Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-26

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on that side.
He denied that any one had voted
I for paying disluyal claims. None hut
loyal claims were paid and every Re.
publican i'm the South voted with him
Did he not look after the claims OF
all who wrote to him and he nevet
advocated a disloval claim?
On the civil Rights question: he
had charged Judge Houk with having
said that if he had been in Washing.
ton he would have to vote for the bill
Houk had sud this to Judge andrews
aud V, +. Gnssett. There is where his
competitor stood On the civil Riohts
Bill. As 20 the Republican Congress.
ional Address, he did not con-id IF that
it endorsed Civil Rights, a. set forth
in Senate Bill, No. l.
As to Houk's position ON tine fund-
ing hiIl, Senator Richards knew he
opposed it, for he made % speech in
caucus in answer 10 one made hv
Huuk, attacking the bill A. Houk
had attacked MI Rules statement. he
would say, that V. H. Gossptt, w. Y.
Osborn and r.. w. Adkiu wuu'd state
that they heard Houk make substan-
TALLY the same statement that Mr.
Rule had made.
senator Richards says that Judge
Houk told him that he opposed the
Till becauscit was Democratic mea-
sure, and because 10 would increase our
taXes.-EDS. CuRONICLEl.
Now, It the LEGISLATURE was cor
rupted laud Burch made $4,000 out
Of the funding bill, alOnpl who did
it? He wanted the Judge to explain.
As to the assessment law, the reason
the rolling mills and shops did not
work but half time was because their
property is taxed double. They pay r
tax on their stock, and then again ON
the property, which comprises the
stock.
As to the Bounty Bill. he favored
giving rs far as the Treasury would al
low.
His time being up he gave the
stand to his competitor.
JUDGE HoUK's REJoINDER.
He showed 10y boo how he stood
on the Funding Bill, and said he would
rather have lhr book than Mr.. Adkin,
Mr.. Gossett, or anybody else's word.
He said any man who expressed or
suspicioued that he received a tribe.
told a lie that would smell forty rods.
II was the last expiring groan Of a dy-
ing ring to iniure him. why did
not the CHRONICLE ring come
out with these facts before
If they knew them. The worst
proposition in that connection
was made by VIM. Rule, aud if he
was called before proper tribunal he
would squeal. He was called upon
by Col. Thornburgh to come out
plainly, when the Judge said he did
not consider him the proper tribunal.
He then concluded the reading of Mr..
Duncan's letter, which had been en-
dorsed by Hons NJ. l.. Mcconnell and
j. f. Beal, of Blouut county. There
were several Funding Bills offered
and it was through his effort that the
TorbetJ issue clause was stricken ont,
and the school clause inserted.
REMARKS.
Col. Brownlow, after the speaking,
told Col. Thornburgh that he was not
certain whether he inferred that Judge
HOuk wanted the six men to call a
convention from what Houk said TO
to him atthe time referred to, or from
what he said previously. Weknow Col.
YhOrnburgh did not so understand il,
- ittA ~ lh'LbiihJ VI VIC ttLNiNhCt
present were Democrats. Colonel
Crozier, Colonel Branner, Colonel
Williams. Ned. Akers, John NJ.
Brooks, Frank Moses, EX-Alderman
w. A. Henderson, Matt. Swan, and
many other prominent Democrats were
present highly enjoying Houk's at.
lacks upon the Republican party.
Every point the Judge made in his
speech, which was the most vigorous
he has yet made, was against the Re-
publican party. So marked was this
that at the conclusion of HoulI 5
speech, an enthusiastic, well identified,
X-ConCederate Democrat jumped up
and proposed " three cheers for Houk. >"
A large majority Of the Republicans
present were for Thornburgh. A
strong Republican called at our office
last night TO say that up TO the speak
ing he had been for Houk, but his at,
tack upon the Republican party and
Mr.. Ruiz had changed him and he
was now for Thornburgh. Houk's
Democratic friends overshot the mark
yesterday, certain.