The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-07-22
What Has HarmonDone?
TO THE REPUBLICANS
OF GREENE COUNTY

letter Judge Harmon has written,
and sent out broadcast to the republi-
cans Of Greene county, what he has
done for you, and for the republican
party; and what the Hon. Sam r.
Sells has done for the republican par
W? Now, Judge Harmon, be franl
and be honest with with your people
your home people-as you call
them in your appeal for their support
to save you from the inevitable de-
feat now confronting you, and, in
substance admitted in your letter.
We viii ask you, Judge Harmon,
what have you done for the republi.
can party Of this county, or for the
State? You, according to your own
admission, have been holding ofic
for the last twenty-four years. You
have drawn an amount Of money
equal to 100000, for this service.
You have never made republican
speech, nor have you contributed a
dollar toward the cause of the party
in Greene county. except when 70,
have been candidate yourself.
Ycu-now in the last ditch Of your
present struggle for a continuation
in office, are appealing to the repub-
leans of the county, and saying, "you
know me, and feel that my own peo-
pie should stand by me; and feel
confident they will" Now be hon
est, and be truthful with your people,
as you call them, what have you done
for my people?' Who have you
assisted in politics, and what have
you really done for the republican
party and its advancement? When
the court house was full Of demo-
Gratis, holding the most, if not all the
Offices in the county, what did you
do and what were you doing at that
time? Now, Mr.. Harmon, you have
not given a single reason in your let
ter for asking the republican voters
of this county for their support, 9TH
er than that you want to 60 To Con-
gress and that they are 'my peo-
pie" You have not been frank
enough to say that the Hon. Sam r.
Sells was the father Of the election
laws which has made it possible to
rehabilitate the court house with re-
publicans. While Mr.. Sells was
working in the interest Of honest
elections and better government,
what were you doing? And Why are
you now issuing Your daily letters
and circulars viIifyying and abusing
him and trying to make the repubIj-
cans believe he has been a blank as
public official? If you will be
honest in what you say in your let
ter; if you win tell the people that
Mr.. Sells has supported every move
toward good government in Tennes-
see during the past fifteen years. If
you will tell the people that Mr..
Sells has secured for the people of
this district $225,OOO in the building
of roads; if you win tell the people
of this district that Mr.. Sells has Sc
cured purchases Of land in eonnec-
ton with the Forest Reserve-more
than 100000; If you will tell the
people Of this district that Mr.. Sells
has secured since he has been in Con-
gress hundreds Of pensions for the
Civil war and Spanish-American war
soldiers; and no better proof Of this
latter statement can be had than the
statement Of the soldiers and the Wild
ows themselves. Let them rise up in
the twelve counties and speak for
themselves. If You win tell the peo-
pie that Mr.. Sells has had an appro-
priation for two public building sites,
Ione for Hawkins county and one for
Carter county. If you will tell the
people that Mr.Sells is a member of
two important committees Of the
the House, that of Roads and PEN
sions, being the ranking member on
the Committee Of Pensions, and by
reason Of his position on this commit
tee, win become schairman of same
when the republicans Of the House
get control again. And it may be
well to add that this committee, for i
long time in the future, will be one
of the most important committees Of
the House; as nearly every family in
the country will be more or less af-
fected in the war, and from this COM
mittee all pension legislation win
originate.
AS above stated, Mr.. Sells, by rea-
SON of his being the ranking republi-