The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
AT HOME BY
BIG AUDIENCE
COL. CY H. LYLE SPEAKS
Great Audience Greets Speakers
and Cause of Democracy Is
Advanced-Town Taken

Newport, Oct. 3l.-Today was a big
day for the democracy in the home
town of the Newell Sanders discovery
who imagines he is running for COVER
nor. Fully 1900 stalwart sons and
lovely daughters of Newport and
Cooke county were gathered in the
courthouse this afternoon to hear Hon.
R. B. Hickey answer his home critics
and to vindicate him by their presence.
1t was a great audience and Hickey
met the occasion like an intellectual
giant and in the ears of responsive
hearers for nearly two hours he de-
uounced the detractors and character
assassins who were trying to destroy
him because he was advocating the
election of Sen. Robt. L. Taylor. The
situation called for plain talk and he
used it to the satisfaction of all pres
ent The talk about Cooke County
being solid for Hooper isn't good nom
sense and it would have done good to-
day to have heard the old confederate
soldiers who were present in large
numbers, including A, c. Faubian, the
old man who the Hooperites are de-
nouncing, declare in a chorus that
Hooper had never been their friend up
Non any occasion and at any time. There
were over 200 ladies present, and they
were the very best women of New
port, that is noted for its good wo-
men. This was another living evil
dence that Hooper's statement that 81
per cent of the women were for him
and the other 10 per cent would be but
for their husbands was untrue,
The ladies cheered Mr.. Hickey to
the echo when he referred to that part
of Capt. Hooper's record when he stat
ed he was opposed to the age of con-
sent being fixed at I6 years. At the
conclusion of the speech Miss Huff
presented large boquet of white
CHI yodntlSLlulIlo III IuC udIllc vi Tile
old confederate veterans. Miss Greer
presented large bunch of white flow
ers and delivered them with beauti-
full original verse complimentary to
"Our Bob Hickey" Little Miss Su-
song, little beauty of four years, car
ried shower boquet as large as her
self and gave it to Bob while the peo-
pie cheered. Mr.. Hickey was so deep
ly touched he could scarcely reply but
found himself little later and paid
glowing tribute to woman.
Following Mr.. Hickey, Rev. Hen
bricks, pastor of the M. E. Church,
South, mounted the stand and with
out notice to anyone made a statement
in regard to Mr. Hickey that was the
greatest compliment that could have
been paid him. Without desiring to |
enter politics in any way Rev. Hen
bricks felt it his duty to tell what he
knew Bob Hickey to be and what he
said carried conviction.
Following this speech Col. Cy III. |
Lyle, candidate for congress, was in
troduced by r. B. Hickey and made a |
speech that caught the
large audience and was punctured |
throughout with laughter and ap-
plause. When he announced that he
would rather be Bob Hickey today than
Ben Hooper on the 8th of November
he was cheered to the echo. He con-
vinced the people he was running
a winning race and the enthusiasm
created was satisfactory evidence that
Cooke county would do its full duty.
At the conclusion of his speech the old
present came forward and
pledged their support and hundreds of
and many Of the ladies,
around the stand to shake
hands and congratulate Hon. r. B.
Hickey and Col. Lyle. Several Brown
low republicans present assured Col.
Lyle that all the Brownlow followers
we're delighted to know he was run
hing and would certainly vote for him.