The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-09-14
A Lincoln County Kick

Ane fayetteville Express IS eX-
cited over the prospect Of DR.. Ed
mundson, Giles countian and the
nominee of the regular democrsey.
being elected senator from Giles and
Lincoln. Remembering that a
Giles county man has a seat in the
present senate, sand failing to learn
who had conceded to her the right
to name the next senator, it con
cludes that she''wants all the chicken
PIE" but hopes that Dr. Edmundson
has too much sense to. be made the
football of a set of office hunting
men," We don't know that it is q
matter of very intimate concern to
any one what the Express opinion
upon the subject under discussion.
or any other-may be; but as there
Is a chance that some one. to whom
Difference is really due, might be de
ceived by interested representations
with regard to the senatorship. If
may be worth while to show how
much truth and reason there is in
what the organ of the Lincoln
county boilers has to say upon the
subject. As to Giles having a sena-
tor In the present legislature, the
Giles county democracy had moth.
ing to do with Senator Matthews
candidacy and election, but helped
to nominate and supported the |
choice Of the party in Wayne. We
fail to see, however, what the Ex-
press, or any one else, has to do |
with this. IfLawrence and Wayne
had chosen to let Giles name the
senator for the past twenty years.
why and in what way should this
affect any arrangement to be made
between the counties of the district
as at present constituted. In the
present question the only considera
ton is fair play between Giles and
Lincoln; and Lincoln having had
the last deal in the foterial election
the only matter in which there
has been any political association
between the two counties-is it not
Justice that Giles should be given
hrst turn IN the disposition of the
senatorship. We cannot see that
any one need be concerned about
the Express failure to find who had
conceded to Giles the right to name I
the senator; since, had it taken the
trouble to make inquiry in the |
proper quarter, itmight have learned !
That the statement made in the i
GILES county convention, that Lin I
coin would endorse the nominee OF
that convention, was based upon re-
liable information; and since the
Lincoln county convention, held :
'Wo days before the Express uttered :
ts wall, did unanimously endorse +
Or. Edmundson's nomination. As
% the omniyorous disposition with q
which the Express charges Giles +
county, we wonder if it really is I
amiliar enough with the history of
he neutrality-suspicious. judicial
nd legislatiVe-of which Giles has Z
'een part since the war-to know s
xactly how large a segment of the v
tiicial pie she has really gobbled. q
he Express betrays the inward L
ess of its kick when it expresses a e
ope the estate credit democrats II
oOCn COunGleS Will meet together
nd put forward some man who will c,
i've satisfaction and who favors the Sc
resent settlement of the state debt" Il
Re assure the Express that DR.. Ed fir
undson and the other leaders of R
10 regular democracy of the dis
let "have too much sense to be
ade the football of set of office - u
lnting men" and are not to be de VI
ived or excited over any agitation va va
at-seeking to excite unreason- 81
lie sectional jealousies-has for siI
real object the furtherance of the ne
.erests Of prospective bolter can .ei
late. 1t may be worth while to W "
tie here that, in spite of his dis t 1I'
timers, the editor of the Express t tn
generally thought to cherish L"
aspirations.