The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-20

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information, and it may be that the
Governor has at last found it neces>
sary TO make some virtuous demon
stration of disgust with the syco-
phantic lick spittles that have been
so long fawning upon him and en-
ioying the patronage of his official
smiles. Yet we must think the Gov
ernor's sitting down on the World
was very lightly done. We hardly
think his manifestations of wrath
were very terrifying, or his rebuke
absolutely crushing. Leastwise, we
have not noted any marked change
in the general tone of the organ. But,
then, wa were not looking for any.
Indeed, should that journal show
itself capable of behaving as a we'll
bred newspaper should behave, the
making of silk purse out of a
sow's ear" will cease to be mentions
ed as among the impossibilities.
BE the truth of Governor Bates
reprimand of the World as it may,
there arc still some other evils he
ought to suppress, but which, we
fear, have passed beyond his power
of control, were he disposed to in
terfere. The bad influences which
the Governors administration has
called into hurtful prominence are
not confined to the World Office
hurtful. we mean, both to the Gov
ernors own interests and to the
Democratic party of the State. We
refer more especially to the class of
individuals who are making them
selves conspicuous as champions of
His Excellency. Let us cite n sim
gle specimen, rs sufiicing, for the
present, to fully illustrate our mean
ing: Alta meeting of the Cleveland,
Hendricks and Bate Club" of Nash
Vile, on the 9Th inst, two Of the
principal speakers were the editor
of the World and Mr.. Louis B. Nc
Whittier. The latter gentleman de-
voted himself mainly to an extrava
giant eulogy of Governor Bate, in
the course OF which (as reported in
the World he said
We hear men in this city who clam
to be Democrats, say that they intend
10 vote for Cleveland and Hendricks
aud then for Reid. People who don't
understand politics are asking on the
streets the meaning of this spirit. I'll
tell you hat il means. 10 is Ihs ghost Of
FLss,Hism Stalking through ats Sky-blue
grace yard 40 body died tao years Gg0-t
Is dead, buried and decayed, bUt the fumes
from its PHfrid eareaSs rise iH as Efforts TO
sfife he uOice Of 7eHHeSsee Democracy.
| What hare these men got against Coz.
| RIfsP Abhsrring dis
honor, he is full of glory in the history
OF his stainless name, and magnitude Of
his high position as an honest man he has
had 70 ignore a cSytdiR class Of men "a mis
State and God kROrs the FegEle lore ham
better on deoouHtcf The men tohO are has foes.
Now, that is pretty high language
for a new boss" Our readers may
possibly be curious to know who this
gushing patriot is, to whom the his
tory of Governor Bate is so "full of
glory and TO whose sensitive nos
trils the fumes from the putrid car
eass" of State-credit Democracy are
so offensive. He is the son of Gov~
ernor Bates Commissioner of Agri-
culture. His first appearance in
public life $50 far as we ever heard)
was as n lobbyist in connection with
the passage Cor defeat) of the 900
3 bill" by the Legislature of 1881.
For further information, we refer to
the printed Report OF the joint Leg
islative committee appointed to i'm
vestigate the alleged bribery and
corruption" attending the passage |
of that bill. That Report contains
much interesting reading Do our
readers remember the disclosure of
the conspiracy to administer a pOis~
onous drug (Ar9pid) to Senator
Barrett, of Hardeman, with the view
Of disabling him from being present
and voting for the bill ? Do they /
remember the testimony of DR.. Il.
o. Summers, of Nashville, to the eff
feet that one of the party came 10
him and applied for prescription
that would stGpefy man, for a day
or two, to the degree Cfunconseious-
ness, and that he, (Summers) with
out suspeeting the use to be made of
it, gave the prescription, the main
ingredient of which was AtrOpia, a
powerful poison? Well, the indi-
vidual who applied for that prescrip-
ton was the same virtuous ipdivid-
nal who now, in the interest of Gov,
Bate, hurls the sweeping insult at
The State credit Democrats of Tens
nessee, which we have quoted abSvel
A nd vet we have not heard of Gov
srn0r Bates sitting down" on this
gushing eulogist. 1e-rs III molI
And this Suggests an inquiry or