The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-07-06

| party loyalty'-to advance selfisha
personal interest-to secure somes|
votes, even if it Injuries the party9
cause, or endangers Republican sue3t
cess. SlI
PUBLIC BUILDINGS. II
In answer to Mr.. Taylor's questi0nil
us it not fact that your predecessors
secured more money for public build
ings than you have?" The records OH
Congress and Of the Treasury Depart.
ment do not so show. Tennessee was
made state 112 years ago, and dur
ing that period the second district has
! landed five Federal buildings Knox
vile, secured by Horace Maynard;
Hartman by Hale, and Jellico, Mary
vile and Morristown by AUSTIN in
the last ten years the three Federal
building located in the Second District,
and not one in the First District. DUR
ing the last Congress, had In the
public building bill three building sites
| to cost $4,000 each, for LaFolIette,
Lenoir City and lockwood. We passed
this bill in the House, but it failed In
the Senate. I am not responsible for
the Senate's failure to pass 1t.
In Mr. Taylor's first announcement,
he referred to the Jellico, Maryville
and Morristown buildings as three
small buildings" These small build
ings, including the land, cost over
I $230,000. ! challenge my opponent t0
| name postoffice building In Tonnes
see or the South in towns of equal
population and postal receipts, which
will compare in cost, size and finish
, with the ones erected in the distrigI
since my first election to Congress- if
In addition to the Government biliIl
ings in the Second District, | intf1-'
duced the bill in the House providing
for the G.. A. R. Memorial In Arlington
National Cemetery, costing $780, 0Oa
and now about completed. 1t is one OF
the most costly and beautiful meniOs
rails in the world, to commemorate
the deeds of our heroes who served in
the Civil and Spanish-American Wars.
AS to the great Red Cross Building.
near the White House was one Of its
most active advocates before our Scofn-
mittee and on the floor of the House
Referring to Federal buildings viii
say am the ranking Republican rae1las
Ter on the Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds, and II the next
House is Republican, and i am re.
elected, the Craftsmanship OF the corr
mittee falls to me. A change of Con.
gressmen would mean the lossVpf this
highly important Craftsmanship to the
district.
4 AUsTiN's VOTING REcoRp.
fvpfy To Mi. rayIor th ~
not q voter ceased to exercise niS
franchises, etc.--I submit the follow
ing affidavit from an honest, upright
citizen and merchant of Knoxville.
State of Tennessee, Knox County
Comes L. Schwartz and makes oath
in due form of law and says than he is
citizen and resident Of thef Fourth
Ward of Knoxville, TenneEsee, and
that he has been a citizenRof Knox.
, Vile, Tennessee, since 1884 that he
has been resident and citizen of the
, Fourth Ward of Knoxville, tennessee,
for twenty-five years, and lat he has
been the Republican Registrar for the
; Fourth Ward for the pastkEwenty-two
, years, and that he is personally &C.
quainted with Hon. r. W.EAustin, M.
, c., and that the said r. WEAustin Is a
citizen and resident of fEhe Fourth
, Ward of Knoxville, Tehkessee, and
| that he has voted practically in all the
j elections held in the Fohrth Ward in
/, the last twenty years.
I Affiant further states that he per
| copaIIx, I,nnuyo hof tho iii d VIZ AYo
r tin qualified to vote by registering ~
provided by law, and that affiant behg
Registrar the duties Of his Office re-
: ouire that he be present when the cleo
ton is held and he personally knows
that the said r. W. Austin voted in
! the county elections state elections
: and national elections
: (Signed) L. SCHWARTZ.
!. Sworn to and subscribed before me
!. this June 9th, 1918.
Y (Signed) w. L. JACK,
Notary Public
r GOOD ROADS.
, l was appointed and served as the
( only Republican from the House OF
Representatives on a Joint Commits
sion of the Senate and House to hold
hearings, gather information and rec
ommend legislation to Congress favor
able to the Federal Government Build
r ing, or aiding in the construction Of
. good roads in the United States.
I The last Congress voting upon the
report of this Commission passed the
first bill carrying an annual appropria
ton of SIS 10000 favored making
the amount $5O,OO0,0OO, and in short
time it will go to that sum.
Il Congressman Shackleford, Of Mis-
souri,, is chairman of the Good Roads
Committee of the House of Represent
katives, and I quote the following state
mentafrom him:
Jefferson City. Mo-, June 10, 1918.
Hon. Richard w. Austin, M. c.,
y Washington, D. G.
No member of Congress has more
loyalty. actively and effectively sup
ported road legislation than you have
Il D. w. SHACKLEFORD.
4, Chairman Roads Committee,