The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-04
NASHVILLE LITTER.
Robt. L. Taylor is the Only Demo-
crat in the State Who Can Poll
an Old-Time Majority.

state seCretarys ofhc6 what the State
triumvirate went to New York for, r,and
nobody seemed to know. 1t looks as
ii they want TO get out Of range Of the
machine that had its battreies turned
on the board to compel the appoint.
of Cordell Hull as one OF the equaliz'
ers. The appointment was lodged in
the three department officials, you
know, to get off a job on the constitu.
ton, which forbids the governor to
appoint member to an Office he
helped to create. 1t was piece OF
pastry mixed and baked especially for
the legislative tooth, spiced and sliced
10 advance and set aside to cool, but
the pesky Banner got uppity about it
and made il summer time for the big
three youngsters until they had to
smash the State This was not the
only little toothSome snap cooked up
by members for their own especial
delectation, hut they struck out every
time they came to the bat. In Hull's
case, il he and the gang didn't agree
that he should not have it, why are be
and the gang going to raise hello cen.
tral when the boys return. It's a
dodgssted shame that after being so
respectful to the constitution and con.
ferring upon the triumvirate the
dignity Of pie slicers extraordinary
and dispensers plenipotentiary Of the
cut and dried program OF the yum.
yumers that they should take the pie
and deliberately hand it out to out.
siders.
Flank Smith for governor Don't
you go and deride that idea before
you hear from some Of the precincts.
1t is on the bills and many more i'm.
probable things have happened. In
truth he would make an ideal COVER.
nor He has more decision OF charac
ter and good, solid, rock bottom, triple
plated hard sense than most OF men, a
sound Democrat tried under fire, as
true man as lives, and sound from
top to bottom. There il .ome inner
inside inwaidness to his non-contrma.
ton tnat may he traced out along this
line.
Bob Taylor was here this week and
| asked him pointedly where he was
at on the governors question, and l
found he wasn't at. He can not say
he will not have thing that has not
been offered him, but he has never said
in his life that he would not do thing
that the people asked Of him. They
have got to make few promises be.
fore he accepts it, and one is that he
is to name the men for Office and the
other applicants must swear they will
not kick and cuss. Every man who
goes into the governors office comes
out with his popularity hanging In
tatters because he can not appoint all
applicants. The average ratio between
offices and applicants has been sixteen
to one since Adam was appointed
landscape gardener in Eden, and when
a governor gets through handing out
the commissions, he is the unhappy
recipient Of sixteen cusses to one
praise. Now, your cousin Robert has
been there, and he just naturally de-
spises to be cussed from Helena to
breakfast twenty-five hours in the day
and eight days in the week, and he
will require the convention to nomi-
nate man to take all the cussin'. Do
you know that he used to have hair on
his head just like other folksY He went
to congress when he was hoy and ev-
cry man in his district wanted an off ce,
and when they got through not get
ting them they commenced TO cnss
and he came out with that valen.
ciennes fringe you see when he starts
off. Then he sat up on capitol hill four
years and he had birthstone to sell
when he went back to the mountains
in blue halo OF malediciion flom hit
cusses and creditors He has paid his
creditors and pacified his cussers, and
now wears the medal as the most
popular man IN Tennessee, and il
must be- understood, in advance, that
the man who cusses him after he has
doue The best he can shall be rotten
egged out Of town. Seriously, it has
no allurements for him and he is doing
first rate, thank, you where he is, buI
it is plain that nine.tenths OF the peo
pie want him again, and that all o
them concede that he 10 the only
Democrat who can walk off with al
old fashioned majority. II the Demo
Gratis say SO, / believe he will ioregc
his own interests and accept the nomi
nation, but he will not seek it, an,
will not have it in scramble.