The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-07

understood then, and so still un
derstand, that Mr.. Walker wa
speaking for himself alone, which
he had perfect right to do, W,
being personal friends, but ever
that could not have influenced me.
as my card was already written fol
the papers and that one message
was the only one Of any kind re
ceiyed from any one that could
possibly be classed as a Union City
ringster.
But now let's see about the other
side and then let our readers see
who offered dictation. A few days
after our nomination we received a
number of letters, all of which in
formed me of my nomination and
certain election, and one said, "do
not give the News Banner or any
other paper anything for publica-
tion until you see ME. Do not ex-
press yourself on the Reelfoot
Lake question until you see NE. "
Another said, ''say nothing until
we have meeting with MIR.
Mr.. and Mr.. -. Write them
Al once and set the date early"
Another said, ''you are a winner.
~ have seen the leading Republi-
cans of the county and Tate will
be withdrawn at the proper time.
| know what | am talking about. =
This at least is very near relative
of Mr.. Dictation.
Mr.. Mcdowell, in one of his re-
cent letters, says after we refused
the nomination we wrote Mr.. A.
N. Moore that we would support
any good man they would nomi-
nate. In substance the quotation
is correct. By the word they /
meant the masses Of the Democra-
cy of the county and not a few in
diyiduals. By making reference
to one particular letter written to
Mr.. Moore, Mr.. Mcdowell leaves
the impression that / was for him
at the time his article was written.
If he was going to use this letter
be should have also referred to one
which / wrote Mr.. Moore after the
first Monday in June in which i
told Mr.. Moore that ! would not
have anything more to do with the
matter and would not vote for Mr..
Nc. When | wrote the first letter
referred to by Mr.. Nc. | told Mr..
Moore that if the majority of the
Democrats of the county were dis
satisfied and would nominate a
good man | would support him.
| did not consider Mr.. Nc. a pos
sibility because he had said pub
lcly that be would not be candi-
late. There was a conference
jailed for the first Monday in June,
| called at Mr.. Moore's Office and
1t one time there were perhaps Is
persons present, but there was no
held, if | know the
of a conference. There
vas handed out number of petit
ions which had been previously
on typewriter and those
o whom they were handed told
what to do with them, and we
we're told that on the Fourth of
July there would be a mass con-
'entlOn to nominate a candidate
nd | learned that that candidate
would be Mr.. Mcdowell. There
we're three of the typewriter pc
itions handed to me and | gave
hem to other parties as requested,
nd on my return home wrote Mr..
doore the second letter referred
D in this article.
| am opposed to ringism or boss
sm in every respect, and, while
here may be Union City ring,
hey have never attempted to ring
ne and hence, l choose what ]
the least of two evils,
for the sake of argument
hat there be a Union City ring.
While | had not intended to take
ny part in the middle the contin-
ed circulation of this false charge
I'd my duty to the Democratic
arty demands that come out and
nnounce that | will support the
Ion.J. L. Fry for Representative,