Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-05
TIE SENATORIAL QUESTION.

There is no purer patriot nor ADLER
states man that Gen. J. D. G. Atkins
among all the good and able Demo
Gratis OF Tennessee. 1t is said that
comparisons are odious, and there
fore we do not intend to draw any
distinctions between him and any
other Democrat who aspires to the
exalted position of U. S. Senator.
We have no hard words to use to-
wards our present Senator, Hon.
Isham G. Harris. That he has done
the State "sOme service" we cheer
fully admit, but the State has
awarded him generously. So abun-
dant have been the hOnors which the
people of Tennessee have showered
upon him that some years ago while
canvassing the State for re election
to the Senate he voluntarily stated
from the stump that if the people
would again elect him that "the cup
Of his ambition would be full to
Overflowing," and that he would
then give way to.other younger men
and retire to private life. He was
reelected, and at the Maxwell House,
at Nashville, the night after his re-
election he repeated that "the cup of
his ambition was full" and he would
not again be a candidate. There was
no bargain made by him to any one,
to not again run for the Senate, but
he voluntarily made these pledges.
We think he should stand by his
promises so made to the people. Our
people generally take a man at his
word when he promises not to be
candidate again; and we are mis-
taken if the voters Of Stewart county
don't hold him to his promises. No
one man in this State has a fee-sim-
pie title to any office which belon %
to the people. Besides, that is good
Old Democratic doctrine called rota,
tion IN office, which calls for a change.
The party having ordered primary
election in order to see whom the
Democrats wish to represent them in
the L. S. Senate for the next six
years, we call upon every Democrat
10 not only vote himself, but see that
every other Democrat votes at the
primary. We believe that Gen.
Atkins is the choice of the Democra-
cy Of Stewart county, and we hope to
see their will expressed with an EN-.
phaSis that cannot be misunderstood.
He is our near ncighbor; owns
farm in sight Of the courthouse, and
is identified with our most material
Interests. Governor Harris owns, as
we are informed, large and valua-
hle rancho IN Texas, but the Cumher
land river does not wash its borders.
If he has ever advocated on the
stump, or in the Senate, the improve
ment of the Cumberland river so as
to make it navigable all the year
round, we have failed to hear of it.
Gen. Atkins, on the contrary, gives
that subject prominent place in the
speeches he is making before the pco-
pie, and pledges himself, if elected,
to use his best efforts to give us a
nayigable river, an important matter
to the people of this county. We
have 10 railroad facilities for trans
portation, and are obliged to rely,
wholly, on the Cumberland river, to
move oar produce, and it is naviga-
BILE only about four or five months in
the year. II Gen. Atkins is elected
we believe we VIII 50 have it. He is
an idefatigable worker and his expert
ence, as 4 member Of Congress, ena-
bles him to know how to accomplish
his purpOses.-D0rcr Courier.