Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-09

opera house and he was receiving
bulletins sent out by the company
giving the result of the elections IL
the various States of the Union.
The first one received showed tina
Cleveland had made gain in certain
precincts in New York City. Thil
was read and shout went up. Bul
Ietins then came fast on the heels o
each other and not one OF then
threw 'damper on the crowd. Tht
thing seemed to be unanimous. The
crowd yelled and yelled again. The
very walls of the building seemed t.
take up the refrain until 1t was one
solid volume of Democratic cheers.
There were old men present and
there we're young men present. They
did not want to 60 home, sthe news
was too good.
A bulletin came announcing the
iact that Republicans and Third par
tyites shad been buried under..s
mountsin Of straight Democratic
votes, cast for that grand old warrior
Peter Turney, the Democraticscandi.
date for Governor. Bedlam broke
loose. Men jumped to their feet and
hurled hats and canes to the ceiling,
They shouted until they were hoarse,
They kept it up until 3 O'Clock this
morning when the bulletins were
called off tos give the tired operators
a rest. The crowd left that house,
having,been up all night, fresh in ap-
pearance and enthusiastic in demon
strations.
This morning after they had taken
little breakfast they began gather.
ing at the telegraph Office to hear the
news. The first thing that greeted
them was the announcement that
Cleveland was. ;aundoubtedly the
choice of <the American people for
president. !. There was nothing like
it. They had. about shouted them
selves down, but they were none the
less enthusiastic on this account.
There were some noted people in
that crowd. Hon. Jas. A. McKen-
zie, the "Pennyrile statesman from
Flat Lick" left his home early and
got here at 8 O'Clock. He was! jubi-
liant. He had heard the news, and
it made HIM feel good. Rising to
his full height be he said: "Gentle-
men, l have only been afraid of two
States in the Union since the nomina-
tion. They were Massachusetts and
Vermont" Col. House walked in
about this time.i .Seeing Col. Nc
Kenzie he said: "Hello Jim, they
tell me the thing is unanimous.
With Cleveland for president and
Pete Turney for governor we have
nothing to fear" The by.standers
enjoyed the meeting between these
two men to marked degree.
Just about this time Long Charlie
Bailey received a telegram from jas.
Andrews, formerly prescriptiOnist
for Lockert & Reynolds, and who is a
Democrat from way back. 1t was
dated Canton, Mississippi, and ran
as folio US:
"From present indications Miss.
issippi Democratic.'
This brought forth three cheers for
Jimmie" Andrews.
1t had been the intention OF Man
ager Reese to receive the remainder
of the bulletins at the Office, but the
crowd soon became SO large that il
was apparent that they could not be
accommodated there. The obliging
manager, however, sent the crowd
to the opera house and had the bull
letins carried there and read.
The crowd had hardly reached the
opera-house before the following bul
letin was received:
NASHVILLE, Nov. 8. -- The st
Louis Globe Democrat, d Republican
paper, admits the election OF Cleve
land and says the United States Sen
ate will be Democratic. The New
York World telegraphs this morning
that Cleveland had one hundred anC
eight majority of the electoral vote
The leading Republican papers o
Chicago and New York admit tina
Illinois has gone Democratic by
twenty thousand.
The enthusiasm knew no bounds
1t was too good to believe, but i
came is authentic and they had tt
believe it.
The Republicans were as blue a
indigo. The fact of the business is
indigo would have made a whit,
mark on them.
This telegram seemed after bit t
satisfy the crowd and they then turn
ed their attention to
LOCAL CONTESTS.
BY II O'Clock the local skies seem
ed to brighten. The disafiection IL
the Democratic party in the count,
was not so bad as the reports mad