Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-12-02
To Republicans Generally.


Sequachee, Tenn, Nov. %, l9OS''
Mr.. Editor:
For the last three months | have
been confined at my home with anne
tions. / have been reading the press
of the country and / was amused some
at the methods adopted in the late
Democratic primary for Circuit and
Criminal Judges of the 9th judicial
Circuit. The next whirlwind Of cy-
clone to strike the good old county OF
Marion will be in the near future VIII
be when the republicans come together
in mass meeting to adopt plan
to nominate county officers.
Mr.. Editor, of late have have be-
come very conservative. There is no
good reason why the republicans OF
this county cannot elect every man
that they nominate for county offices
If were to advise, would say In
the first place, select good, sober ana
efficient men, and in selecting do SO
uniformly from all over the county,
being careful not to nominate too ma
ny from one district, then elect good
executive committee, with a good and
live chairman, one who will not form
a combination with the democrats but
will fight the democrats square from
the shoulder. Let the chairman thor
oughly organize his committee and II
the committee finds any disgruntled
republicans, appoint committee to
find out what the trouble is and to help
him to become reconciled, If the re-
publicans of the county will each one
resolve himself into a committee OF
one to help nominate good, sober and
efficient men from all over the county
for the various county Offices, and then
faithfully support each candidate by
voting for him, there is no reason why
the republicans of this county cannot
elect every man from County Judge to
Register, who will keep an open office
under the court house stoop. Do not
put the party flag in any mans hands
whose true republicanism is doubted.
Pay no attention to the democrat who
approaches you and tells you that hi
always votes for the man in local at
fairs. That saying is an old chestnut
l could say more about some things
in the past that would not be pruden
for me to speak of, but, in conclusion
say that by few more conservative
appointments to National positions o
men who are qualified from the Soutl
that the Democratic solid strength il
the South will be broken, and thos
who may live to see the national cleo
tion in 1919 will see the electoral vot
of the old Volunteer State added up i
the republican column.
Yours truly,
| T. R. HARRIS
P. S. Mr., Editor, I can't clos
this letter without congratulating th
Editor of the Statesman Democrat fo
coming over to the right side, for
noticed in his last issue of his paper
that he stated there was farmer
few days back brought four dozen ege
to Jasper and sold them for enough
get one sack of -four and one box (
baking powder, and then admitted tn
time had been when for the same fol
dozen eggs he could only get one be
of snuff and a small piece of chewi1
tobacco. | wish to congratulate Br
Darr and not the farmer, for | was a
ISOLATED with him for four years
official capacity, and during the tin
found him, to be very affable and cou
teous, and doing unto others as
would like them to do unto him. I'll
only thing found wrong with hin
as thought, was his democracy.
3 T. r. H.