Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-12
PRIMARY PRIMARILY
sense and Nonsense.


Who is at the bottom of it? AM
vino is to be benefited by it, wha
| good is expected to grow out of sucl
wrangling among Democrats anC
who are the disorganizers kicking VI
the rumpus? The Democrat says i
"has enlisted for enduring the war;
and proposes to fighe out this primary
battle if it takes all summer" 1t has
pulled down the Democratic ticket
from its masthead, charging the Elk.
ecutive committee with autocracy be-
cause four soreheaded members could
not rule thirteen; and Squire 1. p.
Howard the would be autecrat of the
committee resigns because he could
not "rule the EARTH" 1t seems that
Howard sis making quite large ass
of himself who's collar is he wear
ing anyhow? "Again in the Ian
guage of Hon. Louis G.. Munford, the
people (Howard andthe Democracy
are greatly in the minority" What
is primary? Montgomery county
never had one, why it means ballot
box stuffing in the interest of one can
didate against all others an election
without legal authority in which
the greatest trickster plays the strong
est hand and is not ameaneable to
any law or authority for his crime
against society. Who ever heard of a
primary that was fairly conducted or
gave satisfaction
The only fair way of getting at the
sense of the people other than a legal
election, is that of district conven-
tons, the method so long practiced
by Montgomery county, where every
Democrat interested may attend and
instruct his delegates to the county
Convention who started this thing {?
which has come up as an after
thought? and what for? Why a
Stewart county autocrat, one of Sen
ator Harris Revenue henchmen
came along to tell the people Of
Montgomery county through the
undemocratic Democrat, what they
must do. Primaries are right in
counties where the autocrats are not
certain that candidates are for Sena-
tor Harris but are all wrong; very
wrong where candidates are out
spoken for Harris, who's cup is
overlooking. Before the still-house
eager come along from Stewart coun-
ty, the sore head faction were claim
ing everything now what's the mat
ter? The truth Of the whole ques-
ton is that the country people con-
Guided to shelxe the old poverty row
wirepullers, and like the farmers two
year-old bull calf after sucking
its mother all the while to
make it grow fat and large,
and concluding to WI an it and give
the poor old cow a little rest, the calf
refused to be weaned. Ii rared,
cavorted and beloved, butting down
the fence and fighting everything be-
tween ii and its mamma.
The "autocratic" leaders of the
old Strawberry click can'tunderstand
that the people are tired and want a
little rest.
Go away back to early last spring
when this trouble commenced.
These wirepulling gentlemen of the
Poverty Row dictatorial ilk, layed
all of their plans and schemes to send
certain gentlemen to the Legislature
to do their bidding, and long before
the meeting of the State Convention,
the Democrat commenced string up
the Prohibition embers of last year,
urging upon the districts to send
none but antics to the Convention.
The Democracy determined to bury
that question out of the campaign,
and send a strong delegation to
Nashville in the interest Of Mr..
Daniels nomination for Governor,
and paid no attention to the packed
list Of delegates made up by the Dem
ocrat's wirewOrkers. The course of
that paper and its close friends in
that matter, is well known. After
the State Convention the Democrat
renewed its efforts to excite the pref
udices of the -Prohibitionists,
urging the districts to send none but
true blue well loaded whisky men
to the County Convention. The peo-
pie held large Conventions in their
several districts, sending full delega-
tons to the County Convention,
and when they all met, the
met in caucus, selected |
the candidates and nominated them
by fair balloting. The Wheelers
done Ii. 1t was the country npople |