Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-02-12
Third Disttia.

week. As the editor q the news was
.lected secretary OF the Republican
at Jasper, and had all the
news and proceedings of our COW en-
ionic record and other matter of i'm.
,ortance to write up, = ,oupbt per-
naps he would be cr..,waed for space
and that it woul" be best to favor his
mental tacp. ~ by emitting my letter
until y lis week.
want to thank every republican In
aide of the bounds of Marion county
for their votes aud the appre-
citation they have conferred ON me py
electing me chairman of he Executive
Committee of the Republican party OF
old Marion. want to say to the read
ing public that will not show psrtia-
lity towards any candidate of my party
in the field, and will treat them all as
one man realizing at the present the
great responsibility that rests on me
as your chairman, in which l propose
70 come clean with all cur seventeen
candidates now before the republican
urinary, which occurs Saturday
Then whoever are SELECTED nominees
ont of the seventeen candidates now
before the primary, will declare my
self as your chairman for the nom
iuees Of the party, and will proceed to
organize the republican party OF our
comfy, and will say / will make
stunp speeches all over the county In
hehalf of our ticket from top to bot
tom, and l promise to transact and
carry on the business of the party
wide awake and duly sober, and Will
nromise a sane administration. The
readers are referred to my past record
for eight years past, and will fully
satisfy any enquirer as to my ntness
and sober qualifications along tnat
line. deem it my duty to call your
attention to this idea that 1t IS my
intentions to carry on and conduct
and manage the next county campaign
as one Of the party leaders with clean
hands and to refrain from the use OF
OF pop skull whiskey. / enter the
management of our party campaign
with christian spirit and with clean
hands and with much credit and re-
snect TO ourselves and great honor to
the party which we represent. wan
tn congratulate and commend our re-
publican party for their. good behavior
and conduct during the convention OF
the 3tst, which was the most pleasant
and ouiet as we'll as the most sober W.
have had in the county for twenty
Ave wears past, and I was proud In
deed to see the harmony clause In
serted with no division among us, ant
I will hereafter fight to finish g
avoid and restrain any movement IL
our party that would have tendanc.
to bring about a bolt or division
among us in county politics. l VII
endeavor always to bring about an'
effect peace treaty among the repuo
licaps and keep always hoisted wnit
flag Of peace and harmony to preVai
turnout this campaign, and i'll cal
hold the cooperation of the leadersnil
of the republican party of this count
together, and no boiling factions eve
intervene or bob up the Republican
ticket from top to bottom will be cleo
ted and it will be landslide in Aug
ust. Every candidate in the heio
nv personal friend. l regret to IN
hearts sorrow that the field IS 80 tul
and none will withdraw. Oh, what
hard proposition that confronts tn
voters to deal with the multitude
I hope by this time that my friend
who got little off at the conventio
and made little still fight agalnf
ma on the outside of the court house
ara over the blow. Now, l am Chris'
like and I surely and sincerely WI
forgive you, boys, for you didn' rea
ize lust what you were about to az
: but I want to congratulate you yer
highly for swinging back in the FIN
before you stirred mp hornets mel
: that you couldn't whip out with yor
| hat. / sure have fought two count
/ campaigns for you boys to finish, an
each one was crowned with victory
| and I was at loss to understand u
| correct definition of thatoutward mo'
| by parties who were politically II
| debted to me, and were due me respe
/ for the past, and should have stepp'
| up in the front ranks and rallied Il
me. am still your friend. and hol
that I can serve you in the futu
asI have IN the past.
Now. boys, my time is Unite
This is the closing week of the priI
airy, and you know this is the Ia
| issue of the News before the pima
and the last letter I can write to 20
know and realize that some OF y
will surely go down in defeat, viii
Won all know must occur. Let I
beg you, as one who has your defe
at heart, not to get discouraged
| the least, and because your frien
nominated some one else, bolt {
ticket and split the party. Take t
medicine like brave soldier OF {
cross. and still be republican as