Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-02

remove all cause for Lewiston in the
party ranks by reconsideying your
former action, and agreeing to cal
and hold in any fair way this cleo
ton which is certainly desired by
a large number of Democrats in this
county," The committee had as
sembled for the purpose alone Of
Joining issue with you in the
struggle you began between Dem
ocrats, and to test the question as to
whether your little set were greater
than the Democratic party. This
was private paper from one indi-
vidual but the committee was will
ing to concede, it was Investigated
and approved by few other gentle
men, and would have been approved
by, perhaps, one-fourth of the names
printed to your committees address.
The response was sent, "The COM
mittee unanimously concluded that
they saw no reason to reconsider the
action heretofore taken by them.n
This proved satisfactory they were
glad to see, you saying the commit
tee yielded every thing you wished
and then added that Mr.. Goodpas-
ture said, "that he would abide by
the result of the primary" Mr..
Goodpasture replied at once that he
had made no such statement and
chad never modified at any time"
his first letter and did not wish to be
misunderstood, and you Immediately
sent miles in the country to get state
ments contradicting him, and have
published these statements with that
view, supposing fair-minded men
will simply take your statement of
the contradiction.
These men, Mr.. Northington and
J. w. Allen, say that he said when
they asked him eff he would sup
port for United States Senator the
choice offs majority of the Demo
Gratis of the county expressed in a
primary election and he said he
would" Is there any contradiction
here. He and Mr.. Corban have al
ways said they would vote in accord
ance with the wishes Of the majority
of the Democratic voters of the coun-
ty, and the very point they have al
ways made is that they would not
bind themselves beforehand TO abide
by what, primary? BY the unau-
thorized one you have called for the
9th of November, but that they
would even give that its full and
proper weight.
The CHRONICLE has fought for the
Democratic candidates and the Dem
ocratic organization from the very
commencement of the political strug-
gle in this county. Our neighbOr,
claiming to be the guardian of the
Democratic party, has fought against
both. 1t begins its disorganization
as soon as the candidate for the Leg
islature were nominated. They have
abused the candidates and the party
organization unblushingly. It first
refused to put the candidates at the
head Of the paper, then it put their
names there, then took them down.
1t has helped to nominate independ-
ent candidates and then withdrew
them. 1t published its proclamation
by which it stated it would "stand or
fall" Then withdrew it and eX-
pressed itself fully satisfied and that
all things were 'lovely." In its is
sue of yesterday, Nov. LIST, it sought
to discredit and contradict one Of the
candidates. 1t has not fought for
any of the candidates Of the Demo-
cratic party from Cleveland down,
and Goa, in his wisdom, alone
knows where it stands today.
Kind reader, the next to the last is
sue before the election has been given
to the public. If you can endure the
punishment, examine it closely, and
see where it advises a Democrat to
vote for Cleveland-a Democrat to
vote for Taylor-a Democrat to vote
for Washington Democrat to vote
for Stout, Richardson, Corban or
G0odpasture, or even advises them
to go to the polls and vote the
straight ticket. 1t knows the ticket
now in the field and knows the re-
suit in the county must be Corban
and Goodpasture or Wheeler and
Jackson, but don't tell where it
stands, Democrats may judge be
tween us.
THE BOSS PARTY.