Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-04
Much kicking About Nothing.

1t appears that Gov. Buchanan's
friends have been doing great deal
of unnecessary and unjustifiable kick
ing over the action of the executive
committee in ordering primary
election, unless they had really made
up their minds to bolt the party and
determined on fuss TO carry off as
mary Democrats as possible, and that
really seems to be the excuse. The
writer was present at the action of
the committee and heard the whole
discussion. Our understanding has
been that the committee stood about
equally divided between the candi-
dates and the committee was unani-
nous on every action taken. The
fact that the faction in so many coun-
ties had engaged in bitter contests,
causing divisions and contesting del
egates, except where primaries were
held and every Democrat could vote
his own sentiments, seemed to in
fiuence the action of the committee,
the great desire being to avoid any
grounds for complaint Of manipula-
ton or trickery as is so often charged
against convention managers by the
defeated factions,
Mr.. Buchanau's friends have con.
tended all along that they would
carry this county by large majority,
and still claim that the Governors
supporters are in the majority over
Turney, and this has been conceded
by many of Turney's friends. This
being true, as the Buchanan men
ought to know, being well organized
through the Alliance, they ought to
have accepted the primary arrange
trent gladly, for it was just what
they wanted or needed tn give them
the county without controversy.
The objection urged, that the reso-
Iutions pledged every voter to sup
port the platform and nominees of
the Democratic party in advance,
will not hold good, for that rule has
been customary in all Democratic
conventions and primaries from time
immemorial, and the man who does
not intend 10 do so has no business
in such a convention or election.
The fact that man voted the Dem
!ocratic ticket last year and all of his
life is no proof that he is going tC
vote the same way this year. His
pledge or promise to support the
) ticket in the future is the
only test Of his fealty, and de
dining this form of avowal IS evi
dence that he does net intend to vote
for the ticket unless it be of his owr
choice or making A man may
have voted the Republican ticket al
CT his life and be entitled to vote il
such a Democratic primary, avowinl
his purpose to vote the Democratic
ticket in the coming election, while
the Democrat declaring his purpos'
not to vote with the party an!
longer, has no right in such pri
mary. Therefore, it is to be takel
/ for granted that those who are kick
ing had made up their minds not t.
vote the Democratic ticket in tn
+, coming election, unless Buchanan
! should be the nominee, which h
t can not be though he carried Mont
> gomery county.
1t was discussed in committee ant
understood that Buchanan's friend
were to nominate the delegate
in each district for their tick
ct, and the sub-committe
y of four were appointed to see tina
this was done, and that no distri(
q was overlooked and this it seem
they declined to do, after decidin
;, that it was better to raise rumpu
and kick out on the action of tn
= | tOIlIllitltC, ldtlSi tHhh Wulp Uh'l
y after the convention. If the CON
mittee made a mistake in ordering
primary instead of regular CONVEX
y ton by district mass-meetings, tn
. mistake was in the Governors favo
But in our opinion the Buchana
d men had already given.up the figf
y ard did not intend taking any pal
in the county convention. If Gov
n Buchanan is defeated it is his ow
is fault, for had he spoken gout whe
called upon by so many to define h
II position on certain questions, as h
Il has since the contest came up, dc
clared his Democracy, he would nc
have met with any opposition to b.
y denomination and election. MI
y Mcdowell, Ben Terrell and othe
Alliance leaders, made bold to pre-
Is scribe every prominent Democra
) who refused to express his sentiment
on the Ocala demands, and it ws
y nothing but fair and natural thu
W Democrats who did not subscribe
r, such doctrines should call on tn
Governor to speak out on the sam
questions, which he declined to de
and now he has no grounds for con