Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-05-13
PRELIMINARY GATHERING OF THE
COLYAR CLANS.
A Democrat Speaks His Mind About The
Present state Administration.
From the Union and American of tuesday,

From the Union and American of tuesday,
A dozen or fifteen politicians, who are
interested in what is known as the Colyar
movement, assembled in the ladies' ordi-
nary of the Maxwell last night, for the pur-
pose of consulting with each other upon
the best plan to be pursued by the conven-
ton which meets to-day. Among those
present were Col. Colyar, NJ. NJ. Brien, Jr.,
Col. Il. S. Boyers, of the Gallatin Erdna-
liner; Jesse K. Brown, of Shelby; G.. w.
Stubblefield, Maj. Y. S. Patton, Gen. J. B.
Clemens, Wallace Colyar, Geo. w. White,
John White, J. o. Griffith, and several
Others who requested that their names be
not published.
Col. Colyar was called to the chair, and,
after stating the object of the meeting, pre-
scented a rough draft of basis OF compro-
mise to be adopted, if those present thought
desirable, by such voters of Tennessee as
were dissatisfied with the present policy
of both the Democratic and Republican
parties.
Speeches were made by several of those
present. Referring to the funding bill,
Col. Boyers said that it was but little dis
cussed in his county, to which Col. Colyar
responded that the Press of the State would
not discuss the measure, for obvious rea-
sons.
Jesse X. Brown, of Shelby, made the
most noticeable speech of the evening. He
said that the party attempting to endorse
the past financial policy of the Democratic
party would be beaten ten to one in West
Tennessee. The people of that portion of
the State were looking to this meeting for
some sound financial policy to be adopted.
The policy at present was to pay very
little attention to anything outside OF Ten
nessee. 1t required all their skill to extri-
cate themselves from their present dilema,
without paying any attention to
| Washington. They must plant them
selves firmly upon the twenty cent clause,
calling themselves Conservatives
Democrats or what they would, or the
Radicals would beat them badly.
As a party, the great question with them
was either 10 absorb OF be absorbed, and he
preferred to absorb-most decidedly. II
they planted themselves upon the right
State policy-a policy that meant some
thing, policy that lead to something
regardless of party lines and party pro
motions-they would accomplish some
thing.
He preferred to ignore men and party
taking up present, living issues that in
volved the interests of the people. He
would vote for no man who would not vot'
strongly in favor Of repudiating that infer
nal clause in the funding bill which pro
vided for setting apart the revenue of the
State to pay the interest on the bonded
debt, letting the current expenses of tht
State go, aud II il cOme 20 the test, he wa
in favor Of repudiatiug the whole dirt,
: thing. He held that instead of being $50,
r 100000, the pre-ent and prospective debt o
the State was 500 000, coo.
SInoe the Manifestation Of the affairs q
this state passed out of the hands @
) BroVnlOw inLo those Of Senier and thei
] Brown and others, the financial polio.
= pursued had been a complete failure. As 70
I me, would vote for BroWnlov In prefer
n hau he I'D mi IN
9 of Btate Affairs, and tht4 l. he sentimPn
. Of ali the people Of Wet Trnn~see. II
y Wanted 10 Ignore the fart that thrre was
e parry organisation IN the State to day.