Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-09-10
Tennessee Politics,

A correspondent of the COurier-JOmndt,
writing from Nashville, Sept. 9th, says:
All interest here is centered in the John
son-Cheatham campaign. Little else in a
political way is thought of or talked about
or speculated upon or made the subject of
bets. Grant and Greeley are lost sight of
in the uproar about Johnson's candidacy
against the regular nominee" and the
Greeley party is so split open about it and
in each wing so violently for or against
Andy that they would sink the venerable
Horace and give the State to Grant in or
der to land their favorite in Congress from
the State at large.
FOR ANDY OR CHEATHAM.
The Memphis AUdlanche is "imperti-
nent" enough to want to know how the
regular Democratic nominee for Congress
in that district stands on the Cheatham-
Johnson question. 1t says:
Hon. Landon G. Haynes Covington
speech did not contain word in favor of
General Cheatham, the nominee for Con-
gresham at large. Why is this thus?
A VAIL.
The Columbia Herald supports General
Cheatham for Congress, although it has
heretofore been for Johnson, and waileth
as follows:
What do the developments of the last
day or two prove? They show that candi-
dates are popping out all over the State, as
thick as leaves in Valambrosa, on indie
pendent tickets. The prospect now is that
it will cost us several Congressman and
various smaller offices. A. S. Colyar has
announced himself for Governor on the
johnson ticket, against John G. Brown,
already elected by reclamation. In the
ninth, Memphis Congressional district,
Kellar has bolted the convention that
nominated Landon G. Haynes, and by so
doing almost guarantees the election of
Barbour Lewis, Radical of the darkest
hue. In the seventh district there will
probably be three candidates, Atkins, Ira
Wis and Thomas, for Congress, which
cal, at least possible. In the Nashville dis
trict, Stark, Golladay, Brien, and White
have announced themselves, and it only
remains for Prosser, or some other Radical
to enter the field and be elected, if they all
run the race through. In Maynard's dis
trict Caldwell and Garrett are in the field,
and if both run through, will only be cleo
tors for Radical. Here in our own dis
trict we have Whitthorne, Morris and
probably Perkins, of Williamson, against
Gibbs, Radical. Who does not foresee the
result IeduICd1S Will LII OlllCCS dill oNC1
the State if the party union is not preserv-
ed. We must work for the nominees,
though they may not be our personal
choice.
HOW THE PAPERS STAND.
The Union and american publishes list
of anti-Grant papers of this State which
have taxed decided position in the Cheat
ham-JohnsOn contest as follows:
FOR CHEATHAM.
The Morristown Gazette, theSweetwater
Enterprise, the Athens Post, the Cleve-
land Banner, the Chattanooga Times, the
McNIinnville New Era, the Livingston
Journal, the Sparta Tribune, the Lebanon
Herald, the Woodbury. Press, the Man
chester Democrat, the Shelbyville Conn
mercial, the Fayetteville Observer, the
Fayetteville News, the Winchester Home
Journal, the Lewisburg Gazette, the Muir.
freesboro' Monitor, the Murfreesboro.
News, the Columbia Herald, the Pulaski
Citizen, the Lawrenceburg Journal, the
Waynesboro Review, the Gallatin Vidette,
the Springfield Record, the GAINESVILLE To
bacco Leaf, the GAINESVILLE Chronicle, the
Jackson Wing and Tribune, the Bolivar
Bulletin, the Dyersburg Progress, the Dy-
eersburg Gazette, the Ripley News, the
Trenton Gazette, the Union City Courier,
the Mckenzie Times, the Sommerville
Falcon, the Memphis Appeal, the Mem
phis Ledger, the Brownsville Bee, the
huntingdon Democrat, the Nashville
Union and American.
FOR JOHNSON.
The Greeneville Sentinel, the Greene
Vile Reporter, the Shelbyville Rescue, the
Gallatin Examiner, the Franklin Journal
and Review, the Dover Record, and the
Trenton News. To which we suppose we
may also add the organs of 'Dis0rganiza-
tion," the Nashville Banner and the Mem
phis Avalanche.
We presume the big organ in this city is