Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-29
FROM POT LIcKER.

JoNEsBoRo, TENN, July "a, 1896.
There was a meeting down at the old
Democratic meeting house on Pot
Licker square last night. l to once
took the chair and called the house to
order, and addressed the audience as
follows: l says, Gentlemen, there
was, as you will all remember, O meet
ing here just after the August election
in '94, held for the purpose of advising
the new Democratic sheriff elect ]. s.
Pritchett how to proceed in order that
we might hold the Office for some time
to come. AT which meeting I addressed
the audience in the following manner,
l says, you all know that when Cleve-
land was elected the first time we
didn't get the Senate and we couldn't
make any laws, and Cleveland used
economy to trv to make the people
think he would run the government
cheaper than the Republicans; and he
let some of the Republicans hold some
of the little offices trying thereby to
fool the people and get back for Office
is what Democracy wants, and what
it intends to have if there is any pos
sible chance to get it, no difference
what becomes of the people. Cleveland
didn't get there in the next race, but
he got there the next time after that,
with both houses; and now the De-
mocracy is a running the government,
and a riding a high horse, and now
it is SO seldom that we get any Office in
this county, that my advice would be
for Mr.. Pritchett to take pattern after
Cleveland, appoint one or two Repub-
licap deputies, accommodate the Re-
putlicans, be clever, be friendly and
do everything possible that we may get
all the offices in the next election. 1t
was decided that Mr.. Pritchett should
follow my advice. Now gentlemen of
the Democracy, Mr.. Pritchett has fol-
lowed the instructions of that meeting
to the letter, and the effect of this
meeting is to Law plans how to secure
the election of a Democratic sheriff
and trustee. If we can elect them this
time We a then run things to suit
ourselves. Look what our party ia a
doing with the government; they have
passed the lowdownest tariff law that
was ever heard of. 1t has closed the
factories, reduced the price of farm
products, brought a general stampede
in business and made times 80 hard
that the people can hardly live. 1t
has also caused a deficit in the evenue
and caused us to have to borrow
$462, 900, 900 in order to run the current
expenses of the government. Now If
we can just get the sheriff and trustee
and can manage the affairs of this
county as we'll as we have managed
those of the government we will have
Washington County in debt so far that
the taxpayers will groan under their
burden of taxation for the next ten
years. We don't care what becomes
of the people SO we get the offices but
we want the offices. We must tell the
people that there is no politics in the
county Offices, and show them what a
good sheriff Mr.. Pritchett has made,
tell all the lies we can think of on the
Republicans, and buy all the votes
possible. If any of the brethren has
anything to say we will hear it now"
Deekin Longtoe said he thought that
we had better see how much money
VIZ could make there in the meeting.
One man that seemed to be consider
ably worked up by my speech said he
had some claims owing him in differ.
ent parts of the county which he would
use where he could to any advantage,
and that he would put in come other
means. Whereupon the meeting ad'
journed. Yours, JACKSON ROUNDABOUT,
which wants to be deputy sheriff.