Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Trousdale County Convention.

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HARTsvILLE, Dec. 6, 16T4.-In accor
dance to a call Of the County Executive
Committee, the citizens Of Trousdale
county assembled at the Methodist Churcl
in Hartsville, Dec. Z, TO select delegates to
the Congressional Convention which meets
at this place, Thursday the 18th inst.
On motion of w. J. Hale, DIR. Jas. S.
Dyer was called to the chair and A. g.
WEIGH appointed Secretary.
A. 9. Welch moved that each district be
entitled to one delegate to every hundred
voters and fraction thereof. Col. w. j.
Hale moved, in lieu, that the chairman
proceed to appoint a committee of five to
select the delegates and submit them to the
convention for its reception or rejection.
This elected considerable discussion be-
tween the contestants, (AIr. r. S. Smith
and Col. w. ]. Hale,) and, in order to ex-
pedite the business, Mr. j. D. Andrews re-
quested the gentlemen to withdraw their
motions and that the chairman appoint
committee ON the basis Of representation,
which was agreed to, including the motion
of Col. ID. L. GOodall, that each district APP
point two delegates, which was adopted.
The citizens Of the different districts
then proceeded to the selection Of delegates
who were reported as follows:
District No. III. p. Lee, w. A. Ca
ruthers; No. al. S. Watson, j. P. Mere
man; No. 81. p. Andrews, j. S. McAlur-
~; No. 4.-G. L. Hughes, j. G. Hawkins;
No. 81. NJ. Vance, j. NJ. Henery; No.
81. L. Carsin, w. w. Watson; No. T.
j. E. Nowlin, G.. L. Barksdale; No. s.
Jessie c. johnson, Peter Averill; No. O.
E. p. Lowe, j. G. Terry; No. 19.-W.
Averill, G. NJ. Hughes.
DR.. L. L. Winston then moved that the
Chairman and Secretary of the Congress
sional committeeman, Col. w. j. Hale,
and the County Executive Committee, j.
S. Dyer, r. S. Smith and J. ID. Andrews,
be added tosthe list of delegates, which
was duly seconded and carried.
Mr.. A. F. Burnly then moved the adop-
ton Of Prof j. E. Nowlin's resolution:
Resolved, That we recognize the ability
Of our fellow-citizen Capt. n. w. McCOn-
nell, candidate for Congress from this
county, and request that our delegates to
the nominating convention support him so
long as he may be before the convention.
Against this, Col. w. A. Caruthers en-
tered his protest upon general principles.
While declaring he was the friend of Capt.
Mcconnell, he asked that the delegates go
free and untrameled. He thought if the
convention desired the success of any man,
that the surest way to accomplish |
his defeat was instructions to dele |
gates. He reverted to the Nashville |
in 1872, and charged |
the defeat of the Democratic party at that |
time upon the peoples instructing of dele
gates. He stated that the refusal of Mr.. |
Johnson to come before the convention, |
found forty-five counties with their hands |
tied by instructions, with but one legiti-
mate course TO pursue, and that was to
bolt, thereby giving a direct invitation to
Independent candidates to divide, disin-
egrate and destroy the party in the State.
After some little discussion as TO the pro-
lriety Of the resolution, it was adopted, and
he convention adjourned sine die.
J. d. A.