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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
A MA TIER or BUSINESS.

Good politics is simply business. The
same methods should prevail as in other
concerns of life. The practical should
be sought after to the utter exclusion of
all things that d onot tend to betterment,
progress and efficiency.
When you have a work before YOU
that you can not accomplish yourself,y you
employ a competent and reliable man to
do it for you. When you are sick you
want the best medical skill in reach. If
you are so unfortunate as to be involved
in litigation you select the best legal
talent attainable. A railroad company
will not put inexperienced and incom-
petent men on their engines and in
charge of their trains. The owners of
factories will no put unframed labor in
charge of their machinery.
The same rule of practical common
sense should obtain in matters political,
especially in selecting law makers and
those to be charged with the response
bilities of official relation. A legislator
should be n man of clear judgment, cool
possessio acumen, enlarged
views, t~ireless energy, and with anatural
aptitude and a special training for the
work. He should be in close touch and
sympathy with the people, thoroughly
informed as to their wants and necessi-
ties, and capable Of devising means and
methods for their welfare and improve
ment.
If what Mr.. Brownlow as n private
citizen has accomplished along this line
is to be taken as Il criterion he possesses,
in an eminent degree, all the qualifica-
tions we bave enumerated. He proves
what he will do by what he has done.
The people run no risk in nominating
and electing him. 1t will not be a VEN
turc or an experiment. There is no haz-
ard in trusting a man who has already
demonstrated his capacity, worthiness
and reliability. If he is a friend to the
people, and trusts in the people, he will
be faithful to every obligation that is
laid upon him. Mr,Brownlow will not fail
in this test. He will take up the line of
service where he left, off, and serve the
people with his old fidelity and with an
enlarged scope of power and efficiency.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
II Is JUST THIS A

The masses seek after the truth and
the right. They have intuitive percep-
tons of what they are and go in the di-
rection of where they are to be found.
They can not long be deceived or misled.
Fraud and deception may be triumph
ant for a while, but the aftermath is a
complete failure of the ends for which
they are employed. The masses always
repudiate such disreputable methods
and agencies. We are satisfied that lust
such means are now being used by a
great many of Brownlow's opponents,
and this conviction is becoming well
settled in the minds Of many thinking
and observing men. The emphatic man
ner in which the props will be Knocked
from unde this new movement in the
canvass will be the more signal because
there has been no act on the part of
Brownlow or his friends to warrant such
a form of opposition. The reason and
Judgment of the voters have been ap-
pealed to and the truth constantly pre-
scented supporting the appeal. On the
Brownlow side there has been an uni
form avoidance of passionate discussion
and rash incrimination. EVERYTHING
has been done d%ecently and in order, APP
pealing to the higher senses. And so
the contest will be continued to the end.
Men of reflection and high moral prin-
ciple have noted this manly course with
the most cordial expressions of appro-
baton. 1t has not only met their ap-
proval but has inspired an abiding con.
fidence in Brownlow's high qualities as
q leader. Brownlow may be burlesqued,
belittled, ridiculed and subjected to sar-
casm, but as it is done by men who have
no claims upon the confidence of any
body, 1t is only to his making. Not a
strike has been made at him but what it
has made him votes in the long run. To
his friends this should he a very impress
sive object lesson. Let no one of them
do an unmanly, compromising act to Sc
cure a vote. There is no occasion for it.
If there is any corruption lett be on the
side of the opposition. Let there be no
dark spot on the bright victory that is
coming. Maintain your courage and
self respect and the field is ours.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

kind criticism, not n syllable of incrimi-
nation. There has been no necessity for
1t, Mr.. Brownlow's candidacy has in it
all the elements of justice and right. A
good cause has no other kind of bolster
ing. They invest ii with omnipotence
The popular heart is attracted to it. For
this reason we have no doubt of Mr..
BrOwnlow's nomination. Whatever has
been done or will be done to compass
his defeat will be unavailing. The peo-
pie have become thoroughly Disguised
with the methods and agencies employ
ed for his defeat. They are coming in
unbroken columns to his rescue and
they are coming to stay. They know
his worth, his power and his ability. He
stands upon his merits and record and
they recognize the II and endorse the
other. But still every friend of Mr..
Brownlow must labor earnestly, zeal
ously and persistently for his success.
Never give oven the battle till the vic
tory is See that every man does
his whole duty. See that every Brown
low man is at the polls. 1t is the votes
that count. Go to the primary on the
18th and do an honest, hard days work
for the good of the district and the UNI
failing friend of the people.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
WHAT THEY SAY.


Ed. Herald and Tribune-As everybody is
getting excited over politics. | have been
converted into an Image of the same cOufu-
sion. | have been for BrOwniOw from The
first and Will be to the Cud. Why are peO-
pie for BrOwnlow instead of Milburn, the
educated man?' Because they know that
BrOwnlOw would make the be- Congress-
man of any. now aspiring To that position;
because he has done rs much or more for
tine building up of East tennessee than any
man in the First Congressional District; and
because he Is recognized rs a true blue Re-.
publican under all circumstances The
writer had the pleasure of meeting him
while in Washington, and | must say that a
more sOciable man than BrOwnlOw | have
never met. lie treats all alike; not treat
ing the rlch with any more favor than the
poorest of his race. lie always has II pleas
ant smile ANA n lrlenuly hand to greet his
fellow men, never looking at their station
in the social scale 50 long as they are good,
honest citizens. | have heard men prhising
him from every quar,er. They say that
when they had business with him he always
gave IL prompt attention, although he knew
that others would get the credit for it. Why
VIII some ptOple % SO contrary to their own
interests as To- support a man who has done
nothing for his people save Introduce the
"Famous" Ags of Consent Bill, as he calls 1t
in one of his letters to a voter? What did
Milburn ever do Tor the soldiers but grow
Tat ana NIL his Golfers from the fees he got
out of their PENSIONS? DO YOU suppose,
reader, that Milburn would have done any
thing for the soldier had there not been
money in it? lie wOuld have cast their let
tiers into the waste basket and bidding them
go to the men who were paid for that bust
ness. AS one who has associated with Mr..
Milburn's own people | have u right to know
his reputation AS a gentleman" He is a
man of ungOvernable temper and a selfish
heart. He would not scruple at anything to
benefit himself. He is one of the most un-
grateful men in the whole district. When
Milburn thought it u great honor to go To
the legislature he asked one of his near reia-
tives to help him out. That man did so. and
made him many voters; but in after years
when that man announced himself n candi-
date for assasSorin Greene Courtyard asked
for Mliburn's support, Milburn promised 10
do II, but going to another man said that he
could not carry his "damned poor relations"
The reason was he had someone else whom
he wished to aid. Well, Mr.. Milburn had the
right to support whom he pleased but doesn't
his deceit practiced upon his "poOr relation"
show that we can't depend upon him to
work tn our interests? If he would be SO un-
grateful u one of his " kinsInen as to tell
him deceitful lies, would you expect him to
be any better toward you?
Let every BrOwnlOw man he up before the
dawn of the 18th and be working for brown
low and down such Il man as Milburn | be-
lieve that BrOwnlow will get the nom!na-
tiOn anyhow, but We want to give him a
great victory over his opponents aud show
him that we appreciate he has don
for us. JUAN.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
7HOUGHTs FOR CONSIDERATION

The contest for the Congressional
nomination has risen far above the low
level Of a mere strife and rivalry be-
tween the men, who are in hot pursuit
of the prize. 1t is a matter in which the
people are vitality and seriously con-
cerned. 1t makes a vast difference to
them as to who shall represent them in
the National Legislature. Their inter
ests demand a worthy, creditable, com.
petent and industrious Representative
one who a put the harness right on
and 20 forward in the intelligent and
effective discharge of his duty. In com.
potency and influence necessary TO car
ry undertakings to a speedy and success
full issue Brownlow is decidedly the SUI
pcrior of his competitors. His knowl-
edge of public men, the springs of otli-
cial action and all the varied details and
intricacies of Government work, gather
ed during his residence of fourteen wears
at Washington, give him this advantage.
He has educated himself for the public
service, going TO the fountain head of
the nations political life for all the
sources of his Information. His apti-
tude was so marked and his progress so
rapid and thorough hat he attracted the
favorable notice and comment of the lead
ing minds of the nation. They discerned
the usefulness that was in him and the
possibilities before him. They gave him
their confidence without reserve and
encouragement to make the most of the
powers with which he was endowed.
These men stand in the front rank of
the chiefs of the Republican party-Sen-
ators John Sherman and j. b. Foraker,
of Ohio, Senator S. n. Cullom, of Illinois,
candidate for the Presidency, Congress
man Henry W. Blair, of New Hamp.
shire, Judge George Chandler, of Kan
sas, and Gen. S. A. Whitfield, of Michi.
gan. In no spirit of dictation TO the Re-
publicans of this district, these gentle
men felt it a duty to commend Brown
low to their kind consideration on nc.
count of his fitness for n seat i'm Con-
gress. They have attcsted his promi-
nence II influence rs a Republican at
Washington. Are these testimonials TO
be considered of no worth and impor-
lance? The Representative. who car
mo- command thSesteem,confidence and
assistance of these mon, and men like
them, will be of no consequence in Con-
gress and OF no value to the people of
this district, at least under a Republican
administration. This should be aweigh-
~ and convincing consideration with
the party. They can not with safety and
common prudence ignore ii. Backed by
such an influence, Brownlow will ac-
complish what he undertakes and be an
honor and credit to the district.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
THE THING IS SURE.

Principle, honor and integrity ought
to obtain in politics and political con-
tests as in every other relation and pur-
suit of life. Every deviation from this
rule is an ignoble and dishonoring prac-
tice. No man thus guilty can have a
conscience void Of offense nor maintain
his self respect. We feel sure that Mr.
Brownlow and his friends, in their en-
deavors to succeed, have done nothing
to merit censure and rebuke. They have
dealt only in facts, and have studiouslv
left to Others the work of %villifcation
and abuse. In the whole structure of
the argument in favor of Mr.. Brownlow's
nomination there is not a word of nm
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
From Granger County.

SKELETONS FORD, Tenn, April 10, 1898.
Editor Herald and Tribune-I have been
at four or five meetings where Brownlow and
Milburn spoke, and Milburn was not in it at
all. BrownlOw gets the best of Milburn in
every speech, and is making friends and is
gaining strength fast in Granger County,
and all over the Congressional District. /
keep posted and think / understand politics
majority at $500. | think it viii be CLOSE be-
tween Milhurn and Anderson. The people
have learned that it is hest for them 10 send
men TO Congress who have the most ability,
The most influence, and whose past record
shows what he Will do in the future, and
that man is Hon. =. Brownlow, who will he
our next Congressman. BrOwnlOw will car
ry Granger County by 900 majority, and the
same In Claiborne. NJ, :. KITS,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
To the Republican Voters of UnitOi
County.

Having learned recently that some
Of my heretofore friends are opposing
Mr.. RrownlOw on the grounds that If
he is elected, l will be recognized hy
him more than any one else in the
county, and will he given he most
lucrative Office of any one in our county
provided the administration makes a
change next November-which it is
certain to do. Why my people are
fighting Mr.. Brownlow on this point |
am unable to say, but desire to state
this now-and for the benefit OF those
who are attempting to take the advan.
tage of Mr.. Brownlow on this cause
that am not an aspirant for any of
flee and do not expect anv. am for
Brownlow for past tavors. and not for
the expectation of any future reward.
Ii any one should desir to make u
fight on me, for any cause, let them
make it on me personally, and not
fight another man simply because l
am for him.
Respectfully, S. J. WATTS.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
still for Brownlow.

CHERRY GROVE, Tenn, April IL, '96--We
are still for Brownlow as most all loyal
Republicans are and those that are for him
are there TO stay like the rock of q yes and
they are pretty numerous in this section;
what few Milburn men that are in this Sec
tion are getting very shakey and the bestin-
formation we can CLEAN they are going over
to Anderson, MS 1t is nov conceded that An
dersOn is strOnge than Milburn and that IL
is Anderson that Brownlow has to defeat, as
Milburn is already defeated. Three cheers
for Walter L. Brownl1w. a REPUBLICAN.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

WHAT next =! 1t is now reported that
Mr.. Brownlow was drunk for two days
in Mountain City recently. No man
who knows Mr.. Brownlow need be told
that such a report is simply a lie. And
we feel sure that the ones who started
the report are without character or
standing in the community.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
Notice.

In response to questions submitted by
f. A. Shipley, the following has beer
sent out for publication, with the state
ment that Mr.. Anderson could not be
reached, but it is supposed he would
concur in it.
AGREEMENT.
1T is agreed by the undersigned can.
didates that the following described
persons are entitled to vote Mt the Pri-
mary Election, April IS: All bona ide
Republican young men who will be
twenty n years of age at the Novem
Der election of 1896. and all emigrants
to the State or County who are bona
tide Republicans, and who will be legal
voters at the November election, are
entitled to vote.
But this agreement does not author
ise tae voting of any Democrat"
w. E. F. MILBURN.
W. p. BRowNLOw.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

h''lpi FNN'i NIlll III 90.
Ed. Herald and Tribune-I had not in
tended writing to any of the papers concern
ing the Congressional race between Brown
low and Milburn, but the campaign liars
have got so numerous in this county that [
feel compelled to write a few words. There
was an advanced agent of Milburn, a cham
pion liar by the name of Bill Smith, ofJohn-
son City, in the First, Third and Nineteenth
Districts of sullivan County, last week tell
Ing tn at il Mr.. RrOwnlow was defeated in
the primary that he had an understanding
that he would run on the Democratic ticket
for Congress. That is "A lie and Bill Smiths
" make; a foot thick and a yard wide.
The people of those districts refuse to be-
lieve any such things about Mr.. BrOwnlow,
Tor they know he is a true and tried Repub-
lican, and has always had the interest of his
party at heart. 1t is also told by some of
the understrikers and hirelings who are sup
porting w. c. Anderson that Mr.. BrOwnlow
had said That II all the negroes were out of
the Republican party that the party would
he better OF that is II lie, and everybody
knows IT,. Mr.. BrOwnlOw never said any
such thing. \ gentleman in Bristol told
McPowers that he intended TO carry the 18th
District for Mr.. Anderson; well, we will see
about that. | also notice in this weeks
MorristOwn Republican that the Bris-
tOl News IS a Democratic paper: it Is not
true. the Bristol News Is a Republican pa
per, owned and published by a Republican,
! am for Mr.. BrOwnlow for Congress-, and
why? Because he has been a friend TO the
old soldiers. My father was Il Union soldier;
h~lS'attorney and Congressman failed to get
MS claim allowed, he wrote to Mr.. Brown
low and ! three weeks his claim was allow
ed. Mr.. BrOwnlow is for the people and the
people are for BrOwnlow. If Milburn is such
a friend of the old soldiers why did he APP
point for his agent in sullivan County a
Confederate instead of a Union soldier
JOSEPH A.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are authorized to Philip
c. Swab, of Claiborne County, as u
candidate fOrdclegate to represent the
First Congressional District in the
Republican National Convention to be
held in st. Louis, June Is, 1896.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

AND it turns out that Milburn is run
ming for Congress principally to resur-
rect old Greed and Grudge from his po-
litical extinction.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

BOYS, you will have to come to me for
office when Milburn is elected, | will be
resurreeted and have entire control of
the pie counter.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

Theadore Hacker. of Jonesboro, was in
Erwin this week and was heard to remark
that lie was going home and vote Washing
ton County for MilGurn. When The" votes
Nashington County for anybody IL will be
a cold, ain day when water runs up hill
ana the planets refuse To- rIpke their custo-
mary revolutions aud the very laws Of ma
tUre vii be reVerSed.-Erwln Magnet.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

DEAR old friend were you ever hungry?
Well, the hunger for office and power is
ten fold more torturing than the hunger
for bread and meat. I'm now a poor po-
litical outcast and tramp without promi-
hence or influence. "lielp me-" "help
me-" "help me" by voting for Milburn,
and if he is nominated | intend to run
the whole thing 'me" myself, us one and
no more.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

EPoRr from all the counties in the
district indicate that Brownlow will
have a majority over both his opponents.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

THE Scylla and Charybdis are now
in seeing distance, and old Greed and
drudge wells help me.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

OLD Greed and Grudge appeals1o his
supposed friends to vote for Mllburn
and save him from political humiliation.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

WHEN Milburn is elected l, yes big L
will be the distributor of the pie.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

A"BACK number" is always harmless,
but "old documents" are Away danger
Gus.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

OLD Greed and Grudge wailing and
weeping on the back seat makes a purity
chrome.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

OLD Greed and Grudge has become the
main issue in this Congressional canvass
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

REMEMBER that if you want to see
Brownlow elected you must vote for him.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

WATCH for the boodlers, take their
money, but vote for Brownlow.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

SEE that your ticket reads: "For Con-
gress, w. p. Brownlow."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

Do not be led by the promise of future
rewards.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

THE most of my heavy work | do in
secret and am punished openly.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

"THE nan with a grievance" now
treads the upper deck.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

BRowNLow is in the lead, and will
be successful.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

If Milburn is elected what a powerful
man Pll be again!
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

IT is known that "boodle" has been
placed in some districts in this county
to be used against Brownlow. 1t is not
likely to do much execution in the di-
rection intended, for the men who are
to handle it will keep it to buy their
own liquor, and for other family pur-
poses of their own.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

SEE that all the Brownlow men are
out.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

lr was captivating sure-that Milburn
boquet of RECALLING redolence and ravish-
ing beauty. But, oh the man that threw
it to the people (! That's "me." Help 1!
Help ! ! Help ~
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

GET all your friends to the polls.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

TINS is the precise language Of a dis
gusted M%ilburnite: at beats the devil.
Every Milburn partisan in this county
wants an Office and Hacker tries to boss
the whole thing. Pm on n big disgust"
WHEN the truth came out that Hacker
had "gone back on" Milburn and was
working forhimself and trying toget 9TH
ers to work for "me' it spread like wild
fire in adead p%inery,and among the Mil
burnites the cussin' was loud, long, deep
and emphatic.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

WHEN it was discovered that "me"
was the mar TO he helped out of the
hole, the voters flung away Milhurn as
if he were an Egyptian vipcr,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15
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VOTE for Brownlow.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-15

A BROwNLOw man, who a month ago
was for Milburn, says he once went into
a lawyers Office and found this placard
cOnspicuously displayed, "No suppo-
sitional cases considered" All the same
the lawyer charged a comfortable fee
for a case of supposin,' and this accounts
for his change.