The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-29

1 handed it back to him saying. "Frank
You know that is lie. and will nc
r sign it. -
And if Mr.. Christian has ever signa
any paper or said any word endorsIn
Mr.. Schubert, as a man of good mora
character and pure democracy we hav
not seen or heard of it. He said, il
that same conversation. that there wa
widespread and general dissatisfaction
over Schubert s nomination, and tina
any good man from Maury could beat
him in his own county.
And if Mr. Jones Christian is the
man we have always heard he was and
always thought he was, he will talk
the same way at home now. that he
did in Columbia ON the first Monday
in March.
We hope this plain statement of
facts will exculpate us from Mr.. Schu-
bert s charge that we do not want
the facts. and are skulking behind his
enemies to circulate their ISLANDERS. I"
III we have not the facts before us. and
if we have given any circulation to
false charges, it is the fault of his
neighbors and friends and political
supporters in net answering our letters,
and his own fault in not answering
specifically when appraised of them; for
he knows as well as we do what these
charges are. and better than we do
how much of truth and how much of
falsehood there is in them.
Several weeks ago the Herald received
a letter from Mr.. Geo. Ragsdale If
Napier, repeating all these charges
against Mr.. Schubert, with the request
that the letter be published. The
Herald declined to publish the charges, |
for the simple reason that we did not
know them to be true and did not wish
to become responsible for their publica
ton. We then received a request that
we publish the contents in hand bill
form. We also declined to do that.
And during all this correspondence the
Herald was assured land by these same
parties is still assured) that the people
If Lewis county were generally dissatis-
led over the nomination of Schubert,
hat they were aroused against HIM
and wanted to beat him.
A, day or two after the committee
.ction in Hohenwald, endorsing Mr.
Schubert, Dr. Stockard telephoned the
Herald from Napier that MI. A. B. ,
Pollock, who represented him by !,
roxy, had told him that tie resolu-
ions endorsing Schubert did not con- !,
ain the words good Democrat and ,
good character that the resolutions ;,
'ere not correct as published in the
[ohenwald Herald, containing these :
ords. Mr.. Schubert s alleged en- -
orsement had been sent in from
ohenwald and published in the Nash :,
lie papers, and DR.. Stockard sug- :,
,sted that we publish the correction :,
the Herald. Knowing the matter :,
be Of serious import the herald :,
,clined to take it over the phone and .;
that the Doctor inquire fully :,
to the facts and write them to the :,
erald. And we made the statement :.
ON his letter; in which he referred !,
to A. B. Pollock, Jno. Clayton, S. !.
VOORHEES,, j. w. Mayfeld, Jones =,
lristian, A. b. Cooper, Sheriff, R.W.
-imes, Co. Judge, and Brice Clayton,
'unty Court Clerk, as men who had
posed the resolution and were oppt sed
the endorsement or election of SCI
TT.
We do not believe that DR.. Stockald
tended to mislead the Herald, or 70
We the Herald mislead the public.
is leading physician of that
Inty, an exmember of the legisla-
e, and stands as well professionally,
rally and socially as any man in t. e
lnty. And yet we think the infor-
tion was wrong, and are inclined to
ieve that the resolutions were pub
ned just as they were passed, en-
sing Mr.. Schubert s character and
nocracy. We believe that, not from
at Mr.. Schubert says, but from
at several members of the commit
say through cards in his paper;
airman Christian, Sheriff Cooper.
lge Grimes, Committeeman May
4, Ito whom DR.. Stockard in his
er had referred u.s. being among
number to contradict him as TO
1T these resolutions contained.
o upon that point the Herald's
)rmant seems to have been misin-
ned. And il costs us no effort
ltever to say so; as it was never
purpose to publish anght but the
III. And DR.. Stockard we doubt
will exnlain..fo himself in due
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