The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-12-28

by Cox today. Cox's action is on par
with that of man who should drop
into friends place of business and
find the latter preparing to make de-
post in bank. Now suppose the form
er should say he was going over to the
bank and would make The deposit for
bis friend, should receive $1,000 in
cash, should deposit $3.50 in his friends
name, and should keep out $3.50 for his |
services without saying anything about
it. Then suppose still further that the
depositor had owed the bank 81, 900,
and that the action of his accommodate
ing friend caused him to be overdrawn
$3.50 on his account. This would be a
case parallel to the action of John I.
Cox with reference to several county
trustees; and not one Of these facts has
ever been met by him.
Gen. Patterson first made it plain
from the records that Cox was not only
unfit to hold the Office of governor, but
that he was unfit to hold any Office at
all. Then he began to assail the ma
chine, of which Cox is the bright par
ticular flower, and that part of the
election law which enables governor
to build up such a machine. This line
of attack has proved popular in Ten
nessee. The people in towns and cities
and rural communities are tired of be-
ing kept at the mercy of man living
in Nashville. After Patterson had
made stirring fight on this PROPOSE
ton, Cox not only broke silence and
found that he was in favor of the same
thing as Patterson, but that he had
been in favor of it before. We must
confess that we are astonished to find
the Chattanooga Times, paper owned
by Adolph s. Ochs, applauding Coz
for starting movement to abolish the
appointment of election commissioner
by the governor. The Ochs brothers
stand for everything that is straight
and square in public life, and how one
of them can allow his piper to stant
for man with record like Cox passeI
our comprehension.
Gen. Patterson's labors, however, cal
not be nullifed, nor the fruits thereo
tricked away from him by man wit
dares not meet him in debate and at
tempt to defend his own record. TIL
victory of Gen. Patterson in Franklin
7 and Montgomery counties is the be
| ginning of the end for Cox. Judg
| Bond remained in GAINESVILLE unit
Saturday morning trying to turn tn
| tide against Patterson, but withou
avail. Every district in the county
known to have been carried by Pattel
son exoeptthree, and one of these sc
lected uninstructed delegates and tw
had not been heard from. At Clark'
ville, where one of the papers made
i Vigorous fight for Bond, the conventio
- unanimously instructed its delegate
TO vote for Patterson.
We think it is time Judge Bond wa
seeing through the trick that Cox he
r played on him. Cox has been wantin
I a West Tennessean to como out ft
10 governor in order to divide this part {
4 the state with Patterson. One We
9 Tennessean did come out some tin
Q ago, but he developed no strength an
A withdrew. Judge Bond was known
10 be in receptive mood. Reports wei
. sent out from Nashville that CarmaC
4 had broken with his faithful serval
II Cox, and was sat his throat" The
90 Cox sends for Judge Bonds son al
." informs him that he is going to wit
draw. Judge Bond finds the momel
propitious. He announces his cand
- dacy, evidently expecting Cox to ST
= down and out, and that he would r
Al ceive the support of Carmack and b
friends. But nobody seems to
9 charged with the duty of deliveril
12 the goods. Having sedueed Bond in
~ being candidate, Cox himself is ba'
IA into the game. But Cox's little pla
have all gone away. Judge Bond
:, not panning out in West Tennessee
o. AS a stemmer of the Patterson tide
is not success. We credit him wi
~. none but honorable intentions, but
ave can hardly fail to see that he has be
lge betrayed, and that conscienceless pc
cry ticians have eudeavored to use his ca
Uoo didacy merely in the interest of G
ilie and as an embarrassment to Patterso