Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-11
WHEN THE ANVIL CHORUS RINGS.


Kicks are inevitable for those who do things, OF
animals.
D. A Tate of this county good example of the pub
he man who gets the kicks and just at this time he is be
ing literally booted much that his friends ne
has friends think it is being carried too far.
| A11th-hour candidate came out against him and be
his majority is identical with the maortes Of
the other candidates. his enemies out fraud and con
test His majority given by official vote
Monday is $50, and certificate of election has been given
him by election board of democrats and repub
lican, who seem to be fair men,
Cox was defeated zoos majority in this county and Rob
erts 1907, and If his opposition had had many political
mistakes charged against them then would be plaus
ibe to expect Mr. Tate to have great majority,
thousand anyway. But there such ISSUE and it
more closely question of party and preference.
plot was made against Mr.. Tate and kept in utmost
secrecy for nearly three weeks, and abeted with base
fabrication. f.... n ..........
One Of them that he unpopular with the teach
ers when the fact is works harder than he to
push them on to the pitch of excellence which for
them greater pecuniary reward i'm their profession,
thing which, after all, by necessity, all desire.
Another that he endeavored trade votes against
ALI Taylor, which he indignantly Denies The wonderful
majority given Taylor 1900 concusively the
fasy of this charge and that if Mr. Tate had traded his
efforts puerile.
A pOst-election is that he packed the boxes in
certain voting precincts and thus secured his election in
the face of certain defeat.
If so Mr. Tate must be wonder politically. According
to this he should be defeated But his friends ought
really to be disappointed in him. for considering his adj
vantage his majority should have been far greater @
But let us see what this advantage. Information
reached here about Monday previous to the cleo
ton regarding the plot and half hour later Mr. Tate ar
rived the making hurried effort retrieve his
fallen fortunes He had from then until p the next
day to get together his forces and do his deyy and
he managed to up $50 majority in the face of
tain defeat in that short time makes his victory really and
truly wonder. That the opposition expected victory is
evident from the charge that he stuffed ballot boxes and
previously the opposition must have felt goriously VIC
torious What hustlng Mr.. Tate have done turn
defeat into victory! We reiterate it wonderful.
And think of the maorities accorded Richard City,
Kimba Morganville and Inman not to Mr. Tate but to
his opposition Surely these ought to be investigated
unless MIR. Tates insidous efforts operated boomer
ang. And South Pittsburg with its majority of 100
against which started labelled 200 but dwndled a
half. And the whiting down of the vote Jasper under
the manpulaons of certain lcolored individuals who
were beguied into working against who constant
labors for the educational advancement of their
To offset these advantages not gained by Mr. Tate look
at the Victoria vote where they stuck to him and the
Whitwell VOTE the Holloway Brick and Kellys Fer
where they have voted for him because they
wanted him elected And the in the mountain dis
where they believe him to be the best timber
school superintendent possible. .'##
And it goes A I hour candidate secret
scheme of three weeks rvalng the meteorike attempt
of the coored in August to justice of the
peace in South Pittsburg the later a scheme that
nSdiouS and caused murmurs told
of lynch law in Marion.
Here the is paralleed in secrecy but black
against white but white against white The opposition
learned political lesson from the black man.
The matter has been written up for city paper ad
,auseam In fact deliberate effort be in the
making hold up Mr.. Tate to view trckster and
scoundrel and election thief Correspondence has
suddenly boosted. @s
But Mr. Tate has been granted certificate of election
and is going with his duties head of the public
schools of Marion just though the opposition did not
xs but is terrible example to put before children
hat such monster is in control of their education.
1t is said that prominent Republican first learned of
he plot when accidentally divulged by Ameri-
AN Legion man. thus throwing the responsibility in
Measure on the Legion. We hope this is a misunder-
for if the American Legion commences to dab
BE in politics its usefulness is We it for the
reater task of preserving the patro. ism of the country
md the memory of the soldier. dead