Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-16
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county, and when a man who isn't
especially wrapped up in Isham G..
Harris, or j. ID. @. Atkins, looks
over the field, the questions at once
are suggested: "Does the Senate of
the United States belong to J. u. C.
Adkins? Does it belong to Isham Il.
Harris?" Possibly one of these gen.
tlemen has a bill Of sale to the rJsi-
ton Of United States Senator from
Tennessee, and is, as matter Of
course, entitled to the place. Just
imagine Isnen q. Harris and j. ID.
G. Atkins in some private room dis
cussing this question:
Harris-Adkins, how dare you run
against me for United States Senator
from Tennessee? Don't you know
that have been in possession more
than seven years, and that / hold un-
der deed purporting to conveya fee,
and that you have no claim to the
Office? You know it is my Office, and
you ought not try to take 1t away
from me.
Atkins-I know you have held
this Office more than seven years.
You have fee simple title to ranch
in Texas you purchased with the
money you made out Of the office,
but / deny that you own the office of
United States Senator from Tennes-
see; you have been in Office long
enough; you are past seventy years;
you have sucked the public teat for
more than forty years; the people
have taken care Of you long enough.
Nov get out and make room for
somebody else.
Harris-Don't you talk TO me about
being in Office and sucking pubjc teis:
what have you been doing all these
years gone? Didn't you go to Con-
gress and stay number of years?
And again, Atkins, you are the only
Federal appointee from Tennessee
who has dared oppose me. Look ut
Hillsman, for instance / got him
that place he holds. Hs Is loyal he
is not only at work himself, but has
all OF his gaugers and collectors at
work for me. They are ioya'-a iogal,
little band. They are paying me at
the expense of the Federal treasury.
Atkins-I haven been in Office ~
long as you, and, Isham, YOU are Old
enough to die any way. Now, about
your loyal title. Ifyou are elected, IL
will be the work of these fellows for
whom yor got Federal positions, and
also of fellows you tried to get posi-
tons for, and failed. They consti-
tute a loyal band. / know / was a
Federal appointee, bat you didn't get
me the place any more than all the
other Democratic Senators who
signed my petition, and tell you
now, Isham, this Office is mine now.
You have had it long enough.
These two gentlemen seem 10 be in
earnest about this claim Of theirs;
that Tennessee in the United States
Senate tain their meat They are
showing more cheek than mules;
they seem to think nobody else has
sense enough to go to the Senate, and
that one of them is certain 10 90 there.
While we have such men as Albert
S. Marks in Tennessee, we will not
be without good United States Sen
ators. He is not fighting like mon
key for Office. He is serving his
party, and not organizing new com
mittees over the State. He Is a man
of as much abilityas any man In Ten
nessee, is younger than either Of the
gentlemen fighting over tIis thing.
Why not elect him?
The people, through their repre-
have a right TO select any
one they please to represent them In
the United States Senate, and / will
guarantee that whoever Is elected
will serve. So don't let that trouble
you. This primary trick is silrewd
move oil the part of Mr.. Harris and
his lieutenants. They know tilat IL
a primary is held the race win be
down to Harris and At
kins, and that Marks and other good
men in the State will be shut out.
The soldiers of this county know Al
bert S. Marks. AS Fair Play said
n yesterdays CHRONICLE, he was
where the bullets were thickest, while
Harris and atkins were holding
,ivil offices and miles outside the dan
ger line. VIII some man who is
,lder than me please refer me 10 the
ime Harris spoke in Montgomery
county when he was not a candidate
or Office? And so with Mr.. Atkins.
While, on the other hand, Marks Is