Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-07-11
Cheek by Jowl.

1t is very amusing to see two or
gans- of two blind old parties playing
into each others hands. The Demo
cratic machlle agrees that what it
can't have the Republican machine
may have. Is there any reason why
plain common sense should fail to see
why this is !? 1t is perfectly apparent
why it is. The poor old organs feel
the world slipping from their grasp
As it is n new, young, independent
Democracy, bold, patriotic, broad and
liberal, is about to banisll both and es-
,pecially the leaders of both. They are
willing to make common cause
againsta common enemy and fight
over the proeeeds.-MeDphis AUd-
t,tnche. s3m ~ .a
If the Avalanche will allow us to
make correction in the above "the
two organs of two blind old parties"
are. not playing into each others
hands, but they are both playing into
the hands of the Republican party.
1t is we'll recognized that if the retro
gration-nachine element OF the Dem
ocratic party can load down the party
with II platform in which are incorpo-i
rated its poliries- and doctrines. the
Republicans will carry the State in the
next election. There Is not an intelIi-
gent Republican III Tennessee but
what will answer, when the question
is propounded, that If the machine is
to rule and its special pet doctrines
are to be engrafted on the Democratic
party, they have no fear about electing
f,,ll DA..,,bifn,xN finl-xNtr 49,
supreme judges. k
But it is not necessary to have it
from the lips of the Republican lead
ers it is apparent IN their actions,
and apparentinlt the columns of their
organs. The Republican organs are
certainly not lending their assistance
to place the machine in power in
that their party. shall suffer defeat in
the election next year. That is not
the workings of human nature, and
certainly not of Republican human
nature. Their greed for the public
pap sticks to them through all their
adversities. The leaders Hof the Re-
publican party generally know on
which side their bread is buttered,
and when we lind their organs filled
with editorials holding up the hands
of the Democratic machine, we are
prettyswell convinced that they know
it is necessary to their success that
the machine, shall he in the saddle.
All this we we'll understand. We APP
preciate the philosophy OF the Repub-
lican leaders and their organs in the
effort to have the machine control in
the next Democratic convention; but
we are totally unable TO see for what
purpose the machine organ so faith
fully reproduces all articles from the
Republican press indorsing its ascend
ency. Does it desire TO advertise to
its readers the brotherly love of the
two organs and the interest the Re-
publican organs are manifesting in
its welfare? We are free to admit that
we cannot comprehend the purpose
and object OF the machine. Nor do
we believe the machine knows what
object it has in thus reprinting. But
We can see no other effect that it can
have on the reader than the. one we
have suggested.
We are pretty sure that the "billing
and cooling" of the two organs, and
the wonderful interest in the Repub
licans are exhibiting in the Demo
cratic machine and its ascendency in
the party, will cause the people to
smell mouse in the next convention,
and the result will be the machine
overheard, The Republicans are con.
ti,lent of success II they and the ma
chine jointly are allowed to make the
next Democratic platform, and for that
we conclude the people will
see that neither of them has a hand in
it.
We are not ready to turn the state
over to the Republican party in order.
that a few politicians may receive a |
party vindication. e .,s