Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-07
That caucus business Aeain.

that caucus business at the last con-
Yention, and the more he explains
the deeper he gets into the mlre,
exposing the trickery put UP on the
Wheelers. AS the LEAF-CHRQNIr
Gle has before intimated, the whole
Job was put up by three or four men,
the principal kickers, who bolted the
nomination of Goodpasture and Cor
ban two years ago, Because they
could not control the Executive
Committee, the nominees Of the
con Vention and run the Democracy
according to their own sweet will
Last week the Democrat denied that
1t was Wheeler caucus, and this
week gives the whole program, how
they held two caucuse+, cut and
dried everything to be done by the
convent n, going through the perfpr-
nance twice, like stage practice, in
order TO thoroughly drill the
brethren.
The last Democrat, replying to a
telegram sent from here by its Bax
ter contingent, stating that the
Wheelers had captured the cOnven
ton, says:
it may he the Wheelers did, but If
81, we wish to call attention to the
remarkably good and t. mperate use
they made 0fsheir victory.
Yes, they did make remarkably
goo use of their victory, but 1t was
IN no sense victory for the little tea
party of kickers, who were ign0inin
iously defeated all along the line,
and like Billy Patterson, never
knew who struck them. After rig
ring up Two caucuses, drilling, count
Ing noses, making sure they had
twO-thirds of the votes of the CON
vention completely ia hand, they
were defeated in every sch-me OK
cept that of securing their chairman
N. l.. Whitfield (TappertiD, and
nobody cared or resisted his
nomination. Some of the brethren
wanted Goodpasture, which Judge
Tyler would not hear to, and
he was allowed to have his way
that far. The Democrat says that
nearly all the delegates present were
for Buchanan and had been instruct
ed In their districts to support him,
but they graciouSly agreed to send
an uninstructei delegation to Nash
vile rather than tie the hands VI
those who did not favor him. Says
the Democrat: at was thought
that while Buchanan was entitled TO
his just support, the harmony OF the
Democratic party was too important
q matter to be- sacrificed for the sup
posed good of any candidate" Har-
mony indeed There waa nothing
but harmony until Judge Tyler aud
his clique of kickers put in t organ
ize a caucus aud brought in matters
foreign to the object of the cOnven
ton to destroy that harmony. They
were willing TO burst the party nsun
der to carry their point, and would
have done 1t but for wiser council
prevailing.
We deny emphatically that nearly
all of the candidates were for Buch.
anan; only two districts were In
structed and they were for Daniel,
and didn't think of instructing foi
Buchanan until the bosses sent word
what they should do. The fact Is, il
was understood all over the county
two weeks before The convention
that Mr.. Daniels friends would ask
the convention to give him just such
endorsement rs it did, and this kick
ing squad went 10 work secretly to
defeat 1t, and that was one q! The
reasons for the secret caucus. The
Democrat, speaking ui the caucus,
says: "They agreed TO have hc
committee on resolutions, as subjects
would be likely brought up on which
all were not agreed, and 1t won q do
no good to SOW discussions in the
Democratic ranks" Oh! they knew
It was coming, and that is why
Judge Tyler and his heelers set about
eobbling the Wheel that they might
put down dissension-mighty men
they are for managing the Wheel
and county conventions, but the res
olutions did pass, nevertheless, and
were made unanimous.
This caucus, under the manage
nent of Judge Tyler, decided on
committee of ave to select delegates
- Nashville. According to the
democrat, this committee had cut
and dried list Of delegates in its
rocket. IT says che districts were to
- allowed to select 3 llst OF dele
astes. aIf the COMMITTEES approved
n these It was 10 report iavofably. Il
a ..,.a m return fhis list with an