Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-21
Third District.

Special 10 The NsyS.
got a little behind with my news
this week on account of going to JAS
per to attend the republican called
meeting, and by the way, | had the
pleasure of sitting by the editor in the
midst of the throng, and by some
means the republicans had the editor
nut down as one of the republican
committeeman of the county. Wasn't
that funny, indeed He was like Old
TRAY you read about. The democrats
said be was caught in bad company. l
hold it was an honor conferred on Bro.
Hill to be Once in a while caught in
good company. Any way he was all
right as a committeeman, if he had
only served as one.
We have no legal objection to the
committeeman voting in and having
legalized primary election. What's
good for the goose will be good for
the gander, so let her bile. l am, boys,
first and last, for W. A. Cantrell, for
sheriff to succeed himself, from the
fact / did obligate myself to carry my
influence for him before either of the
other two boys came out, so | will act
honest and fair, and will work for
him and when meet the other fellow,
/ will not go back or my word. l am
not built out of that kind Of stuff.
What l tell you, gentlemen, you can
rely on, that you are all my friends,
but the other three candidates surely
don't expect to carry all the votes in
the county for one a l judge the
other candidates will get a nice even
little vote all over the county, but |
have Just returned from the county
seat, and l am an old boss in the field
when it comes to politics to figure out
who is going to be the republican
nominee YOU take notice now what l
say, w. A. Cantrell will be the win
ner this election, for it has been Gus
tomary to tender the sheriff a second
term, and it is Justly due him Two
years is entirely too short a time, and
the expenses nowadays have become
great under this registration law, and
there are so many men who will lay
down and force the candidates to pay
his poll tax, that after the expenses
are settled up, under the two year
term. you leave a man but little, II,
any better than he was when he en-
tered into the race. SO treat all the
same.
Trustee Kirkpatrick's Office is open,
gentlemen, for inspection to all the
county, and he has made this county a
good official, and no one has any criti-
cism to make against him. The books
and records of the office are without
blemish, for l took pains to inspect
them while | was at Jasper, and am
a pretty good Judge of official records,
so why not treat Kirkpatrick with due
courtesy, and tender him two years
more, as we'll as Cantrell? l don't be-
lieve in swapping horses unless You
can better the condition of the county
by the exchange. l hope all five of the
hoys that are candidates will come to
acme legitimate plan of agreement to
Determine which one of them is the
strongest man in the field, and settle
on one to make the race for trustee be-
fore it comes to a show down by a
vote in our primary election. They
: re all nv best friends, and they rath-
6, liace us in Il bad predicament by
coming out so late. | told you all
some time ago, and sounded the bell of
warning, first come, first served, and
Won didn't until a late hour.
Now. bows, you can't all be comma
ted fear this will cripple out ticket
in the general election, but let me cite
you to Abraham Lincoln. how he felt
when the country was about to go
down in defeat, and was short of men
to carry the cause of victory. He new
er suffered a man to be put to death
when he could avoid it. When he
was president, there was a poor wild
owei mother whose son Joined the
Federal army, and be got tired OF
ii. deserted, was caught, court mar
and sentenced to be shot to
death. The poor broken hearted moth
er with her only daughter, boarded the