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

has an eye to the profits when he
conducts Democratic paper.) That
the American was a very fine piece
of property and that its late inn
provement had been in spite of Mr..
Colyar's un-business-like Democra-
cy.
Mr.. Colyar denies most of the al
legations in the bill and the follow
ing extracts will show the general
tenor of his answer:
Further answering said bill, re-
spondent admits that Tennessee is
a Democratic State, and that, at
least, large element in the Repub-
lican party is made up of freedmen
who for generations were held in
slavery ana denied all advantages
of education. Complainant's part
ner, Mr.. w. Ell. Cherry, however,
who stands behind complainant
and furnishes the money to buy and
run the American, and will have
control of it if complainantsucce
and who has been for many years a
good Republican,, and is still a
member of the Garfield and Arthur
Club, in Nashville, unless he has
resigned, is an honorable exception
to the rule laid down-he is not a
freedman and he can read and
write.
Respondent admits that the
American newspaper is owned and
published by an incorporated COM
pany, and that the capital stock is
S120, 900. Respondent is not aware
that the paper has been published
as an organ of the Democratic party,
certainly not since respondent has
been connected with it, though il
has always been strictly and EN-.
phatically Democratic newspaper,
and respondent believes, as such, II
has had prestige and influence
with the democracy of the State at
least equal to other Democratic pa
pers; but, so far as respondent
knows, it has never set up any
claim as being the organ of the
party.
Complainant says when his rights
are fully established he purposes to
cause a board of directors to be
elected who are Democrats at heart
Respondent submits, that so far
as compliments associates are now
known, they are w. III. Cherry and
ID. B. Cooper, and as Mr.. Oh 9rry
furnishes the money he will most
likely have some voice in making
the board of diaectors most likely
he will be the leading director-the
President of the board-and respon-
dent submits that neither Mr.. Cher
ry nor Mr.. Cooper is a Democrat at
heart. Mr.. Cherry is we'll known
in this community as leading Re
publican, an active, working and
paying member'o the Republican
Garfield and Arthur club, and fully
up to the standard on protection.
The truth is, the Republican party
would have had no show in this
county in the last Presidential cam
vass if it had not been for Mr.. Cher
RVS purse.
AS stakeholder in the American
(for respondent still owns $4,000
of the stock besides that in contro-
versy), respondent does not believe
Mr.. Cherry-who is in fact, as re-
spOndent verify believes, to be the
controlling spirits suitable man
to run Democratic newspaper in
Nashville. He is now, perhaps, the
sole owner of one Democratic news
paper in Nashville, at least he runs
it and pays its bills. 1t is free
trade journal, on both sides of the
railroad question, and run in the
modern approved style of dealing
in personalities and while the
American has prospered, Mr.. Cher
ry's paper has not been a success.
1t is manifestly the purpose of
both Mr.. Cherry and Mr.. Vertrees
to conduct the American on the
principles which have controlled
Mr.. Cherry's other paper. This
would be ruin to the interests of the
American-justa as it has been to the
other paper.
Every man connected with the
American in its editorial and man.
aging departments is a Democrat,
but the affairs of the company are
conducted on business principles.
Maj. Henry Heiss has absolute con-
troll of the editorial department, and
is fully competent to conduct a
Democratic paper.