Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10
NOTES ON THE ELECTION.


We give elsewhere in our columns the result
of the election yesterday, by which IT viii be
seen that some gentlemen were successful whlle
others were not. The usual amount of button,
holing, pulling hauling, treating, buying ana
selling was done, all of which had ITS inhuence.
In the First Ward the election of Mr.; Akin
was what every one expected, and the interest |
centered on Messrs. Dave Martin, 9. w. Charl- |
ton and Bon Stephenson, a member of the pres
ent Board. Dave the successful man who beat
Mr.. Charlton only two votes, was once the devll
of the Whjg Office and of course had the SYM |
pathy Of the printers Mr.. Charlton's constitu- |
ents probably think his whole time can be pro- |
ftabIy employed with the Eastern Division
Fair although they all admit that he would
have made a most excellent Alderman.
In the Second Ward, Mr. ROyl the vete-
ran free school man, came out far ahead OF
his opponents, while his colleague who thought
more of business than making votes, was de-
fcatcd. Judge Lewis, progressive go-ahead,
whole-souled kind of fellow, was elected,
and we predict that he will make, his
mark in the Board lie has only TO
| whom he defeated, TO render satisfaction MS one
| Of the city fathers.
In the Third Ward DR.. Boyd and John Jones
! we're tho lucky individuals, beating Park Will
| iams, colorcd, and II. f. Glass a member of
| the present board.
In the Fourth Ward, the excitement ran
| high. Charley Fouche gave his friends TO I'M
| derstand at three o'clock that he had all the
| votes he wanted, and went away to his looking
| glass to see how an alderman looked, but count
ing the votes, it was found that he
had made a miscalculation, and that
| Carrick Park was one vote ahead
of him. Charley's friends will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days over his dc;
feat Colonel Mariner ran far ahead OF all
his opponents, receiving ffty-nine votes The
people of that Ward will find that they have a
| representative that will stand up for their IN
| terests and the whole city will find in him an
officer who will reflect credit upon those whom
We came TO the Fifth Ward with feelings
mingled with grief and joy. We rejoice at the
selection made for Alderman. Mr.. Munson
was opposed by Mayor Van Glider WIN All me
herculean power of his honor. The Mayor in
his Webstcrean effort at the serenade on Thurs
day night made the prediction that ms Mr..
Munson thought everybody was down on HIM;
| he would find ION Saturday that it was that
way He has changed his mind. The Mayor
| thinking that in his own contest he had dead
sure thing of it, left his case in the hands OF
friends, and stood the entire day at the polls OF
this ward working against Munson. But with
e all he and his various leutenants could do Mum
= son came out victorious, and the people OF the
/ ward have n good representative in the Board
D Yardley the other member from the ward is {
= cnlored man fully alive TO the interests of hi
r race and of the city. He deservedly has more
c influence with his race than almost any othe
= man. The reason of this is, he is man o
f ability and has always stood firm to HI
il principles But we are sorrowful when W
d think of the defeated chairman of the Stree
n Committee, Mr.. James Kennedy. We grlev'
q to learn that he doesn't take MS uelchI Ilhc
IS philosopher We learn that he incnes to pro
a family and that he thinks that for dark Ways
Il and "vain tricks, the voters of the FINN " ara
n especially Munson and Yardley, "are peculiar.
e ! Madame Rumor has it, that sundry creditor
e will be made to feel the effects of his defeat o
Monday. Constable Wilds will, perhaps, e
20 some business us one OF the results; In IN
&c meantime we Wouia %a w irrgh 'ev must en-,
his fierce passions Don't be in n hurry abol
90 collecting rents This is not the last election.
m In the Sixth Ward the contest was vas warm warm !
1t with heads up. No enc complained at the star
Kern kept running right ahead all day Ions
TO never tagging in his zeal, and when the resu
he was announced, it was found that he was
,f- votes ahead of his foremost competitor. Hoxsit
he Henderson, Flenniken and Bailey took 1t nee
ne and neck' until after dinner, when Bradley
friends thought they discovered that he was &c
o. ting short-winded, and it soon became very eV
ch dent that he would fall behind. Ills broke
H. arm prevented him from pleading with vote
he in a demonstrative manner as, MS compettoI
20 and he gave up. The last we heard OF nm
IN. was Mt Chamberlain IL Albers' buying bottle
nd liuament He is nursing his arm and lookn
"a forward to the next municipal election l'lenn
ad ken and Uoxsies friends seeing them run
,le well were cheering them on, when they ben
M naturally very modest mon, became emba
De- raised at the attention they were attracting a
OF fell behind just as they seemed about to cor
ed out winner Henderson, not being easily 81
barrassed and not caring for the attention I'll
he was being directed to him, raised his head al
W trotted through Just rs Squire Hudburgh a
= nounced the "polls of the present election 9
in | noV closed Henderson had inquired of |
TO friends about the fare up salt river but we
not sunpose he will invest in that classic strea
Just yet. 49,
10, Waters. the old Aldermen, had no opposltl
ty except Luke Wilds, who ran for amuseme
~ not Wishing or expecting to be elected, as
io already has all he can do in his Office as &C
Az stable 1t will be seen above that his bu5in'
I'd NAV increase unless sundry creditors pay
ON or vote better in the future.
roii In the Eight Ward there were six Rlehmor
u ar in the field Campbell and Mike sullivan,
tbo will be seen were the lucky ones. George X
oy studiously avoided asking men to vote Tor al
icb and seems 10 have been forgotten by ms iTlen
nd He evidently ia not aspiring TO municipal hS
,nn ors. Tom Burrier concluded early IN the q
~ that selling Singer sew ing machines was
ct business rather than passing ordinances LOT
ttGo | government of city All of the others seem
vi 10 retire in good order, leaving the field to
Io's yictors above mentioned, who will perhaps 81
coed in representing our enterpnsng irleho'
D Un Upon the whole the order of things will
be much disturbed by yesterdays proeeeain
MAyor Van Glider was elected by ABOUT
red largest majority be has ever received, ah9
and a Board of Aldermen which Will seeoh4 an
AIDE forts made for the improvement o. Tue q
on Already brigade of candidates arc pes'eE
.yer tbe Aldermen elect, trying TO conylnce IN
zine that they would make eNceteiv po''Iit ,.iiI
ho Cor want of men TO serve. Let us trust u
Un5er the administration of the new boz
: -, ,,rnpnar 81 never has bel