The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-21

date again in 1850, and was defeated.
Mr.. Evans was a candidate for Governor
in 1894, and was defeated He was ap-
pointed Assistant Postmaster General in
1895, and served until he was appointed
Commissioner of Pensions in 1907. He
served as Commissioner until Nav Q, 1902.
and was made Consul General to London
on the same day his successor was appoint
ed in the pension Office
He served as Consul General from MAY
9, 1902, to April 10, 1905, when his sue
cessor was appointed.
After quitting London and the English
he returned to Chattanooga and the Re
| publlcans, becomes at once a candidate
for Governor, unhorses Brownlow, jumps
into the empty saddle and congratulates the
! party on its effort to give the State good
Republican Governor and with an exquis-
lite humor, doubtless acquired abroad, he
bids his followers go home and light bon
! fires to celebrate the event
We have all heard somewhere that bust
ness and politics do not mix, but Mr.. Ev-
ans has succeeded in performing the diff
cult feat, and he may now be voted for at
his business end or his political end, to
suit the choice or fancy of the electorate.
| have been handed a slip of paper
which has made we wonder what has be-
come of all the native Tennessee Republi-
cans, or whether they have lost their old
longing for the flesh pots of Egypt For
1t seems that Mr.. Evans, the candidate for
Governor, is from Wisconsin, having been
born in the pure State of Pennsylvania
Mr.. Swab, the candidate for Railroad Com
missioner, is from Pennsylvania Mr..
Saunders, the Chairman of the Executive
Committee, is from Indiana; and Mr.
Brock, its Secretary, is from Ohio.
These gentlemen are none the less good
citizens because they come from the North |
but what we are solicitous about is why our
home folks among the Republicans of Ten
nessee do not get seat at the table when
the loaves and fishes are spread. 1t is to /
be hoped they will at least be allowed to /
vote the ticket which has been served up
to them, and to lick the plates when the /
feast is ended
My felow-citizens, am necessarily COM
PEELED to make my comments on Mr.. Ev-
ans public record in his absence, for he
has declined a joint discussion, but there
are many reasons why Mr.. Evans should
not become the Governor of Tennessee,
and not valid one can be assigned by
DEMOCRAT why he should be. That he is a
man of ability, successful in his business,
is no reason why the Democrats should
permit him to fasten the rule of Republi-
fatfis, "a 81, ns. sslssS TJ0Wcpt1 asrsfn ne |.
nay have prospered in his private affairs,
le has been an intense partisan in politics, I
md has stood against all the South has
cherished as sacred. If elected Governor
Mr. Evans could remove every Democratic /
election commissioner and reappoint two 7
Republicans and one Democrat to admin '
ster the election laws in every county in :
he State. This of itself would revolution :
re the State politically, and Tennessee
night be the first of her sister States to b
cave the unbroken and solid column we '
low present to the Republican party and :
lave its electoral vote returned for Re I
publican candidate for President We II
would then witness in East Tennes-
&c a repetition of those frauds which =
ave Mr.. Evans an apparent major il
ty over Gov. Turney in the contest
# 1894 In the middle and western por- a
ions of the State we would be the unhappy :,
witnesses again of the advent of the negro t,
\ politics, led and organized by men in h
emit on plundering the State and controlling q
by negro votes. Not only would these =
esults inevitably follow the election of L
republican Governor but if his we'll IL
nown partisan views should prevail with Il
he Legislature we would see our whole :.
lection system overturned, involving con- :
~. Il IL L.
hildren, now all too small, still further re- ii
uced by repeal Of the poll tax law. y
These statements are not rash or incon-
derate, nor are they made to arouse pas br
on. 1t is only too true that both in the b.
ecord of Mr. Evans and the Republican .
arty in Tennessee is the full warrant -
ound for every assertion made. In Con- ii
ress Mr.. Evans voted for every partisan be
leasure, including the force bill He vot- er
to unseat eight or nine Democrats dur =,
lg his single term of service. AS a can al
idate for Governor in 1894 he stood on he
atform and both in his candidacy and 81
beech demanded the overthrow of every ~
Use and necessary safeguard on the quail VI
cation to vote which Tennesseans had tn
-ected to preserve their splendid State or
ON the ignorant, the lawless and the vic -
us. He recommended the platform of Ia
300, and was candidate on the platform d,
1894 In both these platforms every tn
ection law then in existence was de- ~
in language as bitter and pas by
onate as their trainers could employ. The Iy
ortch law, the registration law, the uni tn
rm ballot box law, and the poll tax law n''
came in for fierce denunciation. In his -,
eech delivered in Memphis during the ev