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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1894
Page
4
Tur Compt opens a downtown office in the boy's store of Lyle and Co beside the post office for patrons to drop advertising, job work orders, and subscriptions and receive prompt attention.
Tae Coney offers prepaid arrangements for a variety of periodicals and newspapers, listing titles such as The North American Review Forum The America Farmer and The Cosmopolitan McClure's Magazine Womankind Word and Works Demorest's Franky Magazine Courier-Journal Philadelphia Times New York World New York Herald weekly editions New York San weekly Ladies' Home Journal World Almanac and Word and Werks Almanac.
Sheriff candidate M K Hickey announced for sheriff of Washington County subject to Republican party action. County Court Clerk candidate Dr J Leab announced for re election subject to Republican party wishes. Wm G Mathes announced for trustee of Washington County subject to Republican convention. D Duncanes Ost candidate for Representative for Washington County at the next annual Assembly subject to Republican convention.
In convention the Johnson City Democrats pledge not to elect any recorder who will not serve for a salary of 0 per year including fees. The superintendent of public schools must teach in one school when not serving as superintendent. The party favors retrenchment in city departments and no tax for street work beyond necessary repairs. The city attorney shall not receive more than $10 per year.
Mayors and constables are listed, with aldermen named for wards. The text muses on military figures and political shifts, noting Henry Gibson’s primary victory in the second district and general praise for those who served to preserve the union.
The Morristown gathering sparks talk of retirements and nervous strains as figures like Hart, May, and Grow dominate discussion. Cad Taylor is mentioned amid a flood of partisan salvos while Orr and Remne rally. Growth of Galusha A. Grow in Pennsylvania reshapes the scene alongside W. Murray of South Carolina as Republicans contend with internal shifts.
The piece mocks Sam Jones for calling Washington mob "brainless jackasses" and argues his error lies in misapplied judgment not lack of mind. It suggests political figures suffer from excessive mental activity, not absence of intellect, and questions his classification.
A bitter two day fight and 144 ballots at the Morristown Republican convention settle in Brownlow's favor despite strong opposition. The outcome boosts Brownlow's influence in the First District while hindering his rivals who lost credibility and power.
A critical letter from a Bristol reader defends Jonesboro ladies against anonymous weekly blasts by a group calling themselves We Boys. It condemns the vulgar attacks as indecent, vulgar, and unbecoming of a refined community, urging the Herald and Tribune to drop the column.
The Stast attacks Democratic policemen paid from the city treasury, blaming Republicans for predatory behavior. It warns that if the Republican ticket wins and picks its own police, they will profit from bribes and raid chicken roosts and bawdy houses. The writer mocks the Stast editor and cites W. C. Axbenson as a union product of Taylor and Brownlow.
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