Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-05-04
Third District.
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90 daily as 10 Wnebuer bu6 obdUo W
alition has returned to the state yet.
The answer is mot yet. / hope the
boys will return by the time their pay
roll is made out SO they can sign her
up. They win be expecting to draw
an extra salary for services rendered
in Tennessee aud Alabama, too.
don't want their per diem cut out.
The record will show their signatures
as to what's due them if no more. i
don't very much care whether we ever
see their signatures to any bill OF any
Importance the way she g rocking now.
see s'Wild Vest and Mr.. Bran-
nan are ripping one another mp the
back little on some kind Of politics.
Boys, politics is quite different now
days from what it was in the days of
our daddys 1t now lays in the plat
form aud the issue sprung by the lead,
ers to run on. Politics today is what
your great leaders desire it to be. It's
no more the old political parties as in
the days of old when the government
was run by voice and popular vote
and the will of the people, butyon fell
lows must know and realize that all
power In regard to popular vote, the
will Of our people ia legislated away
from them and they are now virtually
disfranehi sed, and all power to our
state and national government is dele.
gated to few individuals, SO as far
as you, Mr.. "Wild West" and Mr..
Brannan and myself are concerned, we
are not known in the race, and it is
time and space lost to try to discuss
the different political issues of today,
and the different political factions'
that have sprung up since the days of
our forefathers / remember in the
days of the sixties when there was but
one republican party, and now there
are two, and at that time only one
democrat party, but now there are two
so you see, son, there are two sets of
republicanleailers that cause the div
ision, and there are two sets of demo
GRAFT leaders that cause the other 1diyis-
ion, SO now we have four great politi-
cal parties in the great state Of Ten-s
nessee. It has occurred and brought
about by the mass of people trying to
follow these factional leaders Unless
the people Of our state cut loose from.
these factional and independent rar-
ties ana let them drift downthe stream
of time, the two original democrat and
republican parties will be a thing of
the past soon far as this state is COM
cerned, for tell you that the two
political ships are now leaking and
dipping water This is what ] find
after looking over the political situa-
ton in Tennessee as republican Of
the old type. 30 / will close this mat
ter for fear drop off into politics
and some of these factional leaders
jump on me for an argument on this'|
subject, and there will have to be
receiver appointed to receive some Of
these political factions and parties ipiI
Tennessee. Ifthey do, it's goodbye,
old family boss, he's sure turned ont
to die.
News ia Unite M here this week,
nothing happened of any note. There
were only two law suits Saturday be-
fore ESD. Holloway, of civil nature.
We had two deaths up here last
week. Rhody Earles, the widow of
John L. Earles died Thursday and was
inferred at the league cemetery Fri
day, Rev. g. w. White officiating. |
She was some 80 years old. and lived |
here nearly all her life. She was
member of the Baptist Church and
was one among the Oldest pioneers of
the valley. Elizabeth Burnett, wife |
of Joe Burnett, died at Whitwell |
Thursday. and was inferred at the Tea
que cemetery Friday, Rev. Sadler Off
ciating. Elizabeth Burnett was the
daughter of Sinkler French, who for
merly came from Virginia from the
same place where Bro. Joe, Dsrr. of
Jasper, came from. Bro ,Darr attend
ed his first Sunday school while in.his'
boyhood days under Similar French as
teacher in old Virginia. Mrs. Burnett
Loo x,as, 4 b.,.Ea !. Il sx,l .s- oh;lJrax, 81