The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-29
Be in Pulaski Next Monday
and Look Out for the
YELLOW TICKET.
Giles County, With Democratic
Majority, Must Not Surrender
to the Republicans.
READ EVERY TICKET YOU SEE.

READ EVERY TICKET YOU SEE.
The rumor is current here that
the republicans of Giles county are
ready to distribute tickets next
Monday and are already making a
vigorous canvass for all the count Y
Offices. II is also confidently as
serted that the national republican
committee has supplied funds for
the canvass in order to organize the
publican party in Giles county. 1t
is said and generally believed that
the tickets have been printed on
yellow paper and will be distributed
next Monday. If they have a large
fund at their disposal it is certain
that the party can organize in a
q very short time and the demo-
Gratis must take prompt and decid
ed steps to prevent the election of
republicans to the county offices.
The county is largely democratic,
but the democrats cannot divide
their strength among several candi-
dates and beat the solid republican
vote. In some instances there are
as many as five democratic candi-
dates for the same Office. If the re-
publicans are completely organized
which can readily be done with
money! how can any one of five
democrats be elected? The vote
Tor Cleveland and Blaine shows a
democratic majority of only 500;
votes; 2,776 against 2,27S. Give
the republican vote to one man and
in order to defeat him one democrat
must get more than four ffths of
the democratic vote.
1t is clearly necessary for some OF
the democratic candidates TO with
draw if a republican ticket is put
In the field next Monday. The
manner of concentrating the demo
cratic vote on one man is to be de-
cided by the county executive com
mitLee. Any action they may take
will probably subject them to un-
kind comment, but they must do
they duty to the party that has put
them in authority. They are large
ly responsible for the organization
of the party, and must preserve it
in this crisis, regardless of indi
viduaI interests.
That they are men who will do
this promptly no one doubts. Sey-
eral candidates have been 10 ter
viewed and all seemed to Apr eel
ate the necessity of concentrating
the democratic strength. There Is
movement on foot among candi-
dates to hold Il meeting and com
bine ON one man for each office. Ii
this can be done it will unGoubted-
iy be The most pleasant and salts
factory solution of the difficulty.
We can hardly hope, however, til al
an arran cement Of this kind can be
made.
The CITIZEN suggested some
weeks ago that the number Of
democratic candidates would ne
cessitate a primary election OF
county convention. The suggestion
was not we'll received. Severa
candidates were violently opposed
to it. Every body seemed TO think
there was no necessity for any &C
ton, and we let the matter drop
hoping that the general opinion was
correct and that we had been need
lessly alarmed. Subsequent devel-
opments, however, justify the opin
ion we then expressed that it may bC
necessary by some means to con
solidate the democratic vote. Tht
election is near at hand and it will
be necessary to act promptly
Dou btless all the candidates anC
all members of the county commit
tee will be in town Monday anC
with the number of democratic vot
ers who ean be seen and consulted
in Pulaski on that day an arrange
ment ought TO be made very speed
ly. Democratic cannot afford u
hazard the interests of the party b.
permitting republicans to get tn
county offices.
The developments of next Mon
day will decide whether Giles coun
ty democracy is to have any stroni
opposition. We give the warning
in time and all who are much con
cerned in the matter can learn mex
Monday whether any republican /
to run and whether the ticket
backed by the national executiv
. committee. 1t is quite possibl
that these rumors are groundlesS
!. They circulated freely in PulasB
e yesterday and were very general
believed to be reliable. Mr.. III. N
= Grigsby, chairman of the democrat
D.. ic executive committee, publishe
| in this issue a call for the commit
tee to meet Monday and democrat
Fl, will be ready to meet any NOV,
! ment of the republicans. Capt. j
:, II. Morris declined to be satisfactC
o rily in terviewed; would neither al
{ nit or deny that republican ticl
{ ct is TO be put in the field. S.
Z Walker, chairman of the republ
| can executive committee said
> had heard Mr.. j. II. Morris woul
+ put out a county ticket, but
! would not be endorsed by the II