The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-09-11


claiming to be the regular nominee
of the party, it is proposed that we
shall abandon organization, give up
principal, surrender seli-respect and
take one side or the other of the war.
ring Republican factions in their
greedy scramble for Office In other
words we run n candidate when there
is no chance to elect him, but when
there is a chance to elect u Democrat,
We abandon the field without firing a
gun, Such course means defeat in |
the beginning, and it may mean dis
grace in the end.
But it is said il we nominate Dem.
ocrat Taylor or Butler will withdraw.
Suppose one Of them should withdraw,
would that leave us in any worse fix
than we are now? Not to run a Demo
crat means the election OF Taylor or
Butler. To run u Democrat would
not make matters worse, and might
result in the election of Democrat to
Congress.
Again we hear it intimated that if
the Democrats will allow Taylor and
Butler to ego it alone" it will create
a permanent split in the Republican
party. Surely Taylor and Buffers
friends ore about as far apart now as
they would be in two years from now,
and if they would reconcile their diff.
ferences in the present contest in. the
event of the nomination OF Democrat,
they would not be mad enough two
: years from now, after such long cool.
= ing time, to do precisely what they
refuse to do now-permit the election
OF Democrat.
4 Several years ago Houk and Rule
, ran for Congress in the Second dis
, trict, both claiming to be Republican
nominees. The Democrats allowed
them to Eight it out, and Houk was
# overwhelmingly elected. Did it Gre
!. ate permanent breech in the Repub.
u lican party? Not much. The very
i next time Houk had no opposition
n among Republicans, and ere long
q. Rule was one OF his most ardent sup
10 porters, and now holds fat office by
.. the grace OF the man he denounced
~ as poltroon and a drunkard
When Howell E. Jackson was elected
to the United States Senate, he gave
:. banquet at the Maxwell House in hon
il or OF his electionand Judge Butler ant
% ALI Taylor were both present. Taylo
i made speech in which he denounce,
to Butler for having betrayed the Re
er publican party and defeated the cleo
or ton OF Horace Maynard to the Senat
h by voting for Jackson. Butler grey
&c furious and said ALI was a liar and be
lie sides he had been Democra
II, From that time their relations wer
is so strained that they did not speak t
OF each other for year or two, but tn
H. next we heard from them Taylor wa
- supporting Butler for Congress. ]
~ matters not how wide Republican
may be divided, a few little Office
thrown IN the breech will soon brin
:, them together.
Taylor and Butler may run throug
- the present race. If they do a Demo
:. crat can be elected If they do nj
run to a finish, we have lost nothing
"a Democrats have everything to gal
:: and nothing to lose by nominatin
a candidate. Besides it is not a GOO
=. idea to encourage Democrats and e
- pecially the young men, to vote for
r Republican on a National issue. Tt
- habit might lead them astray. An
- the Democrat who can stomach A
;, Taylor or Rcd Butler is already O
''' the down grade.
Let us stick to our party. Nom
nate Democrat on the Democrat
,ess platform and then fearlessly face Il
airy issue. TO do otherwise is to be lilo
1 ent ically inconsistent and un-democrati