The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-03-21
SI.oo A YEAR.

IN jay, of congressman who will
write Ex before his title after next
Novmbcr in spite of this piece Of cheat
ing rascality.
Blount co olnty came in for her
share of slander. John Houk stood
up in the committee room and stated
in the presence Of John Hale, that
Blount county lead the procession IN
fraud against him. That all the Glib.
son men in this county were what
certain kind of tumble bug Tolls
around and charged this county with
the most outrageous things. All this
time, John Hale, the man, who pre-
tended to represent us and defesd our
name and rights, was there, silent and
asserting to all Of this, when he had
told a number of men of this comfy
that he never saw a fairer election
anywhere. But he had received his
orders from his owner and in the face
of this standcr on his neighbors and
his home he had not the manhood to
stand by his own people and do what
he knew was right. After saying
again and again that he would do
what was right, this is the report that
comes of his action. Both Of the
Maryville districts were thrown out
and possibly the 7th, I2th, 18th and
may be others, as at this time it is inn
possible for us to get the full report.
| This is vile, base SANDER on our
county and on our town. Maryyille
has always been counted one of the
most moral towns in the state and all
honest men know that there was no
fraud here. We understand that
Houk get the affidavits Of the follow
ing people in Maryville, Zeke Grind
staff, A. J. Robinson, Duppy Presley
and "Roderick" John Smith. We do
not know what they made oath to, but
we leave this, with just one question,
How much more would the oath of
all the rest of the citizens of Maryville
both Houk and Gibson men, be
worth than these four? The blame
for this insnlt that Houk has placed
upon this whole county rests upon
John Hale for he should have proved
himself more than a mere piece Of
putty in the hands of this corrupt
Houk ring.
The fraudulent acts of this COM
| mittee will in no way effect the can
didacy of Judge Gibson, for he is the
nominee and will be our next cong
ressman. The honest Houk men all
over the district are saying if this is
the way John expects to get in they
will not be among the number, who
help HIM. Tuesday night, while Il {
committee was in session, whenev r
John Houk came cut of the room, {
was not republicans he consulted
with, but with sthe prominent demo-
Gratis of Knox. He has absolutely
sold himself and his followers to he
democratic party Will he be ;ble
to deliver all the goods2 He don't
by any means own all who voted or
him, as he does those eight ipcompt-
ants of the committee, and thousands
of them have already deserted him
and many will when they find they
are helping the democrats elect a
! congressman, when they vote for
:. John.
There is another man who had bet
ter be looking rather sharp, Or this
business will cut his head off and that
is Bart Lindsay. His editor, Snake
Anstin, if you don't believe this a
good name look at his eyes, has been
the floor manager of the other seven
little incipient curiosities, which John
will no doubt carrying over the dis
trict in a cage so as to show the
people his authority for running, and
if Bart don't get rid of him and stop
the dirt throwing in his newspaper, at
Henry R. Gibson, the peoples choice
the people will show him, that in
spite ofthe fact that few interested
men had the counties instructed for
him, that there are other men good
and true, who can and will be the
choice of the people for chancellor.
If he in any way, by Austin proxy, or
otherwise, takes any part in or sanct.
: ions this business he has a good big
t chance of hearing something drop.
. We are neither for, or against hrn un.
, I'll his position is made clear ON this
| point and there are scores of other re-
! publicans in just the sa;l- g..
, The TINES still has Henry R Glib.
t sons name at the top of the col
umn for congress and expects TO keer
it there until November and will
: work for him, the peoples choice,
with great deal more eares,ne'