The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-09-25
Butler and Bowman.

bull6I anu DOWIntins
Last Friday night Jobe's Opera
House was packed from parquette to
gallery TO hear Hon, r, r, Butler, can
didate for Congress, speak. Roderick
was at his best and sailed into ALI.
Taylor and the "Bread and Butter
Brigade" For two hours he talked
and for two hours the Taylor men
present squirmed and jabbered and
growled and occasionally interrupted
the speaker. Butler denounced as in
amous lies charge after charge that
had been made by neutrality-suspicious.
OF the Taylor persuasion, He jumped
on the Advance with both feet and
gave its editor some fatherly advice
He warned A. B. Bowman to have
nothing to do with Taylor, for he
| (Bowman) knew that Taylor would
"bite him in the end" but he failed to
say which end. His speech was very
bitter and a series of charges against
Taylor and denials for himself from
the beginning to its close. He so far
forgot himself as to 60 beyond the
grave and charge with "ghoulish glee'
that Rev. N. G. Taylor was a political
traitor. He declared himself against
the Force Bill and denounced it in
strong terms. He also denounced Tay
lor for voting for it, and made a ieint
at excusing his vote for like measure
: during Grants term, which leads III
Q to remark
+ He may denounce it II he pleases, the Lodg
{ Force Bill,
But his votes in '71-3-j remain there still.
He charged Taylor with appointin!
q a crazy man as census enumerater il
; Johnson comfy, and that this maj
= appointed as his deputy man VIII,
- had just been tnrned out of the peni
+. Tertiary; with removing w. P. Keys
" an honorable, upright man, from tn
4 postohice at Mountain City becaus
! he was Buffers son-in.law, and ar
+ pointing in his place ], G. Donnelly
Y defaulter, and q man who had de
} serted his wife and seven children 10
Il prostitute, and after his wife had go
n ten divorce, married the harlot an
is now living with her at Mountai
City; with giving Kit Spears, ma
Sc who has changed his politics six time
G. and hoated on 0. G. Kings banner j
m the race between King and Petition
81 six years ago, fat Office; and man
I'd more that we haven't the space
III mention.
I'd Buffers speech was calculated to q
ry him more harm than good and woul
,r. have fallen flat had not the TaylC
Ill men interfered When he closed IL
1e crowd thought the show was over, bl
ct it had really only begun. A. B. Bo,
ss man, Taylor's recognized leader, aro
or. and asked the people to hear hi
Id make few remarks. This was n,
al down or the bills, but the crowd, c
1T pecially the Democrats, shifted son
er fun, and sat down again. Downs
IN opened by charging Butler with usir
language that no decent man won
use and that he was not fit to sit in II
1T halls OF Congress. He reminded Bu
10 H. Ter that Taylor's new appointee, DO
m nelly, was related to his wife, wher
elf upon Roderick arose to remark tn
en- he regretted that it was true. Viii
or Donnelly was not q blood relative
his, he vas of Bowman's, as Bowman
-, mother was his wife's sister. Cont
cd uing, Bowman charged Butler wi
90 every mean act of his life, so far as
- knew, and he had a list of them. I
-, referred to his Force Bill record, Il
no cadetship sale and the Lord on
20 knows what all, but he handled hi
80 without gloves. When Bowman Fl
= ished Butler answered him and a
-, swered him all over. He told Bo
i. man that he and the balance of Il
ID crowd that were against him now al
~ were making these charges had n
only defended him on the stamp fro
=, these same charges, but had voted
,ot him six times for Congress and for
10 teen times for the Legislature.
IN 1t was big Republican love fea
~ and strengthened the Democrats
o;r the belief that they must have ca
, y didate on the track.
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