Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-08-07


dark till midnight, while the sidewalk in front
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 vociferous
cheers
SPEECHES
were made by a number of speakers. Judge
Houk led of in his well known happy style, |
and made n number of palpable hits He want |
ed to know how long it would take to elect |
Greeley by. colored votes with extras from
the opposition office if the days work was an |
indication of Summers strength with that elias. |
of voters. He hadn't seen a 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 boz
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 tra-
! dltlonal saline stream.
SHERRY GossErr
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
negh borhood 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 a local
election, but he hardly thought the result was
satisfactory. His remarks were pointed and
were repeatedly checred.
JAMES n. RAY, KsQ
This gentleman was the next speaker appear
ing after repeated calls. He said that though
defeated himself, yet he was the only one of his
ticket who was and he rcoiced as much as any
| at n am of hn
| ticket, and he had the satisfaction of knowing
that he received the support of majority of
those who wore tho blue With this, the initial
election ofthe compaign the Greeleyitss would
be ruined at the November election
SQUIRE BRANDoN's EXPERIENCE.
W. c. Brandon, ESQ was then called for and
mounted the rostrum. He felt that tho Repub-
licans would rally in their might on the day of
election. lie had counted noses several days
since and had never doubted the result 1t
would take a pound of soap to shave each of
Hudiburgs 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 relnar ks were listened to with atten-
tlon and received with tumultuous applause.
THE coLoRED TROOPS FOUGHT NoBAY.
w. +. Iardloy, ESD appeared in response
to vocierous calls and his appearance was greet
| ed with repeated calls He said that he did not
come to make speech-he had been engaged
in that line for some days past and was tatigued.
dc alluded to the efforts to hoodwink the color
ed men of Knox county into voting the Conser-
vative ticket, and failing in that to secure their
, sutfrages for Gibbs as the better Republican.
t 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
y days gone by, and concluded by pledging the
= | "a n f1rf n
y November;
AN INTERRUPTION.
At the close of Mr.. BrandCn's remarks Capt.
A. j. Kicks was called for and briefly addressed
the meeting He supposed that he had been
| called on as a successful candidate, jocularly
, abiding to his vote as school commissioner,
The election to-day had demonstrated that
we had a working majority sufficient to carry 1T
on any occasion he did not claim the vote for
| BLANC and Harris as an indication of party
strength but tho race between Besrden and
Boyd was an indication of party strength, and
Us fair as we wore likely TO have soon, (Here
Q the speaker was rudely interrupted by an en-
' Unused member of the opposition, consid erably
under the influence of liquor, who seemed bent on
provoking a row. but in this he was disappoint-
Q ed, for the large crowd being composed OF the
e law and order party, RETAINED from chastlslng
G his insulting lsngusge) He regarded the cleo
ton Just over as harbinger of the victory that
0 would perch on the Republican banner in No
? vernber, and retired without eondesconding to
notice the interruption
REMARKS OF JUDGE ANDREWS,
> Loud calls were made for Lieut. 7. T. Thorn
= burgh, but being like his illustrious commander,
a Gen. Grant, no speech-maker, he did not re-
! spond.
Judge George Andrews entertained the
| crowd with "a brief speech on the situation, re-
| plete with pungcnt witicisrn, elicting rounds of
applause. The Judges style is we'll known and
, his remarks were in sympathy with the feelings
, of his hearers.
MAJ. A. II. PErTIBoNE
: was the next speaker and delivered himself in
> his usual felicitous manner. In the language
. of Commodore Perry, we had met the enemy
II and they were oursn His remarks were lis
tened to with great attention and after congrat-
= ulating the audience the glorious victory
achieved, the speaker retired.
During the evening the large crowd were re-
called with music by the coorcd band, who
played some of their best pieces The Mock
ing Bird" was omitted out of regard for the
feelings of those who are now rather sore: The
vast assembage was very orderly, though nat
uraly feeling and approaching the Importance
of the victory achieved, and nothing occurred
the slighte st degree to mar the harmony OF
he occasion.
| "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
The little knot Of 1.-TWO hundred persons
. the Press and Herald alluded to yesterday
morning like the loaves and fishes, multiplied
last night ten-fold, and if two hundred
could act such prominent part, what ought to
be thought of the futile efforts of :" one of the
largest mass meetings of Liberals ever held in
this city" per contra?
The Democracy Of Knox county are in the condition