Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-01-05
THE CANVASS.
Grand Rally Mt Mayor Van GiIdcr's.
Withdrawal of DIR. Young-Speech at the
Court House.

Court House.
The colored band was employed to serenade
Mayor Van Glider at his residence yesterday
evening and give him an opportunity to express
his satisfaction over the prospects of the future,
and claim glory for what has been accomplish
ed in the past. About fifty colored men and
fifteen whites in addition to the members of the
band were present. After two or three airs from
the band concluding with, 'shoo hy, don't bod
der me-" the Mayor l., appeared and proceed
ed very deliberately to give his opinions of men
and things, but principally of men. lie an
nounced his preference for low taxes as COM
pared with high tax, and defed any man to say he
wasn't that way. He was always for low taxes;
He had worked in the fields and meadows, and
''toddled' about the streets, bringing Knoxville
out of its former estate, and placing 1t on the
highway to prosperity and wealth. He excused
himself for paying low wages to labOrers for the
reason that the money comes from the people,
and tho people wanted low wages paid. By his
policy the city is now in good condition Not
a coupon had been presented that was not
promptly paid He challenged any man to
find where guttering or curbing bad been
dene in front of his lots, and said the work
ty years ago. y good many complain that
work has not been done in their part of town
he hadn't got around yet, but would one
Of these days. Three hundred and seventy
four. dollars had been paid for work on Mckee
street, and he had paid for it three times over.
He had laid So, 500 worth of curbing and gut
torirg He was for free schools, sink or swim,
live or die survive or perish, first last and all the
time, and some fellows who had warmly es-
poused the cause some time ago had failed to
pay their taxes until very recently. Coming to
some personal matters, the speaker warmed up
and grew eloquent in language something like
this "Fellow-citizens-There is my friend on
Market Square; he has been 'toddlin' around
town talking about me. He held n sinecure
position when | was first Mayor, for which he
fyof% COM Hn hoS hnoD OnStpl from th at
and grew sore-headed because he couldn't be
engineer of the steamer j. &. Luttrell.' And
then there is my friend near the court house
corner He had something to do with ,pur-
much was paid. Somebody got $1,000
for making that transaction. IA
voice-Ike Barry.l And then There is my
friend over here at the corner of Mabry and
McGhee streets He tried to bully the board,
and because he couldn't do that he is down OF
me. The voters of the Fifth Ward will show
him on Saturday where he stands. He imag
ines that everybody In town Is down on him,
and he will find on Saturday that it IS about
that way. IA v0ice-Jim let's go homel And
then there is another man, the gentleman who
has worn the star. He is the dirtiest black
guard on the street. and is beneath my con-
tempt. He goes 'tOddlin around trying to in
jure me; it is prepOsterOus ! The lowest black
guard in this town is his equal, if not his su-
perior"
He referred to the cool weather in feel
ing terms. "a voico-talk on.l But he
didn't go on much, except to intimate that
Nashville, Chattanooga and Memphis have no
such municipal governments as Knoxville.
Allen McNutt was called upon, but the band
struck up, I'VE won't go home till morning"
thinking perhaps that refreshments were COM
ing, but as the refreshments didn't come the
crowd quietly concluded to 60 at Orceand they
went, as docie as so many lambs-no noise no
enthusiasm. Scattering squads were seen ap
OrOaphiO0 (Tau 81 aOd frp0np0t rpmarkS
were heard, such as, Jim, what for you tell me
Massa Van Glider was gwine for to give us a
suppah, seed nufin to eat" .e
why, you fool niggah, didn't you know bet
ter dan to expect sumfn to eat Massa,. Van is
saving" Whether refreshments were furnish
ed elsewhere or not we can not say as our re-
porter left about that time.
DIR. YOUNG wITHDRAvs.
Last night a number of citizens assembled at
the court house, it being understood that one Of
the candidates for the MayOralty intended air.
ing his idess. Proceeding thither our reporter
found the court room lighted up, though no in
quiry was made as to who furnished the dips"
DR.. Young took the stand and expressed his |
views on the approaching election, and formally |
withdrew from the canvass. He stated that he
had been called out for purpose, and that pur- |
pose having been ascertalned to his satisfaction,
he proposed leaving clear field to his compel |
itors. He had received assurances of sup |
port from large number of Republicans, |
which, with the colored vote, would be |
moro than sufficient to have elected him, |
but he could not afford to take the Office, as |
with liberal salary he was now getting six |
times as much at other business. de left the !
field with the confidence of victor, however, |
and in doing 80 hoped that the candidate who !
would do most for the city and the laboring |
classes would be elected.
Calls were made on several of the candidate |
for Alderman, but excessive modesty prevented |
hon mad