Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-15


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NASHVILLE, Tenn, jan. $. 1875.
rherona;e OF the Thirty Eighth General
Assembly Of Tennessee, organized yes,cr-
day 10y the election Of Hon. Alfred n. la.
,ay, OF Shelly. Speaker, on the 18th ballot
after 90 prolonged and exciting contest.
Che senate is politically divided as fol-
lows Six straight Republicans, six indie
reudrnts or Johnson Democrats and thir-
teen -troiIlt- class James, Of Hamilton
a5l0iia- The latter for he uniformly voted
with them in the contest for Speaker,
though now that he has once again seen
That the straight bourbon Democracy has
no usc for mon of his autecedents ] have
hopes that he will come out and act with
those with whom ] believe he really SYM
pathiZcs. James seems slow to learn that
the bourbons will not treat him with the
consideration he deserves and he ought
now to turn the bridge behind him and
pitch his tent in the camps of the future
dominant party in this state. When the
Legislature assembled oil Monday, it
seemed probable that the johnson men
would not be able to muster their forces for
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threatened to demoralZe aud dispense
them The BOurbOns were counting them.
KING HARRIS
King Isham G.. Harris was cooling about
them rs meek and lovely as dove. He
sang sweetly and tenderly of the glUries of
the organization" and spoke elOquently
Of the future, and ana,iiemariZod i'm his
own peculiar style the Radicals other
prominent Bourbons worked inCessantly
and artfuily upon the less decided Indie
r.udcuts. and pictured 20 them the social
u.-rarism and abuse awaiting them If they
v1tpd for, and acted with the "Rallirgls."
very influence known tr shYeWd and
.nbfti8u, politicians wa brought to bear
ur1n the johnson men 20 bring them back
Into Zinc with the men who had during
taa last canvass reviled and prosecuted
i-en. iheE were not organized WIihin
w.. ga Ppoi'ta %! Il very 'li'"E OUTSIDE iee-
5"le 10 h'""l IOals'Hu~t 10 i'ese 0eVuCbI
'-uAthCc7 strong OF ctiNiH 70 IIlVuiS -
lg enA' win (neee .Suiio0AolIiG7 Tue
2NouAS l'i p'esl,HtluS oiueeI. OF inc TWO
lioi;-es began on MohaaN. as soon ~ u
became evident tnat cleeilohs were not 10
i'-i"" INC ms, pa'Iot-' 'Ie prospects IoI u
'i"-i"A o. 'he 4 mon c'eAlthC bIiSAs'h'"'
C0UETING Johnson MEN.
l.1ah ballot plainIv indicated that the
-iraiuhts would not take IN any Johnson
man and so rs the contest proceeded the
breach baty,esu thr divisions. of the De
roocrorv ,ytdeued. Two or three times
The straiohts rendered Lacey the nouiua-
ton for Sneaker. but each time it was de.
.Iined. Every hour STRENGTHENED IN,
r..olution of the Tohnzonites and droy,
hem together closer. As the contest grew
more exciting outside Johnson Influence,
rrew stronger. so that bv Tuesday murn.
inc there Nyos an orranized determine,
Johnson Marty. asking no quarters OF thC
,troiuhte and determined TO march straight
On To the ITuiou foreshadowed and i'm fac
foreor6ained hy the November election
L seems to me the election Of Lacey
speaker OF senate anu McTaugheE
speaker OF Rouse, scans lhe unloh cle
Ineht OF me state ana lllaugufa'cS aAe'
ldluic LOT leuhe9see'
IN THE HOCSE.
The contest in the House was more eX
citing. for the Johnson men were NOR
numerous and less compact and united
The ReDublicaus stood BY HouS from tn
beginning. On Monday the johnson me-
seemed embarrassed. They rather HOS
lated to cross the Rubicon Houk IS
pronounced Republican. y vote for hir
was equivalent to baptism in the hey
political church. But, as the influence
before alluded To developed that the Ku
bicon had, in fact, been crossed IN NJ
vember, the johnson men saw their pat
blaIed too plainly to he mistaken. Whe