Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-24

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Carter, advanced him the first $1,000
They are matters of every day talk
among Republicans and Democrats
alike, and while l may be tedious
and tire you, l go into details to EN-.
phasize the remarkable predicament
we find ourselves in with man Of
insatiate greed, unblushing corrup-
tion and the most determined politi.
cal perfidity; man who can de-
mand and be paid money without
stint, whom we, as Republicans, have
agreed to help put in the United States
Senate, TO the everlasting disgrace d
Tennessee, and, l verify believe, the
utter ruin Of Republican hope in the
State and in the South. The ques-
tiOn with me is whether we are not
equally guilty with Mcdowell unless
we expose him and boldly denounce
the whole scheme, and whether the
temporary advantage we gain
will not work the permanent
daEnation of the party in the State.
You are the national committeeman
from Tennessee, and l trust you will
give me your views on the subject.
am a Republican Of the George
Winstead stripe and type-a Repub-
lican from principle, and, like Geo.
Winstead, / don't believe that a vic
tory at the sacrifice of principle
should be attempted if not otherwise
in reach and the sooner the scheme
is repudiated the better it will be for
our State ticket, for our party future
and for us all as individuals. In say
ing this l would not have you under
stand that / mean to reflect on you,
Mr.. Houk, Capt. Baker, Mr.. Jeffreys
or any other Republican. The whole
thing looked legitimate, as it was in
viting to us as a minority party in
the State, and il was easy to enter in
to, 1 believing with the rest of you
that it would result in permanent
good to the State. Later develop.
ments, imperfectly but fairly stated
herein, have convinced me, how
ever, that we have made a grave
mistake, which we should endeavor
to retrieve as quickly as possible. 1t
is proper to add that l have talked
with a number OF persons about this
matter, Hon. John c. Houk among
them, and he, having knowledge Of
all the facts, concurs in the view that
we have fallen into a very perplex
ing situation, and one involving not
only the sacrifice of principles but
likely to bring US permanent party
harm from the shape it has assumed,
Now, write me at length at your
earliest convenience and give me
such suggestions as you think proper
to commit to paper, and believe me,
yours very truly, 10. j. WINS.
G. w. HILLS LETTER.
DANDRIDGE, TENN, Oct. $50,
j. WINS, Esq, Editor Knoxville Re.
publican, Knoxville, Tenn. - My
Dear Sir: Noting receipt of your
favor of the 9th inst, let me say to
you that l have been doing some
serious thinking along the same line.
| AS the Tennessee member of the
National Republican Committee ]
have zealously tried in my feeble
way to do something for the success
of our party in State and nation, and
have especially sought to impress the
national committee that with proper
aid we could take Tennessee out Of
the Democratic column. / be-
lieve that had the national com
mittee been as liberal with Chair
man Baker, of our State committee
as it has been with John III. Nc
Dowell and Buchanan, we would
have carried the State for the national
ticket with what funds we coulG
have raised among ourselves. But
our friends in New York were made
by a class of Republicans in Tennes
see to believe otherwise, and if they
have furnished any money in thu
State besides the $4,000 paid Nc
Dowell, or, as you state it, partly
paid and to be paid, 1, as member
of the committee, am not apprised o
the fact. / confess to you that have
had misgivings of Mcdowell and th'
isims OF which you write ever since
Chairman Baker first informed me o
the deal with him, and 1 hav'
not at any time had faith in 1t o
ceased to feel that it would wind vi
in farce, if not absolute harm. VI
J here in my country we believe il
strict party politics. If a man is
Republican he is thoroughbred. /
, Democrat we know it without ask
} ing his neighbors to tell us. hav
. not hesitated to join in any effort t
: dethrone Bourbonism in Tennessee
and have spent largely my own pr
, vate means for that purpose. l hav
, been and always will be willing I
do my share and more, too; but
: think with yon that there is DANCE
I line in politics; that we have gotte
l uncomfortably close to it and ough
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