The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-08
County Convention.

At q large meeting Of the citizens
of the c)untv Of Frinii'n, held
at the Courthouse in Winchester on
Monday. August 5tI, for the purpose
of expressing their sentiments as 10 q
choice for Governor, Or. l.. Metcalfe
was called to to the Chair, and w. w.
Estill appointed Secretary.
Ga motion Of B p. Hunt, the Chair.
man appointed Thos. Woods, DR.. Har.
ris, b. p. Hunt, John Simmons and ii.
r, Moore Il committee to draft suitable
resolutions to express the sentiment oi
this county's choice for Governor.
The committee reported the fol
lowing resolutions, which were unani.
mously adopted:
Resolved, by the Democrats of Franklin
comfy in convention assembled, That we,
recognizing the peculiar fitness and quail
i6cations OF Hon. y. ). Colyar. of the
county Of Davidson, tor the office OF Gov
ernor of the State OF Tennessee, we hereby
instruct our delegates this day appointed
10 the G~ubernatorial COnN ention, to vote
as a anti Tor him for the position Of Gov
ernor.
Cd. Resolved, further. That in the event
the delegates appointed become satisfied
there II no chance to secure the NOM
ination of their expressed choice, that
they are hereby instructed to vote for u
man whose views nearest approximate
those of the people OF Franklin county
Hu. the delegates will vote for no man
who does not submit his claims to the
Democratic Convention. and abide the
action of the same. and fully support the
nominee of the Convention.
81. Resolved. That two delegates be ap-
pojnted from each civil district OF Frank
lin county. with two alterllates from chch
,istrict, Except rs to the first district,
from which five delegates and five alter
mates he appointed.) And resolved, fur
thpr. that the citizens from each civil dis
trict in this Convention select their W
delegates from their respective districts
and give the names to the Chairman so lar
AZ is practicable.
The following delegates were thon
appointed:
District No. Nv j Slater. G Banks,
WV Martin. I ID Gregory, n ArledgeG,
PR Curtis. II p Stewart. W.. 3 Davis, r
A Longhmiller. Jesse Arledge, j W Rus
sey and Hayden March.
2-Wm Kitchens. j T Buckley, j NJ
Donaldson and u r Murrcll.
3D. NJ Anderson, Sim West, Jas Farris
andG w Bowling.
&C + Jones, 6 W Larkin. WI Keith
and \ Hunt.
BAL Wiseman, w + Gregory. n a
Osborn, W NJ Reynolds and Jno, Baker.
Nv Byron. " L Holder, W j Ira
Wis and II V Alexander. ,
Sd X Buckner, Lafayette Lynch ana
John Chi5wood.
9.--D S Long, Rollin Morris, S d Roe
and ] J. w Bennett.
lO.-C Il Austell, I S Pattic, j W Pattie
and IL j Hawkins.
iii X Shook, Joe Holder. Il B Cowan
and J l. b. Williams. ,
l2.-Jno + Anderson T Brazelton and
G W Garner.
13.-Payton wilkinson, Simpson West,
and w Ii Sells.
14.--G w Byron, W Taylor. Ro Rich
ardson and X A OVERLY.
l5.-W w May and Joe Ford.
16th.-Mac Crabtree and d c Rice.
l7.-John j W Payne, " B Holt, W b
Gray and Allen J Mason .
lS.-G L Fairbanks, G e Rose, John Mil
Ter and 5 G Jones.
On motion of p. R. Curtis, the Chair
man, Secretary and Committee on Res.
olutions were added TO the list Of dele
gates for the county at large.
Moved and UNANIMOUSLY adopted
that all citizens of Franklin county
who may be in Nashville at the meet.
ing Ofihe Convention he, and are here
by appointed and constituted delegates
to said Convention.
1t was moved and carried that a reg
ular Executive Democratic Committee
he appointed for Franklin county by
the Choirman Of this Convention.
Adjourned sine die.
l.. METCALFE. Ch'm'n.
W. w. EsTILL, Sec'y.