Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-02-08
BRANNAN REPLIES
TO "HoSS EYE" "

''Hoss Eye" is such Socialist that
he can vote as he pleases, which is
equivalent to saying he is not So
cialist. He claims that he votes as he
pleases, which should have read, as his
captains have taught him to vote, and
now when be votes for his own slavery
and receives smile from his ''cap"
be knows he is more apt to get one of
his Gaps best jobs. No, friend
''Hoss Eye," you have no such right,
1t cannot be harmonized with any
sense of Justice. You have no such
right You have only the right to
vote fol the greatest good to the great
est number You have no right to vote
your fellow man into slavery.
To illustrate your charge that am
living by taking profit, rent or inter
est, which have never denied even
when take it, / will relate the facts
as to small contract in the mines
which / once operated. was to re-
ceive 30 cents per car. The scale was
27 cents. had FIVE rooms let to my
friends who loaded enough that ] re-
ceived from 81 40 to g. 90 per day from
their labor I worked and drove the
heading, always saying, Boys, load
every car you can for ] get 8 cents
every time you load car. Some of
them were nearly as good coal leaders
as was, but made nearly twice as
much as either, because was boss OF
this little job. .aa-
oppose such system, but as long
as a majority vote as you do for my
slavery, prefer giving you the hard
end of the stick to change the system.
You vote for the other fellow to take
profit. rent and interest from you. j
fool you by getting all of it can,
and tell you about It while you stint
your family to pay 1t. know it Is
wrong, but dear sir, l will take it
every time before paying it. That's
what l mean when / say you vote for
system which. forces mankind to
unwontingIy do things they know to
be wrong. vote for every man to
own his own job, You think this rid
iculous. vote against profit, rent
and interest. You ignorantly claim to
be Socialist, saying you vote for 1t
if you desire. You surely don t.
think you will deceive Socialist.
You can only deceive your own dear
democrats and republicans who are al
ready deceived and walk up to the bal
lot box and vote for your own slavery
with no pangs of conscience. If this
is all the kind of Socialist you have,
Moon will get everyone of you, and
God knows If there are any such let
him have 'em. They certainly would
not be worth anything to us. Now
with these few. lines / leave you.
friend 'tHoss Eye. only want to
inform you that you have never been
on my back. It's that democratic dom
key or republican elephant you are
riding, and every time you put your
bosses spurs to them they throw you.
and you have been added by SO many
falls that you now imagine yon can
ride anything, even Socialist l
would advise you to keep off these
animals until you regain conscious
ness. Why, you even quote Scripture,
where you need it, but when you come
to the creation you wont have it. You
got very much interested about Lazar-
us and you don ( even know who or
what he was This story is made to
fit every place for our sectarian
churches. Try this story on the two
classes of the world and see If you can
get anything out of it, s'Nuff said. !"
A. J. BRANNAN,
Tracy, City, Tenn.