Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-06
D.,,o.r.,,o county ConventIon.

Democratic County Convention.
A large number of the citizens of the county |
met at the Courthouse yesterday, to select |
delegates from the different wards of the |
city and districts of the county to attend
the Gubernatorial Convention on the 18th
inst.
On motion of Gen. W. Fl. jackson, Judge
Jo. G. Guild was called to the chair, which
motion prevailed.
Upon taking the chair Judge Guild
thanked the members of the Convention
for the honor conferred in calling him to
preside over their deliberations. The
meeting had been called to have this coun-
ty represented in the important Convention
to assemble for the purpose of nominating
candidate for Governor. 1t was Con-
vention of the utmost importance-one to
determine who shall be our standard bearer
in the next Gubernatorial election.
The members of the press present were,
on motion, requested to act as Secretaries
Major Richard McCann moved the ap-
pointment of committee Of ten to recon-.
mend suitable delegates to said convention.
The motion was carried
Orville Ewing moved that said commit
tee be composed of five from the city and
five from the county. Carried.
The chair then appointed the following
committee, to-wit: Joel A. Battle, NJ. @.
Cotton, DR.. B. f. Manlove, r. s. Patter-
son, Robert Thompson, r. McCann, A. G.
Merritt, VIM. E. Demoss, James t. Bell,
). q. Webb, and, on motion, Gilbert Mar
shall was added to said committee.
Terry Cahal moved that the committee
be requested to select one delegate
from each ward and district, which
motion was carried
The committee then retired to attend to
their duties.
P. W. Msxey, Esq, proposed the follow.
ing:
Resolved, That the citizens of Davidson
county be and they are hereby requested
to hold primary meetings in their several
wards and districts on the third Saturday
| in September, 1870, for the purpose of Sc
lecting two delegates from each ward and
| district, except the seventeenth, which shall
have six delegates, to meet on the first
Monday in October, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for the State Sem
ate and for the House of Representatives.
That said delegates be required to meet
the delegates from the various counties
composing this Congressional District, at
such time and place as the other counties
may designate to nominate q candidate for
! Congress.
That these delegates meet the other del
| egates from the several counties composing
the Pictorial District to nominate candi-
date for Floator.
P. W. Maxey advocated the passage of
the resolutions.
Al.A
be postponed for the present.
Gen. w. B. Bate introduced and advo-
Gated a resolution in lieu, that an executive
committee of seven be appointed to take
this whole matter into consideration.
Esq. MaIey opposed the motion in lieu,
and insisted on the passage of the resolu-
| tons.
The committee here entered the room,
and the subject under consideration was
postponed for the present.
The committee then presented their re-
| port, submitting the delegates which had
been unanimously chosen as follows:
First Ward, Geo F Akers.
Second Ward, George S Kinney.
Third Ward, Thos Massengale.
Fourth Ward, r S Patterson.
Fifth Ward, R McNairy.
Sixth Ward, John McCann-
Seventh Ward, Isaac Paul
Eighth Ward, @ K Winston.
Ninth Ward, G. Kreig.
Tenth Ward, q B Jones.
Second District, Elijah E Patterson.
Third District, Hiram Cotton.
| Fourth District, B F Glesves.
Fifth District, A F Golf.
Sixth District, r Mccain.
Seventh District, Andy Baker.
Eighth District, John Overton.
Ninth District, N F Dortch.
Tenth District, W NJ Page.
Eleventh District, Gen W 81 Jackson
Twelfth District, VIM Jordon.
Thirteenth District, John P Wiles.
Fourteenth District, VIM E Demoss.
Fifteenth District, John 81 Anderson.
Sixteenth District, W Chandler.
Seventeenth District, 10 @ Guild.
Eighteenth District, 10 Wade.
Nineteenth District, Sam Donelson.
Twentieth District, E A Mathis
Twenty-fr District, Thos T Saunders.
Twenty-second District, Gilbert Marshall.
Twenty third District, Wellington Hyde.
Twenty-fourth District, G Earthmar
Twenty-fifth District, James Howington.
The committee also recommended as del.
egates for the county at large the follow
ing named gentlemen: John @. Burch, A.
| c. Roberts and Theodore Trauernicht
The report of the committee was re-
| ceived and unanimously adopted.
Orville Ewing offered the following reso-
luton, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Convention that the delegates appointed
by it shall use their best endeavor at the
meeting contemplated on the 18th of Sep
TENDER inst. to have Gen. John @. Brown
elected as the standard bearer of the State;
and afterwards to insure as much as in
their power his election as our next Gov
ernor, and also that Gen. Brown is the
first choice of Davidson county.
The Convention then took up the reso-
lutions offered by Esq. Maxey, and the
motion in lieu by Gen. Bate. Upon the
question being taken, the motion in lieu
was adopted, and the chair proceeded to
appoint said Executive Committee, to-wit:
WB Walton, Phinehas Garrett, W II Dill
lard, N @ Cotton, F P Cahill, Jas Pats
tsrson and 9 Kreig.
The Convention, then on motion, adj
Iourred.
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