Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-17
Work for County Court.

Mr.. Editor: AS it has been some
time since | wrote you | thought l
would write a few lines in regard to
the new county court.
| believe the court, as a whole, is an
Improvement and will work we'll The
court started off in business like
manner and if they will act together
for the improvement of the county up
on all public utilities for the county,
invite capitalists to locate with us, be
liberal to levy tax for schools to edu-
cate the children, make liberal appro-
priations for road building, give us
one county high school, sell the pres
ent old, dilapidated county poor house,
cut off so much of this outside pauper
allowance, take the money from the
sale of the present poor house property
and buy more suitable place and
build more home-like abode for the
unfortunate poor, stop the present
practice of hiring poor, unfortunate
people out to the lowest bidder, pay
the superintendent of the poor a fixed
salery and if he fails in his duty dis
charge him, they will do well.
The Republicans of this county will
be held to a strict accountability,
which they should be for the future
welfare and upbuilding of the county.
1t is now up to them to teach some
of the long faced Democrats that they
have the betterment of the county at
heart. Use economy at the proper
time and common sense but do not fall
out with every man because his pay
for his services amounts to over 81. so
per day. A Justice of the Peace is an
honorary Office and the law fixes his
pay at $3.50 per day to attend the
quarterly courts. The men that has
the ability to earn five or even ten dol
lars per day do not get mad with them
because the law only pays the Justice
Of the Peace $1,5 per day.
In regard to our election laws the
law is not so bad if we have honest
officials to execute them | noticed
that Gov. Cox in his message to the
legislature recommends that three cleo,
tion commissioners for the state be
elected by the people.
If were the Governor of this state
and wished to deal fair with both par
ties, | would recommend four commits.
siOners instead of three; allowing each
party to have two members each upon
the state board and two each upon the
county board, but then am not the
Governor and if the method that
suggest were adopted it might inter
fere with the political aspirations of
either party in defeating the honest
will of the people.
Mr.. Editor, noticed that the Hon.
r. L. Taylor, the other day, went be-
fore that august body that proclaime ed
itself the Democratic caucus. When
this caucus notified him as to its ac-
tion in his behalf as U. S. Senator
Mr.. Taylor replied to the caucus that
he had then reached the goal of his
ambition that he would go to the U.
S. Senate and labor in the interest Of
democracy. | thought r. L. Taylor
would try to represent all the people Of
his state while in the Senate. l have
all my time had a high opinion OF
Hon. R. L. Taylor and have yet, hav
ing met him many times before / cam,
to this county. Owing to bad healtl
and age slipping upon me fear thai
l will never be able to say to the peo
pie, as R. L. Taylor has said, in reach
ing the goal Of my life. If 1 coul,
have reached my ambition or goal il
life it would only went so far as t,
have been County Judge of this Count,
and to have been spared long enough t,
have seen good pike roads and a higl
school and other public utilities, bette
constructed than at present. But a
one am willing to help hold up tn
hand of our present Judge, who l be
lieve, has the public good at heart, AM
one who has worn the public mantl
well.
Now. in conclusion, l do hope tina
the editors of the News and the State,
man-Democrat I know they are botl
advocates of public improvements
will make known through their re
spectivc papers how to get the none
to pay for those improvements. Their
las two noted men have told Of th