The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-06-06
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to tariff and the Nashville American accepts the
shift BS shimmynyl won't the old lady cut
figure? ] am afraid she will get herself run In.
Col. D. Boom Cooper returned from New
York and Immediately the American fell from
its high silver estate. 1t is the general opinion
that the ColoDtl's fine monometallian hand did
the monkey work. 1t has been rumored for
month that the great treasure-grabbers' ascot
alton for the sweeping seizure ofthe accumu-
lated fullness oi the wealth OF creation was af
ter the American ofeourse 1t fell. What pow
er can stay the onward march OF the combined
armies of gorgel l told ycu last week to l~Uk
out for Cai mack's scalp. The billionaire earth
owners cannot afford 10 leave any paper around
where Carmaeks pencil is.
Senator Scales offered an amendmsnt to build
prison TO accommodate only LOO eOnvlcts and
set the balance to digging a canal from the Tee
neSsee river to Memphis. It is great idea with
small prospect.
The senate very properly sat lie foot on the
scheme to have Legislators appointed on the
board OF equRlizers and bacA tax attorneys.
Ten senators, all Democrats. voted against 1t.
But the comptl oller can we'll construe the vote
as thorizing 1t rather than condemniDg II
Is patry, pie and the majority Of Democratic
senator's favor the dist slribution. At any rate,
whi the senate was passing the resolution the
comptroller was disobeying it. Representative
Robert on, of Wilson, is now back tax attorney !;
Mann Wills senate clerk, win be the confsca-
tiOn sgent for Haywood and Senator Whit
thorns's nephew win hold down the paupern in
Naury.
The extra is week old, and not resignation
yet The proof in the penitentlary investlga-
tion has not yet been seen, however, ana now
that it is TO be brought out 1t may Lhow the way
for others TO the retired list The extra is short
on scandals thus far.
When Mt. King said twenty Eve men applied
to be equalizels before the ink was dry on the
bill, the house started to Its feet. When you say
"dry" in that gang every man takes 1t personal
| ly and reaches for his hat.
The house showed some OF its regular session
spirit Friday over a resolution to investigate
the changes made ia the assessment bill on en-
rollment. The Law as IL stands Is net the Law
as 1t passed. Comptroller Harris had It enroll.
| ID by clerks employed by himself and men
toned possible errors. II seems that he could
not fit in several amendments and maintain q
parity with other provisions, and 10 order 10
preserve the homolososity of the whole he
swired a few brief sentences. The differences
are not very material and were perhaps reces
sary TO preserve the sense, but several members
don't like for outsiders to edittheir bill g. Itmay
be raey when the comm ittee reports, as some
OF the proprittors OF the swiped amendments
are strutting and sciaping their wings on the
ground. The Comptroller turned the legisla
ture up and spanked 1t gently for risCheyinl
bis INSTRUCTIONS. He tOld II positively in hil
report that this bill must be introduced fifteeI
days before adjournment. but it was not done
and they bolched it and forced him TO straight
en- out the kinks
The gOidites have got the tilyerites in tn,
nine hole here The flop OF the american leave
the silvertes without an organ, and to add u
their discontinue, the COurier-JOarRal Is abou
to sart u morning edition here, aud betsee
the three they expect TO gObble up all the teie
graph news facilities and choke of silver pa
per. They have the situation By the nape Q
The neck now and can feed the public on snc
stuff as they choose, and there ere none TO dis
pute or expose their iallacies and misrepTeser
tatipns. silver paper will be started soon.
A strange thing happeptd-the speakers an
the gov erpOr all signed bill without readin
1t and e was published as law. when 1t ha
never passed the house at all II was bi
making separate school district out ef town
between 2,0OO and 4OOO. Comptroller Harr
complained that the legislature delayed the a
y ,tssment bill SO late that the governor did nj
have time to investigate 1t, but no~ 1t seen
he don't have TO read bills. Some people lea
on this ssa good Joke, and others Griteise it |
dangerous and culpable oarelesSness.
1t was carelessness that framed the amen
ments to the assessment bill 90 they would n
make sense; carelessneAs that eIroneously e.
> Ioi,vd l. carelessness that failed 10 sse the {
rors and mention them fn the call TO be correC
ed. Three times is cHssedness. The bi Ia
: FemediA6lel
Col Kvans v, p. pFodpecls are Q little discol
bobbled. when his boom was launched ever
D thing looked like Mckinley. but nov that Fl
4 aker has gutted the tariff Dill S ateSman In
s own State 1t leaves our martyr tai ending
heAdlsss tictet By the wal, IL Col Evans h
- eonsu ted the oracles he never would have n
n for governor. His name is Jonah. No one
Tennessee'A twenty y-six governors namss beg
with a vowel and the letter E. has been pI
tjcularly misiortunate, as witness Ethridge q
y Edwards. He Is In high company, however,
close vstes. when Jas q, Ioaes led the VIII
to tLeir first victory In 1871 the parties were
most evenly divided andthe vote was close
fifteen beats.
Jones beat Polk s,2ia
~ A.V. Brown beat Foster 1,l6S
N. s. beat A. V. Brown 1.S6S.
IN Trousdale beat N. y. Brown 1,SsJ.
Campbell beat TfousdA,e l,660.
johnson beat Henry 2,25J.
johnson beal Gentry 7.l6.
Since 1855 there have been no yer, close el
- tlons The top notch of Democratic major
was reached BY Jas D. Porter in 1876 with SOI
senter's 65,297 over Stokes was not strai
goods. Bob Taylor polled % 6S7 m"re yC
-. than any Democrat ever got, j55. sSs and Ha'
ms got then lSsoi4-ebOut 1908 more votes q
any Democrat ever got except Bob Tay
Evans apparent majority over Tur.ey sh'
- that the enemy exists in dangerous numt
and II they pay their polls and show their
eeipts n, 1t year we win need bobtsylor
to b at the rascsls. and maybe Bob Tsylo
n set the votes. what with the count and
silver crsSa and the hard times, and the gem
" cuksedness and erookedness OF politicians
pie grabbers, somebody viii have 70 sini
sweet Inviting tones the Come back. B
Come back" refrain that charrael the st
glers into line ia 80 and nobody sings
or Bob Taylor.
The lease system is as hard to pull of
- porous plaster, The house amended ne