Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-27
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Hill and of McDowell's reply, there
q are some. things which are conceded
In the angry discussion now going
on between the two prominent Re-
pnblicans on the one hand and the
leader OF the Third party forces on
the other that we may...have to con-
slider.
They both admit that weeks ago
secret conspiracy was formed by
which the State was to be turned
over to the Republicans. 1t shown
by McDowelPs letter that for weeks
he has known that Winstead would
stay on the tack, though he has
been openly saying cover the State
that Winstead would withdraw In
favor OF Buchanan. This statement, Of
course, he was making with view
OF encouraging Buchanan's support
ers and drawing off votes enough to
beat Turney. Mcdowell now shame
lessly avows that he, acting for the
so.called Peoples party, has formed
a combination with the Republicans.
He admits that he Is a candidate for
the United States Senate and expects
Republican support for that office.
He only denies that he has been
bought with Republican money.
Hill, the Republican national COM
mitteeman for Tennessee, charges
directly that Mcdowell has been paid
fifteen thousand dollars by the
national Republican committee to
betray his party in Tennessee. This
part OF the charge Mcdowell denies.
This Issue of veracity between the
Republican committeeman and Nc
Dowell we have no means of settling,
nor does it matter which one of the
two has lied, for one Of them has
evidently lied.
What will the Third party men in
Tennessee say TO this kind Of bar.
gain, intrigue and corruption? Nc
Dowell, with characteristic impu.
dence, undertakes to justify himself
by saying the Democrats and Third
party men in the Northwest have
fused, and he has the right to fuse
with the Republicans in Tennessee.
Isn't this beautiful logic? The Dem
ocrats and Peoples party men in the
Northwest both demand more money,
they both demand lower tariff;
they both demand repeal of the
Mckinley tariff bill, they both de-
mand repeal of the Sherman silver
law. Thus agreeing in principle, they
can afford to stand together and fight
for common cause. But Mcdowell
has sold out his party in Tennessee
to the authors of the Mckinley tar
riff bill and the authors OF the Sher-
man silver bill. This great apostle
OF free silver and low taxes has sold
out TO the man who have stopped
the coinage of silver altogether and
are wrecking the country with high
taxes. The Republicans have not
been out of power for thirty years.
They are the authors of all the evils
Of which Mcdowell and his friends
complain, and yet he has sold out to
them for some sort Of consideration,
whether Office or money, and is do
ing all he can to continue them in
power. His friends in the Northwest
can afford to affiliate with the Demo-
Gratis and fight the Republicans, but
he Is down here trying to betray the
Democrats and help the Republicans.
How many of those who still claim
to be Democrats will help him to ex-
ecute his villainous plan?
One word to the negroes in this
community. II Hill is right they
have been bought and sold like cattle
in the market. Hill complains that
fifteen thousand dollars have been
paid for Mcdowell, and that this
money ought to have been used as
straight Republican campaign fund.
He advises Republicans generally to
have nothing to do with McDowells
dirty work. He says the Republican
bosses had no right to trade off the
Republican voters Of the State and
pledge them to support McDowell's
candidates for the Legislature, so
that Mcdowell may go to the United
States Senate. How many colored
Republicans will stand by Hill in
this matter? How many of them
are free? How many of them are
willing to be bought and sold, traded
off in the dark tothe slippery Mellow
ell, and afterwards brought to the
polls like sheep and voted? Alto
gether 1t is pretty kettle of fish.
The Democrats, thank God, have
nothing to do with it, but the row
which has broken out between the
Republicans, who have undertaken
to trade off the negroes, and Mellow
ell, who has undertaken to trade of
his followers, is Ger in V an inter
esting one. AS for thar Ii t,ru thous.
and dollars, If there i, an Alliance
man In the county who believes Nc
Dowell would refuse to take money
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