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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
2
The Nashville scene features editor shifts at The Nashville American with Major Tatum as editor in chief Royston calls for poll tax cuts while senate debates army reform. Campaigns, subsidies, and speeches mix with remarks on democracy and the nation’s 125 year history, ending with Carmack’s welcome and flowers from Sumner County.
Nashville correspondent reports the whisky lobby backs a bill to extend the four mile law. Representative Peeler predicts House and Senate passage. Debate over age of consent and sex law reforms cited as pressing issues. Carmack named Democratic U S Senate candidate with strong national views. Memphis and Nashville papers quote local reactions and humorous notes from readers.
In a Commercial Appeal column the writer argues that neither Grover Cleveland nor William Jennings Bryan should control the party. Both are private citizens whose views bind no one. The piece urges a consensus among the party’s wisest members to chart future action and rehabilitate the party’s image.
Democratic members caucus nominate E W Carmack Shelby for U S senator Reno E Folic Davidson for state treasurer Theo F King Dyer for state comptroller A state librarian and secretary of state to be chosen by caucus. Republican slate includes T N Barkett Athens for U S senator G L Hanon secretary of state F N Galbraith treasurer W M Spelling comptroller Miss Tda Hannah librarian. House and Senate Democrats split on speakers and chief clerks, with White and Kirby chosen in Senate and Wilson and Adams in House.
Moonshiners Dave Potter and Lula Forster were captured near the North Carolina line by U.S. Marshal W. A. Nave and a small posse. Potter, long sought by revenue men, had operated illegally producing whisky in the North Carolina mountains and parts of Tennessee near the state line. Forster, his companion, was described as a daring young woman involved with him in the illegal enterprise.
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