The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-09-25
OUR KNOXVILLE LETTER.
OROIDE DEMOCRAOY-KNOX-
VILE SLA UGHTER- PEN-ELEC
TRICAL INVENTIONS, dc.

OROIDE DEKOCRAOY-KNOX-
o. VTLZE ISLA UGHTER-P EN-ELEC-
TRICAL INVENTIONS, dc.
KNOXVILLE. Sept. 21, 1873.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
The fiounderiDg Democracy of this
district met in Congressional Con-
vention at this place to-day, and as
usual, for the past thirteen years,
made asses of themselves. The lib
eral element was overrun by lot of
Or0ide Democrats from Roane coun-
ty, whom with the assistance of a
few from the back counties, all APP
parently in the interest of Houk, in
dorsed the latter gentleman --
by nominating for Congress James
Sewer, Of Roane, who has been
Republican all of his life. So much
for the erode Bourbon Democracy
and their plan to ride down re-
publican majority of 800. The news
comes ia from the upper districts
that Albert G.. Watkins is pushing
Houk to the wall, and that he Is the
greatest stump speaker that has
ever appeared in this district since
the war. Hundreds are gathering
around the independent peoples and
Greenback banner, and with the
overwhelming support that is flock
ing to Watkins, composed of the lib
Gral and right thinking of all parties
and classes, his success over trick
cries and conventions is assured.
The people are coming to the front,
and the party tricksters may as we'll
take back seats during the revival.
Il republican on q democratic plat.
form! There is Butlerism for you
in East Tennessee But they have
chosen the wrong man. Mr.. Sewer,
is far from being a Butler, and is too
shrewd a gentleman to swing off and
endeavor to stand on notling-he is
not ready TO be hurried to his own
funeral. This district has been a
slaughter pen so long for the demo
cratic leaders, that they seem loath
to use what little common sense
they have to get out of it. Some
new hands intend to give the better
class of them lift this fall.
Houk carries around with him, a
roll of Confederate money for exhi-
bition, thinking it a good joke on
WATKINS. a gentleman at New
Market suggested that inquiries be
made as to whether or not there
we're any cOunterfeitS in the lot. |
do not know what he meant, but
suppose it was thrown out as a good
joke on Houk.
Now about other electrical inven-
tions. Edison and a Mr.. Wallace
have invented a new machine called
the Telemachone, that is soon to do
away with wood, coal and steam.
All machinery is to be run by cleo
triciLy. Mr.. Wallace already has
one in operation that runs all of the
machinery of his immense manufac-
tory, and at the same time lights up
his rooms to the brightness of noou
day, with electric lights. 4 half
mile distant the electricity is gener-
ated by a water-wheel at the falls of
q stream, and conducted thence in
copper-rods TO the machine. They
contend that by utilizing the power
at Niagara falls, they can run the
entire machinery of New England
and the eastern states; conducting
the electricity through main cable,
and attaching to the main, from all
directions. For one dollar and fifty
six cents an hour. they propose to
light the city OF New York, with
electric lights. one thousand times
brighter than it is now lighted at
the cost of two hundred dollars an
hour. What next p? Why, those
fellows will next invent machine
to cause it to rain OF one field while
the astonished farmer plows in an
other. This will be done by con-
cussion. Erect tall rod. place a
fixing on the upper end to concuss
the atmosphere, turn on the cleo.
tricity and hoist your umbrella.
Things are rocking along very
loosely in this corporation hogs
and prostitutes have been turned
loose upon the people, and a general
disregard of laws and ordinances by
the present board of Aldermen is
causing great dissatisfaction.
Knoxville needs a fearless, indie
pendent press that can speak Eng
lish at the right time.
BUzz-SAw.
We learn from the Greeneville NeU