Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-01
The Senatorial Race.


writing in the Nashville Banner on
the Senatorial fight says:
The TOBACCO EAF-CHRoNICLE
may be right in saying Savage
boom died with the ending
of the campaign" but it will
be remembered that Savage has been
often reported dead by the newspa-
pers; yet he still lives. When he be-
gan the battle against The hordes in
1876 the bondholders, politicians,
railroad employees and papers often
published him as politically dead
without the hope on resurrection.
About year ago he was pronounced
dead by persons and papers in Amer
lea and London. Ii is reported that
he has not written or spoken to a
single member asking for his vote,
has promised no man Office, and has
no paid agent travelling over the
State to see members in his interest
and keep up his boom.
Wei, from present indications the
newspapers were right when they
said Col. Savage was politically dead,
and we believe we were right when
we said that "Col. Savage's boom
died with the ending of the cam
paign." LeastWay5 the two promi-
nj candidates are not kicking up
much fuss about him, losing sleep,
tearing their hair or saying bad
words. They seem to think that
"The Old Man from the Mountains"
is Just in the lists because he has
grown up in that faith, and not be.
cause he seriously cOntemplates be.
ing elected. This old chestnut about
"being against bondholders, rail-
roads, paid agents" and the like
sounds very well, but ii don't prove
that the members OF tie Legislature
have any idea of turning Senator
Bates shoes over to Col. Savage. On,
no, they will never do that, and
jackson Democrat will find, after
the election, that the LEAF-CHRoN.
ICLE knew what it was talking about
when it said that Col. Savage's
boom was dead. BY the
way, the LEAF-CHRONICLE has
been given little red covered
book containing extracts from Col. |
Savage's campaign speech. The |
Colonel says on the marginal page
that he "is not a Senator or a candi- |
date for electOr, consequently but
few people have heard the speech" |
This sounds innocent, but it is di- |
rect stab at both his opponents, and |
the LEAF-CHRONICLE does not be-
lieve that it will make him any !
votes. Senator Bate was elected by |
the Legislature and could not well
keep from being Senator during the
campaign, and it was the universal
desire of the convention at Nashville
that ex-Gov. Taylor should be
presidential elector. Each man was
simply serving his people in the
place assigned him end they c,rtain-
Iy should not be censured for being
in those places, doing ycoman ser.
vice Tor their party al time of peril.
This kind of campaign will not serve
to strengthen Col. Savage with the
masses, for they all know under what
his opponents held
their offices during the late cam
paign. While the LEAr.CHRoNICLE
does not know to a dead cer- {
tainty who will be elected Senator
when the Legislature meets, it is
very certain that it will not be Col.
Savage. TIE Others have the call on
him, and there il no use disputing ,
his fact. Col. Savage has done his
party some noble work in the past
and no one is more grateful to him ,
for IL than the LEAF.CHRONICLE,
ont we would not like to see Senator {
Bates shoes turned over to him at |
his juncture. There is no likelihood
If anything like this, however; we t
we're lust 'supposin" the case.
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