Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-05-27
FOR CONGRESS-1ST DISTRICT
A. H. PETTIB0hE.
OF GREENE
ELECTORS-STATE At LARGE
HON. GEO. Nancy.
HON. A A. TAYLOR.
OF the 95 Republican daily papers
OF Pennsylvania, 60 are for Blaine.
sssj.s. to tn. d.oAisn ola Republican Convention.

what a the nttle ke6 OF Thurman
avail?
Sam. Randall says the Sunday con-
ference at Tilden's house was a mere
matter of chancoA
The 500 or more members of the
Grant club in Cincinnati will 60 to
the Chicago convention in body.
Reader, help us extend our circula-
ton. VIZ intend to fight Democracy
and Republication to the last ditch.
Tilden's healthis something remark
able. He is 80 internally healthy that
it makes his Cincinnati contestants
sick.
The goings on in Cook county are
recorded by the Chicago Times as a
Democratic convention held by the
Republicans.
Rev. T. T. Hoyt, ID. D., Of Nash
vile, has been elected Moderator If
the Presbyterian General Assembly
Of the United States, now in session
at Charleston, S. G.
DR.. Nat Lyle has withdrawn from
the Congressional race in the Second
District, and the Knoxville Republi-
can says for the good Of the party he
will support Houk.
The success Of the Republican par
ty means free schools in the South.
The rife-clubs, bu~ll-dozers, and ballot
box suffers are working for the tri-
umph Of the Democratic party.
We wonder ifthe ~repudiating Dem
ocrats Of Tennessee wont want some
red-shirts and rife clubs to help keep
the debt-paying element Of their par
ty in ranks at the coming State cleo
ton.
The success Of the Republican par
ty means a free ballot, good govern
ment and sound money. The success
CT the Democratic party mean tissue
ballots, States Rights and iiredeem-
able paper money.
The General Assembly Of the Pres
by terrain Church met at Madison,
Wis, on the Goth inst, nearly six
hundred clergymen and laymen were
in attendance. pr. William Paxton,
Of New York, was elected Moderator.
At ameeting Of prominent citizens
at Columbus, Ga.,.a few days ago,
resolutions were adopted regretting
the resignation Of Senator Gordon,
and ccnsuring Governor Colquitt for
appointing Ex-Governor Brown MS
his successor.
The indefinite postponement Of the
question Of electing a colored Bishop
is, perhaps, the easiest way for the
General Conference to get out Of Q
position full Of delicacy. But 1t does
not settle it. Four years hence thu
demand, reinforced by a much large,
constituency than is comprised in tn,
fifteen colored Conferences will b,
again made.-Cin. Commercial.
We believe the General Conferenc
did the proper thing in not %electin.
a colored Bishop. We admit, how
ever, that there are two sides to tn
question.
It does not blunt the edge OF tru
devotion to party principles to re
joice that Tennessee is getting int
that shape where politics is no longe
m Unbalanced bag all on one sid
and liable to fall off at any time
Nashville American.
The leaders Of the Democratic part,
begin to see the results Of the polio,
OF their party in Tennessee. They Sc
reputation starring them III tn
face. They are at a loss to know
what to do. In fact. the Democrati
party is an Unbalanced bag and it
liability TO fall off increases from da,
to day. The sooner it falls the bet.
ter for all.
The action Of the Illinois Republi
a convention, of May 81, instruc
ting the State delegation how to vote
and also to vote as u unit, is in ac
cordance with the action Of previ
GUS conventions. In1SG0 the Repub
licaneconvention in that State adop
ted the following:
Resolved, That Abraham Lincoll
is the choice Of the Republican part'
Of Illinois for the Presidency, an,
the delegates from this State are in
structed to use all honorable mean
to secure his nomination by the Chi
cago convention, and 10 vote as
unit forhim."
The protracted struggle in tn
Illinois convention was a complet
triumph for the friends Of Genera
Grant.