The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
CARD
To the Democratic Voters of Obion
County, Tennessee.

OOuAby1 ACuAOboc6s
Most of you have seen my an,
nouncement, in the papers of the
county, of my candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Repre-.
sentative of Obiou County in the
next Legislature, but as the time is
so short before the primary election
is held 1t will be impossible for me
to see many of the individual Dem.
ocratic voters of the county, and
hence / have concluded to address
this public communication to you
in order that you may know and
understand my position upon the
public questions which interest the
people of the State, and which are
likely to come before the next Leg
islature for its consideration.
The primary election to nominate
a candidate to represent Obion
County in the next Legislature is
called and will be held on the 18th
OF May next, and like have always
heretofore done, will submit my
candidacy to the will Of the Demo.
cratic voters as expressed in the
primary election. | have been a
Democrat all my life and have never
voted any other ticket, and have
never scratched the Democratic
ticket in any election, but have al
ways stood by, supported and voted
for all the party nominees, and
which / expect TO do the remainder
of my life. As Democrat l could
not If / wanted to, and l would not
il could, submit my candidacy to
any other class of voters than Dem
ocrats, and it is to them that this
address is made, and it is their
votes that l seek and expect in the
primary election on the 12.h of
May, next.
AS you all probably know, | was
born and raised on a farm, and
have been a farmer all my life,
taking pride in it and have been to
some extent successful as a farmer,
and while devote some of my time
and attention to banking and have
an interest in bank at Kenton,
yet farming is my chief occupation.
have had the honor heretofore to
represent Obion County in the Leg
islature on two different occasions,
the first time the nomination for
the Office coming to me unsought,
and cheerfully submit the record
that made in both Legislatures to
the most careful and to the strict
est investigation or criticism. l
stand by and still endorse and shall
maintain the correctness of my
votes upon all measures that came
before either of those sessions of
the Legislature, and much reflection
and thought have caused me to feel
more than ever that the votes cast
by me while in the Legislature
we're such as resulted in agreat
good to the greatest number of the
people. twas my good fortune to
be on the subcommittee OF the f.
nance, ways and means which pre-
pared the bill that provided for the
creation of a. sinking fund, which
has resulted in the payment and
reduction of the State debt of Ten
nessee to the amount of something
over three million dollars, n d
which will result in few years in
the total extinguishment of that
debt. -Iti had done nothing else
than this while a member of the
Legislature / should feel that my
support of this measure was great
honor to myself and my constitu-
ents. 1t is well known that am a
temperance man, and while in the
Legislature heretofore always sup.
ported such temperance legislation
as was brought before the LegisIa-
ture which tended to restrict the
sale of liquor or limit its evil eff
fects. | shall favor the enactment
Of law combining saloons in cities