The farmers of the seventh district
are not knowing what to do about
voting for Gordon Lee, and will ap
preciate very much any advice you
may give us on the subject.
I have always voted for him, but
hear it said often that he has done
us no good at all. The only help
we’ve got has been through the in
fluence of the Hon. Mr. Moon, of
Chattanooga. We do know one
thing, that one of the best rural
routes from here was discontinued,
and we feel that he had it done, or
did not try to prevent it. Can we
afford to vote for him?
Yours for truth and information,
S. J. ENTREKIN.
Bremen, Ga.
Answer.
At the extra session, last year, the
Republican machine was about to
fall to pieces. Some of the Western
Congressmen rebelled against the
tyranny and corruption of Joe Can
non. They were tired of having the
West ruled and robbed by New Eng
land. They broke away from Can
non and acted with the Democrats.
Had the Democrats stood firm, in un
broken ranks, they could have ruled
Congress.
CANNON HIMSELF SAID SO, IN
HIS KANSAS CITY SPEECH.
But the Republicans managed to
prevail on enough Democrats to come
over to them to make good the de
fection of the Republicans who had
bolted.
The Democrats who deserted to
the Republicans made up for the loss
Jeffersonian
of the rebellious Westerners. These
deserters saved the day for Cannon
and the Republican machine.
What harm did that do the peo
ple?
It enabled the Republicans to re
place a bad tariff law by another very
much worse.
Under the new law, every citizen
of the country must pay more to live.
