Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-19
TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN.
How The Victory Was Won Un.
der Difficulties.
Col. Carroll Given Much Of the Uredie
and His Friends Pushing Him
For the Cabinet.

For the Cabinet.
A Nashville correspondent OF the
Courier.Journal writes that paper q
very interesting two-column article
on the recent campaign in Tennessee.
Among other things he says:
"The management of the campaisn
in Tennessee was of the most brill
liant character, so far as the Democ-
racy was concerned. At the head OF
the State Executive Committee stood
that able and intrepid leader OF men,
Col, William II, Carroll, Of Mem
phis. Schooled In all arts or political
management, and possessing untir.
ing energy, the conduct Of the cam
paign could be nothing but brilliant.
When he was called to the chairman.
ship of the committee the party was
split into fragments, and the success
of the Cleveland electors was serious
ly threatened. The Third party, un-
der the active manipulation Of Nc
Dowell and his Lieutenants, was
growing rapidly and being organized
into compact and formidable ma
chine. Gov. Buchanan was looked
upsn by many thousands OF voters
as having been unjustly treated by
his party. The Republicans were, as
usual, in line for their men, and there
was all sorts OF trading aud fusing be-
tween them and the Popuiists. The
situation had most dangerous look
in whatever manner yen viewed II.
'It was then that Col. Carroll was
placed at the helm. Not dollar had
been raised for campaign purposes,
and there was practically no hope OF
financial aid from the National Dem
ocratic Committee. With those
things staring him in the face, did
this chieftain pull OF his coat and
determine TO conquer or die In the
ditch. He called around him a Cam
psign Committee, headed by that In
def"tigable worker, rock-nbbed
Democrat and shrewd politician
Judge Henry w. McCarry, Clave-
lands ex. District Attorney for West
Tennessee, got together few dollars
and pledged his own credid for more,
and began the march to victory. II
was rocky road, but Carol never
tired. For three months he worked
eighteen hours day, talked to thous-
ands of Democrats, dictated wagon
loads of letters, and in fact looked
after the slightest details Of the cam.
paign.
GAS Campaign Chairman Judge
McCarry did a prodigious amount of
work. He loaded the mails with
campaign literature, polled the State
four times, had made poll.list VITA
the names Of every Domscfat and
every Republican in every civil dis
trict in the State, and did vast
amount of other necessary labor.
"The work OF organization was
pushed by these men In every direc.
tion. Democrats were awakened
from their apathy, the combined op-
position began to lose votes, and In
two months Carroll and McCarry,
with the aid OF a corps OF powerful
SPEAKERS, had them on the run from
Carter to Shelby. With the Democ.
racy thoroughly aroused victory was
in light, but the Generals never stop
p"d working. They kept ut 1t night
ADD day, from early In the morning
until midnight, with the result that
Democracy nt last arose in Its might
and scored .the greatest victory In its
history, gave Cleveland between
10000 and $4,000 plurality, and elec.
ted Judge Turney by from 20,00 10
80, 600 votes.
"ro win in the face Of such appaY.
emily insurmountsble obstacles, with
practically no money, and that raised
through the personal appeals Of Col.
Carroll and Judge McCarry, is wor-
thy of the highest praise, and the
Democracy Of Tennessee will not
soon forget these clever leaders. In.
deed, there is already strong move
ment on foot among prominent Dem
ocrats in this and other Southern
States to urge Mr.. Cleveland to ten
der Col. Carroll a portfolio In the
Cabinet, as Postmaster General OF the
United States"