Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-02
THE CIVIL RIGHTS CREW.
Another Caucus of the Boss Wire.
PUllers Last Night.
Bitter Discussions and an Open Bolt
Nominations Of a MOngrel County
Ticket-Call for a Convention
on the 11th Instant.

The spirit of discOrd and disOrganizatiOn
continues to brood over the Radical camp,
and the prospect is gloomy indeed. That
body of patriots known as the Republican
City Central Committee and composed of
Mayor Kercheval, J. W. Ready, Sam Mar
shall, Hairy Harrison, JnO. Austin, Alex
Carter, Nelson Walker, VIM. Sumner,
Abe Smith, Daniel Walker, Green Scales,
Henry Glasgow and some twenty others
all cOlOred-net at Liberty Hall at half
past o'clock yesterday afternoon. A res
OlutiOn inviting the County Executive
Committee to meet them at Liberty Hall
in the evening was adopted, and then the
committee adjourned.
The two committees assembled at the
rendezvous at the hour appointed, but be-
fore being called to order an hour was de-
voted to skiTmishing, when il became evil
that trouble was brewing.
Among the members of the county ex-
ecutiye committee present were W. f. Pros
ser, 5. &. Marshall, Ephraim Pickett, Samp-
son keeple, John COckerill, A. w. McCon-
nell, W. Z. Jones, I. y. Kercheval, !. W.
Ready, a. Woolf, V. Drane, ID. Otterman,
w. A. Sizemore, Adam Young, A. b.
Shankland aid W. +. Anderson.
At nine o'clock the meeting was called
to order, and VIM. Sumner, cOlored, invited
to preside over the deliberations Of the
body. Col. PrOsSer, chairman OF the cOun-
~ executive committee, took the floor, and
explained the situation. He confessed
that the prospect was not so encouraging as
it might be, but he was not without hope
ssThe rose is fairest when It's budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawnS from fear"
He trusted that every member of the
party would put his shoulder to the wheel
in this trying hour, and insisted upon per-
sOnal preferences being sacrificed to the
''gOod Of the party"
Nelson Walker moved that the two CON-
mitteeS unite and proceed to make nom
nations for county officers, which motion
was strongly opposed by members of the
county committee, whereupOn Alex Carter
moved that the county committee refuse TO
recognize the city committee, but continue
to act independent Of the latter body.
This motion called forth torrent of ex-
cited discussion, which eliminated in the
county committee leaving the hall and re-
assembling i'm the office of the Internal
Revenue Collector, a few doors distant,
where it was decided 10 make no nomina-
tiOns, but issue an address instead, calling
upon the Republican voters of Davidson
county to hold primary meetings Thursday
night, July 9, for the purpose of electing
delegates to a county convention to be
held July IL, at which time nominations
will be made for the August election.
Owing to the disOrganized state of the
committee, the selecting of places for hold
ing the primary elections, together with the
of delegates, was postponed
for the present, but will be duly announced
in the city papers next Saturday. The
then adjourned.
After getting rid of the County Com
mittee, the City Committee found pleasant
sailing, and, as they had determined to get
up little circus of their own, proceeded TO
a set of candidates, selected es-
pecially for the purpose of anhihilating the
ticket nominated by the Con
Convention last Saturday, and the
are the men finally chosen for
this herculean task:
For Chancellor, NJ. NJ. Brien. Jr.; COun-
" Court Clerk, VIM. Davis; Circuit Court
Clerk, Albert Ake-s; Criminal Court Clerk,
Prinoe Ewing, cOlOred; Sheriff, Coon Bose
y, colOred; Jailer, Sam Robinson, eOlored;
Trustee. Chris Powers; Revenue Collector,
VIM. Austin; Register, J. p. Jeup.
The committee then adjourned. Among
hose who were present in the character Of
,pe fatOTS, were United States Marshal ]
Spencer and John Ruhm,