Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-16
A Word of Advice.

assemblies at Nashville. Both these
conventions are held for the purpose
OF taking action on the subject OF the
presidential question. The guberna-
tOrial convention does not meet until
August 8, and the county convention
to send delegates to this has not yet
been called.
In our county convention next Sat-
urday we hope and expect to see
hearty, conservative and united
action. There is nothing to divide
our people that we can see. All those
who claim to be Democrats must de-
size to see our national ticket elected
this year, and the way to do that is
for us all to hang together and pre-
sent a united front to the enc
my. Here in our county
1t is an excellent opportunity
for Democrats to come together and
act like brethren engaged in COM
mon cause, In our Judgment there
should be no effort to instruct for
anybody, but our best and most pru-
dent men should be selected from
every district in the county and sent
to Nashville to represent us there.
Again at Nashville in the present
condition of affairs it would be I'M
wise in our opinion to instruct for
any one for president, but strong
delegation should be sent to repre-
sent the State at Chicago and the del
egates should be left free TO act after
they get on the ground and see the
situation. Good men should be Sc
lected and their hands should not be
tied, for our success or failure this
year depends on the wisdom of our
choice at Chicago.
The course that we suggest may
not be followed. The State conven-
ton may, as it is urged to do, instruct
for Cleveland and a lot of dummies
may be sent to Chicago who have no
power to consider the best interests
Of the Democratic party after they
get there, but If this is done Ten
nessee, in our opinion, will simply be
contributing her aid toward the de-
feat of the Democracy in November.
IL ever there was time that de-
manded prudence this is the time.
With strong and popular candidate
win. With nominee who is thrust
on the voters of tho doubtful North
ern States over their protest our de-
feat Is certain. To win this year we
must have New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Indiana. These
States are exceedingly close and all
conditions must be favorable TO give
us hope OF victory In any one of
them. The New York Democrats
have rejected Cleveland, seventeen
of the thirty delegates from Indiana
are opposed to him, the Connecticut
Democrats have met and refused to
instruct for anybody, and Now
Jersey has not yet spoken. This is
the outlook at present, and certainly
the wisest thing that Tennessee can
do isltofollow the eXampleof Connec-
ticut and send an uninstructcd delcga-
tion to Chicago.
Only one Democratic State has, up
TO date, instructed for Mr.. Cleveland,
and that is Missouri. Other States
have declared for him, but they are
oil hopelessly Republican and can do
us no good in November. The fact
is, Mr.. Cleveland is exceedingly I'M
popular with his own people in his
own homo. 1t is useless to
enquire into the cause, the
fact is that way. 1t is idle to say that
Hill is q bad man and has under
mined him. II Mr.. Cleveland were
such a leader as Gladstone, or Tilden,
or Andrew Jackson, no one could UNI
htIIlilIit llliiI' "t want IL l'b'tti wv |
strong to be undermined. A truly
great man will always have a hold on
the masses of his people, because they
will believe he is working for them
and with them, but Mr.. Cleveland
has no such hold on the working
Democrats of New York. 1t may be
his fault, it may be his misfortune,
no matter which il il, the fact of his
unpopularity at home should be
weighed, and will be weighed by
conscientious Democrats ut Chicago.
For this time we want a man who can
win. To use the cant phrase of the
day, we want a candidate who can
get there, and if Mr.. Cleveland is a
patriot and Democrat, he will not
blame us for expressing the wish.
Let us then begin at home, and
next Saturday present to the people
OF the State the spectacle of united
Democracy that is notlaboring in the
cause of this man or that man, but is
for the good of the party as
a whole. Let us have no Hill men,
and no Cleveland men, and no Cor
man men, but Democrats, all work
ing in harmony, all willing TO make
concessions, all bent on the accom-
,J;sbment of the one common OBJECT .