Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-02
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Judge VIM. 3. Caldwell. President of the
Cincinnati Reunion and Reform Association,
called the Convention to order ard nominated
Judge J. B. StallO, Of Cincinnati, temporary
President
Judge Stalio on appearing on the stage was
received with considerable applause Stallo's
speech indicated full harmony with the Nation
al Convention.
A small arm chair sent for the President of
the Convention, was occupied by John Adams
when he signed the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. 1t is quite plain, black with gilt decora-
tions, upholstered in snutf-cOlored rep.
Playing by a brass band from st. Louis, sta
toned near the door, was the signal for the
general entrance Of delegates. Among them
we're several ColOred men from Northern
States,
The floor is nearly all filled by delegates.
There Is but meager attendance of spectators,
of whom there are not four hundred in the gal
leries, which when filled will accommodate z, 800
Groups are gathered in various parts of the
house in animated conversation, evidently dis
cussing still unsettled points of difference. 1t
is authOritatively stated that FentOn left town
this morning. His friends are mysteriously re-
served as to the reasons for his departure
Col. GrosvenOT, of st. Louis, called the Con-
vention to order in a brief speech He claimed
great importance for this Convention, as it was
the largest in the number of delegates and the
truest representatives of public sentiment that
had ever assembled-that sentiment which al
ways does I'd always shall rule the country
The wisdom Of this Convention and the wisdom
and will Of the people at the next fall election
will make the move successful He needed not
to make the usual appeal for harmony to men
who abandoned their connection with a success.
full party TO stake their political future upOn this
movement for reform. He nominated for tenn
pOraTy Chairman, Judge Stanley Matthews, of
Ohio Carried unanimously.
Mr.. Mathews said 1t is no idle affectation
when l say it is impossible to express the deep
sensbility with which receive and accept the
unexpected honor conferred upon me. am I'M
prepared to preface the assumption of the duties
of Chairman with such remarks as are appro-
pirate to the occasion. No one could get the
people to say what would be the result of this
convention, but the main thing, that which he
set above all else was, that the time has come
when it is the voice of q large influential por-
ton ofthe people that they will no longer be dogs
to wear the collar ola party. LCheers. We have
heretofore been members of the Republican
party. BenOtashamed to have borne thatname.
The past Of the party was COmmendable in its
work of sustaining the Union against seces-
sion. It's work had become part of the funda-
mental law, and with it the principle of the
equality of all before the law had been estab-
lished. He considered this convention, then,
rebellion against the Republican party 1t is
the highest eulOgy of the principles Of that par
~, for it shows that that party has the high
courage TO set about the work of reforming It.
SO'A PPi"N9N'J ~ peAIJ NehAl VIC vi past
reputation. 1t was because those who control
the Republican machinery and principles have
diverted them from their true purposes that this
movement was initiated. The war has ended
and peace has come. So ought to end military
rule. (Cheers} Everything that keeps alive
and fans the emberS of the dead past.
The Convention adjourned till ten o'clock to-
morrow morning, after resolving that each
State delegation shall elect delegates equal in
numeer to double the votes of each State in the
Electoral College.
The New York delegation had an exciting
meeting. l25 delegates were present, They re-
solved that the New York delegation should
castitheir vote for Horace Greeley until ten del
egates requested the delegation to retire for con-
sultation, after which the vote shall be cast for
Greeley subject to the direction of the delega-
ton.
[NoTE.-Our special dispatches from
Cincinnati, for which we had arranged.
were crowded out last night because ofthe
great press of business on the wires. Bos-
ton specials were sent through Knoxville
last night, so great was the pressure upon
the wires from Cincinnati East. We had
expected to give our readers special adj
vices to the latest hour, but are disappoint-
ed through no want of effort on our part.