Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-08-21
Hancock and English Democratic


Club.
The regular meeting of the club
took place on Thursday, the 18th
inst.
The chairman, Mr.. r. N Rhodes, |
after calling the club to order an
nounced that as authorized by the
club at its last meeting, he had APP
pointed as an executive committee
J. J. West, chairman; d. Kincan-
non, T. McReynolds, J. @. Joseph
and w. A. Shelby and. by unan-
imous vote of the club on the mo
ton of T. NJ. Riley, Mr.. James
i. Kennedy was added.
Mr.. J. j. West, then offered the
following resolutions:
Whereas, Since this club was or
ganized under the name of the Ham
cock and English club, befO any
other democratic candidates had
been nominated in Tennessee and
Whereas, Since that time the
democracy in convention at NASH
fll4C ilC1S uOgAiAIAtlCu d IltiiAAlNAtklE III
governor; therefore be it
Resolved, That this club be here
after known as the Democratic
Campaign Club, having for its aim
the election of all regular democratic
nominees.
Be it further resolved, That this
club endorses the platform adopted
| at Nashville as the standard of DEM
ocracy in Tennessee, and the nOmi-
nation of the Hon. John ". Wright
as democratic candidate for gov
ernor, and pledges its hearty. sup
port to both.
These resolutions were carried
unanimously, after which Mr.. West
addressed the club to the effect that
membership in the club implied the
support of ali regular democratic
nominees, and not merely that of
| the presidential candidates, and
that anyone joining the club would
beconsidered pledged to the support
of all. He also intimated that if
anyone now a member was not pre-
pared to support state, district and
county nominees as we'll as national
ones, consistency demanded his res-
ignation. ss.sas<si.sr
/ DR.. Wright said he was disposed
even to go beyond Mr.. West on that
head, and to contend that the posi-
tions now taken by Tennessee DEM
ocrats in reference to their state pol
4 icy were even more important to
Tennesseans than those they held in
reference to national policy. Han
cock and English, he thought, were
/ able to take care Of themselves in
Tennessee, but that the maintenance
of the sound position taken by the
democracy last week in reference to
the public debt would call for harder
i work, and was moreover one for
which Tennesseans were more d.
rectly responsible. In regard to the
election of Hancock and English,
her responsibility was divided with
thirty-Seven other states, while for
the vindication of her state policy
Tennessee stood alone; and yet her
action in reference to that was likely
/ to exercise most important infiu-
ence on the cause of democracy
throughout the United States.
The Hon. C. G. Smith moved
that Col. Nathan Brandon, who
was present, be invited, Mt such
time as may be convenient to him,
to address the club upon the issues
of the campaign. Carried unani4
mously.
Col. Brandon acknowledged the
high compliment paid him and
promised to address the club some
time about the middle Of next
month.
On the motion of Mr.. 7. NJ. Riley
Col. Brandon was unanimously
elected an honorary member of The
club, as also was Mr.. III. III. Buquo,
OF Erin, on motion OF MFR. j. j.
West.
The club thea adjourned to the
first Thursday insSeptehIber.