Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-04-06
CAPT. JIM D0SS
ON PRIMARY
Guild, Tenn, March 2s.

Child, Tenn, March 2S.
Editor News:
Will you kindly allow me space IN
vour columns to express my views IN
regard to the Republican primary
r. is claimed that there were lrreg- |
ularities at several voting places.
This. no doubt, is true as II has peen
true of other primaries held IN the
mast. Heretofore the results OF the
primaries have been accepted IN goou
faith, | see no reason why an excep- |
ton should be made this year AS us
nal. some votes were cast by demo
Gratis and by Others who will not De
qualified voters in the August election; |
In all probability these 'illegai
votes were literally divided among the
various candidates In the primary
two wears ago this same condition pre-
vailed, possibly. to greater extent
than this year Yet, those receiving
pluralities we're declared the nominees
and they accepted these nominations
without offering single objection.
IF other candidates than Messrs
Coppinger and Rogers had received
pluralities this year, those candidates
whoever they might have been
wouli have been quite content to ac,
cept the results of this irregular
primary.
supported Mr.. Kelly for sheriff
We were boyhood friends. / am sure
7 have no better friend than he, All
the candidates for trustee are good
men. | hold them all as personal
friends, anyone Of whom would take
pleasure in voting for. had, howev
er, obligated myself to Mr.. Brewer
before Others announced their candi-
6acy. Otherwise 1 might have "drawn
stra VS. to decide among them. Had
the men for. whom voted. Messrs.
Kelly and Brewer, receivd the nomi-
nation | should have expectes them to
be given loyal support by the other
candidates and their friends. On the
other hand I;shall do as / would be
done by. Since Mr.. Rogers received
plurality and Mr. Coppinger receiv:
ed majority of the votes cast, l shall
vote fol them and work for their cleo
tion.
1t is rumored that some of the de-
feated candidates contemplate running
independently Such course woul
!, be political suicide. No jndependent
candidate can hope to win. What ne
can hope to do is to defect enough
votes from the repubi AN nominee to
allow the democratic candidate to
win. Are there any republican voters
in Marion county who wish to throw
: away their vote on men who are rum
| ming, not to be elected themselves but
to defeat other republicans-republic-
! ans who have done no other wrong
: than to run highest in the primary
1t is safe to assume that there will
be no independent candidates unless
Ithey are encouraged to lun by at least
: a few voters. For my part / am toe
much friend to any Of the defeated
: candidates to aid or encourage then
to adopt such a suicidal course. In'
deed, / should call him badly mis-
taken friend who would advise this
step. There may come a time wheI
q any or all of these gentlemen will
wish to ask the support of republican
again. The enmity engendered b.
making fight that would split th'
republican party of Marion count.
- - will relegate them to the politica
. ''scrap heap something the write
does not wish to see.
Republicans of Marion county: LIE
2 as not forget the political steal perpe
n trated on us by the last democrati
III legislature Wnen we were uuIte
with Franklin county and made par
of floterial district. This was don
y y for no other reason than that the larg
democratic majority of Frankli
would over balance the republica
majority in Marion and elect demo
crat to the legislature. 1t would hav
been Just as fair and honest and ia
less hypocrtical, had that body enact
III ed a law providing that no one but
democrat should represent Mario
county.
In With this outrage fresh IN you
memories and while the democratl
/ leaders and bosses are engaged in MOI
tai combat over the stolen goods, WI
you be led into factional fight anon
yourselves that will insure the demo
cratic party not only the offices the
have appropriated by legislative Ell
actment, but all the other offices
the county, IL so, don't longer ca
yourselves republicans.
With charity toward all and malic
toward none.