The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-13
HITS "OUR BOB"
IN MANY EXPOSED PLACES
Double Dealing and Ingratitude In
Several Instances Told Of.
Taylor's Confederate Record In Middle and
West Tennessee; His Union Record
In The Mountains.

/ upon Dy some mal1clOuS person. OOV.
! Frazier gave me the information the
next day after the proposal was made,
| together with message from yon ask
ing for conference. 1t was Impressed
upon my mind as the first and last
time the question Of Gov. Frazier
/ Senatorial candidacy was ever dis
cussed between us. Neither then moi
at any other time did he ever indicate
a desire to make me promoter of his
! political mbitiOns, and it was only at
your request that be repeated to me-
the conversation between you E. b.
Craig and Thomas B. Carroll told me
the same thing about the same time.
| could see no motive and no object
( that these gentlemen could have had
for inventing and repeating to me so
gross falsehOod as yen allege this to
| be. 1t could not have been malice, for
| you had sworn friendship to Gov.
Frazier and pledged MIN your power
full support. Until you can at least
| find a motive for such falsehOOd |
shall believe that your own recollection
has played you trick, as it has COZ
spicuOusly done in another part OF
your letter, as | shalt hereafter show.
II have made no 'iuslnuatlon with
respect to the manner In which you have
performed your party duties. l have
simply asserted. what you expressly
admit In your letter, that for the last
four campaigns you have performed
none. | might have added that in the
despel ate battle OF 1894 between Peter
TuIney and Clay Evans you gave your
time entirely to the lecture platform
and refused to lit your voice for the
Democratic party. AS TO your being
Called from lucrative field of en-
deavOr In 1896, my recollection is
that you did not abandon that field but
continued in it while holding the
Office of Governor, adding to your
official salary the profits of the lecture
field. 1t Is entirely proper for me to
say this In view of your repeated boasts
that you have done more for the Dem
bocratIc party than any other man.
"You say that in your last campaign
for Governor you went down into my
Congressional district and made long,
hard fight for me- This is fair Illus
tration of that treacheroue memory that
causes you to forget so many things that
happened, and to remember so many
things that never occurred. was the
regular nominee of the Democratic par
ty, officially recognized as such by both
National and State committees, though
my opponents chose to describe me and
my supporters as boilers You came to
my district prosecuting your own cam
paign. Some of my supporters asked
you to say WORD in my behalf. The
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You took the advice of the latter. You
made speech 10 each of the feur coan-
ties of my district, and in not one OF
them did you ever mention my name or
make the most distant ailusion to my
candidacy. You were the only Democrat
who spoke 8 my district who did not
advocate my election. My competitor
publicly thanked you for ysur action in
this matter, and the newspapers OPP
posed to me gloatsA over 9ee, fact mat
you had given re no ava Sf'ssfdert. >
r.
SIT is true hat Mr.. BFysn was EXCEED
ingly complimentary to nae ia bis speech
at Memphis in 1896. 1t is IRA tnatMr.
Bryan and | had our differences at st.
Louis in the Committee on Resolutions
and on the floor of the convention. These
differences nave not disturbed our per-
sonal relations, which are as friendly as
they ever were. 1t is also true that since
the ST, Louis convention he has done me
the honor 10 say both publicly and pri
Vatel that | was one Of the ablest de-
Tenders Of the true principles OF govern.
ment IN the Congress OF the United
States and an honor to the State that
had honOred me. 1t is not true, as so
frequently asserted by you and your
friends, that | INDUCED in abuse and
denunciahon of Mr.. Bryan at st Louis >
81 car tell you that in private CONVEX
satlon you we're as strenuous supporter
of Parker as ] was. ln private CONVEX
sation you were caustic in your criticism
Of Mr.. Bryan. Before | had publicly
declared for Parker | was told-you can
say whether this is true that you had
written letter in his behalf to friend
in New York and that this letter was
duly placed in the hands of David B.
Hill, so that If Parker should be elected
you could make good your claim t. be-
ing the original Parker man. L know
what Mr.. Bryan thinks of an open and
honest antagonist. | know also how
much value he attaches to the support
of man who only becomes valiant In
ais behalf after the battle is over.
The f. equert reference in your letter
20 my 'fricpI Frazier seems TO indicate
that you rhick it a matter OF grave &C
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