Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-14
THE SWEETW ATER MEETING.
Something About Its True Inward
ness.
Brain VS.. Body and the Result q
Draw .

SwEETwATER, Sept. II.
Mr.. EDITOR The convention which |
gathered here yesterday, with its proceed
ings and results, a part of which l fear
will never become public through the
democratic press, was Of such interest and
importance that take it upon myself to
give some Of its true inwardness." Be it
remembered, therefore, that Monroe and
Loudon counties are thrown together and
are entitled to a joint representative
| The convention mentioned was for the pur
pose Of nominating candidate for joint
representative, and according to accus-
| toned usage Loudon county was entitled
| to the candidate, iuasmuch as cob pipe"
| from Monroe had the last catter-"
The divided condition Of things had
stirred the old piratical crew until, on the
morning of the convention Sweetwater was
not wholly unlike 1t was on the morning of
| old John Robinson's show. Delegates
from each county convened In separate
rooms. and to all human appearance each
| delegation was sofia. That is to say, Mon
roe was solid for Wilson and Loudon WIS
ostensiblv solid for Wright. The
Situation was one of painful suspense
especially t. the little handful OF votes
from Loudon, as compared with MonrOe's
two to one in the convention. A promln-
ent limb of the law, who toards at Loudon,
and who started out very pronounced
state credit advoc tie, and who had clandes-
ii. ely surveyed the field, not wholly In
disinLerestea way, had spent the night
preceding the convention in perfecting a
, platform upon which TO place candidate
: SO that all might unite in voting for the
man because the success of the party was
more important than principle:
The substance of this Immediate scatfold-
| ing is. to settle all the bonded Indebtedness
of the state as best they cam, except tnt
bonds involved in the railroad sultl
now pending until the suits are decided
and the reasonable inference Is that II the
railroads gain the snits, then settle with To-
? bondholders, and if the bondholders gan
Il fhe snits. then settle with the railroads. 81
that in little bit of pRiaver they propos'
10 pull wool over Samples eyes ana reaci
the Wright platform at last.
, With the footngs already given, w
End the two delegations each waiting 10
the other. when the suspense culmir ate
nv the entrance of a committee from tn
Monroe squad into The room occupied o.
s. the Loudun squad, bearing proposlt OF
to endorse the platform upon which ~
Wilson is running as a cahuidate ~
q governor. with the information tina
i, the Monroe squad had unanimous
adopted it as LIE platform upon which
s. M OnrOe stands.
O This ultimatum was voted down almos
unanimously by the Loudon squad and
committee appointed to submit Loudop'
= scaffold aforesaid to the prayerfal consider
: alton of the Monroe squad.
And here mind prevailed over matter
. and Loudon gained a great victory TO
r state credit. The Monroe squad accepte
is the scaffold, and the two squads met il
Joint convention and proceeded to nomi
nate their man, and here matter prevaile
over mind, as they placed upon that scat