The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-10-31
His Work In Congress.

on any question.
His Work In Congress.
Leaving rational issues, DR.. Massey
said Ne VAS here to tell the people VI
Cooke county, Why lie desired and
considered that he was entitled to
the support for congress. He said
tAnI I|'m r. Sells, his opponent, Vas
young man of much promise Ur
many promises; that he had many
promises and had failed but few; that
he had promised to find positions in
various parts of the government service
for worthy young men of his district
and he asked If any III lhr audience
could name one mn who had been
helped up in government service by
the present congressman. DR.. Massey
said he nad served one short t. rn fuI
three months aud that he was present
to answer every roll call during that
three months; that he had tried 10 do
the very best that he could for the peo-
pie of his district and of the nation:
that he had taken up the championship
of the southern war claims bill and
that he secured its passage through
the committee and then fought or IL
on lhe floor Of The house; that he re-
fused to permit congress TO adjourn
until it had come to vote and that
the fight was carried on until Sunday
afternoon at four O'Clock when the
congressional clock showed that it was
only Friday and that he had told the
republican floor leader that he and his
friends would fight for the bill until
congress adjourned and that there
would be no other congressional day
but Friday unless vote was had and
that then and then only did the bill
come To yate aud it was passed in the
house with II majority Of rs. This
Southern war claim bill, the doctor
stated, meat 100000 to the people of
the first district.
He said I've had introduced good
roads bill which called for the eXpen-
diture $40, COO, 600 on good roads, and
that if the government had paid rs
much for good roads as it had for the
French Brad river drainage that
there would be regular network of
fine highways in these mountains
while the river improvement has bene-
fitted but few AID there is less traffic
on the river 1t present than there was
twenty years ago. Then too, the doc
tor sta ed that he had discovered that
the government made no provision or
possibility for the loss of life or limb
of any OF any of its employees and that
he had introduced a bill making the
government responsible but that he
had to leave congress before this could
be acted upon. DIR. Massey said hat
his OF ponent Congressman Sells, was
trying to divert the attention Of the
public from the real issues by attack
ing his whiskey record. He said:
"Mr. Sells says | a n whiskey man,
an enemy of Governor Hooper. Less
than two years ago he came here and
on this very stand told you people of
Cooke county that my temperance
record was ns good as that of anybody
in the state. / have had no temper
ance record since and If it was bad
then, Mr.. Sells should not have de-
ceived you by saying that it was good.
Continuing, he said: "What did
Oscar Hicks no when l was a candi-
date for the state senate? He went all
over the county with me and introduce
ed me praising me for all he was worth
and at the same time he was denoun-
cling Mr.. Sells. What has happened !
TO Oscar now, and why is he so much |
against my temperance record? Well,
the trouble with Oscar is that he has
got hold of the teat with death grip"
Hicks made his first interruption |
here, saying: ~ did'C call either of
you that" but the remark was I'M
heard by the speaker.
His Political Service.
DR., Massey outlined his political SER
vice and said he had never held the
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