The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-09-12
Campaign Will Soon Begin.

tied States Senator Carmack will be
the speakers. Mr.. Frazier and Sen
ator Carmack will stump East Ten
nessee and then the former will be
brought into this section, and after
filling engagements to be announced
later, he will make his assault on
the republican ranks of the Western
division of the state. Mr.. Carmack's
appointments have not been deter
mined beyond the limits of East
Tennessee, and they will not he
known for about a week in either
his case or that of Mr.. Frazier.
Chairman Thompson, of the dem
ocratic state executive committee,
tonight gave out the correspondence
between himself and Chairman
Borches, of the republican commit
tee, on the subject of JOINT debate
between Frazier and Campbell, the
nominees for governor. In explain
ing the failure of the Knoxville con-
ference Chairman Thompson said:
"On August % l mailed com
munication to Mr.. Borches, chair
man of the republican committee,
suggesting a joint discussion, and
requested an immediate conference
for the purpose Of arranging the
number of times and places of a
JOINT meeting, to begin not later
than September 6. This date was
fixed because democrats all over the
state were urging me to start Mr..
Frazier on an early tour. did not
receive Mr.. Borches' reply for eight
days, and was unable to get confer
ence with him until the night of
Sept. 3. This first conference took
place in Chattanooga. Mr.. Borches
stated that Judge Campbell was not
then ready to begin the campaign,
but that he did not want and could
not engage in more than twenty
joint discussions, as he was not
physically able to undergo the
strain for longer than this period.
Mr.. Borches further stated that he
himself was not authorized to enter
into any negotiations which would
contemplate opening the campaign
as early as Sept, 10, but that he
would confer with Judge Campbell
on the morning of Sept 4 and let
me know the results. On the after
noon of the 4th Mr.. Borches invited
me to come to Knoxville the next
day. l arrived in Knoxville on
Sept. and, thinking that l was
meeting at least approximately the
views of Judge Campbell, 1 made
proposition for fifteen joint discus
sions, leaving the question Of future
joint discussions open to mutual
agreement. This proved to be un
satisfactory and, still desiring to
comply with Judge Campbell's
wishes, Senator Carmack and made
proposition for twenty joint dis
cussions. This was the exact mum
Der of speeches Mr.. Borches had
said would be the maximum number
that Judge Campbell would be will
ing to engage in. This proposition
was also declined. Pending the de-
lay of getting a conference, and ow-
ing TO the insistence Of democrats in
various parts of the state, arranged
for series of barbecues and public
gatherings in October at which Mr..
Frazier is to speak, together with
other prominent democrats. To
have given twenty joint discussions
would have materially disarranged |
this plan, but we were willing to do
this to accommodate our republican
friends. When they failed, to &C
cept our propositions we did not
think it encumbent upon US to fur
her disarrange our plans and incom-
modate ourselves simply to accom-
modate them.
CHOW that we have failed to
agree, l have arranged a list Of APP
continents for Mr.. Frazier and Sen
ator Carmack, covering East Ten
lessee and one town in Middle Ten
lessee. The campaign will be for
nally opened at Winchester Septem-
Der Is with two speeches, one by
Mr.. Frazier and one by Mr.. Car
mack. All the indications l have
1ad-and they are manY-from diff
erent parts of the state point to
very large audiences for these gen
lemen. Our people are arranging
or barbecue and the largest polit-
cal gathering ever held in the his
DRY of the state. This will be had
ometime betweenOctober l and 10.
There will be other barbecues and
arpe GATHERINGS all over the state,