The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-17

assiat in building ships, the couyen-
tion has made no mistake. Nash |
vile American.
The man who can't submit TO the |
viii Of the majority win find O rest !
ing place in no party. Such fel-
low Is q constitutional Mugwump. /
Chattanooga News.
The financial plank of the Dem
ocratic platform speaks out For an
overwhelming majority Of the par
ty, and for millions Of Republicans
as we'll We waste our time and
repudiale the evidence Of our senses
in refusing 10 recognize that fact
Washington Post.
Despite the fact that free silver.
is to be made the chief issue, the
News believes that there are other
considerations and other reasons
why we should elect a Democratic
President, and it viii lend It's sup
port 10 the ticket, believing it to be
the duty Of all sound money Dem
ocrats to stand by the party and
constitute a nucleus around which
a greater and grander Democracy
Will yet be formed.-Birmingham
(Ala.) News.
Hon. John u. Mccall, of Lex
ington, was re-nominated by the
Republican Congressional conyen-
tion at Paris last week. But alas
for the Hon, John, he threw away
/ his opportunity when he went to
| Congress. Admitting that he is a
political acrobat, his perfdy to
free silver Republicans and Popu-
lists is still fresh in the minds OF
the people, and he will find it de-
cidedly uphill business when he
attempts to reconcile his present
position with that of two years ago
The Democratic party stands foI
bimetallism and American indie
pendence. The Republican party
stands for the gold standard and
the consent of other nations" II
ought not to be hard for an intelli.
gent man who believes in the use
of both gold and silver as the mon.
ey of the country to take sides il
this matter. Even the man who
| believes in international bimetal
lism should not need to hesitate
long in making a choice. Can W.
hope to attain international bimet
allism by declaring for the golC
: standard? The Democratic posi-
tion is the only correct one for thos,
who honestly favor the use of boil
metals. -Paducah Register.
Mr.. Sidney j. Everett, who los
the nomination for criminal iudg
by such a narrow margin, has goot
reason to be proud of his race
Though defeated, it was a victor
in that entering the race almost un
known outside Of Madison county
he won friends from start to finish
and in the convention at Camdel
and afterwards in the primary eleC
; tion come near receiving the nomi
nation. The fact is Mr.. Everet
made a phenomenal race. He is
E man whom all delight to honor an
, who has a successful future. HI
, is a man Of high character and
genial, and a man Of superior abb
: ity, His friends stood by hin
, with a loyalty that bore eloqueI
Z testimony to the esteem in whic
7 they held him. Jackson Whig.
t The local Republicans have bee
trying for the last week to effect a
organization of some kind by whic
t they can make more effective the
: campaign work this fall. tits to
an Educational campaign, and I'll
: organization, which is partially e
t fected, is to be something Of an q
3 ucational bureau or library fro
9 which political information al
: literature is to eminate. We u
n derstand that Capt. S. w. Hawkil
4 has been selected as president, al
+ G. H. Rogers as secretary and
J. brarian. We understand that Il
building next door to the Ease
House, formerly occupied as a S
$ loon, is to be headquarters. Th
\ selection, we think, is very goo
= for next to dishing out whisky !
, don't know Of anything more inju
GUS than the dissemination Of 60
n bug and protective tariff literatul
: But imagine the disappointme
i and chagrin Of an old moss ba,
Ranubliean after lonp and ti1