The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-11
It's Now a Patterson Boom.

'nat Iuo peOple are WIN MIN In MS
tight against the Cox machine and the
penitentiary ring, and in favor of home
rule and genuine democracy. 1t also
proves that they do not propose to al
low even so respectable man as Judge
Bond to interfere in the slightest with
their purpose, The fact is that the
Bond candidacy and the Cox candidacy
whether by design Of both candidates
or through the shrewd manipulation of
the crafty governor-ar harnessed to-
gether and both are pulling one load.
SO far in this campaign Judge Bond |
has not attacked single evil prevail
ing in Tennessee, he has not found
single flaw in the character or the re-
cord of Cox, and he has shown by his
speeches that he is dreamer and
reactionary. But while he protests
that there is no alliance between Coz
and himself, he has been, we infer
from some of our country con;empora
ries, rather viciously assOling Gen.
Patterson. For instance, when he
spoke recently at Bolivar, our esteem
ed but dislocated contemporary, the
Hardeman Free Press, which is hila
rious champion of Bond aud relent.
less foe of booze, declared in large
headlines that he had handled Patter-
son without gloves, and that he had
exposed him as hypocrite and dema-
gogue. Judge Bond may not be able
to see it, but every blow he delivers
weakening the armor of Gen. Patter.
son serves to prop up that political
scare crow, John I. Cox.
But Gen. Patterson is game to the
core, aud finding that both candidates
were fighting, him, be decided to fight
back. He picked out the biggest dem
ocratic county in Judge Bonds judi
; cial district-Gibson- and he went af.
| ter it. Bond also canvassed the coun.
: ty, and announced that il would break
J his heart if Gibson went against him
, Patterson made a whirlwind campaign
there, and he didn't do q thing bu
break the judges heart. He simply
wiped up the floor, as it were, will
Bond, carrying every district in th,
county but FIVE by overwhelming ma
jorities. In Gibson county Gov. Co,
got the magnificent total Of one vote
. and it is said his henchmen were al
working for Bond.
A Cox organ gave out the figures o.
the race up to Saturday as follows:
It For Cox-Anderson 5, Bedford 81
e Bradley Z, Claiborne 10, CHAMBERLAIN
!. 4, DeKalb II, Fentress 3, Granger s
e Hawkins 8, Monroe Is, Morgan 4, Put
1t nam 10, Rhea s, Scott 2, VanBuren q
n White II, Wilson "a. Total 1862.
t, For Patterson Carter 2, Dickson II
n Fayette 20, Franklin %, Montgomer
II, Polk z, Total 49,
For Bond-Carter 9, Crockett /:
Lauderdale 30, Haywood 49, Total 81
- Since then Gibson has given Pattel
= son 30 votes, making 113 in all, an
- Unicoi has given her one vote to Coz
making 1862. These however, are Co
= figures. Neither Monroe nor DeKal
county instructed for Cox, and in Wi
son county the democratic executiv
committee has declared both the cor
. ventions held there void and called
t. primary, This takes out 40 votes fror
If Cox's column and leaves him with onl
n ia instructed votes. There is one yer
it significant fact about the Cox column
q It is made up almost exclusively G
t strong republican counties. OF tn
1t fifteen counties that have instructe
: for him, Anderson, Bradley, Claiborne
Cumberland, Fentress, Granger, Haw
kins, Morgan, Rhea, Scott and Unicc
il are overwhelmingly republican, an
10 gave Mckinley in 1900 and Roosevelt
70 in 1904 fully twice as many votes a
y the democratic nominees for president
Only four democratic counties, with
y total vote Of SO, have instructed fo
" Cox. g
IT Gen. Patterson has 113 votes il
% structed for him, and the vote of She
- by county, where all opposition to hil
% has been abandoned, is already as goo
as instructed for him. This gives hil
Il 200 certain votes. The primary i
o Wilson will settle that county, an
- Patterson is certain to get it, maxim
l 224.
- There was another significant ever
Saturday. In Hamilton county Ga
was in favor Of having convention o
Jan. 20. Both of the Chattanooe
:. papers are Cox organs, and both bee
: doing'valiant stunts in behalf of b
candidacy. At that time Patterso
y would probablyibe out of the stat
and Cox might be able'to pull off on
y !" of his famous snaps We are told thu
y Coxs friends controlled the Hamilto
- committee, but when the motion I
y hold a convention on Jan. 20 was pu
it was promptly defeated, and the con
:, mittee decided to hold gubernatoril
It primaries on May IS, four month
Q after Cox wanted q convention. ]
e this committee was in favor Of the GOV
" ernor, it must have been ashamed of il
O for it managed to conceal its affectio
n very couclusiyely.
8 Saturday was a bad day for bot
Csx and Bond.