The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-10-24

tnhb u man VINO would deceive his Eel
( lows in that way, would deceive then
in any other way If he thought 1t woulC
I inure to his benefit. Now anyone
knows, that knows anything, that HI
is writing, or harirg the articles
written himself and paying for same
at the market price for anyone thai
knows anything OF the reputation Of
the johnson City Staff, knows thai
nothing goes in it unless it is paid fol
at so much per line. He talks of the
great sins OF everyone except himself
and he certainly gives himself fine
recommendation, He is the only pure
man, both in public and private life,
that he ever knew or ever expects to
know. He claims that every one that
opposes him is for whiskey and for
Patterson and for Jesse Littleton, Ma
jor Devine and many others, and he is
the only man that ever accomplished
anything, bnt he fails to tell what it IS
he did during his entire term in con-
gress. He Gains he has Il, n some
thing forthe Appalachian park, when
he made no effort 10 do anything what
ever, until Mr.. Massey, III his opening
speech last spring, called his attention
to it, nearly eighteen months after he
had been elected. Then he jumps in
to print with one Of his seIf-prepared
/ interviews and claims that he has
done something, when as a matter of
fact, he has not sold or caused to be
sold, n single acre of land in his dis
trict, while Mr.. Austin has sold many
thousand. And again, while he was
at ball games or somewhere else, Mr..
Austin has procured the Conservation
exposition TO be held at Knoxville
next year and procured the appropria-
lions for the same. He states in some
OF his articles that Mr.. Massey and his
friends are opposed to Hooper, and
that Massey has said so. Now he
knows, or ought to have sufficient
judgement TO know, that any such
statement is untrue and wilful and
malicious falsehood. ! have had charge
of Mr.. Massey's camgaign and | per-
sonally know, that we have done
more for the governor than Sells or any
of his following, and Governor Hooper
also knows that we have sent out
more mail matter, pictures, etc., of
Governor Hooper than Mr.. Sells, for
he so far, has sent out none, and all
at our own expense. AS to the articles
in regard TO Mr.. Patterson, we wish to
say thot we are not running the dem
cratic campaign, either for Mr. Patter-
son or Mr., Luke Lea. We are for
republican for United States senator.
In so far as we are concerned that will
be in the hands Of the next legislature
and Mr.. Massey is not a candidate for
thar office but is running for congress,
and il he is elected he has promised to
look after our business at Washington
Of themselves and to be run by the
men elected for that purpose and he
will not run back and forth from Wash.
ington to Nashville at the expense
of the taxpayers, to NEEDLE IN matters !
that do not pertain to his own Office.
Mr.. Sells also states in some of his I
famous interviews, he being himself
that prominent republican mentioned
in the Staff in regard to a salary Mr..
Massey received which he knows is
untrue and II he would only inform
himself better he would know how to
talk, but he lacks information. Mr.
Massey does not get one cent salary rs
local manager Of the Soldiers Home.
and Mr.. Sells either knows, or is SO
ignorant that be ought not to talk.
And again he charges and claims
that there has been great sensation
created over the district becSuse he adj
vertised the fact that Mr. Massey
draws a pension from bountiful gov.
eminent. We did not know IL was any
secret, and iu fact that is the first time
in our knowledge that we ever heard
Of pension being drawn in secret and
also the first time We ever heard of
pension being a bar to seat in the |
United States congress or any other /