Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-29
WHEREIN "vOTER" ERRS.
Editor News:

do not know that ought to no.
tice ssVoter's'' attack on my letter of
Jan. 10th. = hardly thought q man
would make an ass Of himself like
"voter'' has, and belch out such
falsehoods as he has done. I guess
your readers have read my letter and
they know whether charged Grundy
county officials with being a lawless
set of rascals or not. I've read the
letter and find no such language. The
fellow must be suffering from disor-
dered stomach with his Imagination
all out of fix OF course he is can
didate and hopes to get into the lime
light just as quick as possible.
That democratic convention refer
red to causes him to tremble like an
aspen leaf / guess his dreams are
anything but pleasant. Why, be ought
to thank me for letting him know Of
the charges going the rounds about
rings and cliques Why, he is the
most ungrateful creature l know, so
ungrateful / don't suppose he would
appreciate favor of any kind.
aim to refute every falsehood he has
told and show up some facts which
he thinks l don't know. OF course,
he uttered falsehood about me be-
longing to every party and church in
the county. I leave the parties and
churches to answer that, but if have
80 done 1t shows have more respect
for the parties than he has, and so l
plainly say this is falsehood No. 2.
From a democrat became socialist.
Oh, here is where the hurt comes in.
He'd almost give his salvation to
know who the socialists will support.
I don't know and no one else does.
OF course he won't believe "Uncle
TOMS" rot and just cousid ders the
source it comes from.
Well, he makes me out an enemy OF
the workingmen. oh, here ne is hap
by. His hobby. thought ! would
find it. A bitter enemy of the work
ingman. What notorious falsehood
I'll admit, after all the provocations
and insults by such leaders as got con-
troll of the union, it was struggle to
resist the temptation and insult, but
did. I offered to become member OF
the union at its birth, but was reject
ed and the only reason assigned was II
/ got in I would run it. Old man
Fairly said that Didn't speak well
for the brains Of three or four hundred
men. The union is no more and went
down at the hands of men who bitter
ly fought me to keep me out and who
finally turned traitor and fought her
to her death. Many man would
have done differently, but there was
principle at state and couldn't afford
to fight our working men in their
struggle, and did not When they
would get too drastic and autocratic
would rebuke them but it:did no good.
I'd just as we'll said nothing for their
leaders seemed bent on ruling OF
running. They made enemies when
they ought to have made friends.
They sowed the seed of strife and con-
fusion and gloried in their short-lived
power. The best men lay at home and
let such men s.'Voter run the thing,
and now he appeals to their passion
and seeks to Arouse their ire, hoping to
profit by SO doing. Will he succeed
Not much. Men see different now.
They see the cloven foot and know
who hopes to profit by the cudgel.
They know how they were mistreated
by certain parties. Even our business
men were ignored and the church was
repudiated and they have SO infiamec
the passions that many of our miners
have been misled regarding the
church. The church belongs to oul
workingmen and to direct them away
from the church is serious thing
do not charge ''Votel" with this
but l do charge that it has been don'
and grew up under the auspicies OF
misfit leadership.
Yes ] am church member as charg
ed, and belong to the poor little oil
Congregational Methodist church,
whose people are all very poor. l an