Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-13

hDLrhc, edDOOy JackSOn, Ut. Jones
Menifee were appointed said committee.
REPORT OF TIN COMMITTEE.
After an absence Of twenty minutes, the
Committee on Credentials returned and
reported the following named as entitled
to seats in tie convention:
First Ward-Not represented.
Second Ward-Wm. Sumner, Abe Savage
and Jordan Allen
Third Ward-J. T. Dunbar, A. Menifee,
w. q. Shelly and f. K. Winters.
Fourth Ward-H. A. Napier, b. NJ.
Holmes, James DAVIS, Samuel Coleman,
William Butler, Michael Walsh and Jordan
MCGOWAN.
Fifth Ward Gorge Lakewood, Andrew
Jackson, A. b. Shankand, John COekTin
and w. +. Anderson.
Sixth Ward-A. ID. OtterSon, Mike Con-
sidine, S. NJ. Harrison, 5. w. Keeble, A.
W. Mcconnell, A. l.. Caruthers and VIM.
Gleason.
Seventh Ward-Adam WOolL, Charles
Cloudy and Sam Robertson.
Eighth Ward-M. 7. Sanders.
Ninth Ward. b. Jeup, F. Pfster and
ID. w. Peabody.
Tenth Ward-E- 5. Jones, John Austin,
Allen Butler, J. Il. Dillin aud Ed Straws-
bury.
First D;strict-NOt represented.
Second-P. A. Ewing, W. c. Buchanan,
and Jesse Fairc'o.h.
Thipd-NOt representa-,
FOunh-NOt represented.
Fifth-W. p. Jones and j. Gof.
SIXTH. h Austin.
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth-NOt rep
resented.
Tenth-Wm. F. Forest, p. Page and
Chas. Lewis.
Eleventh and Twelfth not pGreSan.ed.
ThirteenthEM. l. higgins, Captain
Benily, ii. D. Read7, IRo. TOr.ey, d. l..
LapsleY.
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth not
represented
Clure, ID. Cartwright, Judge J. o. Shackel-
ford, Judge McClain.
Eighteenth not represented.
Nineteenth - w. F.. Prosser, Lewis
Drain.
Twentieth-val Drain, 7. 7. Gibbs.
Tweuty7hrSt, Twenty-second, Twenty
third, Tw%enty-fourth, and Twenly-ffth not
represented.
On motien it vas ag.eod that where
gvEds aud dstTiCts are but partially repre-
sented, the full vote of the ward or district
should be polled by the partial delegation
present from said wards and districts.
WORSE THAN A LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Cart. Sam HarTison moved shat the chair
appoint q committee of five TO select dele
gates to the Chattanooga Convention.
A motion TO amend so that the cOnven-
ton appoint the committee instead Of
the chair performing that duty,
excited considerable wild discussion,
whereupOn John CO8krill rose 10 . point of
order. Said he: "Gentlemen, there's been
a nail drove, and drove to VA sOrroE, and
it viii affect our eternal destiny. Let's
stop Ihis internal carpin' and BLOWN and
20 TO work to Onct; and Mr.. Chairman,
w~hatsowever shall come up before your
Honor, it's our duty 10 assist Won in ex-
posing Of it without any unnecessary de-
lay."
Justice Butier-That's all out of order.
COckrill-Tm not out Of order, and l
won't set down.
Sam RobertSon-He is out Of order and
he must set down.
Cockrill=SaIa, van Set down yourself
or I'll skin YOU alive. (Yells of applause
AAOAA III NbAONNA aALAE1AAIAI
Sam Roberts On-Pm not talking to you;
I'm talking to a gentleman; l spoke to the
chairman. Uaughter).
Z. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. we must OBJ
serve order and respect the chairman. The
way We are going on now is 2 perfect dis
grace,
The Chalr-If I'm not respected I'll
leave the chair.
Mr.. Dillin here arose, and after some diff
fculty succeeded in giving vent to his sup
pressed emotions by chaTaCtSTizing the as
semblage as being worse than a lunatie
asylum.
A semblance Of order having been finally
obtained, the motion for the chair TO APP
point the committee was put and carried
and the following named appointed said
committee: u. w. Peabody, A. Meme
fee, A. Woolf, S. w. Keeble and P. j..
o. Rourke.
LIST OF DELEGATES.
After a short absence the committee re-
turned, presenting the following as list
of delegates:
w. r. Jones, j. o. ShaekcIford, John
Trimble, w +. ProsseT, Jas. Il. Dillin, II.
II. Harrison, j. b. Jeup, Z. s.. Jones, NJ.
NJ. Brien, Jr., VIM. Sumner, Nelson Wal
ker, J. G. Napier, Randall Brown, NJ.
Walsh, S. keeble, Adam WOolf, w. G..
Shelly, NJ. l.. KigganS, VIM. Butler, L. Z.
Winters, j. T. Dunbar, Z. Stansbery, A. b.
Shankland, A. Smith, F. PfSter, p. j,
o. KOurke, j. ii. Austin, w. f, Anderson.
Col. Jones moved that the report be re-
ceiyed aud the list OF delegates adopted.
Samuel Coleman, colOred, moved in lieu
that the report be laid upon the table.
John CockTill said the list reported did
represent the colored men Of the Con
~yentiOn.
II. E. Winter insisted that if a formidable
deleration in opposition to the Democracy
cannot be sent to Chattanooga, it should at
least be a respectable delegation.
The motion IL lieu, to lay the report on
the table, was put to the Convention and
rejected, and the motion TO adopt the report
the committee, and the list Of delegates
presented, agreed to.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
On motion it wa decided that the Re
County Executive Committee
Shall consist Of twenty-five members, and
that two men shall be put in nomination
as members Of the committee at one time,
the receiving the highest number of
votes TO be declared elected.
Nominations were then made and deter
mined as follows;
Col. w, +. PTosser and Col. E. S. Jones
-Prosser received 40 votes and Jones 2S.
e. S. Jones and Abe Smith-Jones A,
Smith o.
H. B. Ready and J. c. NaPier-Rsady
30, Napier 10.
q. A. Napier and j. r. Dillin-Napier
niIlin II.
J.. r. Dllin and Z. w. Peabody-Dilin
2S, Peabody %.
d. W. Peabody and Vim. Summer
Peabody 80, Summers Is.