The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29
Review of the judicial Ticket
by Al Republican Fed
ernl Soldier.

Inc hepuGncan party, Delng tne
party of my choice, it is my earnest
desire that its principles and standard
shall be such as to attract to its ranks
the intelligent and honest young men
who are about to cast their first bal
lots; and that the party management
and its candidates shall be such that
we can take honest pride in their ad
vocacy instead of having to hold our
noses while we vote.
1t is my purpose in this communi-
cation, to give substantial reasons why
it is to the interest of the party, its
good name, and the public welfare, for
Republicans to vote against A. J.
Brown and II. T. Campbell in the APP
preaching August election.
What right has A. ]. Brown, the
would-be Judge of this Circuit, to ask
ex-federal soldiers to vote for him?
LIST. charge, that while in the army
he committed perjury in orded to
draw Lieut.. Coils pay when he was
not entitled to it, and for which he was
dishonorably cashiered from the SER
vice, but got reinstated on the rolls by
Democratic influence.
End. | charge that as an officer he
was unjustly tyranical to his men, to
such an extent that they despise his
name to this day, and that hundreds
of soldiers of the Sth Tenn. Cav. pro-
claim to have been a coward and a
tyrant, and wholly incapable as an
army officer.
3rd. ! charge that he was a red-hot
Democrat from the close of the war
until 1876; that he did shortly after
the war, charge the Republican party
as being responsible for all the turmoil
and strife during the period Of recon
struction; that he asked President
Johnson to send soldiers to E. Tenn.
to suppress the Union League; that
he abused and vilified Gen. Grant, OPP
posed negro suffrage, and ran for
Judge as the Democratic candidate
against Judge Howard in 1868, the
Republican candidate.
4th, charge that he entered into q
plot seeking to have Democratic leg.
islature to impeach Chancellor Ham
Smith, with the expectation of being
appointed Judge Smiths successor by
q Democratic Governor.
9TH. / charge that he has accepted
nomination secured by corrup
bargain and fraud, and that he knows
such to be the fact, and knows tina
Judge Hacker was and is yet tn,
choice Of very large majority of hi
party.
9th. charge that he is not even
second rate lawyer, and never had
respectable law practice in the court
he aspires to preside over as an expo
nent OF the law.
9TH. l charge that he and others o
like political dishonesty, contributes
money, and did receive money iron
w. P. Gillenwaters, and did start
campaign paper in his own and Gil
lenwater's interest, and went squar
back On John P, Smith, the regula
nominee of the Republican party 10
Chancellor and had said w. P. Giller
waters name at the masthead of sal
paper as the Republican nominee fo
Chancellor.
Sth. I charge, that after the ide
penetrated his thick skull, that Smith
friends would kick, and that he ha
"p,a his foot in it," he betrayed h
partner, and tossed Gillenwaters owe
board after spending his $500 fc
type and paper, and with q coward
apology to John P, Smith, the Brou
family paper, the Rogersville Heral
hoists the name OF John P. Smith (,
Chancellor instead of Gillenwaters.