Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-25
BUCHANAN MEETING.
His Friends Will Not Go Into
the Primaries.
The Bolt, the Action of the Democratic
Executive Committee and Appoint
One to Suit Themselves.

county in the last two weeks has ac-
in the main what its de-
,igners intended it should. The in
Lention, rs the LEAF CHRONICLE has
intimated all along, has been to
get out large crowd for the Buchan-
an meeting at the courthouse today.
The bushes have been dragged all
over the county and as result
large majority of Buchanan sympa-
thiZers of the county were here.
They began coming by the time the
sun was up, and continued until
noon. While there was large
crowd present at the meeting, it was
not as large even as the Turney men
had expected. The crowd has been
cors ,rvatively estimated at about 800,
and many of this number were citi.
zens of adjoining counties, who will
have no voice 10 deciding how the
county will 60 on the gubernatorial
question.
A reporter was standing at the
court house steps this morning wait
ing for the ball to open, when Lee
turer Roberts was seen coming up
the walk with large bundle under
each arm. They were very large
bundles and the reporter thought one
contained the platform of the Third
party and the other the resolutions
of to days meeting. He was mis-
taken in this, for closer scrutiny re-
vealed the fact that they were sample
copies of the Toiler, and it is supposed
that they contained McDowell's
withdrawal from the Democratic
party. There must have been 200
copies in each bundle. They were
for free distribution, presumably.
The entrance of Lecturer Roberts
was a signal for the courthouse bell
to be tapped, and it was not long be-
fore the crowd gathered.
CALLED TO ORDER.
The meeting was GALE d to order
by II. Ledbetter, who stated that the
object OF the gathering was to take
action concerning the call of the
County Executive Committee for
primaries, and to further the cause of
John p. Buchanan, for governor.
Mr.. Ledbetter was unanimously
elected chairman OF the meeting,
with N. l.. Whitfield secretary. The
chairman announced that the house
was ready for business. A commit
tee, consisting of one member from
each civil district was appointed on
resolutions. This cOmmtte is as fol
lows: S, II. Moody, Il. A. Childs, W.
III. Smith, George King, j. II. Achey,
Il. W. Walthall, j. II. jenkins, Il. M.
Farley, II. b. Cooper, Josh Basford,
Hervey Whitfield, Jno. b. Allen, j,
s. Suffer, j. f. Ransdale, +. f. Faust,
Jno. Shelton, S. B. Felts, f. A.
Carnes, $. W. Martin, j. w. Ussery
II. l.. Oneal.
The committee retired to the grand
jury room for the purpose of ndictine
the Democratic party, in the shape OF
resolutions. When they left the
room Lecturer Roberts took the
stand and proceeded to arraign the
Democratic party and to eXtol the
virtues of the Third party. lie used
the hacGneyed, vituperdtive langu
age that is found in every Third
party speech from Maine to Cali
f0rnia. He spoke about an hour, and
the pith of ii all was the arraign.
ment of both the Democratic and Re.
publican parties. and representing the
Peoples party as the only one thai
had the good Of the country at heart
There is one thing, however, tha
Mr.. Roberts said in his speech thai
should be put in type, just to let de
cent people know what manner o
man he is. Abiding to the force bill
in the event the Republican party
should come into power, he said: q
would as soon be under negro rule al
to be under the rule of the Democrat
ic ring" The LEAF-CHONICLE yer.
much mistakes the patriotism of tn,
farmers of Montgomery county
they acq iesce in this declaration.
AT the close of the harrangue tn
committce on resolutions reported
The report denounced everything
that has been done by the county eX
ecutive committee, and advised al
Alliance men to have nothing to d,
with the Democratic primaries Jul.
II. The resolution also fired lh'
present executive committee and ap
pointed new one to serve two years
The committee is as follows: s r
Moody, r.. A. Chiles, Joe Bagbee
Geo. King, j. II. Achey, G. w
Walthal, j. T. jenkins, Il. M. Far
ley, c. J. Edwards, f. M. Nolen
Hervey Whitfield, J, b. Allen, r
Ledbetter, Stacker Bratton, G. W
Armstrong, Walter Brown, DIR. j. NJ
Felts, Jas. McCurdy, j. ii. Richard
son, John Emmett, S. w. Martin, L
q. Chambers, 7. l.. Oneal.
This committee met at o'clocl