, 1874-12-22
RR0WNL0N'S SUCCESSOR,
Notes Of the Senatorial Contest in
Tennessee.
1sho. Fight Practically Narrowed Down
TO n Tussle IsoLWccn Andrew
Johnson and Cor.
Brown.

eo''e'oonuehee l ~ 1"o ehasaoo ~, dF1ohhe'
NASHVILLE, lEaS', uoo' it.-Ane oehato1'"'
now, mud will DO until tho Legislature decides,
oarfv in January. who will 10 3rown1ow's auc.
s.,,. r,s,.. ~. stu,,t 49, h.. an,,1;,1.taa h,,4
.esa.4 tno,o "lu oisu. VI son o''lu..Ies' pa1
1t is gonoralsy bolieVoa TINT the contest ~Hl 20
rodurcd to sct-to bctwcon
Ex-rlsEs1pENT JOHNSON AND aES JOHN G. BROWN
,roa,,nt f;oyornnr NJ tto' Stale. .Tol,nson who
T. ~, -.,,,;.;a,,a n,,a aoa,,,n,,o ~ o,ar ~ otoa
10 "e s1n'pa''ot7 "u eo'nu.1'o - ~ @S o'9' ~ hsot7
ping nero at tho Ahxwcll 1iouso. anu lR tho con-
tro OF admiring crowds daily. 11o IL robust and
yirorca,a in hiB phveical rnako-tlr,, and looks
cood FIR twcntv vcors ,nt hin, ,,c Ia roo,,int,
sis,"x,-, ~ .H ..",'t ~ 49, -. le
uo.cin.oou' II no' ao5pofnto' nsat 1of '.csoiS' III
evincoi III every movement; but, aa tho caao
Stands ut preso1lt, 1t looks nB IL his chances Of
eucceBs soro not tho most promising, But ttore
!. ,,n tsrl;no ,.1,ot a,y nav h,,,'o fort1, In
80 ~ S.8 "a"1 "aJ ..'"s pis t'e.t' -
'1o" o. tuo sonofa4 late1ebt mah,lestoa III TUG
contest, IN and out Of tho State, It will not BIO
without interest to giyo n running resu1no of
+1,o satien,t r,ontB al TIM acnntnra1 nituntion.
naa,1,x, Ia,,n.a,, 49,, 1,ra,.,, ..,.r. sas
TIE sfobAo"1Sa-SAAIp cASp1pAFEs:
md the n1ccess OF my ono OF tho latter will rest
on tho contingency TINT, failing after
repeatod bnllotii1r to elect eithor john
last settlo on compromise candidate
from tlio s,.l,or nsnir2nts. Vhcso uro tho lion,
Edwin Ewing nn old mud ablp lawyer, but a BIZ
Hnurbonis1, Gen. Ouarlce. Con. Iinto hi. aay-
agc, col, lalIey, a ouartctto OF ex-l,obo|a tic
lion. John Nctlierlnill, mud Chicf-JuBtico Nich-
olson. The latter rent1onnn wns Unitatt Stotcn
spnator when tho War broke ont, unl, like 9TH
c1s in Cougrcas left tho Senate In join his for
times viii! tho Coufctleracy. lIo won't bo
elected. Con, Qturlco IL n man Of fair nbility,
with strong prctIoctions tor Office, and no lack
Of check III s,oltiur il. Ills chsuceB would bo
gooii in tho oyont OF tho contingency referred
~
fuil Of pjndy eloououce, lIo stands no show.
CoI. Eayaeo ia a rnntiup. wnrrjng Eonnnreon.
nufch mora familiar with lie mysteries of mixer
tlnn l,o la with n,ce constitutional points. Io
tjre,i.-not moro. Nethcrland ia d nice. eany-
rn1nr Enat Ton ncegccnr n TIM aid scl,ont viii
rel a fow co1tlpljmentary yotoa, aud then ho
dropped. So much for wAnt may 10 termed tho
As eaid. tI,p light win bo between johnson
and Brown, and ilerce mud, maybe,
PROLONGED Contest,
It promises to t,e. Joh,,aon is already national
points aro nrotty woll Known WhiIo ho las
grcat deal Of personal magnetism about him,
ind attracts ul,n to Lie side in this way. his no.
Iitlcal course du-inE tho last fow yeurs has buen
/ such ns to ox,zitn a widosprcnd opuoyitiou
tl1rouehout thu Stnto. A Conservative In il.
but ,o as brsllv,l,ackot outside tho party-linoa,
and there arc pen ty OF neopio WHO mist thnt lis
blows i,aye been mainly effective on Tho wrong
efuc With NIL tlliB, let it not 10 fDrE1ttci1
TINT JoLpsot,'s untll,.cline Uniouiam las neyor
tlesortcd lin, and That n good deal Of tho oppo-
eition ho now inc,,rs would not exist if lho OK
prcsdouta political antccedents lad boon dif-
fcrcut. confess TO a preference for tho ,nan
over auy Of lis rivals, WHICH jn heightened by
tho fact that ovon now lo will not
~ cn1saE an now THE KNEE
to tho Bourbon Daal. Joluson would hnye been
stronger nun bef1rc tho Legislature if the OK
citon1c,It of Tho Inst polilical campaign, I1ltcu-
siflnd by tbo Ciyil-IeiEhts agitation did not nro-
! Juco q tonson OF pn1ty lines which necessarily
tolls against political eucrrllas, Indeed, Il 3lr,
Johnaon ID defeated. it will bo mainly owing to
thia ,.a,trf.