Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-05-12
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Our enemies are often valuable as
sets and cause us to get q move on
ourselves. Just few threats from
them make us swell up to about twice
| the size we really are. If it were not
for them don't know but we would
soon become really helpless and of no
account. Enemies cause men and ma
lions to become of some Importance
and brings the best in them out.
OF course, this is the year for polit-
ical bitterness and strife. Men are GO
ing to become angry and act a fool
generally. Already I've been nettled
because of drunken wretch and you
know a drunken man can weary the
patience of Job, but hope no one else
will get nettled this year.
Some people get offended because
their party is criticised. They forget
criticism is really helpful. It don't
hurt party to criticise it, but it does
seem with all the criticisms and pub.
licity given, it fails to stop graft and
prevent wrong doing in high places.
The Sugar Trust nominated Taft and
the people elected him. His brother,
Henry, was sugar trust attorney and
SO was Wickersham. They let the SUI
gar trust save $1e5. 600, 600 by paying
81, 900, 900, defrauding the country of
the balance of the customs. The trust
magnates have money enough left to
have good time, of course All well
informed school boys know the Taft
trust bursting machine is a make be-
lieve. Criticism, severe and sharp, is
often productive Of good. Well the
criticisms that are going to be used
this year will purify the parties and
make them more cautious in whom
they nominate for Office. | hope so.
Will the independent voter be as
careful in their scrutiny of men and
measures as formerly2 / hope so. To
them belongs often the credit of turn
ing down bad men. They are men
that generally are cautious in casting
their votes, having no ak to grind,
wearing no party collar, they seek
the country's interests and welfare
and try to SO vote. l have every reas-
on to believe there is going to be more
independent voters this year than we
ever had. The Patterson movement
smacks of spite more than anything
else. The Governor has arrayed him
self as hostile to all democrats that
dom t follow him. His followers are
insulting and don't seem to care whom
they offend. which will add to the al
ready large independent vote. Patter-
son knows it is not a democratic prec-
edent to seek third term and he
knows true, genuine democrats 90 not
endorse any such. But what care he
He knows he can't be elected, ne
knows no man will contest for the
nomination against him in the prim
airy of June 4th. He hopes the opposi-
tion will put out candidate so he can
blame them for the state being turned
over to the republicans. Can he de-
feat the republicans No. Can state
wide democrat be elected? No. The
republicans have got things their own
way. This is the situation as l see it,
all because Patterson couldn't boss the
legislature, now he and his followers
are determined to ruin the party if
they can't boss it. It's half and half in
strength, and neither can overcome
the republicans. Very few of them
will go back on their party, not as
many as we imagine. Of course, sew
eral are encouraging the Pattersonites
in their sleeves. IHow they
are duping them UNCLE TOM.
Tracy City, Tenn.