Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29


leo, appeared in Sundays World.
1t proved on investigation to be a
"double loaded" lie, and was hatch
ed some where up in Kentucky by
a one-horse newspaper, anxious for
notoriety..
A SMALL SIZED FRAUD.
Dover Courier.
The Nashville World perpetrated
little fraud on the public in its is
sue of last Sunday. It copied from
some paper an article and carefully
concealing the credit, placed over it
the headlines "Marsh Polk not
dead, "But alive in Texas" etc.,
etc. In another part of the paper
was found an editorial of a few lines
pronouncing the report absurd.
THE HEN Is QUEEN.
Gallatin Tennesseean.
The corn crop of the past fiscal
year in the United States was worth
4S0 million of dollars; the wheat
crop 484 million dollars and the egg
crop 475 million of dollars. Add 10
this the value of "fried chickens"
consumed in the United States and
the old hen comes out queen, and
discOunting cotton at about 30 cents
on the dollar.
WHY CAN'T THEY?
Murfreesboro News.
Now, that the matter (the tariff
has been forced upon us, we believe
the best plan for Democracy TO pur-
sue would be to act promptly and
let our policy be known at once.
However, the masses call on their
representatives in Congress TO act
prudently and to do nothing to les
sen our chance in the National con-
test. Ohio Democracy handled the
tariff question with almost unex-
pected success. Why cannot Dem
ocratic Congressman do likewise?
NO TIME FOR DIsSENTIoN.
McMinville Standard.
We regard the discussion of this
at this particular time, as
unfortunate and inappropriate. If
the Democratic party desire to
elect Democratic President and a
Democratic Congress this fall, they
have no time to dispute about the
Tariff" or other questions which
tend to divide and weaken the
party. 1t will be time enough to
discuss these questions after the
party shall have come into power.
TWO OF A KIND.
Our Country.
Acknowledgement Turner of Shell
by county, had the supreme cheek
to go into the courtroom at Mem
phis to resume his official capacity,
and Judge Greer rebuked him Sc
verely, advising him to wait until
he was exonerated from the seri-
Gus charges-drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct-pendlng against
him. Turner has about the same
of decency and delicacy
as the Nashville World. t
THE NUISANCE SHOULD BE ABATED.
Athens Post.
There was a wild, cruel sensation
in some of the papers a few days
ago that ex-Treasurer Marsh Il.
Polk is now in Mexico, while mis-
alleged and supposed remains, in
tered at Bolivar, are those of anoth-
er man. The fabulous story seems
to have started from Bowling Green
The MUTATIONS are
increasing like blow flies in dog
days. They should be copyrighted
or summarily abated like other
nuisances who deal in rottenness,
corruption and dead mems bones.
THE FREE TRADE BULLDOZERS.
Galletin Examiner.
Here in Tennessee such men as
Geo. w. Jones, of Fayetteville, Ca
sey Young, of Memphis, Caldwell,
of Nashville and Gen. Dlbbrell, are
read out of the Democratic party
for expressing their opinion against
the free trade lunacy, although they
are merely following the teachings
of Jefferson aud Jackson, and every
Democratic statesman Of any inn
pOrtance within half century.
These fiedgelings who seek to rule
the Democratic party are bullying
or slandering every Democrat who
will not be driven into their insane
free trade theories which are de-
of American industry and
progress.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
West Tennessee Wing.
In the Nashville World of last
Sunday appeared a foolish story
that the unfortunate Col. M. T.
Polk, the defaulter, had been seen,
L
Nashville. OF course it is absurd
and false, gotten up by some uD-
feeling person for sensational pur-
poses. The World of Tuesday cor
reefs the story very emphatically.
It would have been better if the
paper had refused to publish the
story at first, and spared the feel
ings of innocent parties who must