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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
2
The piece recalls a Greenville area meeting where a speaker accepted a congressional nomination, vows to edit the Congressional Record, and describes plans to develop local infrastructure. It cites figures like H. H. Dyer, Capt. S. T. Harris, Major Weeks, and Cy H. Lyle, and recalls a King's Mountain commemoration with civic resolve despite rain.
The Commercial Appeal reports on campaigns against Walter Brownlow and tariff disputes as figures like Henderson and Carmack stir politics in Washington County. Editors voice skepticism toward campaign contributors while praising a Carmack speech in Jonesboro as stirring and Americanist.
In a fragmentary slice of editorials and witticisms, references drift from Republican plans to back Mr. Bryan in 1904 to a Mississippi doctor's dubious malaria cure using whisky and anona. Mentions include New York figures nominating McMillin, Chicago churches hiring whistlers for The Holy City, and playful quips about bears, Podlats, and grafted strawberries.
A vintage advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as the right stuff for growing children. It frames childhood as the foundation for a sturdy constitution and health, urging use of the product by families seeking rugged, lasting vitality. The slogan highlights "Men of oak" and "soundest materials" for durable development.
Gov Frazier spoke in Elizabethton and Johnson City after a Friday visit. Cy H. Lyle introduced him as Tennessee's next governor and he outlined state finances prison management and public schools while criticizing Republican leadership and urging Democratic reorganization. Jans B. Frazier is expected to win by the largest Democratic majority in state history.
Special to beckvi Ne Senthwel Greyneville Kept The Democratic congressional committee for the first district met with counties Carter Cooke Claiborne Greene Grainger Tawkins Washington Sullivan represented. C H Lyle urged Henry Jackson but balloting produced a unanimous nomination for Cy H Lyle who vowed a vigorous campaign against W P Brownlow.
A Cocke county special notes Republicans lead in Brownlow district with over two to one control while Democrats quarrel over fall polls. Hampton claims Republican nomination for county legislature but faced opposition. Barnett plans to run independent after displeasure with his nomination. Brownlow faces party dissension and a contested attorney-general race tied to Parton faction tensions.
Cy Lyle editor of the Johnson City Comet has been nominated by the First district democratic committee to oppose Congressman Brownlow. The move follows Robt Burrow's decline and aims to rally Democratic forces with Lyle described as popular, affable, and a strong canvasser. He is expected to enter active campaigning and may face a joint canvass with Brownlow depending on circumstances.
Ex Governor Bob Taylor plans several public speeches across the state drawing large crowds and enthusiastic response. Cy Lyle, editor of The Comet, is nominated by the district Democratic committee to run for Congress against Branstow in Greeneville as the Johnson City Star notes.
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