Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-25

show that the Republican State ticket
has an average majority over all of
5000 in Ohio, and between ten and
eleven thousand Republican majority
for Robinson over Newman Demo
cratl for Secretary of State.
Nobody disputes the fact that rail-
roads are subject to regulation like
other highways and common carriers,
but an expensive commission is not.
needed for that purpose. Proper po-
lice regulation does not mean a man
datory commission of political cranks
to take charge of all the railroad prop
erty in the State.
Cincinnati Post (Ind.): At present
the sympathy of all people not blind
ed by partisan prejudice, is with the
defeated Democrats, on account of the
villainous proceedings of Lot Wrigfts
negro desperate deputies in Cincinna-
ii, and were the election to be held
over again to-day it is safe to predict
that Hamilton county would go DEM
ocratic. Let there be no move to re-
verse the choice of the people, as ex-
pressed by Tuesdays election. Time
will rectify the wrongs of last Tues
day.
Gov. Cleveland is @good on the
spar" A crank assaulted him on the
streets of Albany the other day and
made three Intellectual attempts to
strike him in the face. The Governor
skillfully warded off the ticks withhis
right arm, and when somebody held
the man he walked quietly away and
went to work, scarcely remarking on
the circumstance. The man who as
saulted him was mad because the Gov
ernor had refused to pardon d convict
relation of his.
If you think Judge Hughes will
make better railroad commissioner
than John Savage you would do no
violence to your political faith in vo-
ting for him, though you are Dem
ocrat. But there will be no function
to this office for either Hughes or
Savage but to draw the salary. Hughes
says he wont discharge that "duty,"
and we feel very certain that if he
wished to do so the Legislature would
place it out of his power by repeating
the law, if he be.elected. The surest
way to keep the salaries from being
drawn is to scratch Citizen John and
his confreres.
The London Times on receiving
the news that Ohio had gone 10000
Republican thought it strange that
Blaines character had so little effected
the VOTE The Times hadn't heard
the latest returns which indicated a
great reduction in the Republican
majority, and didn't know about Pow
ell Clayton's U. S. Marshalls; but it is
nevertheless strange, passing strange,
that so corrupt a candidate as Blaine
should command any support. The
October vote in Ohio was not cast for
him directly, and November may show
a still greater falling off of his adher-
ents. ...
Hancock's plurality in Tennessee
over the combined vote of Garfield
and Weaver was only 1858. The
Republicans claim that the disaffectlon
growing out of Democratic dissention
over the State debt and the tariff ques-
ton will wipe out this margin and
give them the state for Blaine and
Reid. There is sophistry IN such rea-
soning, of course. Tennessee is going
to remain in the Democratic column
but it wont do to rest too securely on
such conclusion. Democrats must
go to work and see that a full party
vote is polled. Cleveland's majority
must be like that given Tilden, 43,600
Cincinnati Enquirer Now, with all
the tactics of election day, the tremen-
dous effort during the campaign to
carry the State and the shrewdness
exercised since last Tuesday to make
a showing, the Republicans come out
of the contest with no majority what
ever. They have plurality border
ing close to one side or the other of
10000. The Democratic figures are
1885 and the Republican II 81 up to
date. They are only 336 apart on the
plurality, but if the Republicans have
figured on the majority, they have not
made it known. 1t might look little
absurd for minority party to be
the earth with SO much con-
fdence, and be going into the Pres
idential campaign with so much blus-
ter. ..'.
Here is some more gospel for Ten
nessee Democrats to read, mark, learn,
and inwardly digest. 1t comes from
the Courier Journal of Tuesday: "We !
regret to see that the railroad ques-
ton has complicated matters some
what, but fortunately it is presented in
such way that those who are opposed |
to a mandatory commission need not,
in order to express this opposition,
vote against Gov. Bate The Commits
sioners themselves are up for re-elec-
ton The difference between the vote
for Gov. Bate and the vote for the
Commissioners will measure the dis
of the Democrats with the
Every Democrat ought
to vote for Bate, but there are thous-
ands who will not vote to indorse a
commission. On that sub
iect they may be silent without in any
manner affecting the party allegiance.
We say, therefore, to the Democrats
Of Tennessee, vote for Bate early, and
see that every Democrat goes to the
polls. Let nothing alter this purpose.
If you are opposed to commission,
still vote for Bate and swell his major
ty, and so make more emphatic your
silent vote against the commission
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