The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-10-03
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Two Days denominations
Cone TO Naught.
The Congressional Convention Labors
in Vain-595 Ballots, and Then
Adjourned.
Z Personal Split-up, but the Dsmoc-
raey Still Intact.

Pylades to Orestes, Castor to Pol
lux, Nissus to Euryalus, Damon tt
Pythias, did not exhibit truer devo
ton than the friends of Gen Whit
thorne and Col. Bond. Ballot aftel
ballot strung out Il weary length oil
figures upon the secretaries tally
sheets; hour after hour witness sec
the same mUnOtonous repetend,
DAY after day came and sped and
was gone, northumberland still the
flames rolled on !" The tones with
which the different delegates an
nOunced the vote Of their counties.
and the pertinacity with which they
stuck 10 the same pathological re-
frain indicated what they meant as
clearly as if each had sworn with
upliiJed hand by all the gods that
net and fume upon high Olympus
that his man should never bend to
defeat. Throughout the three-days'
hooking rehearsal, outside of the
slight changes made in the Giles
vote, nothing required to relieve
the ever recurring identical an
nouncenents, except now and then
4 delegates voice would wear to a
FRAGILE and another one would as
sumo the function of believing out
exactly what everybody knew he
was going to sag an hour before he
said 1t; and then the Lawrence
chairman (who always got up side
ways and spoke over his left shout
der) made the convention draw one
long SIGH of relief when he once in
advertently turned the other eGge.
The delegates lounged. about over
town and the adjacent Countrywide
Chairman looked as if he was
worked by machinery-the SecTeta
ries hoisted their feet ION the wing"
and some kept tally on the billiard
tables four doors of-the reporters
walked in and out before the con
gregation innocent of anything to
do-the spectators quit specializing
upon their expectations of the grand
spectacular nomination they expect
ed to inspect and then to respect
Ao-the-"and still the flames
rolled onr
1t is useless to burden this col
umn with the long list of ballots
taken. They were nearly ali alike,
Bond starting out with 561 and
Whitthorne with 541. Slight varia-
tions in Giles vote gave Bond from
two to ten votes ahead until the
344th ballot, when Williamson made
q change of about three to Whit
thorne, and then WhitthOrne went
ahead from two to ten until the adj
journment Whitthorne's highest
vote was 60 At on the 352d bal
lot; lowest 5O8 on the 10th; Bonds
highest COZ on the 1l6th; lowest
50 7 on the 352d.
On the 36Sth ballot a motion to
adjourn sine die was made and with
drawn by Mr.. Farmer of Giles.
On the 39lst the motion was re
newed by Col. Cooper of Maury and
pending vote the Maury and Will
hanson delegations withdrew for
Three more ballots
were taken under the impression
the motion was Withdrawn, but on
The 394th Col. Cooper demanded
the question. After some disputa-
ton between the Maury and Will !
limson chairmen, the motion was
put and lost by 81 to y.
Two more ballots, and DR.. Harry |
Of Lawrence moved adjournment |
sine die again, and the vote stood:
Aye-Maury SO; Williamson 20;
Wayne 3; Lawrence 3. Nay-Giles
80; Wayne 4; Lawrence e.
The Hickman delegation did not
come back into the Convention as
was hoped, and the Lewis delegate
also; consequently no vote
vas given by either of these coun-
les upon any ballot or question.
Thus, after three days hard work |
md $50 ballots, the Convention adj /
burned without having accomplish
I'd ANYTHING. 1t is a matter of con
collation. to know, however, as is
everywhere acknowledged, that the
contest was purely personal and in
no way reflects upon the stability |
IF the party or the harmony of its