Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-10-10
MATTERS PURELY POLITICAL.


We think Col. Cheves, of the Popu-
list rohibitionist combine, before he
would start out on his hemistretcher
hunt, had the promise of Democratic
support and that the party would make
no nomination for Congress. We give
the distinguished gentleman credit for
this much tact and foresight. But
now 1t is authoritatively given out that
the Democrats won't fuse with the CON-
bine but have put out a man Of their
own to be battered and knocked out of
the ring. II the Democrats made the
pledge, and Col. Cheves half way in
Inmates it in his public ~utterances and
private conversations, they are acting
with characteristic bad faith; and if
they did not make it they are acting
with great good sense, which is not
q common factor in the Democratic
make up, in keeping their old place at
the tail of the procession, and are mani
Testing and eagerness for information
as to the extent of the depletion ac-
lively going on in their ranks most
animating to those averse to distortions
and suppression in history.
All this child's play is interesting
and edifying to the Republicans only as
1t makes assurance double suren that
their handsome majority will be inde-
finitely increased.
The more we study, examine, scruti-
nize, analize, weigh and measure Col.
Cheves, the distinguished orator, the
more thankful are we for his prompt
and early arrival.
w. Q. Anderson, the Republican
nominee for Congress, has alreaey enter
actively into the canvass, not directly
in the interest Of his own candidacy,
but mainly for the purpose of enthus.
ing the Republicans and arousing them
to duty and action in respect to the
balance of the ticket. The prospect of
electing a Republican Governor was
never brighter and fuller of promise.
The divisions in the Democratic party
in Tennessee over Clevelandism Is much
wider and more irreconcilable than
the surface indicates, and the disap-
pointed and the Disguised, who will
hold aloof from any semblance of en-.
dorsing the White House Boss, are
continually growing more numerous.
The prolonged period Of depression,
which from present indications has
come to stay a long time with us yet,
will have q controlling Influence in
deciding the course Of many a Demo.
cratic voter, who prefers prosperous
times to Democratic supremacy.
Hon. Henry Clay Evans is the target
OF all the Democratic filth singers and
lie disseminators in the State. Their
daily assaults are full of the atrocity
of vindictive hate and malicious perse.
cution. Had he committed q wilful
murder or despoiled the lily OF the
purest woman's name, the merciless-
ness of their thrusts could not be more
brutal. This ungovernable f~iercenesi
and malignant bitterness are the strong,
est evidence Of Democratic dread and
dismay, of Mr.. Evans popularity and
the probability of his election, the
Righteousness Of his cause, his super,
Tor merit and excellence as q man, and
at the same time a positive acknowl,
edgement of his ability to cope with
the best brain OF the Democratic party.
The special mission of Mr.. Anderson
is to pay but little heed to the outside
diversions going on around him, fol-
they are just about as dangerous as the
wax figures in a dumb show, but to
excite such an interest and anxiety fol-
the election of the general ticket as to
call out every Republican voter, whom
the Russian methods Of the Tennessee
Democracy have not expelled from the
poles.