The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-29
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FRAZIER, to become candidate against
Gen. Bate, is an overwhelming reason
why we could never meet in Joint dis
cusslon. as you are either wilfully mis-
representing the truth or being i'm
posed upon by the false statement of
some malicious person.
AS 10 the promises which you charge
me with having made to your friend
Frazier touching his own ambition for
the Senate, l assure you that | am
thoroughly prepared to make the whole
matter clear to the people when | enter
, the campaign, All | said OF did was
In tie interest of Gen. Bate AT a
critical moment in the struggle be,
tween Bate and tlcMillin | suspected
that your friend Frazier and my for
mel friend Frank Nj. Thompson, were
weakening in theic support of Bate
and In my anxiety to save the day
appealed to Frazier expressing my
Willingness to sacrifice myself and my
future ambition toI Bate, and | even
went so tar as TO write the facts to
Frank M. Thompson. whom l regarded
rs the closet friend had In the world /;
but Mr. THOMPSON and Mr.. Frazier
became clans and absolutely ignored
freezing me out of their councils until
our relations We're extremely cool and
strain ed TO the limit, which absolutely
nullitied and set at naught all PROPOSE
tiOns made either to Frazier or Thomp
son personally or by letter. In Combi-
nation with your friends and lleuten-
ants they coolly threw me overheard
and held my letter to Thompson as
..ln rE
the snap caucus and electlng James b.
Frazier to the United States Senate
against the will of the r3ople OF Ten
nessee. You protest that you had
nothing to do with the snap caucus
and the machine which elected your
friend FIazier. By your own logic
and testimony propose to convict you
as party to it. Some weeks ago in
fiery interview you stated that | had
circulated or caused to be circulated
accusations damaging TO your personal
character, replying to which publicly
declared that | had never circulated or
caused to be circulated any statement
whatever rejecting upon you person
ally. To this positive disavOwal on
my palt you Ieplled that If l was
not circulating tue reports referred to
must be responsible for them, as they
were Icing circulated by my friends
and lIeutenants, and you illustrated
your nj by saying in substance that
If man kept biting dog ne should
not relieve himself from the RESPONSE
bIlity of the dogs bite because he did
not do the biting with hls own teeth
Your friends and lieutenants were
leaders inthe snap caucus therefore, &C
coIdIng to your own reasoning you
were party to that caucus ana your
dogs bit me, as they imagined. unto
death in the State Capitol on OF about
the ides of March.
l can only reconcile your cOntinuep
and persistent declaration that | am
circulating false ana unjust
accusations against you upon one
hypothesis and that is that you NAV
justify yourself IN making bitter
personal campaign against me.
Your letter contir ms me in my de-
to have no joint debate
with you, since ii ~ clear that you de-
sire campaign on the disgusting
plane of PERSONAL---VERY. elimination
and denomination. | shall take my
own view of the great movemt to
unite the oceans with the Panama
Canal. | shall express my opinions
IN all public questions and according
o my own Interpretation of what is
light and what IS wrong. Your insin-
lation that have been derelict In the
1erfor nance of my duty to the Demo
ratio party comes too late In view OF
nv record. bore its standard in the
campaigns OF 1878, 1880, 1882. 1884
1886 1888, 1890, 1892 and 1896. when |
vas called from lucrative field OF
,ndeavoI and commanded by the party
@ face the peril which threatened its
in the State. In that great
truggle fought not only for the state
md National ticket, but | went down
INTO y0uT own CongI essional district
md made long, hard fight for you.
remember we'll another man VINO
vent to your district and appealed to
our people to elect you to Congress,
nut after you were through clubbing
he Populists aud the gold wing OF
our party after you mad wound up
nth the Republicans, you left your
eat in the United States Senate and
vent to st. Louis and there, in the
resence of the assem- bled delegates in
he National Democratic Convention,
on assaulted with scoItching tongue
our friend and Denefactor, the great I
eader of your party ana the idol of
he comm on people, William Jennings
'Iyan. {
l shall not be ORA wn into further j..
with you. repeat that
ly cause is in the hands of the people. J
nd | shall speak to them at sucn 9
ines as shall suit my convenience and
neir pleasure.
ROBERT L. TAYLOR. +.