The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-10-24
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phatic and repeated denials by Hon. H.
Clay Evans of the charges that he was a
stakeholder in the Roane Iron company,
and as such made a business Of grinding
his operators by paying them in scrip, has
produced an impression OH the minds Of
many besides republicans in Tennessee.
Governor Turney, in the face of these de-
mails, at Murfreesboro repeated the false
hood and vilciously charged Evans with
grinding his employees in that way.
In Mondays American a Lincoln county
democrat expresses his disapprobation Of.
such charges of falsehood by calling for an
investg ton and information as to the
facts.
Turney's Murfreesboro speech was full
OF Misrepresentation, not only as to that
one charge, but numerous other features of
his rabid written speech were grossly false
and deceptive. In answer to Mr.. Evans
attacks on the rascslly election laws of
Tennessee that his (Tlrney's) blinily par
tisan decisions as supreme judge helped to
make valid, he undertook to show that
Pennsylvania Evans birthplace) and
Wisconsin where he once resided) had
constitutional provisions imposing various
conditions as qualifications to vote. The
first h. said required the payment OF a
poll tax. That is not true. Turney said
10 this line that "Kausas excludes rebels"
from the franchise. Anybody at all famil-
lar with recent politics in that state could
have recalled to this vitriolic hater OF
"carpet baggers' that man by the name
OF Harris-a rebel soldier in the late war
was a candidate for Congressman al
large in X ,nsas two years ago, and re-
ceived the votes OF democrats aud populists
ex.rtb bells ard federals, By the thousand as
an evidence that the prejudice against ex-
confederates was no longer supreme in
Kansas, as Turnsy wished it to be in Ten
nessee against "Peonsyvania Yankee"
Many democrats OF sense in Middle
Tennessee have expressed themselves as
disguised by Turney's rabid TRADE al
Murfreesboro. A friend of the writer-a
prominent young attorney of this place
so expressed himself: mind you," h,
said, 81 am strongly for Turney," but hi
was disguised.
Last Mondry being first Monday, a larg'
crowd OF people was in Town and larg9
number of them listened to Congressman
Richardson, Capt. c. A. Sheafe of Mur'
freesboro, and local democratic orators dis
cuss the issues of the day. They had
good crowd, though at no time were Their
as many in the court room as listened t
H. Clay Evans when he spoke here. The!
spoke all day nearly and dispersed the
crowd before they got through. The loca
speakers "olowed" the scrip falsehood ant
imported candidates, carpet bag" talk.
Sheafe was a "carpet Dagger" VII
dropped at Murfreesboro after the war an
few remained to hear him after the other
had exhausted their mind. 1t was a sever
strain on his self respect to do so, an
several hitherto democratic residents o
!, this Countrywide came from Peunsylvani
and other northern states--openly expresse
their disgust with such democracy. Thei
votes will not do Old Pete any good j
November. Several republicans guye
Capt. Sheafe in the meeting and afterward
to his face. Republicans here could almo:
afford TO pay the expense of another sue
. meeting.