Washington telegraph., 1912-06-07
GAZETTE Makes Err
RONEOUS STATEMENT
RESPECTING WORK OF
PARTY
Il. A. KING A DEMOCRAT
Gazette Says "Some Who Call
Themselves Democrats" are
Attempting to Run Party

Our good friend Of the Hope
Gazette seems determined to
make what he is pleased to call
a Tennessee Muddlc' out of the
work of the County Central Com
nlittee, 'a1Td in his issue of May
Both makes several errors that
should be corrected.
He says that W. Fl. Etter pre-
sented the name Of II. A. King
of Ozan to be recommended as
the Republican member of the
board Of election commissioners.
Mr. FL. A. King is. a Democrat
and his name was. not mentioned
at all, but the name Of G. L. King
Of Ozan was mentioned as the
Republican member of the board.
He says it was suggested that as
DeRoane Township furnished
one third of the Democratic votes
of the county, that township
should be represented on the
board Of Election Commissioners.
We would like to ask what had
become of that one third in 1908
when S. R. Young ran against
Minor Wallace for Congress?
The Gazette man then takes
up the matter of recounting the
vote, says it was presented: to
the committee by W. FL. Etter,
and wants to know by what
authority they recounted the
vote?
OF course it was presented by
W. Fl. Etter, and as an unfinished
business before the committee
it was the duty of Etter as sec
retary to call the attention of the
committee to it. And in quoting
what the chancery court is sup
posed to have said in rendering
it's opinion the Gazette man gets
mixed. The court was not called
upon to decide the question, but,
if we remem Der, the court in
rendering it's opinion as to
whether or not the committee
appointed by the County Con
vention had a right to go into the
box and recount the vote, said
the Central Committee was the
only one that had such authority,
and wanted to know what the
petitioners for injunction were
kicking about, when they said in
their petetion that they were
nominated and had a certificate
of nomination? The court then
dismissed the petition for in
junction. AS matter of fact
there had been no certificate of
nomination issued for sheriff or
representative, either by author
ity of the Central Committee or
the County Conventions; there
was no nominee for either of
those offices, and any certificate
issued was without authority
and Of no effect, so Mr.. Etter not
issuing the certificate in each
case was by authority of the Com
mittee and the Convention both;
he had no right to issue a certifi-
cate and the Gazette. man knows
it. The certificate was not issued
and was not to be issued
until it could be determined who
was the nominee. Why was it
YOU did not want that vote re.
counted Mr.. Gazette? If the
petitioners for injunction were
nominated what harm could re
suit? Oh! 1t sets a badprecedent
The Gazette will say, but just
here we will bealloWed to disagree
with the Gazette.
Then the Gazette says there
seems to be a determination or
the part Of some who claim to be
Democrats to boss the party il
this county. We do not know
who it is that claims to be 6
Democrat and is not, but suppose
it is any one who opposes the
will of Hope, with her alleged one
third of the Democrotic vote o.
the county.
Now, Mr.. Gazette man, if you