New-York tribune., 1874-10-15
CHATTANOOGA CONVENTION
THE BLOODY RECORD A BONE OF CON-
TEN1ION.

TEN1ION
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED AT THE DAY sEssION-A RE-
PORT FROM THE "OUrRAGE COMMITTEE" PRE-
sRNTED AT THE EVENING sEssIoN-TTiE NUMBER
OF OUTRAGEs so LARGE THAT THE COMMITTEE
CAN DO NOTHING WITH THEM-TnE RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED WITHOUT MUCH ENTHUsIAsM-TnE
GERRYMANDERING OF TEXAS CONDEMNED AND
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENTS DE-
NOUNCED.
GBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUsEI
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 14-The Outrage Convention
accomplished even less during its short day session
to-day than yesterday Several delegates were
afraid that there might still be some present who
had no places on committees, and 80 proposed the
appointment Of several more and the enlargement
OF some of those committees already raised. Some
OF the c0lOred members were afraid that, unless the
COMMITTEE on Outrages," as they termed the Com
mlttee on Facts and Statistics, was increased two OF
three fold, some of them would be killed Off before
the meeting of Congress- and destroy the quorum of
the Committee. This proposition met with little
favor, and after some debate upon it the Convention
raised Committee on Schools and one on Printing,
and adjourned until evening.
The most of the day spent by the delegates
in visiting the mountains the Agricultural Fair
now in session here, or in loungng around the
hotels. When the Convention met in the evening
the Committee on Outrages reported that 1T had
held one meeting, but that the number of outraqes
reported from the Southern States was so great that
the Committee had found it impossible to do any
thing with them. They asked. therefore. that the
Committee be continued after the adjournment OF
the Convention with power to report once in three
months such outrages as might come to their
knowledge. This report brought to his
feet the Hon. jefferson Long (coored) ex.
member of Congress from Georgia, who made
very excited speech He said that the report of the
Outrage Committee was not what this Convention,
not what the country, had right to expect. 1t
would not be satisfactory to the people, He came
here to represent those in other States who had not
sent delegates here. If this all that was to be
done the Convention would be failure. and might
as well have held no meeting. If the Committee
had not time to-day, or tomorrow, to get the out
RACES together he moved that the Convention plant
its flag on the mountains of Tennessee and stay here
till the facts were obtained He wanted, and the
people of Georgia wanted, the bloody outrages
Col Myers, the Chairman, defended the Com
mittee for Its action He said that the reports OF
outrages in Georgia alone which had been submit
ted to the Committee, would make monument,
but that the delegates from that State asserted that
it included not than one-tenth of those which
might be reported. The object OF this Committee
was TO get the Iacts peloie Nohhi0oe ""u 'A0
country.
The debate the acceptance of the report threat
ened for time to produce serious misunderstand-
ing in the Convention.
portion of the edelgates were anxiousTthat the
bloody record that had been brought here, and
which they desire to use in the campaign during the
remainder of this month, should be given to the
country at once in the shape of a report. Another
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Congress to pass further laws and they contended
that the document could be made much effect
| i've il the Committee were given time to compile
| and arrange the matter.
! When the resolutions had been read the Texas
| delegation at moved to add a resolution con-
| demning the Democratic gerrymandering OF their
State, and calling upon Congress to interfere to
| overturn it. This was pressed with some warmth,
| but agreement to it would interfere with the
| purpose of the managers of the Convention, which
was to adopt the platform a whole and thus shut
off debate on specific questions, which might cause
much trouble, it was withdrawn. The platform was
| unanimously adopted The delegates from North
| Carolina, when the representatives of that State
were called upon to vote, said that although the
| State voted in the affirmative, they knew of no
| Outrages that had been committed in their State
within the last l2 months and that the citizens Of
that State no matter what their politics or what
their race, were as safe in North Carolina as in Mas
sachusetts. The Convention did not applaud this
announcement. The old North State is not in the
| hands of the friends of Grants administration.
After the adoption of the platform, the resolution
| in relation to the gerrymandering of Texas was
again brought up, and a very Improbable debate
resulted as to whether this Convention had any
thing to do with the question not After its pas
sage, colored delegate from Georgia introduced
resolution denouncing the mendacty OF agents OF
the Associated Press in the South and It's msrepre
sentation of Republicans, in which they customarily
| indulge. Mr. Clayton said that he wished to make
| an explanation Here in Chattanooga the agent OF
| the Associated Press was a Republican. but,
strange to say, when this Convention was to meet,
orders sent to him here to employ the editor OF
the Democratic paper to make the reports OF 1t.
| This resolution was almost unanimously adopted.
Late in the evening Senator West read the address
| to the people of the United States.
| THE WORK OF THE CONVENTION.
| SPEECHES DENoUNCING THE SOUTHERN OUTRAGEs-
| POPULAR EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH NEEDED
| THE COMMITTEE ON FACTS AND STATISTICS Or
| pEREp TO REPORT TO CONGRESS ONCE IN THREE
| MoNTHs-THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CON-
DEMNED AND GRANTS ACTION IN LOUISIANA
AND OTHER SOUTHERN STATES APPROvED-AN
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE PROPOSING REMEDIES
FOR LAwLEssNEss-THE CONVENTION ADJoURNs
| SINE DIE.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 14.-The Convention
was called to order at 10 to-day by Gen. Andrew
Nel Of Texas ono OF the Vice-Presidents prayer
was offered by the Rev. r. Moore tcolored OF Georgia.
A motion by Mr. Moore to admit Mr. chapman OF
Georgia a delegate objected to- An enthusiastic
delegate from Georgla thanked God for the
| as In a multitude Of councillors these Is wisdom. A