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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

Samuel j.. Randall has been res
nominated for Congress by the peo-
pie of the district which he has rep
resented with such ability and dis
tinction. Mr.. Randall has the quail
tiles of patriot and true states
man, and Pennsylvania may well be
proud of him. While at Democratic
headquarters in New York last
week, he saids"I can only say that
| am as confident as a man can be
of anything that Cleveland and
Hendricks will be elected, There
is ne discouraging feature about the
Maine election. A large Republican
majority was to be looked for under
the circumstances. l." ..gl -.ers !.
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Keen il before the pcople. That a

Keep it before the people, That a
large party of Independent Repub-
hcans, both North and South, be-
lieve Mr.. Blaine to be dishonest and
cannot and will not vote for him,
but have come out and joined the
Independent Republicans and are
going to vote for Cleveland and Hen
bricks and for reform in the Gov
eminent. They believe that Mr..
Cleveland is the very man that is
needed, rs he is man Of nerve; as
he has and viii turn cut raseals.
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presence of chosen and trusted
friends, united by NhatI knew was
in nv natirn State IF Bapnsvlz-sn;e,

Ipresenoe OF chosen and trusted
friends, united by WhatsI knew was
\ in my NATIVE State of Pennsylyania
a perfectly legal form of marriage.
| On reaching home I found that
my family, and especially my be-
reaved mother, strongly discounts-
nanced my. business plans, as in
II'v9lFfBg too long a separation from
home and Kindred. | complied with
her wish that | should resume, at
least for time, my occupation ia
Kentucky, whittier Z returned in
the latter part of August. During
the ensuing winter, Induced BY mis-
gfVings, which wero increased by
legal consultations, | became
alarmed lest doubt might be
thrown on the validity of our mar
riage, by reason of non compliance
with the law of the State where it
occurred, for had learned that the
laws of Kentucky made a license
certified by the Clerk of the County
Court an indispensable requisite Of
legal marriage.
+ After Standardization, and with
an anxious desire to guard in the
most effectual manner against any
possible embarrassment resulting
from our position, for which | alone
was responsible, we decided that the
simplest, and at the same time the
surest way, was to repair to Penn
sylvania and have another marriage
service performed. This was done
in the presence of witnesses in the
city of Pittsburg, in March, 1851,
but was not otherwise made public
for obvious reasons. 1t was solemn i
lied only to secure an indisputable
validity, the first marriage being by
my wife and myself always held sa
cred.
At the mature age Of 81 I do not
defend the wisdom or prudence ola
secret marriage suggested by the
arder and inexperience of youth,
but its honor and it's purity were in
violate as / believe in the sight of
God, and cannot be made to appear
otherwise by the wick ed devices of
men. 1t brought to me aeompan-'
ionship which has been my chief
happiness from boy bheod's years to
this hour, and has crowned me with
whatever of success L have attained
in life. My elder child, a son, was
born in his grandmother's house on
the 18th day of June, 1851, in the
city of Augusta, Nc, and died in
her arms three years later. His ashes
repose in the cemetery of his native
city beneath a stone, which had
stood for almost an entire genera
ton, has been recently defaced by
brutal and sacrilegious hands. 10,
AS candidate for the Presidency
| knew that / should encounter
many forms of calumny and person
al defamation, but I confess that [ did
not expect to be called on to defend
the name of a beloved and ,honored
wife, who is a mother and grand
mother, nor did / expect that the
grave of my little child would be
cruelty desecrated. Against such
gross forms of wrong the law gives
no adequate redress, and I know
that in the end my most effective
appeal against the unspeakable out |
rage which resist must be to the |
noble manhood and noble woman-
hood of America. Es1A sF0Yl
Very sincerely, your friend,
Hs1 JAMES G.. BLAINE.
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The Journal de 81. Petersburg, which
speaks with some official authority ssys:
.fEvents at Skierniwiee are d6minatiug
the whole political situation. The meet
ing of three closely united soyereigns,
accompanied by confidential statesmen.
indicates that the policy of. peace is no
question now of formal alliances or
speeialagreement, but this meeting will
confirm The understanding already hap
oilysexisting on all great questions, in
order that every question outside the
present stata quo may fnd the monarchs
acting conjuhctly where their interests
coincide, seffeeting harmony where they
differs employing their Solidarity Ito
preserve order, law and peace, and re-
specting the rights of all, but keeping a
.watcbful eye on those who disturb the
existing ordsr of. things, the anarchists
who prowI about in the dark and aim
to destroy al institutions. sdf s
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aof all the nartfes. ccosnnected Wit

"Of all the parties connected with
the Little Rock and Fort Smith, rail-
road, no one has been so fortunate
as yourself in obtaining money out
of IL. You obtained subscriptions
from your friends in Maine for the
building of the Little Rock and Fort
Smith railroad. Out of their SUBJ
scriptions, you obtained a large
amount both of bonds and money
free Of cost to you. [ have your
own figures, and know the amount
Owing to your political position you
were able to work off all your bonds
at very high price, and the fact is
well known to others as well as my
self. Would your friends in Maine
be satisfied if they knew the facts?
Fisher to Blaine. s8''
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OUR NASHVILLE LETTER.

Blaine's sun against The Sehtnel and las
late Explanatory Letterr7NGtioaGI ! Re
publican Esecutioe Comnaittee's Branch
o6ice-Stqte and National Democracy IN
Splendid trim wilson and Harrison on
Friday aatgH Hert astsi...as n.,ioaft
g.s NASHVILLE Sept. 20. "a n,
To the Editor Of The MorriStoWn Gazette: ed
a The political arena is looking still
lievelier than last week, and Demo-
cratic hope begins to grow into as
surance. There is no doubt that the
aggressiveness, of the Democracy is
beginning to tell on the ranks of the
Republicans. The fight is being
waged all along the line and there
lis no telling when confusion will
seize them. Not least among the
workers must be reckoned the In
dianopoIis Sentinel This paper re-
hearsed a storysthat Disguised all
sensible people, . 1t was something
that Should never have been pub
lished, but its publication was to
some extent jpstjfiahle on aecopntof,
the publication by q Buffalo paper
of one of Cleveland's little efroiics.i
Mr.. Blaine's prompt order to his ats,
tofneys to sue the Sentinel put him
in the attitude Of greatly aggrievd-
ed man, but bis lack af equal prompts
ness in pushing the suit to an, early
trial, more than reversed the effect
Of his bringing suit. The 6sntiael
has published such details of the
matter that Mr.. Blaineris forced to
action. His letter in te:days pa
pers, acknowledging two seeretmarr
riages, is generally regarded here as
additional evidence 81 his guilt !
hear universal pity expressed for
Mrs Blaine andoeontemptl for her
husband. His ~ the greatssip IF ips
decd any Q exist. bat she American
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As 10 Col O c. KIM witho

As to Col. o. C. King, without a
multiplicity of words, it is sufficient
10 say that he is all that the time
honored phrase-honest. capable
and faithful-requires. His election
as a member of Congress would be
a fitting testimonial of popular APP
probation. King is a jealous, un-
ceasing worker, a man of great nat
ural and acquired ability, and one
who will not tire in the performance
of public or personal duty In
short, than o. c. King, we have no
better man in the State TO represent
rs in Congress. And the indications
are good that he viii be our Repre-
sentative. s... .i...
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THAT LETTER TO LPS-LB 1T
A DEMOCRATIC FoRGERTG -1-

In view of the fact that the repu-
ted author, James G. Blaine. is the
candidate of one of the great parties
of the country for the high Office Of
President, we hope the extraordin-
airy letter published elsewhere in
to days paper, may turn out to be
forgery. If il is not, 1t certainly
sets les author before the country in
a most urenviablc light. We dep
recate the personal SANDER involved.
aud think no honorable Democrat
perpetrated it. We think IL unworS
thy of notice. But Mr.. Blaine In
stituted suit about it. Thus saying
TO the country that the SANDER was
false, as well by acts as in the plain
est ssrt of words. Now, if the Phelps
letter Is his production he literally
admits that the publication of the
indianapolis iSentiRel is trns. So,i be
is guilty of falsifying, let him take
which horn of the dilemma he may.
But worsestill: In the Phelps let
Ter he pleads most sbamefaIly the
baby act. The idea that young
gentleman and a young lady, both
50 we'll educated as to be able 10 take
charge Of high grade schools in a
State distant from their homes, and
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

ELECT PETTZBONE To CONGRESS
AND YOU CONTINUE IN POWER
THE FOUL AND CORRUPT RING,
HEADED BY WALT BROWNLOW-
TIVE BEELZRBUB OF MORAL AND
POLITICAL PERFtDY AND ROTTEN
NESS. AND TOM REEVES TIE
CHAMPION RENEGADE, TURN-COAT
AND TRAITOR or THE ACE WITH
MI TIE VARIATIONS OF THE
DIRTIEST NASTINESS SUPPLIED By
Bill MULLENDt, AND DR. HAMMER
.tSD BILL GILLENWATERS, LATE OF
TfiE REBEL ARMY Morristown Pilot
CRepublicanl, Aug. zs.
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Hon. Samuel ]. Randall has writ
ten to the Chairman of the Ohio
Democratic Executive Committee
saying that owing to engagements
elsewhere he cannot reach Ohio for
campaign work until Sept. 20, when
he will enter upon a weeks canvass
Mr.. Randall says in bis own opinion
"the Democracy should put Thur
man and Pendleton in the trout of
tho battle in Ohio. ..
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s4OO. oeO. 600 IN THE TREASURY

Those of our readers who have
had the good fortune to hear Col. O.
c.. King, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in this district, discuss
the prominent issues between the
two parties, will find that he is en-
dorsed by the leading statesmen Of
the day. We take the following
from ex- Governor Hendricks
pointed speech, at Indianapolis, on
theissues involved in this campaign.
We make the quotation of what be
said as TO the financial condition OF
the country: Il What condition have
we come to? refer to the state
meut made by Mr.. Call>ins, Repub-
lican candidate for Congress; in a
speech at Richmond a few weeks
ago. He said we now have $780,
100000 in the treasury. Do you
know how he came to say that ? He
said it by way of braggadociai But
as a taunt to Democracy he said the
Republican party, when it came in
to power, found an empty treasury,
and now it has $400, 100000 DO
you want to hear me express my
opinion of what is a fortunate con-
dition of the country? Well, it is
not in having the treasury overflow
ing. 1t is not in collecting from the
people Lntold millions that it may
be hid away in the vaults Of the
treasury, and at Washington, today,
they are digging new vaults and adj
ding to the old, so as to find room
for putting away the peoples curs
rency. 1t is a matter of Concern
that Republicans have now in the
treasury $500, 900, 900, for that, gen
tlemen, is more than half of the pa
per currency in the country. The
paper currency is about 100000
600 and of the currency of the coun-
try there is locked up in the treasu-
nv 500, 100000. Do you desire that?
If so, vote for MIR. Calkins, vote for
the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, for they boast to you that they
have locked up s4O0, 100000 of your
money. What right has the gov
ernment to 100000, 900 of the peo-
pies money that it has no occasion
to use in the administration OF its
affairs? What would be the effect
if taxes were reduced 50 that money
would come back into your pockets
and into the channels of trade ?
Don't you know it would stimulate
enterprise 2 Don't you know that
it would give employment to labor
ers ?. Shall / stop now and speak of |
the present conditions of business
over the country?" s,v ggaq ~
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utter weakness. Senator Hoar. then
went to the defense of Blaine, and
Carl Schurz opened his battery on
Blaine in response In his Brooklyn
speech, and again Senator Hoar de-
ielared. the Mulliganl letters we're
capableof an innocent Interpretation.
The Times denied this, and added
there1 were unpublished letters
which would forever establish Jas.
G. Biaine's guilt beyond the DIM
NEST doubt. The Sun howled back
that the Times was maliciously mis-
representing. The Times has an
swered Phelps, Hoar, the Sun and
all of Mr.. BIaine's friends by pro-
ducing the letters in cold print.
What are they? They are the miss
ing link in the conclusive proof that
James G. Blaine betrayed his public
trusts for private gain. There are
those who say they prove Mr..
Blaine was bribed. They do moths
ing of the kind. They prove that
Blaine himself first conceived the
idea of prostituting his official power
for personal pecuniary benefit
that he made the infamous ruling
. %.
as Speaker of bis own volition; that
he subsequently called the attention
of those it benefited to it, and sugN
gested to them the propriety of a
liberal compensation, intimatine
that be might be similarly useful in
the future, as he was seldom a
"deadhead" in the enterprises in
which he embarked; that he persist
ed in his limiting at compensation
until he secured it; that to secure 1T
be had to induce his trusted. friends
to invest their money in a doubtful
enterprise by which they subse-
quently lost heavily; that when the
stocks and bonds he received Tor
his mess of pottage failed to turn out
as valuable as desirable, Mr.. Blaine
begged, whined, demanded and coax
ed by turns to be made whole up to
his brightest expectations, and was
in tho act of threatening when q
partial exposure of the whole trans
action was made, and in an instant
Mr.. Blaine was on his knees to the
man. with whom he lad been in
collision and whom he was just
previously threatening, begging pit
eousIy for a certificate of character,
even furnishing the draft of the GER
tificate himself These additional
letters forever must set at rest this
controversy. They completelyproy
that James g, Blaine was corrupt
public official; that be led the way
to his own corruption; that he was
hoggish in his demands of a corrup-
ion price; that he betrayed his most
intimate friends for. private gain;
hat he became grovehng beggar
before those whom he had forced to1
him; that he subsequently,
perjury in denying his
guilt before an investigating CONS
nittee; and that he has never rel
,ented of the immortality of the
transaction, but has often regretted
Is political effects. uiig ~
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Keepit before the people, That
four hundred millions of dollars are
lying idle in the treasury, which
were collected from the people
wrongfully, and no interest is being
paid on it; and that since the war
six thousand millions of dollars have
been collected from the people, and
still the war debt is not paid off,
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Keep'it before the people, That in
1876 Tiden and Hendricks carried
The State of Louisiana by 5000 ma
josltys Florida by 976 majority and
South Carolina by SS4, and yet all
those States were fraudulontly COM
ted Tor Hayes, .r b uE.L 1.t .
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My object in writing is to ask
in season if your friends would de
sire To establish q bank at Little
Rock? Ii will be 10 some extent a
matter of favoritism as to who gets
tho banks in the several localities,
and il will be in my power to cast
an anchor TO the windward' In your
behalf, if you desire it."-Blaine to
Fisher
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Il the s400,000,OO locked up in
the vaults ofthe United States trea-
sury was returned as rebate to the
tax payer, as Col. King demands it
should be, 1t would be construed as
evidence that there were more
honest manipulators of the governs
mani EsglfEt.t Il ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

Interspersed through this issue
are extracts taken from the fifteen
additional Mulligan letters, given to
the public on the 18th. These let
tiers are ruinous to Blaine. How an
honest man can vote for him after
reading them, il is difficult to see.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

Hon. p T, Glass, of Lauderdale,
Is the nominee of the Democratic
party for Congress in the ninth dis
trict. Hon. Emerson Etheridge is
an independent candidate for Con
gress from the same district
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

KeePit before the people, That
under the Republican administra-
ton the stealagc for tho year 1881
amounted ba-the enormous sum OF
S4s9,47T and for the year 1882 it
announced 20 IS4Z7 ,42O, and for the
year 1883 it sweIled to S653, 235!
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Keep il before the oolored people,
That in the Northern States where
the Republicans have a majority, no
colUrcd man has every been elect
ad tn Office -- --
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Taking into account the $780,
900 bonds you sold to Tom Scott
and the amount of money you re-
ceived on the Eastern contracts, our
relative positions financially in the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
bear a wide contrast. Fisher to
Blaine. .r..s..f rsvr .a.-t2 ast
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

keeP q before tie people, That
under Demoeraps administration
the expenditure Of the government
was only s620l0.0O0 a year, aud
since the Republicans came in pow,
er il has increased tO-tbo enormous
sum OF $50, BOO. 600 every year
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My whole connection with the
road has been - open as day. II
there had hnen anything 10 conceal
about il should not have touched
it."ABlaine, in House of Ropresen-
tativcs
NO nan wall ever know from me
that ! ever disposed of a single dor
lar Ia Maine. Blaine 10 Fisher,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

Keep it before the people, That
under the Republican administra-
ton S3SO,OOO,OOO have been appro-
priated 10 build a navy, and, still
calling Tor more, no navy yet
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2 off you knew the agenies I have
suffered in this matter during the
past six months you would pity me,
/ am sure, and make great efforts to
relieve me. Pray, let me know what
[ am to expect. Blaine to Fisher,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

The johnson City Comet puts the
whole question between Pctlibope,
Taylor aud the people il a nutshell
in this paragraph Pe'tibone can
not rejoice over RS recent vic1ory,
because he knows that defeat awaits
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INSOLYENT NOTICE.

~r-t4F. insplxspcv OF the estate of EATON Pull
T1sN deceased. having this day been sugge f.
al ,Sra 81 .l7rni1sisfrafor Of said estate to the
~ * ~ fasp cnsfv court nf Haneu county, TEN
s,sssae and said clerk haVin2 orlerd ne a. such
administrator to make publication thereof thers-
tore All persons having claims against the estate
4 holifed 10 llle this same wish the clerk
~ the ssas1s,fv eanrt duly authenticated on Ii
core fhe III day ~ February, 1885, or they win be
forever barred 1liis September 70, 1854
go L. +. KIRKPATRICK,
sept .ek-4w pss Administrator,
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GROVER cLEvELAND.s PLEDeE

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traey q lsS rH'ion by tbf sgF"lces Or ny
fsEoa-,lfizeas uzill ifssHH1c ne d''faes ~
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ROY and sirDnOffDs ~ .S,sDrsrns he4Rg rho
Fbeliers t-iU silt1lFs tLss, hoposf human ca
,eanor IA fsS rsilssi-h'ts-is disehrrgs OF pub
a, I'm -Gu,vEs rLEvEikED : LETTER
OF AccEPrANcR
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HITTING IRON the SHOULDER.

HITTING IRON The SHOULDER.
The following from the New York
World will explain itself:
ALBANY, n. Y, Sept. Is, 1884.
Joseph PUiiizer, World Office, Nep
York: ...
nyour dispatch refers to the allie
cations that / have written letters
TO Congressman TO influence their
action on tariff measures or legisla-
Gon, you may doDy il in distinct
terms on my authority.
raa. GROVER CLEVELAND.
We trust that this is satisfactory;
we also beg leave to repeat that Mr..
Nelson is an unmltigated liar, with
out shadow Of an excuse.
We further add that Mr.. Waters
son, the free trader, loves and sym.
pathizes with Mr.. Blaine, the arch
protectionist, ilar H. ---..r
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live there for a year or more and;
still not know that license was ne-
cessary to the celebration of law
full marriage, is just so thin that no.
body believes It'll
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Winstead.s special Cnnnno

NInsuead's Special Compound,
OF SolableaBone Phosphate-the- reat
Fertiiizer-stands without rival as tbs
cheapest and best. Applyto us or our
agents forlprices and terms.
RI. II. WINSTON & SON,
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MOrristown Produce Market.
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"Taking into account the one hun
dred thousand dollar bonds you sold
to Tom Scott X our relative
positions financially in the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad bear
a wide contrast. Fisher to Blaine,
November 10, 1871.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

Il have placed you in positions
whereby you have received very
large sums of money without one
dollar of expense to you, and you
ought not to forget the act on my
part. - Fisher to Blaine. ..
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

Things are moving Jehu Me-
iev = "a cr. the New York Star, s
out in a double loaded, booming ar
ue,s 0r Cleveland and Hendricks.
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Keep il before the people, Thar
the defialcations from Lincoln's ad-
ministratiou 10 Arthur's Is $40, 527, =
GO III