Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-19
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.


We have already in our last number
given to our readers the most import
ant results of this great meeting, we
have now to supplement our account
BY describing some of the principle
scenes which occurred during the pro-
gress of the deliberations and finally
to append our own comments upon the
results.
The proceedings of the morning ses-
sion may be very briefly dismissed, as
they consisted of the necessary pre-
liminaries such as the election of of.
ficers and appointment of committees
which are indispensable but not inter
esting.
This process was made longer than
usual by aresOlution requiring the mem
bers of the several committees to be
elected by their respective delegations
instead of, as usual, appointed by the
Chairman.
All that we need say is that the tenn
porary Chairman was Col. John NJ.
Fleming of Knox county, and that he
was superseded in due time by the
Hon. James ID. Richardson of Ruth
erford. Both gentlemen made speech
es, eloquent and to the purpose, but
necessarily pursuing the routine from
which speakers on such occasions can
not hope to escape.
For the permanent chairman we will
here say that he did much better SER
vice than the finest oratory in the world
would have amounted to, by the firm
ness, good temper and impartiality
with which he presided over the de-
alterations of an assembly which, to
express it mildly, presented some very
knotty points for a chairman to deal
with.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
This session was mainly occupied
with the reports of the committees
appointed in the morning. We give
only what is essential. The commit
tee on basis of representation report
ed the following list as the number Of
votes each county was entitled to, it
may be important for future reference:
FIRST DISTRICT.
Carter 4 votes, Claiborne6, Cooke 6,
Granger 3, Greene 10, Hamblen z
Hancock 3, Hawkins II, johnson l,
Sullivan 16, Washington 10.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Anderson 4, Blount 8, Campbell 3
Jefferson 6, Knox "a, Loudon 5, Mon
roe 9, Morgan l, Roane 6, Scott l, Sc
vier >, Macon 3.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Bledsoe 3, Bradley 6, Cannon 8
Cumberland 2, DeKalb 6, Grundy 3
Hamilton IL, James 2, Marion 4. Nc
MINI 10, Meigs 5, Polk 3, Rhea 5, Sc
quatchie 2, Van Buren, 2, Warren y
White 10.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Clay 4, Fentress l, Jackson s, Ma
con 3, Overton z, Putnam ), Robert
son 16, Smith II, Sumner 10, Trous.
dale 5, Wilson q.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Bedford IS, Coffee 8, Franklin Il
Lincoln "A, Marshall 16, Moore 8
Rutherford q.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Cheatham z, Davidson 81, Dickson
10, Houston 5, Humphreys 10, Mont
gomery %, Stewart IL.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Giles &c. Hickman 9, Lawrence z
Lewis l, Maury 30, Wayne 6, William
son IL.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Benton z, Carroll IA, Decatur 5
Hardin s. Henderson 8, Henry IS
Madison %, McNairy 10, Perry 5.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Dyer ID, Gibson g, Haywood 10
Lake ?, Lauderdale 8, Obion Is, Tip.
ton IL, Weakley IA.
TENTH DISTRICT.
Fayette 81, Hardeman 10, Shelby98
OF the committees appointed the
only one necessary torecord is that on
Resolutions
First District-John Z. Helms, H.
ii. Ingersoll.
Second District-Samuel Kinney, S.
Third District-J. P. WINS, w. L.
p. Jones.
Fourth District-J. C. Stark, A. B.
Martin.
Fifth District. W. Newman, J.
III. JamiSon.
Sixth Distriet-Neill S. Brown, Jas.
Il. Bailey.
Seventh District. Leggart, Jas.
McCullum.
Eighth Distriet-W. P. Robertson,
Clinton Alden.
Ninth District-Holmes Gu mmins,
John T. Carthal.
Tenth District-Jas. Fentress, Geo.
II. Phelan.
The afternoon was chiefly spent in
fllibUSteTing. The uninitiated will un-
derstand that this means a systematic
of raising questions such as motions
to adjourn &C., for the purpose OF
causing delay: the object on this oc-
casion was to prevent the election Of
State Electors being proceeded with
before the report of the Committee on
Platform was read. 1t was only par
italy successful; we ought to have
mentioned however that the afternoon
session was opened by an excellen
speech from Ex-Governor Neil 5
Brown. This gentleman is always and
deservedly listened to with attention
the strongest point he made was tina
the State Debt was a trife compared
gith the Federal debt caused by the