Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-04
Gan You vote for Buchanan ?

Governor Buchanan is now square,
ly before the people as an indie.
pendent candidate for the Office OF
Governor, and is making speeches
over the State In support of his can.
didacy. He has thrown to the winds
all his former love for the Demo.
cratic party and is trying to give the
State to the Republican party. He
has no shadow OF chance to be elect
cd, and his candidacy can mean
nothing hut aiding the Republicans.
1t must be borne in mind that Gov
ernor Buchanan is the candidate of
the Third party, having been in.
dorsed by this enemy of Democracy
In convention assembled. His chief
campaign director Is none other than
Jno. I'll. Mcdowell, and the past re-
cords of these two men will be inter
esting reading just now. In an ed
itorial published 10 the Toler while
Mcdowell was lis editor, the asser-
ton was made that Governor Buch-
anan could not possibly be an indie
pendent candidate, or a candidate OF
the Third party. 1t went on further
10 state that Il man so running
not get ten thousand votes In the
State, consequently he would have
no shadow Of chance to be elected.
He would be fool for running when
he knew he would be beaten. 1t was
further asserted that the TOiler
would oppose any such race, and
would fight the man who was max
ing it, be he Democrat, Republican,
Mugwump or Prohibitionist. 1t also
stated that Buchanan was Demo.
Graf, and would not listen to any
such proposition as making a race
against the regular nominee of the
party. In the face of this declara-
ton, Buchanan is making an ''inde-
pendent" race, and Mcdowell is
grooming him as the candidate of the
Third party.
In speech delivered at Franklin
in 1890 Gov. Buchanan Is reported as
saying that "Whatever good has
been accomplished has been done
under Democratic rule. Then why
/ ask, my fellow. countrymen, need
we go of after new or false gods ?"
AT Gallatin in the same year he used
the following language "There are
two great political parties in this
country. There is no room for
Third party. A party with one idea
cannot exist. Either the Democrat
lie or Republican party must rule
this nation, and no other party will
ever be entitled to recognition at the
hands of the American people," In
letter addressed to one of his AL
lance supporters last April he had
much to say about the Third party
truining" the Democratic party, and
he advised all brethren to steer clear
OF the Third party, for he believed it
to be a snare that would eventually
run the nation 10 destruction. In an
interview published in a Nashville
paper In last May, he is reported as
saying 81 do not endorse the course Ct
the editor of the Toller in advocating
Third party. AS Democrat l can
bear no relation to Third PARTY.
NV name has for some time been be-
fore the Democratic party for re nom.
ination and / have heretofore TN
equivocally expressed my purpose to
support the nominee of the Demo-
cratic convention. No true Demo-
crat can do less"
1t must be rather annoying toI
Governor Buchanan to sec these
things brought up against him, but
in campaign like the present the
people should know what they are
doing before they cast their votes.
Governor Buchanan, according to his
own statement, is no Democrat. lie
has said that no true Democrat can
refuse to support the nominees of HIS
marty. He says that Third parties
will endanger the success Of Demce-
racy and that all loyal Democrats can
do nothing but support the man !