Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-11
Fifth and Last Day.

The court was called to order yesterd
morning at half past ten o'clock, Jud
Turner in the chair.
Squire Baskette offered a resolution
grant the use of the County Court room
the Davidson County Farmers Club, Il
Mechanics and Manufacturers Association
the Board of Trade and the Board OF Et
ucation.
Squire Meacham thought these associ
tons should pay for their janitor and al;
their coal and gas bill.
Squire Maxey said the Farmers Gu
and the Mechanics and Manufacturer
Association were associations looking |
the pnblic good, and these organization
ought not to pay such bills, bat let Ii
county pay them.
On motion, the amendment requirin
Ell the societies to pay gas bills, etc, We
laid On the table, and the original resolU
ton Of Squire Baskette was adopted.
SQUIRE MAXEY AND THE BANNER.
Squire MAxey then arose to make al
explanation, aud read from the NashviIl,
| Republican Banner the following state
ment, published il that paper on Friday
as part of the proceedings Of the Count,
Court on Thursday:
| ''The Court adj0urned until this morn
| ing to elect the fourth commissioner
Justices Everett, Ewing, Bowen and Judg
| Whitworth are nominated, and close rae
is expected, all being very strong candi
| dates.
After reading the above, Squire Maxel
| said This is in the Banner this morn
ing. The reporter has got into an error
| and one that may do injustice to private
| individual. The latter part of that asser
| ton I have no doubt is very true, but
deny that Judge Whitworth is a candidate
1t was so ruled yesterday by your Honor,
| and SO stated by Magistrates in the court
L know that the members of the court
know also that 1t was my course, during
yesterday, to throw away my vote, and
claimed the right to throw it away upon
whom pleased. 1 saw proper to throw
awaythe vote upon Judge Whitworth, though
1 knew that Judge Whitworth, according
to the ruling OF the court, could not be q
candidate, and knew that the members
of the court knew that fact. Judge Whit
worth Eever gave his consent to any one:
and will stale that when told him what
| was going to do, he, in fact, almost for
bade me to do it; but knowing that I had
the right to vote for whom pleased, and
as l intended to throw away my vote, I
threw 1t away upon Judge Whitworth,
which l had right to do, without intend
ing any reflection upon Judge Whitworth.
l make this explanation to set Judge
Whitworth right.
THE DEBATE COMMUNICATES MAJORITY AND
THE MINORITY EXPLAIN
Squire Paul then briefly addressed the
court He said: don't know what has
brought US into this except it be the fact
that the war that we have had has made
everybody cross grained; but l will say
that it is pity that We, as a County Court.
should pass resolution or say words that
reflect upon US as a County Cour,, or re-
feet upon Judge Whitworth or Gen.
Nancy, or anybody else We ought to
come here as a County Court, and do our
business in a b1siness-like way. and cast
no reflection upon any one. Three days
ago we met here TO elect Commissioners.
Now l would like to know whether we
have interest enough in these rail-
roads to justly Us in looking after
it? l think that the many thousand
dollars we have in these roads is sufficient
70 claim our attention, instead of voting.
as YVES done yesterday, for Boutwell,,
and ''Old Dog Tray, and No Dog Tax"
and ''Iajar Alden and quite a number
voted for Judge Whitw0rth, VINO was not a
candidate at all. Now, if I had done this.
any man might have asked mo nv motives.
and might have reflected upon me for nv
course in any manner he pleased. What
would the court think Of me, if instead of
voting for some one to represent our inter
est, had voted for 'Old Dog Tray" or
for some man who could not represent our
interest. do say that there is magnitude
enough in this subject to require our Sc
rious attention. I believe that the yerv
men who were most in favor Of the ap-
pointment Of Commissioners at the January
term are the very men that are opposing
the election, and scattering votes any
where rather than concentrate them upon
any one man who can DO elected. # l
am wrong in that, am innocently wrong.
Now, what is the difficulty? l was put in
nomination, but because was not elected
am l to keep throwing tire-brands into
this court: Do these men act N this man
ner because they think there is not enough
importance in this sabjec. to demand their
attention? If they do, they are much mis-
taken. II the election is postponed ill
the April term, By Tia. time the meeting
Of the stockholders and the election will
be over. l don't wish 70 take from your
Honor one particle of the power belong
ing to you; but at this meeting Of ths stock
holders they will probably stay up until
o'clock in the morning, and your Honor
3 not physically able to stay ard hear all
ihs speeches. We are sent here as guard
ians Of the interests of ths people of Ds-
wilson county; and il I can find out a
member of this Court who is voting for
''old dog tray, l certainly shall reflect up
on him if can, for l tljnk such man is
not doing his duty. \ gentleman, and c
sensible man, sad 70 me yesterday, Your
County Court needs reconstruction" And
l say that if We 90 on IL this way the next
Legislature viii try TO reconstruct us. l
hope we shall commence a new course. As
We have been here four days, doing scarce
ly nothing, 1 think we ought to go to work
this morning and elect this Commissioner.
Squire Msxey-We have been charged
with throwing tirebrands and (but not di-
rectly) with acting disordeIly. These
charges deny.
After some further remarks, Squire
hhAty Shlu lutL re uuO not VOTE IOE DoS
Tray" He also said that it was the ma
jority that had created the ''hubbub and
the confusion When the majority had
it in their power to elect a commissioner,
they threw that power away and nominated
other men. ''We didn't do it; we didn' {
help to do it. He himself only intended
to rouse the people to think, because,
&" EI0r pOpulj, coz Del.
Squire Meacham-I want to make few
remarks in answer to my friend Squire
Maxey. He starts out by saying that he
didn't vote for Dog Tray, but he deter
mined within himself that he would throw
away his vote, and he says ''we," "we"
threw away our votes Now that is the
strangest assertion l ever heard Squire
Msxey make, because l give him the
credit of having some sense and little
brains.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS AGAIN-THE BAT
TIE OVER.
The court then proceeded to the election
Of Railroad Commissioners. The clerk
read the nominations made Thursday
evening, as follows: EsquiFes Bower,
Everett, McCarley and Ewing.
Nominations were re-opened, and Squire
E. q. Childress was placed in nomination.
Il was objected that Squire Childress,
being member Of standing committee,
could not serve as Commissioner. Squire
Childress then rendered his resignation as
a member of the School Committee, and