The Russellville Democrat., 1890-08-21
ON THE HUsTTsGs.
A Report Of the Speeches of the Candidates for Rep
 resentatfTc.

verience township ihe 10th inst. and as the views Of the candidates for Representative are Of considerable imporsance to the great majority Of your readers their remarks are ap- pended below.
 T. H. GAMBLENs SPEECH.
 GentIemer and Fellow Citizens Of
 Convenience township:
 am before you for representative Of Pope county, nominated by the UnIon Labor Party. want to say in the outset the l do not expect to say much for we have been on the canvass al week and I an wezried. My oppo1ent on the democratic tick et defes us 10 show where sny of our county officers were ever defaulters- I have been here twenty years and 1 want to ask Bro. Russell some ques- t1ons 10 answer. He Is g nice man. sad like him, and l have nothing to say against him. l was school director "a my district and l say that the Treasurer of this county was a defaulter for sixteen hundred dOllaTs- At thIs point C. ". Berry man candidate f0r county judge ask ed leave to explain that matter. He said that 1t was while Parker was Treasurer and that the amount wss for $500 aud that Mrs. Parker gave s note for said amount, sz00 Of which WAS paid. That the mistake was made as Mir. Bsyliss county clerk, after wards explained ia transferring the money from the old school dis tyicts 10 the new ones. That the fault was with the clerk and that the county court afterwards ordered the s200 paid back MT. Gambler pro ceeded by saying:
 believe if there is any fraud it should be brought to light. asked for information. know my dis srict Eas assessed and l refused to pay and so did Dist No. A. Idon't know whether others paid or not.
 There is Churchill who was s de fsulter to the State SIS, 900 and sf- rewards the democratic party elect ed hum governor. They claim they dld not know st the tune that he vas g desaultsr. That was all right but they ought to have known. They did not do right or they would have known. I sm not here to wage WAT on any party or persons. Me and my opponent have got 8 long well until yesterday we got st logger heads and were both probably wrong and said too much, and l am sorry the matter came up, but we have settled 1t and it IS alright now. l charged him with being sn agent for s mortgage loan company and blast ering our county over with mortgag- es. am Nforty six years old, and have always got along with sa men in peace and I always expect 10, but me and Brother Russell are both too easily excited and some times say things we ought not
 I sn before you ss the nominee Of the Union Labor party. I refused the nomination until the very last, not because did not think the tick es would wIn, but men who enter in to politics ususlly have to stoop 30 low. It Is almost impossible to mingle in politics without mud sling ing. Now, that is all wrong and should not be. Now, it is charged in some parts of this county that I was 8 federal soldier and now draw 6 pension. l was s rebel soldier four years and was wounded under Hood st Nashville.
 The time hss come when justice should be done to all am s union labor man from principle, but if I saw IL was wrong would be the first man to quit 1t and the last to endorse it. l want 10 say that republicans and democrats are both bad If Christ himself was to make hls sp- pearsnce again here on earth he would be waited on by B committee to know il he was democrat. The union labor party is the back bone and sinew Of this country. It is made of the men who have borne the burden and the heat of the day. We want to lsy aside the bloody shirt and come together. We want to build churches, and school houses and work together to build up our country.
 I sim to make this fight on priacl- pie and if I am elected I wIll repre- sent the whole people regardless Of party or color. will carefully guard the lsboring interests of our country. The frst man ever created was s farmer and he istbe hope ofourcoun- try. Ia giving him justice all would i get it This is free country and | we propose 10 give all justIce- I lam to dividing our elections Let us have them consolidated and i have our state and congressional elections at the same time. My op- 1 ponent talks of economy. Let us have it and commence here l am in favor of the state publishing our school text books and break the srlnQing monopoly rom expressing as. l am in favor of poor children being furnished books free. l be IeYe it is right and will do my bes. Jn that I believe in doing swaywith sil ou= bad laws. l did not get up 70 say much and I am thankful tO Tou for your attention. Go to the polls and back your best judgement md if am your choice you will lever regret IL I am much obliged Q you all.
 LAWRENCE RUssKLL's SPEECH.
 Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens :-I m pleased to meet with you on this and I heartily thank you for our past support, and will be thank al for the same ia the future. 1 stand , efore you as the Democratic nominee or your Representative in the ext ieneral Assembly, but do not come i,
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