Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-06-28

vindicate his principles. The peo-
pie of Tennessee are just the other
way. Frank wouldn't be an OBJ
ectional Governor, personally con-
but darn his rotten Repub-
lican principles.
1t has been revealed that Jim |
Blaine staid in Jail from about the
middle to the close of the War-that
is he did so by proxy. The man
he hired as substitute in the
army was caught stealing, and
suffered the penalty mentioned.
The Cheatham County Democrat
ic Convention adopted the Ohio
platform and declared for a repeal
of the internal revenue; but still
the Cheatham county delegates In
the Nashville convention voted
solidly for the majority report.
Will somebody please explain.
Henry Watterson in his charac-
teristie gush over the action of the
Tennessee Convention, didn't have
any regard for the truth, as usual.
He said 1.-THE protectionist mustered
scarcely corporaPs guard" when
the dispatches had plainly told him
that the vote stood 535 to 7S4.
The Democratic statesman who
stumps it before the dear people in
Tennessee this year must get up
something better than an lllustra-
ton of tariff iniquity by an old
hat story. That kind of tale don't
take with some OF the Democratic
voters.
The friends of Col. Jno. +. House
are all glad that he corrected the
impression his language used i'm the
speech at the Capital made ON some
of them. Now how would il sound
for House to be saying to Whit
thorne: "Get into the Republican
party where you can be shot at !"
Mr.. Henry Watterson In his glee
over the action OF the Tennessee
Democracy says, "There was no
quarter shown the infant indus
tries." He accidentally told the
truth that time; there was no
quarter shown the struggling indus
tries of Tennessee, and that is why
so many thoughtful citizens deplore
the action OF the convention.
''The Republican party of the
nation is the party of law and order
that has always set its face, like
steel, against Republication in any
form and guise"-Judge Reid.
Only when its policy suited such
action, dear Frank, remember your
brother Billy Malone before you
make that assertion again.
Speaker Ledgerwood doubtless
had good intentions when he moved
his substitute to Whithorn's resolu-
tions but a British poet once said !:
"Good intentions pave the way OF
many an honest soul to HI" and
Lcdgerwood's resolution don't seem
to have proved an exception to the
rule.
The Nashville American of the
Goth said: "There was q meeting
of the Tennessee delegates to the
Chicago Convention at the Max
we'll House last night, and it was
learned afterwards that The delega-
ton had expressed preference for
Cleveland, with Tilden out. They
will leave for Chicago on the 9Th
prox.
Thos. Nast's genius was never
better displayed than in a double
page cartoon i'm last Weeks Harpers
Weekly entitled "Death before Dis
honor" 1t represents Virginus sac
rifice of his daughter to save her
from the lust of Apius Claudius.
Virginus is Free Republican," the
maiden the Republican party and
Blaine, of course, figures as the out
wited tyrant. Harper and Puck
will make it lively for the tattOoed
statesman before the campaign is
over. ti. HN'H $50 ga. .t4. ..} -
Chairman Atkins of the late con-
vention drew some very fine dis
tinctions. He promptly ruled Mr..
Peters resolution out of order be-
cause its ultimate effect would have
been similar to resolution just de-
clared lost. But that luminous prop
osition put forward by Speaker
LedserwoOd was strictly in order
not rs a motion i'm lien but rs asub-
stitute. Tt takes a hair splitting
mind like that OF Mr.. Atkins to tell
the difference between u motion in
lieu and a substitute. ~. ",tj
The Republicans have not been
good on platforms this year. That
document which Mr.. iii.
Gibson prepared for his party i'm
Tennessee IS scarcely any weaker
than the National platform adopted
at Chicago The accusation which
that document brings against the
Democracy for not reducing the
surplus i'm the treasury is anunparal-
ell absurdity, and calculated only to
call attention to the tact that it has
been through the criminal neglect
Of the Republican party that the
surplus was permitted to accumu-
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