The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-22
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TRENTON, Aug. II, 1873,
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TRENTON, Aug. II, 1878,
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In your last weeks paper, I 81 W
card from Mr. Juo. ID. Carne, in
which it would seem he was very
much interested and distressed about
the quietude of the people. Now. l
will state conversation that | had
with Mr. Carne on the subject of an
other race, from which you will see
by his ewn statement that the people
are not SO badly excited over said
election, as he would have you and
others believe. He came into my
Office, and said he wanted to talk with
me, and began By showing me the
letter he published, asking me to run
the race over. / told him | was will
ing to run the race over, if we could
have Il legal election'-it there was
any one authorized to order the cleo
ton, Eand to give a certificate to the
successful party, and that | would
think about it, and investigate the
matter. Mr. Carne insisted that the
people would net be satisfied unless we
ran the race over. | asked him if he
was very certain that the people were
cutting up much about the election.
He sail he was, and that he had been
stirring about good deal, and Meth
ing short Of running the race over
would satisfy the people. | then
asked him, if the coroner was to step
in and hand him certificate ofhs cleo
tion,, ,,if that would not quiet his friends
He said it would. Justat that time, his
brother-in law (from No. 81, with two
or three other gentlemen came in; he
also insisted that the people would not
be satisfied if the race was not run
over; / asked him if the coronershould
walk in just then and hafd Mr. Carne
certificate of his election, if that
would not satisfy him; he said it
would. asked him If he did not think
it would satisfy Mr. Carne's other
friends; he said that he thought it
would. 1 then wanted to know OF him
and Mr. Carne why they were max
ing 50 much fuss about the people be-
ing dissatisfied, and why they did not
state the matter Just hs it was, viz:
If Mr. Carne does not get the certif-
cate, his friends will not be satisfied,
and if dc not get the Certificate nay
friends will not he satisfied, for that
is all there is in it, Notwithstanding
Mr. -Uaf7ie7s studied and unceasing eft,
forts to 'snakeitappear that the people
are po&eTfuiN dissatisfied. On the
Following, Saturday Mr Carne came to
me and waated to know what l had
decided up3a about running the race
ever. i told him had consulted with
a nieslber 'cf lawyers, and they all
agreed that there was no law for run
ning the race ever They said Mr.
Car1e and z c6tld tell the people we
were candidates. ssd that the election
wou d come off ON a certain day, and
that the people cea'd vote as often as
they pleased and Il dozen votes at a
time, and Gould vote az the minor; in
the county. and there was 10 law to
keep them from doing 1t, or to punish
theta for doing it, for the whole thing
would be unauthorized by law, and
consequently void. Mr. Carrie said IT
wculd be'as for fair one as theother. !
told him that was true, and while it
suited iiins to go into that kind Of a
scramble fox office, it did not suit nae.
As to who was legally elected, an
investigation of the matter, either by
Mr. CaIne or myself, would perfectly
satisfy the people