Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-29
A. c. Merritt for the Senate.
w. Jasper Taylor and Hiram
- Vaughn for the House of
Representatives.
A Lawyer, Mechanic: and Farmer.


candidates for the Legislature, met at Cons
vention Hall at IL o'clock yesterday morn
ing
The meeting was called to order by w.
j. Wade, and on motion, James I. Bell, was
called to the chair.
On ascending the rostrUm, Mr.. Bell
thanked the convention for the honor
which it had conferred upon him, and said
that the convention had met to select can
didates to represent Davidson county in
the Senate and House of Representatives
of the General Assembly, and urged the
necessity of nominating the best men the
county afforded. There were measures of
the greatest importance to be discussed.
Among them was a question which had
already been sprung in our midst, and that
was the manner in which the manufac-
turing departments of the penitentiary were
run TO the detriment of private interests.
The reporters of the press present were
requested to act as Secretaries. Mr.. W. j.
Wade was appointed Assistant Secretary.
The following delegates answered to their
names on the call of the roll:
First Ward-N B Hamilton; Second,
Captain George Kinney; Third. DR. J d
Plunket; Fourth, Pat Walsh; Fifth, A r
Hoge; Sixth, Val Davis; Seventh, limo
thy Haley; Eighth, Geo W Sweeny;
Ninth, Adam Karsch; Tenth, John Kilcoin.
Second District-Edward Whitworth !;
Third, B Ballentine; Fourth, w j
Wade; Fifth, A F Golf Sixth, r Nc
Cam Seventh, A Baker; Eighth, Thos
Claiborne; Ninth, John Burke; Tenth,
NJ Page, Eleventh, DR. r L Galbreath;
Twelfth, Archer Cheatham. Thirteenth,
Barney Hines; Fourteenth, w W Fulghum;
Fifteenth, NJ Campbell Sixteenth, not
represented; Seventeenth, John McClel-
land, B Clemens, I Hopkins, T Bell,
w r Demonbreun, P Hutchinson;
Eighteenth, Wat Weakley,; Nineteenth,
G Hamblin; Twentieth, VIM Connell,
Twenty-first, L L Saunders; Twenty-secS
ond f Marshall; Twenty third, q Jor-
dan; Twenty fourth, Isaac Lanier; Tw en-
ty-ffth, w Howington.
Col Thos Claiborne moved that a COM
mittee of seven be appointed on creden-
tials. Carried, and Messrs Claiborne. Ma
thews, Mccain, Hopkins, Wash, vornell,
Plunket and Hoge appointed
The committee having retired to decide
a contest between two delegates from the
thirteenth district, returned and reported
in favor of Barney Hines.
Col. Thos. Claiborne moved that three
tellers be appointed. Carried, and Messrs.
Claiborne, Connel and HALEY appointed.
The following gentlemen were then
placed in nomination as candidates for the
State Senate:
A. G. Merritt, John A. McCampbell and
John Frizzell, the last named person not
being candidate.
First Ballot-Merritt, 10; McCampbeI,
IA; Frizzell, 6.
Second Ballot Merritt, 20; McCamps
bell, II; Frizzell, 4.
Mr.. Merritt was declared nominated, and
his nomination was then made unanimous.
The following were then placed in nom
ination for the House of Representatives:
Col VIM E Demoss, Jasper Taylor, DR. r
c Foster, Player Martin, w 81 billiard,
Hiram Vaughn, Thos B johnson, P G
Silver Perkins, G Hamblin, Judge w A
Glenn and Gilbert Marshall.
First Ballot-Demoss, 3; Taylor, ID;
Foster, 5; Martin, 8; billiard, IA; Vaughn,
10; johnson, 2; Perkins, .; HambIin, 6;
Glenn, 5; Marshall, 8. The name of Mr..
Perkins was here withdrawn.
Second Ballott-Demoss, 3; Taylor, Is;
Foster, 5; Martin, s; billiard, Il; Vaughn,
6; johnson, 2; Hamblin, 4; Glenn, 6; Mar
shall, 4. The name of Thomas B. johnson
was withdrawn.
Third Ballot-Demoss, 8; Taylor, Is;
Foster ,; Martin, 6; billiard, IS; Vaughn,
?; Hamblin, 5; Glenn, .; Marshall, 4; John
son, 2. The name of Col. Demoss was
withdrawn.
Fourth Ballot.-Taylor, II; Martin, s;
billiard, IA; Vaughn, IL; Hamblin, 6; Glenn,
3; Marshall 3.
Fifth Ballott.-Taylor, IS; Martin, S;
billiard, II; Vaughn, 10; Hamblin, 4;
Glenn, 8.
Sixth Ballot.-Taylor, 81; Martin, 3;
billiard, Is; Vaughn, Is; Glenn, Z.
w. J. Taylor was declared elected The
was received with applause.
The name of Judge Glenn was withdrawn.
Seventh Ballot-Dillard, Is; Vaughn, %.
Mr.. Hiram Vaughn was declared elected.
The nominations of Messrs. Taylor and
Vaughn were made unanimous.
The following resolution was adopted in
lieu of proposition to make the whole
delegates:
Resolved, That the representatives of
hose wards and districts of Davidson coun-
y which have selected delegates to the
Floaterial Convention, and who may attend
said convention, which convenes at Spring
field on Sept. %, 1870, are hereby empow-
cred to cast the vote of said county in said
should said representatives
Who attend said convention deem it advisa-
Die, they are hereby vested with the power
o select other delegates to aid them in
'aid representation for those wards and
districts Of Davidson county which have
allied to elect Floaterial delegates.
A motion was made and carried that the
10Th day of October be named as the time
or holding the Congressional Convention
It Nashville, and that wards and districts
which have not appointed delegates to
hat Convention be requested to hold pri-
nary meetings and select the same.
A. G. Merritt, Esq, being loudly called
or, took the stand, and in a few appropri-
lte remarks addressed the Convention,
banking the members for the honor thew
lad conferred upon him.
The Convention then adjourned.