Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-10-25
HON. n. CLAY EVANS
Addresses the Voters Of Marion
County, and Makes Fine Address.

publican senator as against 40, 900 to
elect a democrat he concluded the for
mer was the more valuable man of the
two. He showed how q strong attempt
was made to gerrymander him out of
Office in 1888, and said the man who
devised the present scheme of senator
ial districts could cheat Satan. He al
luded to the unfortunate condition now
standing in our county, which because
of its republican proclivities has been
denied representation and tackled onto
Franklin County. He mentioned sever
al other counties in the same condition,
as tackled onto counties having far be-
low the ratio of 2410 voters required.
He said republicans would not do such
things, and said in reply to the charge
that such things were done in the
north that they should copy the virtues
of the North and not the vices.
AS to his carpet bag which was be-
ing mentioned extensively he said that
Tuesday of this week was the 42nd
anniversary of his residence in Tennes-
see and the aforesaid carpetbag was
getting worn out.
In criticising the recent legislature
he said he did not know whether the
railroads or Cascade whiskey had it
most under control, but he believed. the
! Cascade had. sV
When republicans in the North did
wrong, he said, they got turned out of
Office, and cited the case of Ohio which
elected democratic governor because
of the frauds perpetrated in Cincinnati.
And he cited similar case in Mime
sofa.
If Cox gave such a clean administra-
tion as they now say he did, why did
they fight him so vigorously, charging
all kinds of fraud. Why didn't they
nominate him2
Mr.. Evans in speaking of his pen
sion Office management depicted the
magnitude of the Office, and although
he had been criticised, said he had
never refused a pension within the
limit of the law, and said he had man
aged over $780, 600, 600 business without
a single misappropriation on the part
of himself or his assistants. Speaking
of state pensions he SAID the old Con-
federates should receive it as due brave
and honorable fighters.
He said he feared extravaganza in
state affairs, from the fact that taxes
were constantly going up but no public
buildings were going up too, and COM
pared the number of judges in Tennes-
see with those over an equal number
of people in England. He read a num-
Der of figures showing the great in
crease in taxes in the past ten years
He then asked emphatically, Don't
: you think you need some good man
like me to investigate these affairsf'
He said that he had had considerable
= experience in handling money, had not
= gone to Canada yet, and wanted to go
to Nashville to see what the politicians
: did with the money. He said that the
. Democratic party had been in so long
that it felt the people had no interests
. and declared that leading lawyers
I would admit that 81 per cent. of the
9 work of the recent legislature was
D class legislation. He cited as an in
stance of fool legislation case, Grover
, Cleveland somebody or other, an in
a FAINT, who was declared 81 yearsof age
n and admitted to the bar, ''the public
S welfare requiring it. " He spoke of the
attempt to change the lines of 30 coun-
n ties, all of which was unconstitutional
4 because the counties were under 500
: square miles, ana spoke of the school
I interests in one county being ruined
: by a co-extensive redistricting bill
e which made one-third of that county a
+ school district.
Its good government you want, -
4 he declared.
: Mr.. Evans said: II am a pretty i'm
: portant specimen: Mr.. Patterson is
+ devoting a large portion of his time
i criticising me. Republicans are not
S ashamed OF their candidate, but at
o least one-half the democrats are asham-
}, ed of theirs, and of the remainder a
II goodly portion are ashamed Of the
methods by whiSh he secured his nom
d rinaioH.
; Regarding his counting out for TIT
e goverRorship OF Tennessee he said ii
i they had eSRtiHued their investigation
l. he wSuld have had se0e votes ihsteaS
'e Of T4s.
1t Years age, he said he opposed ths
Ie working Of eenvicts in the mines
y which he declared received. treatment
:. which made them when released, come
D out with their hands raised against all
q mankind. He commenced lighting th'
= convict systeal in 1855 and quoted the
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