The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
.SHOUN
SCORES
BUTLER
IS RUNNING
FOR SENATOR
IS MORAL COWARD
And is Neither Temperate or
Temperance Man and His
Neighbors Know 1t.
BUTLER IS MORAL COWARD


ure in announcing that / am candi-
date for the state senate TO represent
johnson, Garter, Unicoi, Washington
and Greene counties, in the upper
house of the next general assembly of
the state of Tennessee.
lam opposed by Ed Butler, of Noun
tain City, who was nominated on
March 10Th of this year, in primary
election, along with w. p. Brownlow,
for congress- Hon. Dana Harmon, for
circuit Judge; Hon. ID. A. Vines, for
encouragement, and Hon. George Il.
Burbage, for floater. Messrs. Harmon
and Vines were elected on this nomina-
ton, Congressman Brownlow died and
Mr.. Butler clamored for the legality of
his nomination until it became appar-
ent that Senator Sells was going to be
nominated for congress, which possibly
endangered the jobs of a large number
of his near relatives, SO much, and
which might have caused +. f. Butler
to be defeated for the state senate, he
became weakened, divided his family
vote in the primary Of October s, so as
to try to hold to the winning side, and
absconded from the state, allowing his
hope for office, and living off the peo-
pie, to deprive him of the rights and
duty of every American citizen to exer-
else his honest convictions for the best
interest of his people.
So recently in his desperation to fur
Their deceive the people and his friends,
as well as those who were opposed to
such lameness in man who poses as
political leader, and one who asks to
be elected to such an important posi-
ton, he implores Senator Sells, an
honorable gentleman, whom Butler
and his family job holders despised,
and only for the sake of being continu-
ed in office, to give him another nomi-
nation, which was done without the
knowledge or consent of more than 10
per cent of the republican voters of this
senatorial district.
l am styled an independent and 1
prefer to be an independent rather than
to expose myself to all parties, to be
so affected with such an acute case of
the GLOSS of manhood" though / had
the endorsement of dozen such con-
ventions.
He is not friend of Senator Sells,
and Sells and his friends know it. If
Col. Brownlow was living today Mr..
Butler would have been welding his
treacherous "Tomahawk" to scalp SEN
ator Sells. But, as he is today, he is
like stray pup, willing to lay down
at the feet of any one who will give
him an office.
He, to the surprise of all who know
him, pretends to be state wider, when
only in the August election Me dis
tibuted the tickets ard campaign
funds of Gov. Patterson in Johnson
County. Mr.. Butler and his neigh
bors know that he is not even temper
ate, much less a temperance man. AS
to his further proposals as Senator,he
makes no statement, not knowing
what would be popular He is max
ing no campaign for himself or his
party, only depending upon the party
10 carry him through on fowery beds
Of ease, while he rests his INDECENT ana
tomy on an easy couch in the magnif-
cent mansion bequeathed to him by
MS noble father.
/ shall stand by the prohibition
avs of the present, until something
better can be obtained. What we
heed is not so much of state wide pro-
libition but nation wide prohibition.
am in favor of any reasonable legis-
alton that is calculated TO aid in the
,ducation of our children.
am in favor of the building of good
o dis, and oppose the continual waste
# labor and taxes in trying to repair
I'D ill-graded thoroughfares. o
j am in favor of revision of the
present assessessment of taxes, so that
III be made under oath, which oath
hall be recorded and subject to the in
pection and investigation of the grand
ury of each county. 1t is useless for
ne to undertake to go over all these
issues of legislation, because
he field is too broad, under these cir
promise to be faithful to my con-
and act honorable toward
II men. am for the republican tick
t, with the exception of Mr.. Butler,
he exact political position of whom
'annot be ascertained.
l appeal to the voters, the people of
II parties, to give me their support
am anxious to be selected, want to
erve my people and promise to moi
)rget the sovereign voters of this dis
riot, whether elected or defeated.
AS to poverty and hardships in this
yorld, / consider this no plea for votes,
ut upon principal alone do | ask
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