The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-08-30
The Morristown Gazette.
WEDNESDAY,, AUGUsTas, 1881.
EDITORIAL COMMENT


Nashville World: The DemOc-
racv of Tennessee should feel proud
Of their candidate. Those who OPP
pose his election have never been
able to find a single act of his pub
lie or private life which was not the
act of a high-bred and nOble-bor
gentleman.
Springfield Record: We have a
letter from a prominent business
man of GAINESVILLE, who says that
five Democrats TO one in Montgom-
cry county support Gen. Bate, the
Tobacco Leaf and Chronicle TO the
contrary. He will back his judg-
mcnt with his money. Montgom-
cry is the headccnter of the disaf-
fected Democrats.
The GAINESVILLE Democrat, pub
lished at the home of Hon. James
F.. Bailey, the headcenter of the
Hawkins electoral commission, pro-
poses in a late issue to back its judg-
ment as to the strength of the rump
<6vement in Montgomery county
after this style. 1t says: A gentle
man in this city makes the follow
ing offer: 500 that Bate beats
russell in this county; 500 that
Bate beats RUSSELL in the city of
Clarksville; 800 that Bates beats
Russell in every district in the
county 500 that Bate beats Fus-
sell two to one in the whole county.
All the bets to 90 together. Any
FusseIlite who wants to back his
candidate can find the gentleman
by calling at this office.
Brownsville Democrat: That art
ful dodge of the boilers in putting q
prohibition plank in their platform
viii deceive nobody. Their tempo
rary chairman is a drinking man.
Their permanent chairman Is q
drinking man, their secretary Is a
drinking man and there were more
drinking men in that assembly than
were ever before assembled together
in Tennessee before. We would not
mention these facts if il were not
necessary to open the eyes Of the
temperance people to rs bold an at
tempt TO hOOdwink and humbug as
we have ever seen perpetrated. Men
who love their demijons with more
than an earthly affection, make n
ridiculous figure disappearing rs
temperance advocates.
Carthage Clarion: The Boilers
arc not to blame for putting the
temperance plank in their platform,
but il Is n shame that the temper
aucc people should get 50 wild over
It, Nearly every body wants the
law TO stand, and because il is not
placed in Bates platform Is not the
shadow of n reason for believing that
hc and his faction want it repealed
ed. The temperance people have
acted with very little sense or judg-
mcnt i'm swinging on to the Boilers
uiank because they think il smells
Ut temperance. If they wanted TO
support RUSSELL they should have
done 50 and left temperance out, for
we fear that temperance was not the
aim of the men that framed that
platform.
Brownsville Democrat: That art
ful dodgeof the bOiters in putting
prohibition plank in their platform
will deceive nobody. Their tenn
uorary chairman is a drinking man.
Their permanent chairman is n
drinking man, and their secretary is
a drinking man, and there were
more drinking men in that assembly
than were ever assembled together
iu Tennessee. We would not men
ton these facts if it were not nee
e-sary to open the eyes of the temer-
aure people to as bold an attempt to
h0lwink and humbug us as we have
ever seen perpctrated. Men who
love their demijons with moro than
earthly affection. make a ludicrous
figure masquerading as temperance
advocates.