The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-02
WHO IS P. M. kIsER2
A Democrat Who Is a Democrat
From Principle.
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn,
Sept. 30, 1S90}

Who is P. M. Kiser?
This question has been asked more
or less throughout this congressional
district. Now, since he has signifed |
Lis willingness to enter the congress
sional race and do battle for those
principles which he, as a Democrat,
believes to be right, and which nave
been the principles that the Demo
cratic party have cherished and main
tanned since its birth, thereby giving
the Democrats Of his district the
chance Of voting for man who
claims the right to be Democrat, and
to vote for a Democrat regardless OF
what Others may say a man upon
whom the Democratic party can de-
pend as standing by their principles,
not for a season in order to catch a
few Democratic votes, but as long as
Democratic principles exist.
A man who not only is in accord
with the Democratic party on the
force bill, but a man who is with his
party in its fight for tariff reform, and
for the farmers and laborer5 against
the monopo!ists and money kings Of
the East A man in whose veins there
flows the blood of Democratic ances-
tors, and who believes the principles Of
Jefferson and Jackson were 'ght, and
that those same principles are as es-
sential to-day as they were when spo-
ken by Jefferson and Jackson them
selves. A man who does not believe
in fighting for Democratic priniples
when defeat is certain, and then, when
the sunlight OF victory is shining upon
every Democratic countenance, and
hope Is inspiring every Democratic
breast, that we ought to furl our ban
ner without the firing Of q single CUR
and surrender everything we have
gained in the last quarter of a century
to men whose records Gf half they say
about one another be true) are so fou
and rotten that an honest Democra
shoulders when he hears or reads them
The question is yet unanswered
"Who is P. NJ. Kiser?"
Forming his acquaintance when bu
! a mere boy and living as a loseneigh
Dor to him ever since, we will procee,
to give you brief history of the mai
, who seeks to represent you in tn
halls Of the next Congress as a Jehel
. sonian Democrat from away back, an
not simply on account of his oppos
, tion to the force bill, as one othe
man would like to do.
p. M. Kiser was born in Stoke
: county, North Carolina, in the yea
: 1926. At the age of fifteen years h
= moved to this county, and has reside
here ever since.
= His first vote was cast for the Den
!, ocraic nominee for President in 1874
= and from that time he has never bee
known to stripe his ticket or forsak
his party in any contest.
When the civil war broke out an
each side was calling upon their coul
r trymen to shoulder the muskets an
+ help save their flags, and when nearl
d every person from the country, man
u man, was entering the Union army, h
y stood firmly by the cause he believe
a to be right and entered the Confede
e ate army, and remained until the ba
" ties were over, When the war W;
II over he was one OF the few Confede
of ate soldiers who had the courage
n cone back to this country and dive
d among the people who were so un
Y venly divided.
n Mr.. Kiser is a member Of the |.
is o. F., and also belongs to the Mason
a fraternity. He is a deacon in the Ba
er fist church, and, as moral man,
Of without a peer in Johnson county. T
0, is also leading member of the Farl
k ers' Alliance and believes, as the farl
10 ers are the men who feed natio
e, that they are ent tied to help ma
Ii the laws.
by Mr.. Kiser has never before aspir
i'll to any Office Of profit or trust und
the State or government. He h
twice been elected Magistrate in Il
We district, and in a single-handed ra
)" between himself and Republican,
d" though the district is Overwhelming
ed Republican, voting nearly seven
let one, he was elected over his Repul
wv can opponent by nearly two to one
d. This is the man who asks the De
We ocratic voters Of the First Congr
lat sional District to support him in
he coming contest.
g. Very Respectfully,
he A DEMOCRAT
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