The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-09-03
OVER TENNESSEE.

NAOlUbuE1o HI w uIO low anu
far between. Franklin County Leader.
The world knows where Bryan stands.
The political syndicate alone knows
where Mckinley stands Athens Post,
That's the difference.
"Gold is the money of the rich, sill
yer is the money of the poor" said
Senator Sherman twenty years ago. If
he were to say that now he would be
called demagogue and even an an
archist
There never was country in the
world that adopted the gold standard by
the free will of the people, and there
fore it is wrong to say that gold is the
adopted standard of civilization. -Ath-
ems Post.
The effort to get Boyd, colored, can
didate for congress, is not popular with
the people of his race. The Nashville
Citizen, colored paper, says: "The
New York Age says Boyd should re-
main on the track. So say we."
The Nashville American pictures HI.
Clay Evans with cigar in his mouth.
That is something the American did not
see. Evans neither smokes, chews or
drinks stimulants. Cleveland Herald.
His sore toe is probably his only
recreation.
The Chattanooga News calls attention
to the fact that the Memphis Scimitar,
now bowling in McKinley's back yard,
some while back pledged itself abso-
lutely to support the action of the con-
vention at Chicago, no matter what
that action might be.
Here is kick on the bosses
Negroes in this state must get togeth-
er and agree on a course. We are not
in the calculation, because we are di-
vided and seem to have no aim than to
do the bidding of the bosses. Nash
vile Citizen (colored.) -
The eastern papers are at their wits
end, They have run out of material
with which to assail Bryan and now
they are taking exception to the fact
that he is still wearing an alpaca coat.
Knoxville Sentinel.
They are paid to find fault with Bry-
an and must do it some way.
We learn from our esteemed McKin-
leyite contemporaries that the working
men, on farm and in shop, of the Uni
ted States have entered into o con-
spiracy for free silver coinage and that
the great capitalist, the large employers,
the corporations and monopolies, the
combines and trusts, are willing to pay
millions of dollars to prevent them from
thus iniuring themselves. The age of
fairy tales is not past. Athens Post.
One of our weekly contemporaries
objects to a constitutional convention
because it claims that the state can't
stand the expense. 1t would cost little
more than one of the special sessions of
the Legislature which are now of annual
occurrence because of the defects in our
laws that constitutional convention
would remedy. 1t can easily be demon
strated that the reforms which would be
instituted would save the taxpayers the
expense of the convention many times
over the first ear.-Chattanooga News.
We know nothing of Mr.. Sims, the
successful contestant for the congress-
ional honors of the Eighth district;
suppose, of course, he is an able and
worthy gentleman, and will make
an efficient representative if elected,
but We do know that the enemies of
democracy are as much delighted in
Enloes defeat as the friends of Sims
rejoice.
When in Washington Enloe made
life burden to more than one boodler
especially to the pension robbers was
he q mortal terror. His game fight
against this iniquitous filching Of
public money by hoard of worthless
army beggars deserve consideration by
all southern people. A disabled fed
eral soldier is entitled to pension, but
the thousands of worthless hangers-or
who never heard the sound of shot
do not deserve it, and it is wrong &c
tax the country to pay for their sup
port in idleness, and in this specia
fight Enloe did good work. Better
than any other man in congress. HI
had his nerve about him, and deliber
ately exposed every son-of-a-gun O
them he caught stealing pensions,
although he knew the great fedora
army influence would be forevei
against him. Enloe deserves a better
fate than defeat Springfield Herald.