Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-30
AWAY UP IN EAST TENNESSEE.
They Remain rnithfni 90 the .rsv.
inE. OF Thomas Jefferson ana Int
tie for Their PrInc,pics wrhsus
Any Hope VI Reward.

viii be remembered that walter
Cain. formerly editor or The Nashville
American, accompanied Hon. Efnsss
pnlcw on his tour of the state. Mr..
Cain glvcs his view OF East Tenncssee
Democracy M follows;
There are a great many Democrats
In East Tennessee. over In Middle ana
West It Il generally believed that those
two sections constitute Gods country
from a political standpoint And yes
they are here hy the thousands IN
Greene county alone. where II was MY
privilege to spend Monday, there are
.i0o. Here In washington county there
are about as many more. and In suit
van, where we meet senator Harris
tomorrow. there are many more. They
aic Democrats because thcy have
thought carefully over tho meaning OF
parties. have read their country's con-
sutution and know who are lis best
defenders. They are Democrats with
little 10 hope for az the reward OF 10y
atty and service. Year In and year out.
they do the work OF the trenches. and
an occasional postoilicc or position
OF not greater Importance In cmolu-
mental reward Is all they get, Thcre
are but two reliable Democratic coun-
Ties across the mountains. The othors
are hopelcssly Republican, Yet Demos
Gratis are earnest and onthusiaHtlc.
They turn out TO hear the orators
who visit them and tender most royal
receptions TO them. In thia connection
Wish TO denouncc the general belief
that East Tenne9socnns are Ignorant.
on The contrary. they keep up with
current events and are renders and
thinkers. ltepublcanism hero IN an In
herlted condition A proponderaneo OF
unlonlst sentiment, born OF ant-seeos-
sion prejudice, Il Its father. Even the
East Tennessee Republican ~ n pretty
good sort OF u creature lilo votca az
he believes and he believes with IL
great amount OF energy and determine
alton, | have made three Visits TO
| these counties. and II In my unqunll-
fed belief that Republicans here are
unconycrtible. They wero born as they
have developed and several genera
lions, ~ least must come and 30 be-
fore their antipathy To anything DEM
ocrntlc can be prevailed upon,
But the fellows over here are lust
/ an hide bound. They believe In their
! nnrty, mud they believe from their
I crowns TO their heel taps. Yesterday la
! GrecnNillc, where he was billed 10
! speak, there wna superb audience
Earnest Pillow was the lodeatonc and
| nfterwnfd the Rtur performer IN n po-
! lilcnl rally which would have done any
| Middle Tennessee county proud. The
| court house was crowded to It's utmost
| capacity, Pillows wen known reputps
| tion az IN orator had preceded him.
! anu the old guard turned out They
80. IA x.fls -
, pitality OF their historic little city. aud
Were well prepared for the treat In
| ntore for them. IL Nv Unnecessary 10
| state That the orator was fully up to
| the demands OF the occasion. lilo wna
earnest aud Instructive, and eloquent
/ There has not In my opinion, been u
1 public speaker for many years na Hiftt
\ I'd as this young man from Marshall
county. General Atkins snid In the To-
| cent Htnte Democratic convention Ia
Nashville, when called upon 70 follow
Pillow In Rpocch, that for mo iitpt
| time he had heard the equal OF william
l.. Ynnoey. AT Greenvillc the audience
l put the seat ~ their enthusiastic np-
! pruvnl upon THIS distinguished tribute,
1 They chscrcd ana npplnuded from ne
/ mumont that his address began, ana
| aftorward II Rplendid ovation wah tens
| cred him at his rooms ut the hotel
Chrmuok has just gone through East
4 TenncuAec ana has made u most eN-
| celcnt Impression. lie Htandn nlOnc In
I tho characteristic of uniquenchs
amongst he edltora OF the state. THIS
/ he well auBtninp In his speeches. mud
! that he concluded that there We're no
/ ccnyorhlonA to br made IN THIS section
| and shaped his speeches accordingly.
IL hnn often been said Of him that ile
! ~ u born nhuHer. Certainly the hepub-
1 licanH uf Tennessee are not ready !"
denounue such n statement. But Car
81. "a. F..ll. I..sts nd
and earnest, and even though we may
I mike no converts TO Democracy, II lH
equally certainty that Republicans
have little to hope for In the way Of
gnina from the followers OF Cleveland
ana Turney. Senator iihrrlD VIII mehn
several speeches hero before entering
| Middle Tennessee. The enrrs1t demand
/ for him cun be construed but NJ an
/ evidence OF the great popular esteem
IN which he ~ held. and IL surely most
| gratifying to him in the declining years
Of "A life that has been fun OF events,
and that has yet TO experience w hfse
defeat
Grcenyille is one of the notable towns
| of Tennennee. Upon a conspicuous sitr
An the beautiful suburbs is n monument
which gives the dates OF tho birth nnd
denth OF great TenncAsecan. ss-
| faith IA the people never wnvered.
In tho god beneath there are fng
/ OF hia country as a winding sheet,
copy OF the constitution aB pillow
ana the mortal remains VI Andrew
Johnson, the great cpfnmoner. Mt
far away IN hia old home. ~ which
he died near by his old tailor shop,
where he only constructed the gar
ments with which TO hide tho physical
defects OF his fellow man, but edu-
Gated hlmgolf from the alphabet OF
learning 20 the attainment of wisdom.
which lifted him for the presidency OK
the United states. 1 lind that the
same reverence which made him tho
Idol Of the masses OF his people In
( llfo has developed into the sublimeHt
vcneratlon or those who knew and re-
member him.
The leading party workers. In drcono
\ county are W. II Gouchcnour. II. Y.
Reeve and John Landstrect The lat
ter married Miss belle Patterson. wei
known IN Nashville, not only for her
personal charms. but M the grand
daughter OF Andrew Jackson she
died n few yearn ago and her remains
lie In the little family burini ground.
not far removed from those OF nor
Illustrated grandfather. To tho gentle
men named the representatives. OF the
state Democratic committee are cHpec-
ially obligated for numerous conrtesiaa.
/ II Tho face OF an upfaillnR Republican