The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-23

desired to try Mr.. Pettibone another
fall, and Col. King, in kindness to
Mr.. Taylor, declined to allow his
name TO go before the convention,
but urged his friends to give Mr..
Taylor the nomination, saying
1.-TWO years from now you will need
q candidate; it will be the Presi-
dental year, and no one will desire
to make the race. L will take the
race then. 1t will be immaterial
to me. | had as lief run when all the
odds are against me as now"
During the canvass that year,
when Mr.. A. A. Taylor was canvass
ing the District against his brother,
the Hon. r. L. Taylor, Col. King
met him and appealed to the people
to be true to themselves and the
cause of honesty and truth.
Since then until the split occurred
in the Republican party, we had
heard no ones name mentioned in
connection with the congressional
race on the Democratic side, but
Col. Kings.
Two weeks ago the Bristol Courier,
in recognition of the unwritten COM
pact between Col King and the
party, put his name up at its mast
head. We had not been consulted
about tho matter by the Courier or
any one else. We had not spoken
with Col. King on the subject. In
deed, to speak the plain truth, there
had been fer some time a little cool
ness between us and Col. King grow
ing out of our Supposed differences
upon the tariff question. But, when
we saw the Courier, we felt that it
had done right, and we determined
that THE GAZETTE should also do
what it might to secure the candi
dacy. of n man who could carry the
banner of Democracy over the dis
trict without causing any member of
the party to hang his head in shame.
We put aside our private feelings,
and put up Col. Kings name, net
because he is a citizen of MOrristown;
not because he is our friend; but be-
cause we believe he has been con-
coded the race by the party, because
we believe he will make a stronger
canvass than any man whose name
has been spoken of-because he was
willing TO make the race when there
was ne hope for his election, and be-
cause, If elected he will make us a
creditable and henost representative.
We thought the race ought to be &C
corded to him without the formality
of a convention, we think so yet.
But if a convention should be called
it ought to unanimously make him
its standard bearer.
Men who are willing to make
the race now that there is a hope,
but were unwilling to make fight
against hope should have no con-
sid Grafton now.
But can we elect a Democrat ?
Yes-no.
Yes, If we select as our standard
bearer, such 4 man as Col. King,
who can demonstrate to the people
the folly of adhering longer to that
"body of death" therepublican party.
No, if we select some one of the
nameless aspirants who are willing
now to ego in on q split" but who
could not meet or cope with either
Pettibone or Taylor on the stump.
The Republican leaders will do
all they can to distract attention
from Col. King. They would pre-
fer any other man in the district.
Let us mako no mistake about
this matter.
Houk will triumph. There will be
but one Republican candidate, and
his name will be A. A. Taylor.
Who shall meet him? Let the
common sense and common lntegri-
ty ofOur party unanimously answer,
o. c. King.