Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-08-21

party and had been ruined. His reputa-
ton was assailed and in issue, and he
wanted an endorsement from the people.
If the convention would nominate him
and the party elect him, it would answer
the charges and help him out. The "big
organ " needed support. John Baxter
had knocked the libel ring papers out of
public printing and they needed some
thing. At this point the junior put in
and showed n poor mouth, saying they
needed help sure enough.
OTHER BRAVES SPEAR.
Col. John Williams friend spoke. He
said he didn't ask for any favors. He had
shown his faith by running when there
was no hope. He had never held back for
battering ram district. He had met that
old he radical, Horace Maynard, and
made the best fight he could, and il the
party called on him again he would re-
spond. AS for his character, he had no
such pleas to put in. When his character
was assailed he would meet it personally
like a man and not hide behind the people.
AS far as the claims of Fleming as editor
of the "big organ,n were concerned, he
| thought the least said the better. The
Knox county election wouldn't seem TO
| indicate that those claims were very heavy.
Besides, q great deal of the type material
they used was his, and he didn't care about
hearing them beg much on that ground.
ALI. Caldwell had little to say. His war
record he thought ought to carry him
| through. He begged the Texans to give
! the East End the nomination, as an act OF
magnanimity. The last elections had
shown that unless it was done the district
would be lost. Not even the solid vote of
the Texans could save it. East Tennessee
| Union men were justly alive and Indignant
and nothing but an f. Tennesseean on the
ticket would save the party. Caldwell had
| l.; oil or Ant IN foliy
much. He had the "big organ" boat and
that was enough. They had read him out
| of the party for signing BaXter's memorial
| and he now proposed to pay them back
The Texans swore and tore their hair and
said if this district wouldn't do they would
run it to the Mississippi next time. But
| the East Tennesseeans begged so hard that
! the Middle Tennesseeans finally agreed to
give this end the nomination provided they
gave it to q good rebel. They didn't want
! any blue coat in theirs. Some of the
shiewder ones begged to let them take Mel
son or Fleming or John Williams, but not
an inch would the Texans bulge. II was
enough to lose the nomination and they
didn't propose to give it to Union
man. That thing had played out.
1t might do where Johnny Re6 couldn't
be elected, but it wouldn't do in this dis
trict. In their end a Union man wouldn't
stand n chance at all. They were all sick
with Greeley crow now and to put on top
of it an East Tennessee Lincolnite wouldn't
take.
That settled the matter. So ALI. Cald-
well got it. And that's the way the war
dance was conducted.
The Braves are on their way back and il
the tide in the rivers is good they may get
home this week. The "big organ" needs
attention. Its been out OF tune, but mel.
! ther the junior nor the senior grinder will
be in any mood to run it much this week
So the front page will still be q circus pos.
ter minus the rooster.