The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-05-28

far end of the composing room sung
ont, "Boys, when did Bate say he
would set up the coffee?" Bate, as
calm as Sphynx, was not disturbed
by the appeal. To be brief, there
was no coffee set up by Bate, and
the employees of the Union and
american, at that time, will bear us
witness of the witty expressions of
indignation and contempt for the
indifference and callousness of the
attorney general INDUCED in by the
bows when that exalted functionary
made his exit Notwithstanding
the cutting comments of his coAla>
bOrers, John Helms, compOsitor,
that night, Sunday as it was, and
weary and tired rs he was, neglectN
ed to indite his usual daily letter to
his wife in order to send to a Knox
vile paper complimentary tribute
to the great speech Of VIM. B. Bate.
But John Helms effort to harmo~
nize Bate in this way, was loves
/ labor lost, as it is now. y Attorney
general Bate got it into his head
that John Helms had something to
do with prompting the remarks of
the inconsiderate but phenOmenally
intelligent compositOr. 1t must have
been this We can imagine moths
ing else Long thereafter he pass
ed us and repasssd us on the streets
as stranger, and we passed and
repassed him as one who had COM
plimented him not wisely but too
much.
To John Helms, personally, Gov.
Bate has shown no ingratitude, and
has never been charged with it. To
great body Of the Democratic par
ty and to other individual Demo
Ocrats, as good and better than we
are, it has sssurcdly been otherwise.
Take, for instance, the case of Capt.
J. c. Hodges. As a State Senator
from this district he voted more
than forty times to make VIM. B.
Bato L. S. Senator, and many of
these ballots were cast in the face of
written and verbal protests from
large number of the Democratic
party of the district. But Captain
Hodges, true as steel, when he is q
friend, stuck TO Bate and fell in tho
last ditch with him as he did with
the fortunes of the Confederaey.
Time passed on, and Bate was elect
ed Governor, (by the grace Of the
State credit Democrats, for the sake
Of harmony Capt. Hodges, while
he had stood impregnable as a stone
wall forty two ballots to make Bate
United States Senator, firmly re-
fused 10 support him for Governor
upon the reputation platform he
had assumed. Capt. Hodges was
a pronounced State credit man, and
prompted by conscientious and pas
triotic convictions, voted for Mr..
RUSSELL for Governor. Yet such was
his personal respect and admiration
for the man that, after General Bato
had finished his speech to the pee
pie of this place, and while he was
enjoying in the presence of DR.. NJ.
Carrgor, and q number of other
Democrats, III room IL, Cain House,
a huge goblet of whisky toddy, furn-
ished at his own solicitation, with
very little sugar in it, and paid for
and presented by two friends, one of
whom was John Helms, Capt. Hodges
came into the room and invited the
General to spend the evening aud
night rs the guest of himself and
family. After having himself out~
side of what whisky remained in
the goblet, General Bate gracefully
excused himsclffor that evening bat
accepted the invitation for the next.
The next evening, to sight~seers
along the route the two distinguish
cd representatives of the conflicting
financial elements of the Democrats
ic party took to reach the residence
D. Capt. Hodges it was impo sible {
10 tell which was the most earnest
and demonstrStive in his effort to
prove to this people that confidence
was restored and all was harmony.
We chat is, all that portion of the {
party that stultified itself to elect {
Bate for the sake of harmony, and a.,
which by way was thick in Hams ]
olen county at that time rs three~ f
l~aebed,) thought we had Captain t
lin Hodges sure for Bate We
ldn't see how he could withstand {
Bates natural aptness and eloquencc,
luickened and made more brilliant
Is they had been the day before by
- and John He ms gob~
ct of whisky teddy. : \
But Capt. J. C. Hodges didn't vote
or Bate. lie was, however, an APP
,licant after his installation as Gov =
rnor for an office he is rs compe- !
ent to fill, honestly and efficiently,
S either of the present imeumbents, |
. say tie least about it. After I
Waiting for some time to hear from !,
lis application Capt. Hedges wrote il
0 our State senator, III. NJ Sher- d