The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-18
"our Bob" Or Ex-Governor Taylor.

The Johnson City COMET says it is
in a position to know land can say
authoritatively that Gov. R. L. Taylor
will not be candidate for the United
States Senate mex. winter. He is
making money with hisi lecture and
will now devote his time to laying up
something for rainy day. He is not
candidate and will not be-"
1t requires something OF an effort to
write anything about ex-Gov. Taylor
in serious vein. Ones pencil almost
rebels at writing "ex-Gov Taylor" it
has been so accustomed to merrily
putting it "Our Bob" There is some
thing in his every feature, from his
bald head to his CATERS, that prove kes
smile-not that there is anything
cnmical in his appearance but he
has said 80 many funny things in such
an irresistably mirth provoking way,
that his friends, who are legion, feel
they must laugh every time they hear
his voice AZ known to the world
there are no four seasons in his ma
ture-his sun is always at the zenith
and his smiles are never concealed by
lowering clouds. A political foe may
for moment feel tn sting OF his
sharp threats. hut he can he the sub
iect Of malice from no man who comes
habitually in contact with him. In
compromising the ingredients which
60 to make up his disposition, nature
doubled in quantity the generosity
usually allotted to single individual.
The temptation to enter the field of
politics, to such man as Ex-Governor
Taylor, is exceedingly difficult to re-
sist A fluent and entertaining pub
lie speaker, richly endowed with the
qualities that make men popular, with
q fondness for the hastings that is al
together natural, it rs easy to under
stand how he fairly revels in the ex.
element incident to political cam.
paign. 1t costs him no little effort to
declare, as the above quotation from
bis home paper indicates he has done,
that he is not a candidate for an Office
which has heretofore been the proba-
BILE height of his ambition. This does
not mean that he will not be heard
in the field of politics; it will be.years
before he can give that up.
His very best friends who love him
for himself, will commend his decision.
He has developed talent, novel in
many respects, that fit him for abun-
dant success in the lecture field. He
has been successful. He has prepared
two lectures that have amused, enter.
tainei and edited thousands. Hosts
OF the care-laden all over the land, I'M
der the inspiration of his humor and
eloquence, can testify to his power to
drive trouble away. He is young and
by application may soon have roper
tory that will make him prime favor.
tie everywhere. He can make money,
far beyond the opportunities OF politi-
cal life, and at the same time escape
the jealousies and the heart burnings,
the malice of foes and the treachery
of pretended friends, that unfortunate
ly beset active political life in this
country. The Journal has never ia
vored his political ambitions. Perhaps
it has criticized him, sometimes
harshly; but there has never been
time when the sun has gone down here
upon hatred or malice towards Robert
L. Taylor. In giving up the field of
politics for the lecture field, he has
made a wise choice. Swords that have
been sharpened for use upon him next
winter may now rest in their scab-
bards, and arrows that have been poi
soned for his heart may remain un-
touched in their quivers--Kmo1ville
Journal.