Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
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Business is somewhat dull this wool.
and as several of the corresnondo,,4N
failed to show up last week | have Is ,'o9
cided to write for this week isspa
| have been instructed bv som, 80
the leading democrats of this comfy as
70 what kind of material they want =,
instruct their delegates TO vote for to
represent them in next General Assem-.
bly, of Tennessee as a representative of
Marion and Franklin counties Tbey
want representative that will fra,no
mn and present and have passed a Nm
TO protect women, especially the mar
ried women who have been deprived of
their husbands on account of soma ono
who has interferred between man and
wife and destroyed peace and hanni,
ness We also desire a bill To protect
little children who are destitute of a
father. | am politician from away
back. | am representative of the or
ganized body of labor of Marion and
FRANKLIN counties. | will raise nm mn
that day and help you get your man
nominated on the woman's bill Of pro-
lection, for have got a few sections
of the exemption laws | want to get
repealed by the next Tennessee Gener-
al Assembly | want a little more re-
districting done by said representative
I want to attach SequatChie county 70
Marion and Franklin and | want them
cut up into magisterial districts by a
special act in and through this repre
sentative in order to curtail and emf
off the expenses of so many Justices of
the Peace in said counties | want to
dictate little to him. | want to helm
frame a few bills. | want to get re-
pealed the exemption laws where it al
lows "a poor laboring man $50 each
month as the product of his labor. |
don't want any exemption made that
will allow said laborer anything. Let
every dollar of this wages be subject
to the attachment and garnishee laws.
| want the exemption laws to stand
on our statute books Just as they are
where it says, "All lawyers, doctors.
merchants and all other classes of bust
ness men, other than laborers. that
own any real and personal property
there shall be set apart $1,000 worth Of
real estate by the present exemption
laws to each head of the family and
about $500 worth of personal property
(all to exceed II, 500 shall not be sub
iect to the seizure Of an execution, at
tachment or garnishee. want the
law to stand just as it is for | have a
a few debts and | have just got about
81, 500 worth of real and personal pro-
perty and if said representative tam
pers with this law in the least you see
/ might have to pay some accounts
that | owe which are not out of date
yet If you press me l will plead the
statute of limitations. Yea, poor la
boring man, what will you plead and
what is there set aside under the pre-
sent exemption laws for you? Yea,
say unto you, verify, we want to still
send a man of few and not represent
tative of the whole people | will bet
you $500, before this campaign is ovel
that | will almost be a politician be,
cause | am connected with the labor
movement of the world and they have
a great big vote whether they evel
get friend in the state legislature Of
not. l will bid you all farewell unit
the morning of the Democratic conven
ton. Me and my representatives vii
pop up-the kind of representative
wish to be nominated then and there
Hope you all will be on hand. Coco
luck to all engaged in politics.
Citizen.