HOafad for ahOua tho pIlOaln of
the Courthouse, and there she is to-
DAY, flashing in the sunlight, and
Long, long may ahe MaEe
''O'er the land of the free ana the home OF the
brave"
Ezs- Sam POrtrum, Esq, of Hawkins
county, raised between so and 80 bush
els of onions this season on less than one
fourth of an acre of ground, He also
owns Q lonely COLT q few months old,
which jumped over . plank fence sif
feet high and outran the locomotive on
the railroad. For 'ingons," fast colts,
big hogs and swimming oxen, Sam is
ahead of anybody in the county.
PIE most dangerous experiment the
people of the First Judicial Circuit can
try is to place politician on the bench |
as Judge. We have had some fierce and
bitter political contests here in the past. !
~
dered, which CANNOT Le eTadicaEed from |
the minds of those engaged in the strqg- |
giles. The men who have been engaged |
in these fights are not fit to sit as impair
tial Judges upon the rights of the peo- |
pie. A Judge should have no political |
friends to reward or political enemies to |
punish. tie should be impartial and out !
of the reach of temptation.
Judge Mckinney has never been q /
political aspirant. He has never been a
partigan of any kind. He has no per- |
SQ4al enemies in any party. lie has no |
debts of vengeance to pay. He is in an
excellent condition to make a just, an |
upright, and an impartial Judge. He is
Tie man fGF tke PLACE. He will hold the |
Courts promptly and attend 10 the pub. |
lie business with frmness and energy. |
Work for Mckinney.
"a" Our Information from all parts of |
the Circuit is that Judge McKinney's |
prospects of election are exceedingly !
bright. The opposition to him has been |
weak from the start, and is growing |
feebler and feehler all the time. The |
news from Hancock, Greene, Washing |
ton, Unicoi, Carter and Johnson is cheer
ing, while Sullivan will be apt to give |
him a majority of from twelve to fifteen |
hundred.
No one can bring any serious charge !
against him. No one can give a reason |
why he should not be elected. He is
well qualified In every way for the posi-. |
ton, and is entirely able, physically and !
intellect! ally, to perform all the labor
of Judge. He has never been
mixed up in politics, and has no enemies
to punish and no friends to reward at
the expense of justice. His legal educa-
ton has been thorough, while his mind
is well trained in the rules of practice.
In word, he is the man for the place
the very man the people want, and the
one they intend to elGGt
The neQple do not want political
Judge, Politicians are all well enough
in their place, but they have no bust
ness on the Judges bench. Judge Nc
Kinney has never been candidate for a
political office, and has never filled one.
He is a good lawyer and born Judge,
and satisfies all classes of people by dig.
nifty, courtesy ana firmness on the Bench.