Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-11
SHALL MEMPHIS HAVE THE NEXT
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CHRONICLE hereby sets up its solemn
protest against the extraordinary
claims and wild and woody ways OF
the Bluff City. She is not only sin.
ming against the Democratic party in
the name of Democracy, but also
transgressing against Brother Nc
Dowell, infringing upon his new in
vention for running both parties with
the same machine. The LEAF.
CHRONICLE wants the fair thing fol-
the Democratic party, and don't in.
tend to see Brother Mcdowell inn
posed upon without offering our pro,
test.
Memphis claims the right to fur.
nish she next governor. How she
came by that right we don't know,
but at any rate she claims it, and
claims to have a greater variety OF
Democrats and more candidates than
all the balance of the State, bringing
in the contest the upper case, the
lower case, italic, bold face, double
plea, antique extended and CON
densed, all wool and yard wide Dem
Gratis enough to make full column
of sensational headlines for the
whole syndicate of papers that are
backing the enterprise.
And she is running all this combi-
s. nation, aiming to capture Cousin
Jere's herd of Holstein cattle and
Shetland ponies and beat Brother
Mcdowell and his own invention.
Now, look at the situation in Mem
phis. Here is what the Scimitar says
about it, and Editor Algee is a pure,
pious Democrat, who never wobbles
on the gudgeon nor lodges behind a
brush-pile. Speaking of the revised
election law, the Scimitar says:
Under the new laws the Republi-
cans stand much better chance of
carrying the State and are cores
pondingly happy. In fact the out
look for Republican success in Ten
nessee is by no means gloomy. Here
in Memphis there is a split in the
Democratic party the harmoniphon
has not as yet been able to heal, and
In other counties of the State the
Prohibitionists have put out tickets.
This is plain talk from a Democratic
newspaper.
Can the Democracy of Tennessee
expect to find a winning Democrat
in Memphis under such circum-
stances as these? Would it be posi-
BILE to unite the Democracy of Shelby
county on either one of the Memphis
candidates, who have been at the
bottom of all this dissension in the
Taxing District, working up feeling
one against another to gain county
endorsement to the State convention?
Suppose the State convention should
accept the candidate of either faction,
would it not result just as the faction
al fight did in New York, which de-
feated Cleveland for President in the
last election? Shelby is large
county and too close to take such a
risk; besides, us the Scimitar init
mates, the split in Shelby will affect
neighboring counties in the event
that either one Of the Memphis can
didates is nominated.
1t seems that Memphis politicians
all must understand this, but they
are bent on the idea of having the
next governor, taking all of the
chances, and if they can't get him
one way they must another, and this
is where our protest comes in in be
half of Brother Mcdowell against
Memphis in general. The Republi.
cans are putting up their poet, VIM.
II. Moore, and claim that Memphis
has the right to the next governor
that the Democrats are ali "split
up" which they are, and split very
high up, and that now is the time to
run popular Memphis Republican
to win Shelby and several other
West Tennessee counties. 1t may
be accepted as settled now that
Moore will get the Republican nom
ination--certainly he will, if the
Democrats nominate a Memphis |
man, and then where will the Ten
nessee Democracy be?-in the soup, |
but Memphis will have the governor
all the same.
Now, brethren Of the Democratic |
faith, had we not better stop all this
foolishness and look out for q good |
Middle Tennessee Democrat of the
Upper Case kind and give the Mem
phis split chance to heal. 1t is not
"totinn fair for Memphis to run two
candidates, a Republican on one
shoulder and "A Democrat on the
other. Brother Mcdowell is the
only political party in the State
entitled to do this, and we hold that
Memphis is taking the advantage of
his invention and infringing on his
right.
1t is said the recent heavy negro