The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-24
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
sNODGRAss WITHDRAws.
Leaving the Field to Carmack-His Court
Duties Would Not Allow Him Timo
to Conduct His Campaign.

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Leaving the Field to Carmack-His Court
| Duties Would Not Allow Him Time
| to Conduct His Campaign.
NASHVILLE, Aug 15.-Judge Snod-
grass tonight gave out the following
| statement: S
| To the People of Tennessee:
When l announced that | would be a
candidate for senator and seek your
support as Democrat there was great
uncertainty as to what the party policy
would be on the most important ques-
tion which could be presented for right
full settlement in our national platform,
and that was what disposition should
| be made of the numerous islands which
we had acquired by cession from Spain
as indemnity, and upon a return con-
sideration of S2O,000,OO0 additional.
| The successful war just ended had re-
suited in the complete wreck of Spanish
power. A treaty of peace on terms
most honorable and most advantageous
| to us had been concluded.
The second and third articles of that
treaty are quoted by Judge Snodgrass,
and he continues:
This treaty was bitterly opposed by
| two of the most prominent Republican
senators--Hale and Hoar. 1t was Sus-
tanned by many Democrats. Its ratih-
cation was urged by Mr.. Bryan. 1t
was ratified by the senate and these
| islands all became ours. l thought
all should be retained, and SO declared
| in my announcement for senator.
But when our national convention
met it de clared for retaining part of
them, only, Porto Rico, Guam an
| other little islands mentioned in the
article of the treaty quoted. There
was no difference between my position
and that of the convention, except in
that of the number of islands to be re-
| tanned.
But, strange to say, my position,
adopted in principle, but not to the ex-
tent desired, was Immediately decried
as not only erroneous in policy but in
principle-upon what ground no ration
NJ being can suggest SO that any other
rational being can comprehend. Admit
the correctness in principle of retaining
part and there is no denial in principle
of the propriety of retaining all. There
may be, and is, difference in policy,
and in that l acquiesced, just as l ex-
pected other Democrats to acquiesce if
those of us who believed in retaining
all had succeeded in having the conven-
tion declare for it.
But found that my views were. per-
force, to be misunderstood and that l
had no resource except direct appeal to
the judgment of the people. They
must know that these views were un-
selfish. They did know that l owned
no single island in all the ocean of all
the world and that in taking the posi-
tion that we should keep all that had
been ceded to US, rather than part,
1 had, and could have had, no selfish
motive. But l had been badly handi-
capped from the start.
/ was at work in a court where
vacancies can be filed only on account
of physical disa ability. l was not there
fore able to get before the people and
explain my position for their intelligent
consideration. When my work was
over in July, sought joint discussion.
This was evaded. When the convention
acted, and declared for the retention
of part rather than all of the ceded
islands, l demanded a primary TO
present the question properly. This
was denied and 1 was left in this situa
haf fol- ho nly-a ahaV %
of personally seeing the Democratic
voters of the State during the next four
weeks of court vacation, the only time
had, and submitting the question to
them "a manifest impossibillity) or rely
upon the chance of their support over
all the perversions and misrepresenta
tion of my views which could possibly
result from antagonisms by the design
ing, the misinformed, the mistaken or
the ignorant
can plainly see the impracticability
of overcoming the difficulties of the
situation, and l feel that it would be
doing injustice to my friends to ask of
them to continue to serve me in con-
test thus rendered hopeless | have
consequently determined to withdraw
from the contest for the senatorial
nomination.
In doing so l take occasion to thank
my friends everywhere for the devoted
loyalty with which they have adhered
to me personally and to acknowledge
my appreciation of the good will and
good opinion SO freely and widely ex-
pressed by those who had not hereto
fore stood in that relation toward me,
at home and abroad, and to say that
words fail me when L try to express
how much 1 appreciate and thank them
all. Time will tell who was wise or
unwise, who was right or who was
wrong; but wise or unwise, right or
wrong myself, l will stand as l have
ever stood, for what / believe to be the
best interest of my country, my section,
my party and my friends, and as strange
as it may appear~to the selfish, in the
order named. d. L. SNODGRASS.
An Old Bond Turned Down.
George E. Blake, clerk of the funding
board, has turned down another 81 900
State bond received few days ago to
be funded into settlement bonds under
the act of 1888. The bond in question
is an internal improvement bond of the
White Series B. issued under the act of
1852. The bond came from John w.
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