The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-05-10
REPUBLICANS IN TENNESSEE.
Chairman COrteIyOu to Open His Barrel
and Dump Quarter of Million
Into This State-What BrOwlOW
COt Clut Of the Deal

Washington Bureau The Commercial
Appeal, Post Building, Washington, D.
c., May 6, 19O6.-The withdrawal of
Asbury Wright from the race for the
republican nomination in Tennessee is
being discussed by Tennesseans in con-
gress in connection with some highly
interesting and portentious information
emanating from quasi-official republi-
can sources.
Just modicum of the only-in late
republican developments in Tennessee
is absorbed by the evident capitulation
of Representative Walter P. Brownlow
to the rising tide of Evans popularity,
which foreshadows the nomination of
the willy Chattanooga republican by ac-
clamation. The humor evoked by the
spectacle of the Republican Warwick,
of Tennessee, initiating Davy Crock
ett's coon, which voluntarily came
down from the tree rather than be shot
out, is rendered grim by the other
spectacle of the republicans of Tennes-
see united and making fight to elect
representatives in every close congress
sional district in the state with the ma.
tional republican campaign committee
furnishing the munitions of war. This
is the program stated upon excellent
authority. Every member of the Ten
nessee delegation has been apprised of
the fact, and it leaked out today that
several nights ago there was an inform
al gathering of Tennesseans in congress
to discuss the situation. This is the
scheme briefly stated:
For stepping aside and allowing the
Il. Clay Evans procession to pass with
out annoying or delaying tactics of OBJ
struction, Mr.. Brownlowy in whose dis
trict ominous storm clouds have gath
cred of late, is not to have opposition
for denomination. Undoubtedly it was
bitter pill for the First district boss,
but there was no other alternative.
While Mr.. Brownlow comes down from
the top of the tree it must not be infer
red that he surrenders out of love or
admiration for Mr.. Evans. Not a bit
of it, He still harbors all of his old
time bitterness of feeling against his
ancient polital rival and enemy, but for
this trip and train he will be decorous
and amiable passenger, howsoever
much satisfaction he would derive from
seeing Conductor Evans fred at the
end Of his run.
Moreover, the republicans, acting up
on the assumption that the democrats
are too badly divided to make win
ming fight this fall, are developing
plans to put up opposition to every
member of congress, except Mr.. Hous
ton of the Fifth district and Mr.. Garrett
of the Ninth. Thus far thes. two dis
tricts have escaped their calculations
1t is understood that it will make little
difference whether this opposition bt
republican or independent; what they
want is to reduce the democratic repre-
sentation in the house, and this il
where the republican national commit
tee makes its entrance upon the scene
with its strong box, now in custody o
Postmaster General Cortelyou, chair
: man. Certain of the republican bosse
in the states nominally republican, be
cause of the failure of the Fifty -nintl
congress notably to revise the Dingle
tariff, the purpose is to make stroni
fight in democratic states where part
harmony is seriously disturbed
The congressional districts which th
republicans are disposed to look upon q
especially inviting are the Third di'
: trict, represented by Judge Johu A
MooLe, and the Eighth, represented b
Thetis W. Sims. Judge Moone's di
trict is much closer than Mr.. SIMS, b,
in ordinary times it is safely democra
g ic The democrats of the Eighth hay
: weathered some pretty severe polite
storms, and the threat of the republ
cans to attempt to defeat Mr.. Sims, wi
J. probably is stronger now than in al
previous contest, with the financial O
of the national republican campaie
committee does not cause him uneat
ness.
There will be an effort to oppose 4
democrats in the Tenth, Fourth, Six
and Seventh districts also The on
III contingency that would swerve the
from this program of general alta
along the entire democratic line is t
~ Qualification of the democratic situatio
1t was stated today that as much of
$3.50, 900 remaining in the hands of I
national republican campaign comm
IN tee will be available for the Tennes'
campaign as the leaders may dsem u,
essary to achieve success
Prospectus of Tennessee State Fair Assoc
tiOn, Nashville, May, 1906.
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