Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-05-27
Political specuIatiOns-The Changers In
Politics-Crops.
JoNEsBoRo'. May %, 1871.

JoNEsBoRo', May %, 1874.
EDITORS CHRONICLE Thinking per-
haps a few items from upper East Tennes.
see would interest some of your readers, /
beg permission to say a few words through
your valuable columns. The first thing
of particular Importance that has met my
attention is the farmers movement. They
exhibit strong disposition in this section
to take into their own hands what they
consider the reins of the Government, to
the entire exclusion of all other classes.
This move Is considered by some of our best
men Farmers, of course,) the death knell
of the Grange organization in East
Tennessee, which is composed exclu-
sively Of farmers. How this will turn out
we can not tell. We do not consider these
county conventions to be held by farmers
a Grange move by any means. Such q
move by the Changers of East Tennessee,
who are so few in number, considering the
voting population of the counties where
they are the strongest, would be political
suicide. But enough on this Grange ques-
ton.
After visiting Claiborne, Hamblen,
Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington and
Greene counties, l find stronger
opposition to the reelection of Rod
erick Butler to Congress from the
First District, than one would suppose
from the newspaper accounts. 1t is said
that there is opposition enough to beat
Butler, but 1t Is composed of so many ele-
ments it will be very hard to harmonize
them, several prominent men have been
proposed to beat Roderick, but up to this
time they could not concentrate their
strength on any one of them.
There has been some underground work
going on during the past ten days in the
Democratic party. They have been search
ing around for man they could use in
case Butler and Gillenwaters both made
the race.
We understand.that there was desper-
ate effort made this week to harmonic
these opposition parties and unite on one
man. There was considerable csucusing
during the present term of the Chancery
Court at Blountville, and also in Greene
vile. What terms they have come to is
unknown; but it is generally understood
that there will be a third candidate, and he
is to be a modified specimen of neither
party--commonly known as Conservatives.
And it is also thought that this gentleman
will be dragged from the rural seclusion OF
his happy home in Lee Valley, Hawkins
county, and be forced to make the race
| (for the good of the party, of course).
1 see from recent date of the CHRoN-
ICLE that there Is likelihood ola picket
| fight in the Second District. Well, as this
is near home, won't stir it up any, but
| it does seem to me that these gentlemen
f6evS; c3 0n 3i sdci in their l4pgnage @nd ~
personalities, if nothing more.
East Tennessee is promised with an
abundant crop of wheat, fruit, oats, &c, &c
The woods are full of blossoms the air il
laden with the sweet perfume of the honey
| suckle and farm-houses are buried in
| bed of flowers.
The Crusade mania has abated somewha
in these parts. No more is those good ole
camp. meeting songs of Glory, glory hal
| lelujah!" and "rurn, turn, sinner turn, J
sung at every corner, when we We're turn
ing those corners out of sight just as fast a
| we could.
| Washington county is out IN nldSse 70
office. There is no one left to hold tn,
election.
| There is great deal of corn planted, ant
| if the season is favorable we will be blesse,
with good yield. But the corn crop
like the elections-it is too far off to bet Of
/ now.
| All things considered. the people ar
prosperous and happy. Yours as before,
| SECOND DISTRICT " RANGER
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