Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-16

was published by bills scattered all
lover thecounty, announcing his com
ing, and inviting Democrats to hear
him. He arrived in GAINESVILLE on
the 18th, took Room No. IA at the
Arlington Hotel, where he met many
citizens of the county before the time
for the speaking Saturday. Among
his callers were many gentlemen who
were closely allied with the 'bolting
faction" that grew out of the defeat
of certain gentlemen in our late Coun-
ty Convention. What occurred be-
fore the speaking in Room No. IA we
don't know, but we leave the reader
to judge from what subsequently
took place.
After speaking on the tariff and
other questions, he devoted a little
while to his own candidacy, and
advised a primary. He was intro
duced to the audience by General
Quarles, and thatgentleman occupied
seat on the stage from which Mr..
Harris spoke. After the speaking
closed, General Quarles announced
that a meeting would be held at the
Court House to appoint committee,
and the Court House is just opposite
Room IA, Arlington Hotel.
The meeting was held, the COM
mittee appointed, and, we are in
formed, the same gentlemen who
raised such q "hulla-ba-lu" after the
County Convention were the leaders
in that meeting.
Mr. Harris has received all he has,
all he ever was, from the Democrats
of Tennessee, working through their
accredited organizations, and we have
right to infer from all the facts, that
he was on last Saturday party to
the Court House meeting, whether
there in person or not. He advised
it, he countenanced it, and to all
intents and purposes took part in it.
He knew that Montgomery county
neuer held primary election before;
he knew the convention never auth
orized it in this election; he knew
that the Democratic Executive Com
.mittee decided againstit because they
had no right to order it, and with the
Democratic organization against this
thing, Isham G. Harris, for the greed
of office that is in him, comes to
Montgomery county, and finding a
disaffection existing, he lends his aid
to widen the breach, and advised
new organization that he knew would
run in his personal interest. In
Maury county this same Isham G.
Harris had his mouth piece, the editor
of the Nashville Democrat, and that
mouth-piece when the question of a
primary was before the convention,
arose and said, primaries engender
bad blood among Democrats, and you
ought not to order one." In Mont
gomery county Mr.. Harris advises a
bolt from the committee, and an in
dependent organization. Now Mr..
Harris, are you paying the Demo-
Gratis of Tennessee for past favors by
undertaking to create disorganiza-
ton? You have friends in this
county who will not submit to this.
If your greed for Office causes you to
so far forget the past, and the Demo-
cratic party, the people of this county
are not so far lost to sense of party
fealty, as to run off from home to re-
elect you at the cost of party and
party organization. They will not
submit to this rule or ruin policy you
have adopted. You have proven one
thing, and that is, the only interest
you have in the Democratic party is
personal, and when you can't reap
your harvest within the organization,
you advise and cOuntenance bolts to