The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-09-26
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Read the Truth About a Lie
I'old BY John Houk in
his Speech ..

his Speech
When honest men::kn6w how mean, dirty
and low downa dog has been among them
asking for their votes we are satisfied they
will drop him and be done with him forever.
A short time back we rsceived letter from
Omaha, Nebraska, asking us what would be
our priceif we wished to sell the TIMES. And
as every other man would 40, who had a.
chance to sell his property, we wrote giving
the fixtures Of our Office circulation of the pa
per etc. all that would be of interest
Ito a man to know II he should decide
to buy. We gave him as our price $3OOOOOI
cash. Of course we never asked him his
politics. We never thought of asking him this
question and neither would any other man
think Of asking the politics of manto whom
he proposed to sell his property. We are in
the newsp aper business to m axe money. Just
what you are farming, selling groceries, dry
goods, drugs or in any other business for.
we have as much rightto sell our property for
cash to democrat or any other man as you
have. It is a business transaction pur and
simple. This is all there is to the matter We
could cell cur Gsstiu retain our
principles just as Bittle, Webb & Co. might sell
their store to democrats and retain their
principles. five had sold the paper to that
man we would not have been at all RESPONSE
able for the course he persured in it's manage
ment If we had still stayed in this congress.
lonal district our vote, our voice and our
influence would still have been for Henry r.
Gibson, for we are for from selling our princi-
pies to any man, much less such sneak as
Houk is proving himself to be every day
Houk tried to leave the impression that the
present management would have been run
ming the TIMES in his interests ifhe had had
the Doodle He knows no blacker hearted
lie was eyer told. He knew, like the dirty
snake in the grass that he is, that the present
managers of the TIMES would as soon take
fifty rattle-snakes to bed as to support such
an unprincipaled and unmitigated scoundrel
| as John Eouk.
The good people of Blount with whom we
have been acquainted, and with whom we
: have associated for so long, will not believe
such an insinuation, coming from any source,
much less from the foul mouth of such an ex-
pert and adroit liar as John Eouk has proved
himself to be.
a We dare him to print that letter as we
wrote it. Why did he not read it aud prove
8 that he offered to sell our principle? Because
the sneak knew that every one would see at
once that there was nothing in it, but what
was honorable and right for any business man
d to do. The editor stepped up to him and ask
IS ed him why he did not read that letter. He
made the poor excuse that he didn't have the
time. when he had spent over two hours in
reading other things.
n Every man knows if there had been one
K word in that letter that could have been con
strued into a dishonotble act John Houk
. would have gladly read it, But no the low
e sneaking and insinufting scoundrel had
: enough sense to know flat he could not male
:, any campaign thunder out Of it if he had read
! it to those intelligent pe1ple
Again we dare him to print it, but he will not
as it, would be only another blow to his
sneaking cause.