Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
rejoices, and therefore in certain
sense is happier than a wise man.
THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN I'M TEN
NESSEE.

reJOIceS, and therefore IN a certain |
sense is happier than wise man.
THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN I'M TEN
NESSEE.
What n Solid Tennessean Knows
of the Situation.
Keatfng's Washington Letter to the Appeal.
The next campaign in Tennessee
has already attracted some attention
here, and speculation is rife as to
the result-WhO is to be Governor,
what Congressional districts, if any,
are to be lost or gained, and how
the Democracy is to come out of the
cOntest-With a wholeskin or broken
bones? From the following inter-
view, which copy from the Post, !
it will be seen that there is one man
in Tennessee who believes in the
success of our party, except in the
Memphis district, where he seems
to think Weare to have some trouble.
/ hope we may be able to agreeably
disappoint him. The interview is
as follows:
Col. VIM. B. Mathews, of Frank
lin, Tenn, is in the city, taking in
the rational capitol and Congress.
Col. Mathews is one of the good,
solid, substantial, oid-fashiOned cit
liens of Tennessee. He used to be
an old Wing, but finally took his
stand with the Democrats, and has
become strongly attached to Demo
cratic principles. The Post caught
Col. Mathews at the capitol yester-
day, and "unbeknownst" to him
went through him for some infOr-
nation on the state of politics in
Tennessee. He thinks the Demo-
Gratis will hold their own in the
coming Congressional race, and
probably capture one or two addi-
tiOnal districts, with good manage
ment."
Question-What do you mean by
good management, Colonel? An
swer-Well, you see the people of
our State are all divided ON the
question of our State debt. There's
one faction that wants to repudiate
the debt right out; another faction
says the debt is a just one, but we
can't pay it and oughtn't to; and
still another faction are willing to
pay or make an acceptable compro-
mise.
Q-And this has divided the Dem
ocratic party? Ayes, to a very.
considerable extent, and there are
men who are trying to take the adj
vantage of the division and get into
office by pandering to reputation
ideas.
Q-Can't you Democrats harmon
ize? Awe are trying to, and will
make a strong effort to harmonic
in the convention. If we can settle
on a good man for Governor we will
be all right. The trouble with us
is, our Democratic majority is too
large. If Savage, who is working
for the nomination on the repudia-
ton platform, should get it we
would lose everything. Any decent
Republican could beat him for Gov
ernor, because a large portion of the
Democratic party would not vote for
Savage.
OILS there any danger Of Savage
getting the nomination ? Al
don't think so, though he is work
ing mighty hard for it. He couldn't
get it on the square; he might by
some sort of trickery.
Q-Do the Republicans talk of
running Horace Maynard for Gov
ernOr? A-There was some talk of
that kind, but | believe it has all
died out; I don't hear anything of
it lately. They won't run Maynard,
| reckon.
Q-DO any Democrats talk of rum
ming Postmaster General Key? A
NY Lord no. Some man did pro-
pose that race, but he got so shamed
of himself he took it back almost as
quick as he said it.
OWN your State debt question
enter into the Congressional con-
or less extent, and it can't be kept
out. In some localities the debt
question is brought in the canvass
for most unimpOrtant offices.
Q-Is not the Republican party
disOrganized in your State? A
Yes, it is badly mixed up, and that
may help us good deal. The Re
publicans are divided on the debt
question, too. What we are most
afraid of is the Independent dodge.
We don't want any Independents
to be elected to Congress if we can
helptit. We want straightout Dem
OcratS.
Dwell, Colonel, do you fear a
Democratic defeat? A-NO, l do
not. l don't see any reason to look
blue and expect to get whipped, like
some of our Democrats are doing.
The party is pretty well organized,
and the best men in it are hard at
work. | believe we will nominate
a first rate man for Governor, and
then we will win easy enough. We
may lose the Memphis district; that
is very close and uncertain, but we
will gain more than that in the bal
ance of the State.
Col. Mathews talks confidently,
like one who knows, yet [ venture
to differ from him in one point at
least. | think the Memphis district
is safe for Casey Young. The work
he has done for his district, the
wOIk he has in hand for it, his uni
form courtesy and attention to his
constituents, his prOmptnesS in re-
spending to all the demands of the
people of his district, and the care
he has taken to advance their inter
ests in every possible way, combine
to form a claim upon their conside-
ration that | donOt think the voters
of the Tenth Congressional district
can or will. ignore. He was never
more useful to us than he is now,
and with a ripened experience of
four years, he may be depended up
on to be more so in 1879 and 1880.
An Accommodating Bishop.
When Leo NH. was first made