The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-04
BROWN DODGED THE
ISSUE AND REFUSED
A JOINT DISCUSSION
AFTER GETTING TO LINDEN THE
PATTERsoN-TAYLoR NOM
IkEE DUCKS.
WONT MET stEATOR GREER
Maury County straddIer Doubtless
Remembers The Fate Of Others Who
Have Tackled Temperance Leader
on the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

LINDEN, Tenn, Oct. 2S.-Dr. Bled-
soc Brown, the Patterson-Taylor can
didate for the Senate from this dis
trict, 10 not near as brave and bold
as he thinks he is. The doctor reach
ed here a few days ago with banners
flying and gave It out with much gus
to and little display of conceit, that
he was going to beard Greer IN his
dem"
Hearing fthe Doctors presence In
the city and his threats, Senator Greer
decided that he would be at the
"beardnig" aforesaid Hence he
promptly issued a challenge to the
aforesaid Patterson-Taylor nominee
for a joint debate. The challenge ask
ed for a full and fair and free debate
Immediately and at once If not sooner,
the Patterson-Taylor standard bearer
discovered that he was not nearly 80
anxious for the boarding" proc sss
as he thought he was. He ducked;
he took cover. In other words he
would not debate.
1t ia evident that DR.. Brown, so far
as his canvass in Perry county Is con-
cerned is all things to all men. He
has never yet been heard to express
himself on any live issues. He talks
glibly about Bob Taylor and Democra-
cy but when it comes to assassination
and murder and lawlessneess and tenn
perance, and public morality the can
didate of the Patterson gang is as ST.
lent as the grave and as dumb as an
oyster.
DR.. Browns reply to the challenge
of Senator Greer is an amusing dodge
H etries to excuse his own attempted
deception by intimating that the peo-
pie do not know where Greer stands.
Every one knows that Greer stands
on his record in the last Legislature
and that record is known of all men.
The correspondence follows:
Linden, Tenn, Oct. 26, 1910-Hon.
T. B. Brown, Linden, Tenn. Dear Sir:
Il haven't had the pleasure Of meet
ing you, but am informed that you are
my opponent for State Senator from
this Senatorial district, and that you
are here in the interest of your candi-
dacy.
Il have been informed that you have
come to beard me in my den, and
that you have said to friends of mine |
since you reached Linden this after |
noon, that every one knew how you
stood on all questions and issues in
teresting voters at this time, and that
It is not known how / stand on any
Of the issues Of this campaign, and !
hat for this reason you shold b csup-
ported for the office rather than my
SELF
81 am further informed that you
claim to be the regular Democratic
nominee OF this district for the office
of Senator, and that you and your
friends in this campaign are clubbing
me bolter; and that you are attack
ing my record in the last legislature;
and that you are complaining that you
haven't sufficient time in which to see
the voters / nthe district to explain
10 them my attitude and yours as we'll
10 to clai mtheir suffrage.
"If ! have been correctly informed
IS to your manner Of campaigning.
Wish to challenge the above state
nents made by you which are substan-
tally stated as related to me; and
ray that 1t 10 well known among the
people Of this county and district how
stand on all present issues; and l
,laim to be the regular Democratic
lominee and deny that you are: and
agree with you that neither of us
has time to make a canvass OF the
district; and l think this is a time
Vneu All VOCcfb vi Wudb0NSI PCASu"
ion should know assuredly for what
We stand. II matters little to the peo-
lie Of the district and State, person.
lily, whether you or ! shall be elect
ID, but 1t does interest them much
o know how you and stand on pres
mt vital issues.
81 have no objection to letting all
,eople know my attitude. and would
" glad OF an opportunity to reveal
o them publicly just where I stand.
md presume you would like to do the
anne, in some convenient way: and
'ecause OF the very short time left to
Is between this and the election, and
because It Is tn emost fair and honora-
lie way, when and where. we can
meet face to face, and not be misun-
lerstood, suggest and challenge you {
A.