The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
WATER IN THE BLOOD.

nAlEh IN me DLUUD.
The fact remains that this organ
ization" had about ruined the party
and it was only when the party re
pudiated it's alliances and adopted
the very principles for which Enloe
and the other so-called "disorgan
izers" had fought that it was able tt
return to power. 1t will take nc
backward step, even if The Times
does rave about "speckled politics
and assert that "the principle of the
custer law came from Russia -
johnson City Comet.
In the good old days when The
Comet was established by the late
lamented Robert L. Taylor, it was
one of the staunchest supporters OF
democratic principles there was in
the state, and when Cy Lyle acquired
the paper it kept up it's virile devo-
ton to the teachings of Jefferson
and Jackson. Lately Cy has been
serving his country in the manage
ment of the Old Soldiers Home. and
The Comet has gone over to the
Yankees" The Comet used to live on
good, strong meat; it is a pity that
it has now gotten an over-supply of
water in its blood. The custer law
does not touch the Chattanooga
Times any more than it should any
other red-blooded citizen who be-
lieves in popular government. We
simply hate to see grand old party
like the Tennessee democracy fall in
to feebleness and decay and become
the prey of few politicians who for
the time being have got the people
hoodwinked and fooled into mistaking
expediency for Observation-Disclosures
nooga Times.
The Times is right. The Comet I'M
der Bob Taylor and Cy Lyle was dem
ocratic to the core and it will always
be as long as Cy Lyle owns it. The
paragraph above that The Times
complains of was written by splen
did young man who honestly believes
what he wrote, but he did not write
what Cy Lyle believes or endorses.
We believe that if it took Ben Hoop
er to cure the ills in the democratic
party that the remedy was worse
than the disease. The Comet has the
same opinion of Gus Enloe that the
Times has but it does not endorse
his jaunt with the enemy any more
than does the Times. We believed
that Gus, along with many other good |
democrats, was sorry for his side |
stepping and wanted to get reincar-
mated and evidencing spirit of for
giveness The Comet in a recent is
sue said:
Hon. B. A. Enloe, chairman of the
state railroad commission, who is a
candidate to succeed himself, was in
the city on yesterday. His service in
the past has been painstaking and
efficient, and merits the recognition
of another term; and from all indi-
cations he will receive the endorse
ment of the county democracy at
Jonesboro on Saturday"
This was as far as we cared to go.
Washington county democrats in
structed for Walsh and that ended
the matter so far as The Comet was
concerned. The Times copied the
above paragraph with the following
comment: |,
IF Mr.. Enloe could only get his
own forgiveness for the speckled poll {
itics he has been indulging the last !
few years, there is no man in Ten ]
nessee who could go before his par :
~ with stronger claims for recogni- ,
ton on the score of ability and fit Id
hess for the place he holds. Perhaps h
is to be said for him be-
cause of the general decentralization !
'ollowing the entrance of the Hon.
/. r. Patterson into the politics of Z
no state, but he has much to answer
or because, with all his signal quail
ications for leadership he chose to
ollow a disturbing body of disor gan
lers instead of standing manfully for
he party organization, going with it,
/ necessary. to temporary defeat in
rider to occupy front and poten
ial place when it shall be restored G
0 its former power and prestige. u
Ir. Enloe is one of the really brainy Ia
zen in Tennessee public life-all the m
lore reason why we blame him for q
aying become an opportunist." Ia
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