Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-28
SAM JONES' LETTER.
He Has Something to Say OF
Clarksville and His Meeting.
The Week Spent Here He Declares, All IL
All. to be One Of the Most Delight
full of His History.

Rev. Sam P. Jones, under date OF
November lS, writes from Carriers
vile, Ga, TO the Atlanta Journal as
follows:
"We closed the series Of meetings
at Clarksville, Tenn, on the night OF
the 14th inst, and surely 1t was re-
markable meeting.
"We began two days before the
national election and ran right along
through the excitement of the elec-
ton, and the crowds were immense
and the interest in the meeting in.
creased daily. Nowhere this year
have seen a more'gracious or Won
derful sight.
"Clarksville is the gem city OF
Tennessee, situated on the banks ol
the Cumberland river. l am sure
that little city of ten thousand can
show no more elegant people or more
hospitality or refinement. The
homes of the people, the business in
terests, etc., can not be excelled. 1t
is the second tobacco market in
America. Louisville only leads
Clarksville.
"This!is the only series.of meetings
ever conducted through presiden-
tial election.
"The politics of Tennessee, as we
know, is mixtry, as the old woman
calls it, and then after the day of the
election the news of Cleveland's .elec-
ton was so, glorious the people could
hardly contain themselves.
"Indeed it was glorious and / fell
like hallowing myself. But .in.spite
of this excitement the meeting grew
in interest and crowds gathered and
it eliminated in one of the most sue
cessful in my experience.
"TheIproprietor of the Arlington
Hotel closed his bar and went. out O
business, and his, saloon was tt
Clarksville just what the sKimbal
House saloon is to Atlanta, and there
was a general rejoicing in Clarksvillt
when the Arlington bar went out o
existence.
1--WE closed the meeting Monday
night with the great warehouse
packed and there were perhaps two
or three hundred who gave theil
hands the last night of the meeting
pledging thereby to Join some one o
the churches of the city. All in all il
was one of the most delightful weeks
in my history.
"We leave tonight for Galveston
Texas, for an eight days. meeting.
shall get home in time for the meet
ing of the North Georgia Conference
Providence permitting.
"I see Atlanta was on a big drunk
last Wednesday, so says the Chatta
, nooga Times, celebrating the election
OF Grover Cleveland.
"My ideas OF Mr.. Cleveland ar
such that / think that he does no
consider it much of an honor TO
hundreds and thousands of men t
get on drunk in honor of him. l
is no credit to the devil himself to b.
1 honored by demonstration OF sucl
character. No one rejoices NOR
over Cleveland's election than l dc
But l won't drink whisky and max
fool of myself in honor of any
thing, and there is no honor in an,
one in my dishonor.
"This great government in all In
terest is now turned over to the Dem
ocrats, and If they be wise, sober an
: courageous, they have opportunit
to do something worthy OF the gres
party.
4 $50 regulate and run this natio
, that they may not only stay i
- power, but inaugurate and perpetual
an era of prosperity that will glad
r. den the hearts Of the oppressed an
y make happy and contented peopl
. "Much is expected of the Dem'
cratic party from the common PEI
pie. Now, will the Democrat
party have the courage of its convi
: tions? If not they will be beaten OF
again four years hence.
"The tariff can have but slight r
vision until we can reduce the e,
penditures. That one hundred an
fifty million for pensions annually
the most outrageous thing ever sa'
died on a free people.
"The appropriation for pension
Y should be cut down to fifty million
b at one pop, and pay that amount
J the truly worthy and disabled Unit
soldiers, and cut off the balance
them, who no more deserve pc
sion than l do.
"Some OF them never heard 81
fred during the war, unless it was I
a squirrel hunt. / am in favor
pensioning all disabled worthy e
soldiers of the union army, and no
others.
"Cut down the appropriation
that point and all Others to t