Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-11
THE FIRST DISTRICT.
Proceedings of the Greeneyilie
Convention.
GOmcial Report. I


Pursuant to call of the chairman
OF the executive committee the con-
ton convened in the court house, at
Greeneville, at II o'clock M on
Thursday, July 8sh, 1880, with Col. I.
Fl. Reeves, chairman congressional
executive committee, in the chair,
and J. P. Smith, secretary Of commit
tee, acting as secretary.
On roll call of counties all were rep
resented.
Rev. J. J. Marker then opened the
convention with prayer
On suggestion of delegate the roll
of counties was again called, that their
respective chairmen might present
lists Of delegates to the secretary, and
there being no contests, the lists Of
delegates we're declared the delegates
of the dOnventi0n
| On motion, Gel. I. 81. Reeves was
unanimously elected permanent chair
man, and w. G. Mathes, of Washing
ton, w. w. Bailey, of Unicoi, S. J.
| Couch, Of HambieD, W. Brown, Of
| Hawkins, and Jno. P. Ham mer, of
| Sullivan, elected secretaries.
On motion, the counties would vote
alphabetically on all questions.
The chairman having announced
! that nominations were in order, on
roll call of counties no nomination was
made until Hawkins county was called,
whereupOn w. P. Gillenwaters in a
short, but eloquent and vigorous speech,
put in nomination Maj. A. II. Petit
bone, OF Greene. Applause.
| h., IF
ties, Hamblln and Unicoi both sec.
onded the nomination of Maj. Petit
bone, and Flournoy, of Unic0i, moved
TO nominate him by acclamatiOn.
All the counties having been called
and no other names being presented,
Mel. A. II. Pettibone was nominated
by acclamation. there being only few
responses to the call of the noes.
On motion the chairman appointed
the following committee to wait on
Msj. PettiboDe Hon. r. G. Samsel,
OF Grainger; Col. VIM. Mullennix, of
Sullivan; J. z. Nichols, Of Hancock;
&. Il. Harris, of Washington; Nat.
Mitchell, of Hawkins.
While waiting for the return of thia
committee, the chairman announced
that nominations for district elec.oi
were in order.
On the call of counties, Garter cOun-
ty presented the name of @. G. Collins
of Carter; Greene county the name OI
w. p. GillenWaters, of Hawkins
Granger county. the name of d. w
G. Senter, of Hambien.
There being no other nominations, 6
call OF counties was made for ballots
which resulted as follows: Collins
IA; Gillen waters, 81; Senter, 10. Be.
fore the result was announced, thE
name of G.. G.. Collins was withdrawn
and the vote of Carter county changed
for Senter. Collins vote in othel
counties was then divided between the
two remaining candidates, and the re.
suit was, Senter. %; Gillenwaters, 36.
On motion, the election of Gilien,
waters was made uuanimous.
Mai. A. II. Pettib0ne, having Leer
notified of his nomination by the com
mittee appointed for that purposs, ap
peared in the convention, and peinl
greeted by applause, was introduced
to the convention by the chairman a
their nominee for congress-, where
upon, Msj. Pettibone addressed tht
c2nvention at some length. Or mucf
} he said, this is part: He was PROUD
to see go many republicans. Did no
know how they felt to
wards each other, but that b.
felt proud OF every one O
.. them. Discussed the merits and de
merits of the tWo national parties
showed that the republican party wa
the party of progress and equal rights
} That the history of the two partie
prove that the republican party ha
always been right and the democratic
, party wrong on all questions that hav
,, affected the permanency of this gov
|, eminent for the past twenty years
That twenty years ago the republican
, party was in favor of a greenbacl
/ currency, and the democrati
t party opposed; but now. after the re
= publican party had redeemed ever
'tpromise to payn the democrats wer
g the acknowledged advocates of
greenback currency. Had much t
I I say, but would defer to some othe
: time. s--.-
: 4 After making his "most gracefu
3 obesience" to the honor conferre
i upon him, he again returned thanks
f and said he would never again ask
!, ( nomination at the hands of this con
j stituency.
? By request the chairman called tn
roll of counties to ascertain if it ws
J. desired, to hold at this time, conven
!. tions to nominate candidates for sena
e tors for the first and second senator's
IS districts. All the counties reported
It be ready and willing to organize th