The evening times., 1899-09-15
MIR. EVANS, poL1r1cAL PLANS.
A Prospect That Tennessee Republic
canH VIII Re Stirred Un.

"A Prospect That Tennessee Republi-
cams VIII BE stirred Up.
Commissioner OF Pensions Henry Clay
Evans left last night for three weeks
vacation in California. Deputy Commits
sioner James L. Davenport will act as
Commissioner in his absence On his re-
turn, Mr. Evans is expected to spend some
time In East Tennessee, his home, where
he is also expected to start the political
machinery that will advance him to the
position of national Republican committee
man for the State of Tennessee vantage
ground for the Vice Presidential nomina-
tion which Mr.. Evans sought four years
ago and to which he still strongly aspires
Col. Charles B. Toncray, of Elizabethton,
one of the, Oldest and shrewdest Republic
can politicians in Tennessee, said to a
Times reporter this morning.: There is
now OH the tapis in East Tennessee, the
Republican, stronghold CT the State, one of
the biggest fights for supremacy in lead
ership she patty has ever had Mr.. Evans
friends are. determined TO send him as del
egate-at-large to the next Republican ma
tioual convention. In order to be success
ful in this undertaking Walter B. Brown
low, the present national committeeman
and Representative in Congress must be
overthrown. Mr.. Brownlow is Mr. Evans
uncompromising political rival as repeat
edly shown in every campaign. This state
of affairs has prevented Republican ascend
ancy and has at least three times kept
Republican out OF the governors chair. Mr..
Brownlow has SO manipulated the FeteraI
patronage tnat practically all the friends
ne has left in his own Congressional dis
trict are the officeholders. The pie Of
the present Administration is now ex-
hausted. and those who have been left at
the pie-counter. who / can truthfully say
constitute the mass of the voters in Mr..
Browntow's district do not propose to per-
petuate the favorites in Office by returning
the present patronage distributor to Con-
gress when by sending a new man in his
place new deal all round can be made.
The programme is an interesting one and
1t Is going to be carried out Circuit Judge
Henry I. Campbell, a stancn partisan Of
Evans, will oppose Brownlow for the nomi-
nation to Congress from the First district.
Campbell. who resides at Elizabethton, was
elected TO his present office by tremend-
Gus majority and is very popular. He is
the best campaigner in the State and knows
every voter in his district. With Browniow
defeated for Congress it will be an easy
matter to oust him from his place on the
National Republican Executive Committee
He has already lost his political prestige in
the State, and his defeat for Congress will
retire him entirely from politics. ma
tional committeeman will succeed Brown
low. who is not up to his eyebrows in a
demoralizing faction, and thus the way will
be cleared OF opposition to Evans going as
dalegate-at-large next year to the Repub-
lican national convention and securing, il
he can. the Vice Presidential nomination
Henry Clay Evans WAS the first Repub-
lican to break the Solid South, and the
President believes he can put Tennessee in
the Republican column next year. The fight
to control the primaries OR convention will
commence next fall"