Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

currency question; SO they go forth
into a little straight out communism.
They stick into their platform a
plank to the effect that Congress
ought to take possession of the rail-
roads and run them itself and regf-
late their profits, and Mr.. West, their
candidate for Governor, in his ac-
cepting speech contends that Con-
gress ought to establish a minimum
of wages, and moreover give the
workmen a share of the profits after
wages are paid-and of course every
body knows that it is all for Bun
cOzabe /; none so well as the Repub-
lican party itself. If that party did
not know that this was mere nom
sense inspired by the success of the
workingmen's ticket in Louisville,
if it were not well known through
out that party and especially among
the influential leaders of it, that all
this is mere idiotic nonsense, which
no sane man would think of seri-
ously advocating in Congress II
were not thoroughly understood that
Congress had no more power to take
possession of our railroad system, OF
to determine its rate of profits or its
: rate of wages than they have to run
: the solar system-ifall this were not
thoroughly understood behind the
e scenes, Mr.. West and the Ohio Radi
: Gals would have no more determined
: opponents anywhere than within
a the ranks of the Republican part!
It itself. For are they not hand IL
/, glove with Wall street, and railwa.
It Spectators and bond spectators AM
e and the moneyed interest generally
l. and with every interest that can g
n into the lobby with heavy purse
Y Talk about the Radical party takin
5. up the cause of labor against cap
W tai! But they will let West operat
k a little private corner in commul
r, ism, hoping that he may catch te'
m strikers votes that way, and know
at ing that there is no fear of the fell
a. being turned into real attack upo
n property and capital. Meantin
ch the WOrkingmen's party" hay
ep taken the wind out of Vests sal
e. by nominating candidates and stal
lr- ing a platform of their own, not b
an lieving any more than we do in tt
'se leopard changing his spots.
he Lastly we have the Democrat
Is convention in Virginia, in which t
M repudiating element took so moi
Le- a part. This section of the Dem
on cratic party was Outvoted and q
he F. w. Nj. Holiday nominated
ng Governor on the seventh ball,
1T. Radicals in Virginia were encoura
Ire ing this division in the party a
ut, hoping to see it terminate in spl
ia in which case they were rea
en- enough to ally themselves with
en- repudiating splinter should it fin
ia ~ part from the solid Democrat
ms and in so doing they would Ia
full acted on precisely the same prin
pies as they did in this State a y
of ago.
in On the whole, then, but little
Wn be inferred from these indications
eat State politics as to the Congressio
ria, programme. Two items may
re- safely inferred, but then we KIN
nIy that before-frst that, as far as t
the goes, social subjects will come to
up surface, and secondly, that lin
and cial and monetary matters, will
,op- the real subjects of controversy.
So far the Radicals have cOntil
the their efforts to two aims-to div
tn a the Democracy if possible, ant
will hold their own party together.