Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-12


another chapter ON the late conven'
ton and the caucus. We are very
anxious for our country friends to
know the inwardness of that caucus
business, and the consideration some
gentlemen hoped to obtain through
their protested friendship for the
wheel organization. Judge Tyler,
who owns the Democrat and is using
it to misrepresent the facts concern
ing the late convention, was exceed
ingly anxious to remove the Execu-
tive Committee and played the friend
of the wheelers, working on their
credulity to awaken prejudices and
enmity to the town Democrats, when
they are working in perfect harmony
with the country people, for no other
purpose than to use the organization
to carry his point. He wrote the
resolution on his typewriter. and
had one of his co-workers from the
country to copy it, to hide his hand
from the convention and make ii
appear as the work of the wheel pre-
pared in some subordinate lodge.
Why did Judge Tyler want the
Executive Committee removed and
one of his own choosing substituted
1t will be remembered that two
years ago his paper, the Democrat,
was against Goodpasture and Corban,
nominees for the Legislature, both
farmers, and Goodpasture then pres
ident of the County Wheel. He was
then for young town lawyer-tOwn
lawyers did not smell SO bad them
and another gentleman not wheeler
His candidates were beaten in the
Convention, and we expect that the
wheelers beat them, and Corban and
Goodpasture nominated.
Then Judge Tyler, through his pa
per demanded that the Executive
Committee order a primary. The COM
mittee refused, taking the grounds
thatthey were appointed to conduct
the campaign for the nominees of the
party and fight the Republican par
ty, and were not authorized to get
up row in their own camp. Then
Judge Tyler and his standbys, using
his paper, organized an Executive
Committee of their own, and said
theywere the Democratic Committee
Of the county, called meeting
and nominated two candidates for
the Legislature. After surveying
the field and feeling the public
pulse, the candidat, nominated by
Judge Tyler's committee were
taken off of the track and the COM
mittee disbanded, and behold that
Democratic party was left without a
committee in the heat of the contest.
Had Judge Tyler been able to control
the committee appointed by the con-
vention, he would have deposed
Goodpasture and Corban or defeated
them.
Have people forgotten how Judge
Tyler and his paper use to curse
"bolters," and would not for four
long years after the bolt give the
hayward brethren the right hand Of
fellowship, crying "unclean, un-
clean," every time one came near.
And yet Judge Tyler went
to the convention called by
this same committee he tried
depose two years ago, was allowed to
work his Tappertit in as chairman
without opposition, and then he con-
descends to be delegate to the con-
vention.
What did he go into the convention
for il not to work his resolution
through deposing the committee ?
He did not open his mouth on any
other question, and that was the only
thing he seemed to care for. Was it
not in exceedingly bad taste and
treacherous in him and his half a
dozen brother boilers, after being
generously admitted back in full fell
lowship, that they should take ad-
vantage of the wheel organization,
abuse the credulity of the brethren,
that they might vent their spleen and
insult twenty-five reputable gentle
men, representing every district in
the county, by trying to turn them
out of Office before their time had ex.
pired? Judge Tyler well knew that
the precedent of the Democratic par
ty was and L.. to appoint the execu-
tive committee at the legislative and
not the gubernatorial convention.
Were not Judge Tyler, Tappertit
and Bro. Barbee trying to use the
wheel organization to further their
own political and private objects
Justice 10 ourselves. our country
friends and the Democratic party de-
mands that we should thus deal
rlaIn,y with this matter. and ln con-