The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-05-19
this peculiar feature Of the campaign

{ this peculiar feature Of the campaign,
Y Peck says:
"Fsrly in the campaign Richmond
|. newspaper observed derisively of Har-
!. rison: Give him barrel of hard ci-
: der and o pension Of $4,000, and our
word for it he will sit the remainder of
his days contented in log cabin.
Z 1t was an unfortunate remark for it
Z was at once taken up by the Whig
journals and speakers and prompted
the spectacular features of the extror-
z binary canvass thst followed. Log
y cabins and hard cider became the pop
: ular symbols Of popular crusade and
I an irresistible argument against the
3 extravaganza Of the government and
: the alleged contempt of the admins
/ tration for the people. And there was
Z enough truth in the idea of the Harri-
son they represented TO give them more
J than merely picturesque effect"
-
I This Campaign button which no
+. doubt was worn by soma ardent Wing
fsixiy-four years ago, was found in the
!; garden where Mr.. Mottern now lives.
9 The place, however, was once owned
= and occupied by Judge Thomas B.
]; Emmerson, who served as Knoxville's s
\. first Mayor in 1868. Judge Emer-
: son afterward came to Jonesboro where
9 he lived for many years-dying in the
= latter thirties.
~ As to whom this old button original
NJ ~ belongedno one can say, but it is
q genuine and valuable as souxenir o.
: that ever memorable capaign when the
:, wings We'd with the locusts in making
& the woods with music ring, singing
II their Harrison songs.
81 II may beof interest to note thai
q Parson Brownlow and Col. Landon
y Garter Haynes both lived here during
& the hard fought campaign of 1910
{ Through the columns of the Jonesbor'
=. Wing, the good parson poured hot sho
g red hot at that--into the democrati,
, ranks each week, while Col. Haynes
y the silver -tongued orator" and caus
y tic writer, replied with equal vigor ant
III venom through the columns of th,
= Sentinel each week.
But at length they came to blows ant
q to-day marks the sixty.fourth anniver
y sary of that celebrated encounte
3 which took place in front of wher
y Byrd's hardware store now stands, OF
y. Thursday, May 14th. 1910.
g Although badly wounded by a pisto
q shot, the good parson, sitting proppe'
q. up in bed, supported by q chair ant
& pillows, delivers this parting shot a
!: Col. Haynes through the columns O
q the Wing:
~ "When we had ended the contest
a: those few houses who have all alon,
Z harbored the william, and used him, a
Y. q tool in political point Of view, ralli
q ed around him; QUE periured youth
" one mixed. .blooded mechanic de
" bauched storekeeper and one or tw
~ young democratic thieves, accountant
I ed him out of town as a sort of life
g guaId, rejoicing at the prospect of ou
- death. True, we received q sever
- wound, but we trust in few weeks q
most to show them that their boast
ings arc premature"
- Perhaps there 10 not such anothe
,r instance in the history of the stat
y where two men starting out as rivt
'"S editors of weekly papers in a sma
ice country town, achieved such fame 9
ch- did W. G. Brownlow and Landon {
ess Haynes. Brownlow served two tern
PHI as governor and full term of six yeal
an as United States Senator. Haynt
ese served term as speaker of the Tel
as nessee house of representatives an
q four years confederate senator.
~ Even the two unsuccessful ract
let's Haynes made for congress against Al
yer drew johnson in 1851 and Thos. A. ]
ina Nelson in 1859, brought ham moi
- fame than comes to many congres
sSA men after long years of continuous Sc
his vice.
and Tha old house ON Main street whe
Parson Browniow lived and publisht
the Wing, along in the early fortie
nee has been torn away and now on Il
pits historic site Mr.. William E. May
eral building . private residence.
heir And thus one by one the histol
ci- landmarks Of Jcnesboro are passil
Of away.