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turned. Nashville Banner.
THE OUTLOOK IN TENNESSEE.
If all the Republicans should 60
to the polls, and many of the Dem
ocrats remain away, the Republic
cans might capture Tennessee this
tall, but anything like reasonably
conservative vote from both parties
ought to give the State to the Dem
ocrats by $4,000 or 10000,
There is probably some dissatis.
faction in both parties, not enough,
however, to materially affect the
result, and when election time rolls
around it will be found that most
of the Republicans will be in line
for Roosevelt and Littleton, while
the Democrats will be marching
under the Democratic banner OF
Parker and Frazier.
The boastful Gains Of the Re-
publicans that, on account of the
honest platform declarations of the
Democrats to stand by the record
of the party, the whisky element in
Tennessee would go with the Re-
publ1cans, who, themselves, have
declared their allegiance to the tenn
perance laws, has clearly lost its
force, for, after due considera ton,
the whisky element will find that
nothing could be gained from Re-
publican success, even if there were
secret assurances from the Repub-
licans, for the very best the mlnori-
ty could promise to deliver would be
the Governor and a slight reduction
of the Democratic majority in the
General Assembly.
If these ends could be attained,
through the aid of the whisky in
terest, what would they avail?
Concede all the Republicans claim,
or hope for, how could such a victo-
ry benefit the whiskey interests of
Tennessee? At such a price, and
through such an alignment, the
whisky interest would have to look
to Republican Governor for COM
fort, while an antagonistic Demo-
cratic Legislature would do the
wmaking. So far as legislation
is concerned, Republican Govern
or's voice would have but little more
effect than that of Malay IN the
far-off archipelago, tor the Gov
ernor's veto, under the constitution,
means nothing more than an official
protest, as the same vote required
to pass bill will pass it over the
veto.
With governor of the political
complexion as the majority in the
the moral effect of a
veto is often strong enough to de-
feat bill, as was the case during
the last session of the Legislature,
of the Columbia dispensary bill,
which Gov. Frazier vetoed. In that
instance the Legislature was in
sympathy with the Governor and
refused to pass the bill over his
veto.
If Littleton should be elected, the
Democratic Legislature would be
to him and his hackers,
and he could give no aid in pay
ment for his preterment.
1t is the presumption that the
men, being sensible bust
ness men, however much they may
be opposed to the existing temper
ance law, will not, as a class, align
themselves with the Republicans, |
which would give them no hope of
material aid, but would invite, on
he other hand, animosity and an
from the Democrats.
The logic of the situation, there
fore, is that the whisky interest
behind which are some of the best
thinkers and strongest men in the
State, will remain with the party
n power and not adopt policy Of
Inevitable suicide.
There will undoubtedly be some
ISOLATED instances where whisky
Democrats will align themselves
With whisky Republican candidates
or the Legislature, as there are
.lso whisky Republicans who will
lign themselves with whisky Dem
cratic candidates, but IN the final
nalysls of the question at issue,
thoughtful people must necessarily
each the logical conclusion that
he whisky interest will not fight
he Democrats IN the approaching {
ampaign Nashville News.