Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-24
rmn NILD nuNr FoR oFFIcE.
"COuntrymRn" ON Mr. TOIIey's
P@M@mHm Polfcy---A Reward
ThMt win Never me
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crowd in town. When court ar
jOurned for dinner, senator 9lolie 4.
got over on the shady side Of tsk
courthouse, had himself introduced
to about two dozen felloWs--just \
Ike they had never seen him oe-
fore-and commenced stharmOniz-
ing'' the party on TOlley's platform.
On the opposite side Of THE court
house a large crowd had collected
to look az horse show The xaa-
son the horses drew better than T0l-
ley did was because the people of
that county ike horses better than
any other kind of animals. And
then-well, they aon't raise mules
in that county much, nohow.
While Tolley was Speaking to the
little crowd IN frOat Of him, every
now and then be would stick his
head around the corner of the court
house and SHE q sentence at them
fellows hooking az the horses. II
wish HAYNES could have been thefe).
Finally he stepped around the cor
ner and told the horse fellows
that they could hear him better il
they would come round on his side.
Some few Of them went around on
his side, and as they passed, one III
natured, dyspeptic "cuss" asked if
she couldn't speak on both sides at
once"
Tolley's positions were about
Theses:
d. He was for harmony, and said
the fellows who opposed the 50-4
proposition wanted all the Offices.
AT this point be was really affected,
and almost moved the crowd to
tears.
2. He believed he was right when
he advocated the 50-4 measure, and
never found ont his mistake until
after the election.
3. That the majority must rule,
right or wrong, and that the major
ity had settled the question in the
late election.
8. That the rights or interests of
the .bondhOlders did not concern
him; he was not looking after them;
he was taking care of the people ;
land here he got "sassy'') and said
if the people have repudiated,
''what are you going to do about
it ?o / don't know who he meant,
as there was no one but people pres
ent. +
3. His plan for harmony was this:
AS it's done settled, let's all get to-
gether and agree never to say any
more about the state debt, and be
happy. -,..
This plan is a good one. 1 had
never thought of it before. To sim
plify Tolley's proposition, it is this :
If he and Wilson were in partner
ship, and owed man five dollars,
and Wilson wanted to pay him two
dollars and half, and TolIey want
ed to pay nothing, and they had a
difference about it; why, just to
harmonic the partnership and
''agree to say no more about it,"
This would be q good thing for all
concerned, except the fellow who
wanted his five dollars. And how
can the bondholder complain OF
this arrangement. Haven't we
been Saying nothing about it'' I'M
til he got used to it? Why il would
bring about an abnormal state of af-
fairs if we did otherwise! No rea-
sOnable bondholder could object to
this for harmony purposes. Then
again, if we appoint another inves-
tigating committee, he may come
out In debt to US, and III we Just
agree "never to say no more about
it." his mind will be easier about
that little balance he may owe us.
We ought not to press him on it, no
way. 1t always looked to me like
il was magnanimouS in a great big
fellow, who had just frailed little
fellow and taken his money from
him Just to agree "neVer to say any
thing more about it," and keep the
money. ~ eE ~
In order to impress the crowd
with his sincerity, Mr.. Tolley told
them that he was not a candidate
for any office and would not be I'M
less something turned up" l think
that thing that will turn up will be
FOLEY.
am informed that Mr.. Tolley
has told several of his friends that
he would not be a candidate for
anything this year-except electOr,
and he would ask the convention
for that place. You see, there is
neither much profit nor honor in
being an elector, and it's generally
supposed that when a fellow takes
the place and performs the duties
the party owes him something ;
that his claim on it is improved J;
that he thereby wipes out all the
old payments and starts fresh. Well
Tolley, you know, has been Guilt
waiting his political i'truck patch"
for 50 long a time in that market
able commodity which pays him
best-turn-up greens-that he has
kinder exhausted the soil, as it were,
and he is afraid if he sOws the same
kind of a crop this year, it might
not be profitable. So this year ne
has concluded to hold over and ma
nure his patch and try to bring it
up.
The last crop he planted, he was
in doubt whether to "put il in" so
that it would be ready to harvest in
the eight" or 'dark" of the moon,
and harvest time coming on the 9TH
of August, and FOLEY having no
almanac. he Just made a guess, and
concluded that the eight of the
moon" would win, but he got
fooled, for he happened on the sha-
dy side of the Luna at the appoint
ed time, and he has ever since been
laughed at by the fellows that beat
him guessing. -r #. E
Our friend Beasley published a
card In the Home Journal, saying
that as he had failed TO come to
terms with his cO-repudiationists in
the congressional race, and if he
goes into a democratic convention
he will be among his political enc
mics, he has concluded to run for
the legislature in Franklin county.
"HOW the mighty have fallen !"
Amt he roOsting lower? And thus
the chances of having "hearts in
the right place" in Congress is less
ened by one. Oh, how we let OPP
pOrtunities slip through our fingers;
how often we fail to grab time by
the fOre-lock. Here was a chance
to get rid of Beaseley for a while at
least, and we missed il. -
Then l see that a convention of
Democrats met in Lebanon, and
none but "Iow-tax" fellows were
invited, and the two leaders i'm that
county nominated for office, one
fore overNor, the other for Congress.
(Suppose the executive committee
scalia convention in that county
and that convention sends delegates
to the State Convention, which set
of the wings will get in?) And