Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-08-10
CIRCUIT JUDGE
AGInnce at the Late Election.

Supernclal one 10 snow Jnat, at least
so far as Montgomery county goes,
the result is indicative of strong
State credit feeling among our peo-
pie. Every candidate who got the
vote of this county is known as a
strict State credit man, and, in those
cases where the public debt was
largely discussed in the canvass, the
majority was uniformity decisive.
1t is trne that Judge Rice was beaten
in the district by very small ma
jOrity, but in Montgomery county
his vote was over treble that of his
opponent. We are the more proud
of this result because where he could
have made votes by it, he manfully
refused to cater to popular feeling
by undertaking his competitors at
the expense of the public creditor.
In the election for County Judge
the large majority commanded by
Judge Tyler is the more significant
from the fact that a greater variety
of influences were combined against
him than against Judge Rice.
Messrs. Yancey and Johnson repre-
sent two different grounds of OppO-
sitiOn to him, the former making
his line of attack purely political,
the latter attacking certain points in
his record as financial agent of the
county. We are not now going in
to the merits of this painful cOntrO-
versy, only it is certain that Judge
Tyler's vote would have been much
higher but for it, and, even as it
was, it was very nearly double that
of Mr.. Yancey. Before leaving this
subject we desire to do an act of
justice to Mr.. B. ID. Johnson. 1t will
be remembered that his vote was
very small compared with that of
the other two candidates. This
small vote cBnnOt fairly be taken as
a measure of Mr.. JohnsOn's stand
ing i'm the county. Towards the
close of the election a very heated
animOsity arose between the sup
porters of Messrs. Tyler and Yancey,
and they were as eager to defeat
their respective antagonists as to
elect their friends. This feeling led
to large number of voters whose
first choice would have been Mr..
johnson transferring their votes,
some to Tyler and others to Yancey.
OF the candidates for Chancellor,
neither was much known in this
county, but we have reason to be-
lieve that either would make an
unexceptiOnable judiciary officer.
We freely congratulate Judge Seay,
while we are free to aVOw that we
voted for his competitor.
In the vote for Attorney General,
Mr.. Watts had a deservedly large
support in his own locality of New
Providence, but seems to have been
little known elsewhere the truth
is that Mr.. Burney's election was
fOregOne conclusion from the first.
1t is rare thing for young lawyer
to make an impression so univers-
ally favorable as Mr.. Burney has
done in so short a time. We heart
lily congratulate him on his we'll
deserved success.
fthe vote for Circuit Court Clerk,
MFR. c. d. Bailey won on his record.
1t is not generally known that not
only in the Circuit Court, but in
both the others, leaving out the
present incumbents, no clerk within
the last forty years, except Mr..
Bailey and his father, has come out
of office with his accounts correct.
OF the County Court Clerkship we
have to speak with mingled con-
graduation and regret. Mr.. r. ID.
Moseley, the successful candidate,
has already in offices of high trust
proved himself thoroughly able
and faithful functiOnary, and Mr..
Peter Oneal will leave his office
with the universal cOmmendation,
well done, good and faithful servant.
We need go no further; good,
sound business men have been placed
in every office, and the county will
be well served. Our only regret at
the termination of the election is in
saying farewell to two such faithful
public officers as Judge Rice and
Squire Oneal.