The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-08
rEx.PARrE STATEMENTS SAYS
MR.. SCHUBERT

Herald. uses his paper TINS WON
hoost his candidacy He devotes goou
deal of, space to the interesting sun9ec''
setting forth his virtues and ms eA
ceeding popularity, whitening ne
I.rder,i with his mighty sarcasm
atc but we find only two paragraphs
we think worth replying to. de says
isMr. Lander knows very wen nc
ne can find out the standing Oh LEWIS
conntv's candidate by coihins 9
Hohenwald and making inquiries a,,os
impartial people; but instead ne o,; .ac
an ex- parte statement rom Pl,,hort
and personal enemies OF MI. 5ous that
and circulates the we si u;
they have given mouth to.
The frst we heard of these vile
s,anders,' came to us by word OF mouth
Prom a gentleman living in this county
not very far from the Lewis county
line. The next we heard came lioiii
a gentleman living in Columbia. ooon
.horaafter we received letter from
pantleman living in Lewis county
detailing at length these reports con,
earning Mr.. Schubert's personal anu
no,;t;cal standing. Not wishing to 90
MFR Schubert any injustice, the eoitor
of the Herald wrote several letters "
nrominent men and Democrats OF Lewis
rorntv telling them of these reports
rejecting upon the personal ana poii'i'
"a, standing of Mr. Schubert, telling
them in full what the reports WERE
and requesting them to inform US as
+o the truth or untruthfulness OF THESE
ranorts. stating in the letter that II
the reports were not true, II they were
campaign ISLANDERS, we did not WISH W
nse them; but if, on the contrary
thew we're true we thought our peopie
were entitled to know the character OF
The man who was seeking to represent
them in the Senate.
Among others we wrote to the Hon
Frank Carroll, Clerk q Master o.
Lewis county, prominent Democrat
gentleman of good standing, and, W.
have since learned, q personal am
nolitical friend of Mr.. Schubert wv
requested Mr.. Carroll to confirm th'
rumors if they were true, or TO zen.
them if they were false. To this goo'
dav he has done neither. Is that no
very significant? Would Mr.. Carol
not clear his friend of ''vile ISLANDERS
If he could?
Another gentleman to whom W
wrote was Mr.. Jones Christian, Irus
tee of the County and Chairman OF tn
County Democratic Executive Commit
tee Mr. Christian, we are rellabl
informed, took our letter to Mr. Schu
bert himself, Tor if not the letter II
self. took him the information) an
asked him what he had to say ant
we are told, Mr.. Schubert had nothln
To saw. at that time; and, though I
knows full well what the charges arr
both as against his personal and pol
tical character, he has made no specif
denial since
We mention these facts that OF
readers may know and understand TN
the editor of the Herald has not clrc'
lated these "vile ISLANDERS wltho'
first giving Mr.. Schubert and h
friends an opportunity to deny or e.
plain.
The Herald does not wish to do M
Schubert any injustice. We oppo
him simply because of what we ha'
read and heard about him, not fro
any preconceived opinion or preJudl
against him. His character has be-
attacked, not by the Herald, or t
editor of the Herald, but by his ov
neighbors and intimate acquaintanc
town and county men. If he can
his character up, we shall be glad.
do not rejoice in the downfall OF a
man. But if he is what we are t
he is; if his political record and p'
sonal character are what more tn
one prominent man of Lewis. cour
saw they are, the Herald will ne'
support him for any Office, because
Is not worthy any office OF trust
POSI- OF noHor.
Mr.. Schubert, in his personal org
Gays:
LIVERY county officer of Lev
county has said over his signat'
that Mr.. Schubert won the nomiil
tion purely on his merit, and has asl
the other counties in the district
carry out the Hohcnwald agreeme
and yet Mr.. Lander says he is not
choice of the county, and not pro
man. {"
Now that brings on more talk.
are told that the first paper presen
to these county officers for their sig
lures. endorsed the personal
political character of the said che
Of Lewis county. Fred l.. Schuber
and that it would not go, " some
the officers refusing to sign any endo
ment of Mr.. Schubert as a man or