Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-08-02

was so densely packed that it was with difficult
| ty any one could pass through, and as the news
of the triumph came in from the various dis
tricts the result was greeted with vocifnrous
cheers
| sPEECHEs
were made by number of speakers. Judge
| Houk led off in his well known happy style,
| and made a number of palpable hits He want
ed to know how long it would take to elect
/ Greeley by colored votes with ''eXtras" from
| tho opposition Office if the DAYS work was an
indication of Summers strength with that class
| of voters. he hadn't seen q cOlored man We
who was willing to go back on his party, if
Mr.. Sumner did lead the way He then told of
the sad demise of deacon Pogram," the bo-
som friend of =" Nasty who died of excessive
! vomiting of the various denominations compos-
| ing the Greeley party. He warned the Demo
Gratis to beware of betting, for it was not always
safe to do so, as the result had proved His re-
marks were spiced with anecdotes and received
with unbounded applause. He closed with the
| announcement of the departure of the Demo
cratic candidates for the headwaters Of the ira
ditional saline stream. s- AZ "a. ;r rs
| O.. SHERIFF GossETT
/ Was loudly called for and his appearance was
| greeted with rounds of applause. He thanked
| the voters present for the confidence reposed in
| him in re electing him to the position he then
| held, and while the majority now was in the
neghborhood of six hundred votes, in No
vember we would roll up one of thousand.
| The Democracy had attempted to draw close
the party lines, though this was only local
election, but he hardly thought the result was
| satisfactory. His remarks were pointed and
were repeatedly cheered
! JAMES N. RAY, ESQ.
This gentleman was the next speaker, appear
ing afterrepeated calls. He said that though
defeated himself, yet he was the only one of his
| ticket who was, and he rejoiced rs much as any
| other man in the county at the success of the
ticket and he had the satisfaction of knowing
| that he received the support of a ma ority Of
| those who wore the blue. With this, the initial
election Of the compaign the Greeleyites would
| be ruined az the November election. ..-
SQUIRE BRANDoN's EXPERIENCE
W. C. Brandon, Esq, was then called for and
mounted the rostrum. He felt that the Repub-
licans would rally in their might on the day of
election He had counted noses several DAYS
since and had never doubted the result 1t
would take pound of soap to shave each Of
Hudiburg's friends in the morning. Democ-
racy was completely demolished in Knox coun-
ty to-day, and by November it would live only
in tradition. The candidates of Democracy had
started up Salt river and Greeley would meet
with them at the ides of November. Squire
Brandon's remarks were listened to with atten
ton and received with tumultuous applause
| THE CoLoRED TROOPS FOUGHT MOLLY.
w. i. Yardley, Esq, appeared in response
to vociferous calls and his appearance was greet
ed with repeated calls He said that he did not
come to make q speech-he had been engaged
in that line for some days past, and was fatigued.
He alluded to the efforts to hOodwink the color
cd men of Knox county into voting the Conser-
vatiye ticket and failing in that to secure their
srtfrages for Gibbs as the better Republican.
But it wouldn't do. The Ignorant negroes
know their party friends and would stand by
the party, and Chas. Summers detection could
not Induce them to leave their colors, although
honoring him for his efforts in their behalf in
days gone by, and concluded by pledging the
cOlored vote of Knox county solid for Grant in
November.
AN INTERRUPTION.
At the close of Mr.. BrandCns remark Capt
A. ]. Kicks was called for and briefly addressed
the meeting. He supposed that he had been
called on as a successful candidate, ioeularly
abiding To his vote az school commissioner. |
The election to-day had demonstrated that
we had working majority sufficient to carry it
on any occasion; he did not claim the vote for |
BLANC and Harris as an indication of party |
strength, but the race between Bearden and
Boyd was an indication Of party strength, and
as fair as we were likely to have soon. (Here
the speaker was rudely interrupted by an en-
Unused member of the opposition, considerably |
under the influence of liquor, who seemed bent on
provoking a row, but in this he was disappOint-
ed, for the large crowd being composed of the |
law and order party, re(rained from chastisng
his insulting language He regarded the cleo
ton Just over as a harbnger of the victory that
would perch on the Republican banner in No
.vember, and retired without eondesconding to
notice the interruption.
REMARKS OF JUDGE ANDREWS.
Loud calls were made for Lieut.. t. T. Thorn
burgh but being like his illustrious commander,
Gen. Grant, no speech-maker, he did not re-
spond.
Judge George Andrews entertained the !
crowd with brief speech on the situation, re-
plete with pungent witicism, eliciting rounds Of
applause The Judges style is we'll known and
his remarks were in sympathy with the feelings
ofhis hearers. - ~
MAJ. A. III. PETTIB0NE
was the next speaker and delivered himself in
ms usual felicitous manner. In the language
of Commodore Perry, we had met the enemy
and they were ours" His remarks were lis
tened to with great attention and after congrat-
ulating the audience on the glorious victory
achieved, the speaker retired at@H.f
During the evening the large crowd were re-
called with music by the colored band who
played some of their best pieces. The "Mock-
ing Bird y was omitted out of regard for the
feelings of those who are now rather sore. The
vast assemblage was very orderly, though nat
urally feeling and appreciating the Importance
of the victory achieved, and nothing occurred