The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-05-16
MS REASON.


ing water on both sholders In con-
gressiOnal matters will not help
him to realize his ambition
Maryville TIMES. 4
Our esteemed exchange, the
Maryville TIMES, certainly don't
know what carrying water on both
shoulders means. We will, II the
TINES will kinIy permit US, give
him the reason of our neutrality in
the congressional race. 1t is not
tor the purpose of furthering our
chances for we have never yet in.
timated that we was or would be
candidate for governor. But We
pursued this course for the simple
reason that an effort was made to
force Gen. Lindsay to take sides in
the congressional race. This we
thought was unfair and we are
Bart Lindsay's friend before either
Mr.. Houk or Mr.. Gibson, and when
we are friend to any man we
stand by and use all honorable
means to serve his interests. We
have not and will not take any
stock in the congressional fight I'M
til after the August election ana
neither Houk's friends nor the
friends of Gibson can force us to,!no
matter how it may affect us person.
ally. We are not lOg-rOlling for
ourselves but are working for the
good of the party, as we see 1t, and
especially are we doing what we
can for Gen. Lindsay. Judge
Gibson himself spproves our
course and Houk seems 10, and we
believe he does.-- ROane Co. Repub-
can.
We always supposed that carry.
ing water on both shoulders ment
trying to keep two opposite factions
ignorant of your position on GER
tain question. One week, from the
tone of your editorials in one OF
your papers, people would be lead
to believe you were for the con-
gressiOnal nominee Of the republi-
can party. Then in the other
there would be some word or clip
ping from the Leader rather
staining to Judge Gibson, or favor
able to bolter HOuk and to save
our souls we couldn't tell, nor do
we believe anyone else could tell
where you stood. OF course this
may not be carrying water on both
sholders, and if it isn't we beg your
pardon.
Then your reason for not stalking
any stock" in the congressional
race is something We cannot really
see through. We can readily see
why Mr.. Lindsay should not fight
either man under the circumstances
but cannot see why it would hurt
Gen. Lindsay for you to be for the
nominee for congress. Do you be-
lieve there il Il republican nominee
for congress? If you do who dc
you think it is? Well now you be.
leive there is a nominee and you
have settled in your own mind who
he is, do you not thing it is the
duty of every republican paper
which is not n candidates organ to
place the true republican ticket al
of it, at the masthead and stand OF
fall fighting for the whole ticket
That is the light we see it in and
while recognizing the right of the
major to act as he pleases in this
matter, yet he must also recongnizt
the right of Blount county and the
right of the TINES to think an(
act as we please. And as mach a.
: we would like to support the major
for Governor yet we do not believ'
such republican county as Bloun
would instruct delegates to vot'
: for any man who stands readyl t.
knife any part of the ticket unles
everything goes to suit him. Pei
sonally we are friendly to tn
! major and admire his energy ant
ability, but we do not see wher
the party would be benefited b.
nominating any man who does nc
= fearlessly and boldly declare him
t self for the whole republican ticke
! as against democrats, boilers, G
anybody else who may come VI
1t is our opinion that the majC
would have had walk-over for tn
nomination, If he had immediatal
after the primary, acknowledge
!. the defeat of his man and declare
himself in favor of the nomine
Heretofore we have been on tn
defeated side, but never under tn
present management has the TINE
halted moment about declarin
i'm favor of the candidate nominal