Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-09-23
. Col. Havnes did. himself or by

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his agents, contract with the pro
prietor and publisher of the Neso Era
to obtain control of that paper dur
ing the campaign. The sum deman
led ON the one side as the consider
alton, and deposited from the pri-
yate funds of Mr.. Taylor or his
friends-on the other with a mer-
chant of Greeneville, was 10000.
s. Subsequently the contract, or
agreement, was SO altered that ).
B r Lyon was to continue the pu6li-
cation of the paper, with the regular
Republican ticket at the head. of its
editorial columns, with one .excep-
ton, and that consisted in the sub
stitution of the name of II. l.. Tay-
lor for that of A. H PettibOne, the
regular Republican candidate for
Congress in this. District, and for
this the proprietor Ofthe Neac Era
received, directly or indirectly, the
sum of $4,000 in cash.
Such is the history of the recent
Taylor "boomn in Greene. Those
] who see nothing but the sharp, TaY'
lorish trick Of buying up Maj, Pet
tibone's home organ and then to
have Col. Haynes express editOriaHy
through it the sentiment ofathe
stried, true and standard Republi-
cans of Greene county, ID laughed
with great glee; but those who saw
the political future shadoWed forth
in the events Of the. present, cone
demned it. l have discussed THE
affair with not a few Staid. old DEM
oerats who have voted the ticket
for a lifetime, and they are asham-
ed of the trick and disguised with
the tricksters. And with such
men disapproval is not a passing
pout but the basis Of future action.
On the whole, SO far as the Dem
Ocracy of the county is concerned,
1 consider that the effect of the pur-
chase of the Era's support will dis
hearten the honest ass OF the
party and give the county to the
Republicans by several hundred
majority.
The effect on the Republicans has
been to madden them and to nerve
even the generally quiet and un-
Unconstitutional voters to action.
To them it is a more effective slim
illus than any amount of hurrah.
But the purchase of the NeW Era
is not the only trade of the kind that
has been made. for Mr. Taylor, and l
proceed with the enumeration:
4. From funds derived from cam
paign sources Mr.. Haynes, through
an agent, [ understand, paid 500
for the Nevport Reporter, a Repub-
lican paper, and the intention is to
continue it's publication as a Repub
!ican journal, but advocating the
reelection of Mr.. Taylor and OPP
posing the election of Maj. Petit.
bone. 49,.
5. With funds derived from the
same sources a printing outfit has
been purchased, or rented, with the
intention of starting a Republicans
paper at JOnesboro which shall eS.
pouse the cause of Mr.. Taylor. -n:
1t is no more than just that can
didates should assist the party
press, but when a ,so-ealled Demo
cratic candidate susidiZes the Re
publican press to the amount ;ol
81 800 or more, expends only about
| $3.50 or 5000 on his own party or;
g .1ssinstead ofexpending his money
ina legitimate way he is guilty OF
the 49, ~
WHOLESALE CORRUPTION Of II PUB
Lie E r
That is what it amounts to IN the
end. In the case of the New Era
there was not in Greene county any
detection from Pettibone to warrant
the change, Instead, it wis money
that caused it, and instead of its Re
publican proprietor speaking through
the editorial explanation of that
change from Pettibone to Taylor, it
was Col. Haynes, the chairman Of the
Democratic Committee protesting to
speak in the name of another the sem
timents of Greene county Repubh-
cans. .
| wish the readers to understand
that | do not intend to reflect on, Mr..
Lyon in this matter. He had a per-,
feet right to do as he. pleased, and
may not be any more culpable in the
affair than m other Republican
printer who works in a Democratic
office. 1t is the questionable morality
Of this remarkable plan of campaign
ing that l censure and it is the sup
port of Republican newspapers by a
pretendedly Democratic candl-
date to which l object as a parti-
san. L. as a Democrat, will mot
vote for a Democratic candidate
who sustains a Republican newspa-
per which prints in adjoining
columns its pretended reasons for
supporting him, and an article from
which this is an extract.
FROM THE NEW ERA.
"What a record it is with which
this (Democratic) party goes before
the country. Dishonesty, theft of
property in man, inhumanity, slavery
Reputation of honest debts, treasons
rebellion, war, rapine, murder by star
walton, assassination of the chief mag
i~strate, midnight murders, and all
things else incarnatelys : wicked and
inhuman, and last but not least OF
things specified. fraud at the ballot
box. mako the real platform upon
which this party asks the support iof.
the people," =.
Nor can I support a Democratic
candidate whose money is spent IN
keeping up papers which advocate
the State and county Republican tick
cts. -" =.
SACRIFICING THE DEMOCRACY. :.
Mr.. Taylor and his friends are do
ing all they can to discourage a State
canvass in this District, and through
their Taylorizing process, the Dem
ocratic vote of these twelve counties
has been virtually surrendered to
Wilson and the repudiationists, when
the return of ono Democrat to the