Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-16

ed declaimer and a fervid partisan
but totally destitute of that sagacity
necessary to make a successful party
leader. He is a blessing to the
Republican party.
| was most interested in the
speech of Judge Houk. The gal
leries were quite full of people, the
floor was swarming with members,
pages, &C., and everything was con-
fusion as he arose. Being a new and
| totally unknown man, very little
attention was paid to him for at least
five minutes, as the beginning of
his speech was delivered under such
embarrassing circumstances. L
said to a friend near me, "Houk is
now undertaking the biggest task of
his life But he spoke along
calmly, while the members sat as dis
interested spectators, or occasionally
"clapped" for page. In a mo-
ment Houk was warming up, and
began to draw some attention.
The galleries were commenting, the
Democratic side was listening and
the Republican side was turning to
take good look at the new man
from the South, when he rose to the
top of his most happy moods, and
hurled the expression into the
Democratic side that the South was
only solid from the force of Demo
cratic fraud. Then the Republi-
cans cheered loudly, and the other
side ieered and tried to interrupt |
him, but he came out best at every
attempt they made, and went
through quite successfully, as was
shown by the close attention given
him and the frequent applause. At
the close of his speech, Garfield and
all the Republican members gath
cred around and shook his hands in
congratulation.
It is now claimed by Barnum,
chairman of the Democratic Cons
mittee, that the present debate has
cost the Democrats million of
votes.
The Greenback party are plays
ing an insignificant part in the con-
test. Their leader, Rev. De La
Matyr, has been going through
The political market-house during
The session, in the capacity of a
nuckster, trying to peddle out
Greenback votes. He at last found
some bidders in the Democratic
stalls, and effected q sale. But it
was quite provoking when this
great political bastard, this partisan
auctioneer, knocked off his party to
the agents of the Democracy to
have them go square back on him
with clear case of reputation.
This is the meanest cases of repudi-
alton the Democrats have been
guilty of for long time.
The great States rights extremes
to which the Democrats are going
8 shown in their refusal to accept
IN amendment to the Army bill,
that men should not app
'roach the polls bearing concealed
This kind of conduct is
tanning them, and we all say :
lmen. They say, by their conduct,
: We have captured your works,
gentlemen, and We mean to dictate
he terms Of surrender" They
'orget that the country is yet to be
heard from. The most amusing :
hing in politics in the near future
will be the fight made by Mr.. Tilden :
or the Presidency. His nomina-
ion is being urged by-his " bar'l,"
nd the Republicans. 1t is being +
opposed by shrewd Democrats in
New York and elsewhere. The
Jew York Tribune, it is confidently .
believed, has a red-hot dose Of CT |
,hers yet behind, with which to f
rect Mr.. T. when he comes out. q
Won't he have fun to be elected,
hough Roy. c
The Greatest Blessing.
A simple, pure, harmless remedy,