The Russellville Democrat., 1884-06-26

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Correspondence 81 tho Democrat.
Well, THE agony Il over, and we hare
1.-THE new-fangled and nnuch-tal ked- Of
| b. OF r. ticket. As 4 reader Of your pa
per and citixen or Pope county,
would like to ask tile most ardent sup
porter Of the new ticket what especial
| iitness or qualification their candidates
possess over each and every man now
subject to the primary election In this
county. I, for one, say they have not
a man, who by experience or especial
fitness. is the superior in any respect to
the democrats who are now running az
democrats.
1t appears to me this faction OF the b.
Of r.. would have saved considerable
trouble by uniting upon some Of the b.
OF #. democrats who are running and
voted for them III the primary election ;
they would have had Just Ms good men
and q far better chance Of electing
them. As II now stands this Is. Of +.
convention representing 700 members
and at least two-thirds Of them republi-
cans. propose to dictate to the $500 DEM
ocrats Of Pope county who shall serve
them In an official capacity for the next
two years. And IN addition to this they
20 before the people abusing the demo-
cratic party and office holders and ac-
cusing them Of ali manner of high
crimes, to gain the votes Of whom !?
Why, democrats, of course. Isn't it a
cheeky proposition Again, they COM
pare the democratic party with that of
the republicans and say there is no diff
ference between them. Can the demo-
Gratis of Pope county who SO well re-
member the terrors Of radical rule in
this county during reconstruction, al
low this insult to be hurled ut them by
the followers of Tob6y. Gill, Wharton
and Mayo, and by these political out
casts themselves, without rcsenting 1t,
and feeling for the instigators wither-
ing contempt:
It is said that republicans will sup
port this ticket, whose paternity rests
upon all the bob-tail political elements
OF the county, and they may do so.
Certain 1t IL, that aside from the men
whose names appear on the ticket, and
that illustriOus quartette-Gill, Whar-
ton, Tobey and Mayo,-the self-sacrific-
ing martyrs(?), and fomenters Of strife,
say aside from these, the advocates OF
the ticket In the main are republicans,
and the stronger the advocate the black
err the republican.
And there is another thing certain :
there will be no respectable following
Of Democrats to assist the schemers
and broken-down and disappointed pol
iticians who lead this movement, to d.
vide the democratic party and in the
future turn over to our enemies the of
fiices of the county. Gill, Wharton,
Tobey and Mayo may put themselves
down upon an equality with the repub-
lican majority in this movement and
become apologists for their numberless
sins in this coun ty and State; they may
kiss these Judases right and left, and
feel perfectly at home with them-as
doubtless they do, but true democrats
will not follow such leaders.
The greenback campaign in this
county a few years ago. championea by
TObey and Wharton, in which the pref
udices Of the farmer were appealed to,
was the counterpart of the present
movement. That movement failed, SO
will this. The people had no conf
dence liz the political sagacity of these
men then, nor have they now.
Democrats will stand to their colors,
and allow no interlopers to come
among them for the purpose of division.
Pope county soil Is not adapted to the
growth of Mahoneism, and the climate
Is too hot for fungous growths, cultiva-
ted by men who assert that the demo.
cratic party is no better than the re-
publican party. VERITAs.