Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06

legislature in Davidson county are I'M
derstood to be opposed to a railroad
commission. ~
The Davidson county Democratic |
convention passed resolution in
structing its nominees, if elected, to
vote for repeal of the back tax ini-
guilty.
The candidates for Governor are
now in East Tennessee. Judge Reid
is not so lonesome up there as he is in
this section. He has more fellows to
holler on his side.
The colored voter in Knoxville is
becoming refractory and says he is
going to vote the Democratic ticket
because the Republicans failed to rec
ognize him in nominating candidates
for the legislature. -
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
Irishmen in the interest of Cleveland
and Hendricks was held in New York
recently, which gave the lie to the as
sertion that the Irish would vote for
Blaine.
Hon. A. j. Caldwell said in his
Nashville speech, 81 saw that the age of
defamation and fulsome eloquence
had passed, and that the era of practi-
cal craftsmanship had begun" The
vision was true one and we are glad
that it fell ON the eye of our Congress
man. l5 nth
The Weakly county Democrats, in
convention assembled, refused by
vote of four to one to endorse Hon. s.
A. Champion and Mr.. Thomasson,
their Senator and aoteriai representa-
tive in the last Legislature, and defeated
Mr.. Welsh, their county representative
for a denomination. 80. Peg
A correspondent of the Nashville
Banner from Columbia says the friends
of Gen. Whitthorne have been to see
him in large numbers since the adj
| jonrnment of the Franklin convention
to induce him to allow his name to go
before the convention which meets in
October.
The Republicans are suffering for
the want of an illustrated newspaper
since Harper and Puck deserted them.
To supply this deficiency circulars are
being sent all over the country to as
certain if a subscription list can be
raised large enough to justify a new
enterprise of this character.
Mr. S. D. Power, of Cheatham coun-
ty, has been nominated for flOterial
Senator from Davidson and Cheatham.
Mr.. Power is a well-known lawyer of
Ashland City. He is man of COM
prehensive intellect and sound politi-
cal views and will make good repre-
sentative in the legislature.
A correspondent of the Banner from
Manchester says that Col. Mat. Martin
of that place will make the race as an
independent candidate for Congress in
the Fifth district, if Warner does not.
The worst luck we hope for Col. Mar
tin is that he may be gloriously de-
| feated. t ..=
Editor Enloe, OF the Jackson Trib-
une and Sun, wants to be the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress from the
Eighth District, and his esteemed local
contemporaries are showing how much
they wish to keep him in the journal
istic brotherhood by exerting them
selves to defeat him in the convention
which meets at Mckenzie on the 10th
inst. ..I.. -..I ...
Mr.. Randall has written the follow
ing to gentleman in Wheeling, w.
Va, who wrote him enquiring if it
was true that he was displeased with
Cleyeland's letter of acceptance: z
BERNYN, Pa, Aug. 26.-Yours in
reference TO a statement in the Wheel |
lug Intelligencer, asserting that have
expressed dissatisfaction with Gov. |
Cleveland's letter of acceptance, receiv-
ed this morning. There is neither
truth nor the semblance of truth In
the statement, nor justification for such |
an assertion. / most heartily commend |
the letter, and so declared on the day
it was published Goth ult) to the New |
Jersey State Convention. / can not |
conceive how such falsehoods are set
afoat. hope this letter will answer
you and others, who, like you, think a
denial necessary. | expect to speak in
Wheeling about October l.
Yours truly,
SAMUEL j. RANDALL.
1t is seldom that we are called on to
chronicle so. melancholy circum-
stance as one that has recently occurr-
ed between two of our esteemed Ten
nessee contemporaries. Last Spring,
when the violets were shedding their
perfume, when the buds were unfold
ing their tender leaves and the green
grass was growing all around and
VIC VI bhCIbAOlI
that existed between the Union City
Anchor and the Memphis Scimitar.
Alas, for the stability of such ties.
1.-THE satidest of love is love grown cold,
And one of its Surest phases"
The Anchor and the Scimitar have
gone and fallen out had fuss and got |
mad. The widow Butler is the cause
of the whole thing, and we call on the
American people to witness that none |
but the basest wretch could have done |
such deed. That's worse than confis-
eating spoons.
Gen. G. P. NJ. Turner, o: Memphis,
having been accused of ut one time
being a Republican, denied the charge
and offered fine gold watch to the
man who could prove it. Thereupon
the Avalanche published Gen. Turner'S |
political record during 1876, showing
that on July 18th he joined the Hayes
and Wheeler Club, which was organ
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