Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-25


until now.
1t is now high time that every right
minded, sober, upright man was awaking
from sleeper apathy and bending his ener-
enness and debachery in high places. /
have stood aloof from politics and would
not utter word now if an imperative sense
of duty did not require me SO to do
Well do | remem Der hearing l.. g. Houk
preach a sermon; yes, strange as it may
appear he preached and his friends ex-
pressed themselves as pleased with his eff
forts; thought he had talent, would make
q successful minister aud do much good
But, alas, how are the mighty fallen, what
Is the sad history of this Judas iscariot?
From the ministry to the army, out of
which he came disgraced; then a judge,
but being better judge of whisky than
the law, he disgraced and prostituted his
high office. With promises of reform his
friends elected him to Congress there he
associated with the low and debased being
a fit companion for such, his dissipation
and RIGHTEOUSNESS growing upon him, he
was too low in MS habits and instincts to
entitle him to any consideration from his
{ 1IlbhOH1 DlLt DIR lew Vi lItu1 hHtH HOW U6
based ne was and upon the most solemn
pledge to drink no more his friends once
more came to his rescue, and what Is the
result? Such neglect of sworn duty, drunk
enness and debauchery as has marked Judge
Houk's career are without parallel in the
history of our government by any one oc-
cupying such high and honorable positions
as have been bestowed upon him
Judge Houk's name cannot be spoken
| in good society without blanching the
cheek Of those who know him. His record
as a drunkard, debauchee and blasphemer
are too well known and too thoroughly es
tablished for any reading, thinking man to
question. The facts are before the people,
and may be read and known of all men.
Call them campaign lies if you will, or vile
ISLANDERS; that will not atone for such a
| reckless, disgraceful record as l.. Campbell
| Houk has made. Why does he not dis
| prove them or give them the lie IN a sworn
! statement of his own? Alas, he knows they
| are too true and the half has not been told
| He dare not do it. 1t is sad that man with
/ such native talent, with honors heaped upon
! him i'll his unworthiLess, should thus dis
grace himself and his best friends.
| Now, my Republican friends, you cannot
afford to keep III Office such unworthy men.
I X
! party" down through decentralization to
| final overthrow
We have a lifelong and stauuch Republi-
can who bears our banner aloft, mot trailed
III the dust and battles brayely for the
| right and the principles of true Republican
ism, The Hon. VIM. Rule leads the victo-
rious army, with truth and the right" for
his motto. The exUmion soldiers greet
their comrade in arms, the yeomanry vel
come him and all classes cheer him on his
way and bid him Gods speed. They are
rallying round his flag and marching on to
victory They supported Judge Houk as
| long as they had any hope OF reform. He
| has disgraced and ruined himself, while his
| friends have striven to hold him up and sls-
tain him. His appetite for strong drink
| (poison, if he will, has grown until his ap-
petite rules him, and he no longer has any
control over it. No man who saw him and
listened to his incoherent drunken effort at
| Maryville before his friends, could question
this for moment. They know he is gone,
gone
My friends, especially my temperance and
| Christian friends, you cannot afford to re-
cord your vote for such mau. Office or
the promise of office should not be allowed
| to influence you thus Principle before
| anything-yea, even before politics. Let
| US maintain our manhood, our principles
and our honor, by casting our votes for
Hon. VIM. Rule.
He is going to get enough to elect him,
| and now is the time to lend helping hand
and join the victorious legions which shall
utterly rout and overthrow L. Cambell Houk
| and his demoralized followers.
REPUBLICAN
Mr.. W. Caller, of the Columbus (Ohio)
Dispatch office, says IF every medicine
possessed the genuine curative properties
of st. Jacobs Oil there would be great
diminution of medical graduates. Ny wife
| used it lately III very severe attack of YER
| tigo, and the result was very gratifying.
Rankin, of the Journal had something like
the mumps few days since He bought
| bottle of st. Jacobs Oil and it did him
more good than all the doctors 1t is
splendid thing"
| Fannie Igou to Nashville.
| Sheriff Homer Gilmore left yesterday for
| Nashville, taking for confinement in the
asylum for the insane the girl Fannie Igou,
who, with razor, cut the throat of her
stepfather Frank DeArmond week ago
last Sunday morning. On trial in the
Criminal Court she was adiudged insane
and consigned to the asylum.