Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
STATE POLITICS.

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in Tennessee in phenomenal. In every
section of the State, but particularly
in the Eastern Division the increase of
its strength has exceeded the increase
of population. 1t is the conviction of
the candid and thoughtful men Of all
parties, who have closely investigated
the matter, that for the last ten years
could we have had fair elections Ten.
nessee would have been q doubtful
State. In the minds of honest men
there was not the slightest doubt of
Evans election and eighty per cent of
the Democratic party universally con.
coded it, and are Inundated and cha
grined by Pete Turney's open theft of
the office.
This piece of unblushing ~rascality,
though a scandal to every man, wo-
man and child in the State that will
mot out" will serve in the end to the
benefit of the Republican party and
accelerate the permanent disappear
ance of the Democracy from our poll,
tics. The Democratic party is hope.
lessly ruptured over the Gubernatorial
steal if the honest Democrats" do not
fly the position they have boldly and
unequivocally taken upon the matter,
and the acerbities Of the silver discus.
sion still further define and emphsize
the irreconcilable nature of its internal
discords.
Up to date the Republican party
holds the vantage ground. 1t is vexed
by no internal dissesions. The party
leadership is harmonious, there being
no conflict of personal ambitions. The
rank and file are agreed as to what
ought. and what shall be, done. The
Tennessee Republicans are not alarmed
about the currency. They have no
fears of being made gorgeously rich or
abjectly poor by silver. For political
reasons only, they are interested spec
tators of 1.-THE irrepressible conflict
that is rending the Democratic party
on this subject. They only want all
forms of money to be of Interchange.
able value and equal purchasing power
And this they now have despite the
wildcat schemes forever exhaling from
the boys Of Democratic delusion and
in~competency. Tennessee Republicans
are not worrying themselves about ma
tional questions. They know that saw
ing the country has been the sole bust.
ness of the Republican party for the
last thirty five years; that it has
brought it triumphantly through many
emergencies far more trying than the
one that now confronts us; and that its
wealth of wisdom and experience fit it
to conquer all the difficulties and avert
all the perils that can possibly arise.
They can safely trustthe next National
Convention to frame a platfrom in
%consonance with the spirit of the times
and to meet all the requirements that
new conditions may impose. They
will unhesitatingly fall into line to
give these principles full force and
effect.
We say again that Tennessee Repub.
licans are not going ravin' distracted
over national questions. They are
determined that nothing shall divert
their attention from the State cam
paign. The issues it will evoke will
engross their entire time. They will
hold the opposition to strict accounta-
bility for all its %follies, blunders and
crimes, and especially for all the
abuses and infamies that, like the shirt
of Nessus, sticks to Turneyism in all
its notifications from the coal oil in
spectorships down to i the guarding of
the penitentiary convicts.