The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-10-10
Mr.. Wallin's Reply.
Dear Sir:
Mr.. Sam r.. Sells,
Johnson t'itY. Tenr

Mr.. Sam r.. Sells,
Johnson City, Tenn.
Dear Sir:
l have your pert answer e my recen'
communication III which | asked Nor
certain questions regarding " ur publit
record, and in reply thereto, beg Il
state that | may be an ass and you
may not desire TO waste any lalher Il
shave ne, bot nevertheless, send yor
| the same letter together with s,ine al
ditiCnai questions and / will see il | dt
not cause you 10 waste some Of yuul
Ialhtr before you get rid If this cam
paigD, Or nj least some of your hot air
| might add thai | understand that
your lather in johnson City is coming
rather high, and lean readily under
stand why you DO hot want to waste
Int, ItWtNtr, When I can't Get "p,s
| uni" cut Of lis hole one way, | viii
,ry another, even though it Lakes
Smoke. So you can rest ASSURED that
| WV '''tiS vi WIS tlSlIICt viii SlIhit
you cut You will, before this cam
paign is over, waste quite lot of your
father, and If you shave all the asses
hat are against you, you will have but
| little left. And | repeat think yoL
will answer my letters and in full,
even though you dislike to have 10 do
so, so you had better get busy Sith
your "Iather" at once. This letter
will try your nerve on your Gather
for feel sure you will reply to this
communication rs well as the first one
or at least have your half-paid secret
AIRY do so.
thought when | wrote you that
was at least address, ~ u gentleman
man who, holding the high position
TO which you have been elevated,
felt sure would not or should not he
ashamed of his public record, but from
the fact you are ashamed Of your rec
ord, both as congressman and "A citi
zen, you try to ignore my communica-
ton and think the people will take
one of your pert and smart answers
for reply to letter regarding your
public record.
Your reply certainly demonstrates
one fact that you are man of high
ideals and fit man TO represent the
First district in congress. Imagine
for one moment the late w. p. Brown
low answering questions in regard to
his public record as you have attempt
Ell to do, by calling one of your COZ
stituents an ASS. Yes, Mr.. Sells, you
will answer my questions and you
will answer them with some of your
"lather" at obout 10 cents per line. So
now Sammy, be good for little while
and tell the people what you have
done AS IA member of congress, how
much "lather" have you to waste,
that you have obtained by drawing 20
cents per mile from Johnson City TO
Washington, and riding on railroad
pass all the time. Why did yon &C
c.pt a pass free from The railroads
when at the same time you claim 10
b. standing on the Republican Sta'e
Platform, which opposes any pun, { |
official from riding on a free pass? IL |
yon think you can now call me rn as |
and the people will lake that 20! an
answer to this question? Speak ii,
Mr. Sells, and tell me.
Question . Is ii no! fact that yol
are claiming to be Il great advocate q
A primary, and that you Introduced
bill in the legislature or helped To d,
It, and that you did 50 for no Other
purpose but to help you and Newa
Sanders defeat the late w. p. Brown
ow for congress in the district, ant
hat Geo. E. Burbage, who you claim
5 now supporting you, voted againsi
hat bill, and said in the legislature al
he time that he was against it because
he said it was for no other purpose eX-
,ept TO get some advantage of Mr..
and that your bill you got
through for that express purpose, you
we're aided, thereby by Sanders and
hat the Supreme Court of the state
declared it unconstitutional because of
he unfairness Of it. And is it not
llso fact that you voted in congress
Igainst bill allowing the voters to
dominate United States Senators by
primary?
Is it not also a fact that you wanted
D call primary of your own kind TO
ominate candidate for congress and
hat you told Hon. w. +. Carter that
on would call one and call it so
d-m" quick that no one else would
ave time TO get it but you. Now,
Ir. Sells, tell US about this; tell us :
neither or not Hon. w. f. Carter and
theirs lied about that? Be frank,
opnraxy and not eyaf smart auo;, -. | d