The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-10-31
CAMPAIGN ITEMS
Johnson City, Oct. 26, 10


Johnson City, Oct 26, 1912
In an article which appeared in yes
terday's addition of the Johnson City
Crooked Staff, Mr.. Sells accuses me o.
furnishing all the jokes that has beer
used by EX-COngressman Il. d. Mas
sey in his campaign speeches. In re-
ply would say that am still on the
job, and hereby furnish Mr.. Sells few
10 use in his campaing speeches, but
these are not all jokes. Laying all
jokes aside, Mr.. Sells is the biggest
joke that was ever perpetrated on the
good citizens of the First congressional
district, and outside of the johnson
City Staff, is the biggest living joke
that was ever sprung on the people.
Though we don't know whether it
would be proper to refer 10 the Staff
as living, or whether it would go in
that class or not. You know there is
dead letter office, and recken that's
where all newspapers go to when they
die. If you will ask your doctor, maybe
he can tell you the symptoms of real
sick newspaper, also one that is in the
last stages of disease.
They first lambast and hurl bitter
accu 'atiOns against anyone who dares
o differ with them in their views re.
garding the political situation. Then
the air is suddenly made blue with
sulphurous work, bitter charges and
harrangue. Then some molIycodling,
whining and crying, then collapse,
few short gasps, and sickning thnd.
We've had all these symptoms in the
S aft except the Nickning thud, and if
ynu will listen you will hear the sick.
n lrg thui on the night OF Nov 5th,
when the voice of the people speak the
name Of Congressman u. ID. Massey,
as the man who will represent us in
congress in Washington, and not in
ball games and secret political cauca-
sus, as his pre- -deceSsor was want 10
people, of the first congressional dis
trict, have no right TO elect II Grave
ling passenger agent" for the Southern
and n. & w. That should be attend
ed to by those directors who own and
control those lines. Anyway, It's a
little too fat job, to let one man have
all the time, to carry II pass and ride
the rails at twenty cents mile, and
It a regular job.
Mr.. Sells tries to make everyone
think that he is great temperance
man from away back in the sticLs -
Mr., Sells may believe in udowning
whiskey.' and in keeping it down,
but he don't believe in down., g the
gu stion. He rides on il
hishobby-a the funny
part of it ali is, that he won't let any
one else ride. He calls every body u
whiskey man that don't support him,
aid many other names too numerous
TO mention. But the biggest joke of
the season is Mr.. Sells record III CON
gress. It's like the big and little end
Of the horn. Mr.. Sells was Il whole
lot bigger when he went in, than when
he came out. 1t is so small he can't
hide behind ii, and it is so small il
could all be put on an Ellison cylinder
f it didn't hang up the receiver, and
'efuse to record such cuss words. Yes,
t all could be put on an Edison cylin-
ler, and yet there would be still room
enough TO sing that pevish little dit
y entitled, "Aint dat II shame, II meas.
ey Shame" or "I'm Afraid 10 90
Home in the Dark" or "Take Me Out
o the Old Ball Game"
But instead of playing ball next
,car, we ale going to black ball Sam
md let him roze out into the bleechers,
md "rnot" here The smast" is not
o thick. 10 here Mr.. Sells talk he {
would try to make you think that he
5 the ''orignal noise" and that all {
thers are mere echoes rs compared to