Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-17
QUE CANDIDATES.

Never before, in the history of
Montgomery county, has such indig-
nifty and outrage been heaped upon
the candidates for the Legislature
and the Democratic party as in the
present race, by men protesting to be
Democrats and claiming to stand by
the Democratic party. There is no
language too strong or abusive for
the candidates, the committee that
nominated them and the Executive
Committee. Heretofore when parties
were not satisfied with the action of
the convention they announced an
independent candidate and supported
him with all their might, but our
new boilers do not seem to have the
courage and manhood to nominate
candidates, but spend all their time
in abuse of the candidates regularly
nominated under the two-thirds rule
of the party, and in a convention
they attended and were in honor
bound to support, and where their
candidate only received ten out OF
fifty-one votes. One of these candi-
dates accepted tlfe nomination, and
pledged himself before the cOnven-
ton, in their presence, to stand on
the platform, and yet, as if doubling
his veracity, acommittee must be APP
pointed by the dissatisfied and avery
formal paper presented to him to
know if he would do what he had
already promised to do. The same
paper must also be presented to the
other candidate, absent in another
State, before he is advised of his NOM
nation, and before he makes any re-
ply to the action of the convention.
Was ever such suspicion and distrust
shown Candidates before? Both are
worthy and honorable men, who
have lived a long number of years in
this county, and by their intelligence,
industry and virtue won the admira-
ton and esteem of their fellow-citi-
zens. So highly were they held in
the estimation of the people of the
county that they were nominated on
the second or third ballot, without
being candidates, over others who
have sought the nomination for
months before. Not only was their
veracity and honor thus doubted, but
after full assurances from them OF
their position in regard to the plat
form the abuse continued, and when
called upon, as members of the com
mittee, to vote upon resolution
3 pIedging the delegates to vote for the
nominees of the convention, they re-
Trained from voting, thus refusing tc
so pledge themselves to vote for the
nominees of the convention OF which
they were members, and according tC
universal understanding were in
honor bound to support. Not only
this, but one went so far as to refuse
to act as a member of committee tC
, notify the candidates of their nomi
!, nation-something never heard OF be
fore. And, to be candid, it is not eX
: pected that a great many of these
! men will vote for them at the elec
ton, to be held on the 9th of Novem
Der.
Yet these men-many of whom II
is not expected will vote for these
candidates, as we expect the vote al
, the election to show-claim the right
to instruct them, as legislators, how
they shall vote in the Legislature, by
, one-sided primary election not au
thorized by the Democratic party
with the ballot-boXes exclusively il
: their hands, to be stuffed or changed
at their own good pleasure. Some
thing that was never before done il
. this county, and at the behest of
: candidate whose friends have refused
primaries in Maury and Shelby coun
ties, and in every other county wher
they had the strength in the conven
ton to instruct.
;, 1t may be that these outrages upol
the candidates will win them over t.
the disorganized, but they will be tn
first men who were ever won in tina
way, and we take it that they viii
4 resent the dictation # these gentle
3 men, as they disdain their insults
q They will endeavor as faithful ant
! true representatives to represent tn
@ wishes of the people as they under
o stand it, and not as dictated TO then
nv sore-headed politicians.