Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-03
SENATORIAL SCRAMBLE.
Will 1t Be Bate, Taylor or a Dark
Horse.
The Bate Men Claim the Earth, While
the Taylor Followers Are Very
Sanguine.

The Nashville Banner has the fol.
lowing interesting article 0n the Sen.
atorial race:
Talk on Senatorial possibilities
among politicians never ceases, nor is
1t Intermittent. Who will appoint
Judge Turney's successor, the proba.
BILE winner in the postoffice, Collec-
torship and District Attorney scram-
BILE may obtain bearing, but the
conversation drifts straightway back
to the Senatorship. In Bate crowd
everything is Bate, and in Taylor
crowd, while there are not SO many
reasons brought out to show why
Taylor would maSe a good Senator,
there is a wonderful confidence in
Taylor's popularity, and it is on this
that his friends have their hopes. In
fact, the Taylor men do not argue so
much on the fitness of their man
They say almost nothing about that.
giving most OF their time to enumer,
atiDg the number of speeches EX-
Gov. Taylor made during the past
year. Senator Bates friends argue
on their mans steadfastness, the hard
work he has done ion the State from
his seat in the Senate and his thor,
ough honesty. 1t is also a part OF
their argument that Senator Bate
made Tennessee Woodworking,
thoughtful executive, while Gov.
TaylOr's work in Office was on the
surface.
$50 it may be said that the feeling
among the representatives who will
elect Senator and among the peo-
pie who have been seen or heard
from in Nashville there is presented
with presidency this view: That
Senator Bate is an entirely safe man ;
that ex-Gov. Taylor is not; that Sen
ator Bate is diguified man; that
eX Gov, Taylor is not.
at is not probable that either Sen
ator Bate or ex-Gov, Taylor will be
elected on the first ballot. or course
there wi be a caucus, but it is not
likely that the matter will be decided
there, because, at least for the pres.
ent, it seems that while Senator Bate
will have a safe majority, eX Gov.
Taylor will. have more than a one
third vote. Then the fun will com
menCe. The Taylor men say That
every delay after that will favor
Taylor, and that he will gain-be.
cause he has doue SO before, because
of his popularity On this point
Senator Bates friends say that his
friends are true to him, and that if
there is any changing it will favor
Senator Bate.
/ "If the matter goes to the Le2isIa-
ture in this shape, there will be a
powerful lobby for ex-GOv. Taylor,
and the result may be a deadlock,
which can only be broken by third
man. 1t is said that The principal
material that this lobby will make
use of will be a number of letters
written to the State Executive Com
mittee from all parts Of the State
asking for speeches by "Bob" Tuy-
Tor.
''In The case of a dark horse, the
knowing ones say it will be a man
not mentioned in this connection be-
tore"
On the same subject the Chatta-
nooga News says;
1.-THE Tennessee Legislature will
meet in January TO elect a successor
to VIM. b. Bate, the present United
States Senator. As is we'll known,
Ex-Gov. Taylor and Gen. Bate are
the opposing candidates.
"I am very coufident that ! will
ne elected, said Ex Coy. Taylor to a
News man this morning. Il have
personally seen nearly every men,
Der of the Legislature, and | know
how they stand.
"'There viii he ninety six Demo-
Gratis in both branches Of the Legis-
lature whon thay meet in joint ses.
sion to vote. The Republicans will
have, | think, about twenty-fonr
votes.
"'Before the Joint session 20 elect a
United States Senator is held the
ninety.siX Democrats will meet in
caucus. Ii will take tW0-thirds
vote to decide whether Mr.. Bate or
myself will be the candidate.
al claim that l will receive two
thirds OF tie votes in the caucus. -
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