Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-25
The Republioan-Populite Deal.


The Republicans and Third party.
ties have worked themselves into q
nice pickle in Tennessee. This fusion
business has been going on for many
months and the LEAF-CHRoNICLE
has repeatedly charged that Repub-
lican money WAS at the bottom of the
whole movement. We have been
accused, every time, however, OF
making a fight against the Alliance,
and that there was nothing of this
kind going on between the leaders
OF the two parties mentioned above.
Now, however, the facts have been
brought out and we are not at all
surprised at what they show, other
than the rich haul Mcdowell has
been making. He gets, it is said,
fifteen thousand dollars for the part
he plays. He is to run Buchanan as
an independent candidate and for
this he is to get all that money and a
seat i'm the United States Senate.
These charges have been made and
are backed up by indisputable dOcu-
mentary evidence; evidence that is
so convincing that even Republi
can will not deny it. Mr.. Wins, who
had q hand in the scheme, says the
letters are true. Hill, the Republi
can member of the national commit
tee, acknowledges the corn. They
had written these letters, but they
had no idea they would ever stare
at them under flaming headlines
from the columns of a newspaper.
The cat was let out, however, and
there was nothing left for them to do
but own the corn like men and
brave the storm. The Republicans
have nothing to suffer in the trans
action except the loss Of their Doodle.
Mcdowell can never deliver the
goods he has promised them, but
this was only an experiment in that
direction, so they have lost nothing
but the money already paid to Me-
Dowell. Mcdowell had nothing to
lose. His character had been worn
out many years before this traLsac-
tion took place, and could be made
no worse than it has been since he
left Arkansas. He was out for dust
and il seems that he has been hand
ling some Of it.
The poor, plant tool, though, what
does he get? We mean Governor
John Price Buchanan. He is the
tool which Mcdowell used in getting
his fingers on the money. He is the
man who lends his name and infiu-
ence to.the scheme, whether he gets
any of the money or not. 1t is by
Buchanan's traitorous conduct with
the party that honored him that Nc.
Dowell feathered his nest and
brought down on the State OF Ten.
nessee shameful disgrace. The re-
port has gone to the four corners Of
the earth that the Governor of Ten
nessee, by blood money from the Re-
publican party, has been swung into
line as an independent candidate for
Governor, made so b John II. Nc
Dowell for the sole purpose of giving
the State to the Republican party.
This is indeed sad spectacle for the
proud old Volunteer State, and to
wipe the disgrace from her escutch-
con every loyal son should rally to
the banner and teac'a Republicans
and Third party II anr$ tat the.
State of jackson aud of Fox, of
johnson and of Harris, and of hun.
dreds of other illustrious sous who
have made their State famous, can
elect Democratic Governor and a
man who scorns TO mention the name
of Mcdowell, even in political de.
hate. How can good men be led
nv such man as either Mcdowell
OF buchanan? How can men who
are rearing family OF children fol
low the fortunes of such political
tricksiers, aud leave TO their children
as a heritage corrupt government?
viii you still follow them, or will