Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-22

b 3 The Ia 4LOnsnav01ma
The .sTrue Inwardness" Of the New
Era's Change.
OF IEH7OE u0T.l
A Clear Case . Of Barg ain and sale.
Which is Exposed By a Democrat
aa Who has Supported Taylor.
But who Renounces him and Comes
.-z...z Out For. Pettiboae. !
u q YEE |
Fun Pardealars ofa Dark Transse-
ton,
| n our issue Of yesterday morning
we mentioned the fact chat the Green
Vile New Era, apaper that had ade
vocated the nomination Of Maj Petit
bone before the republican conven
ton insthat county was held, but has
now come out for Taylor. We said
yesterday that it was very suggestive
of a ''bar'l" and We have the proof.
Il consists in card from H. ". Se>7
vier, of Greeneville, democrat, who
gives the particulars of the disreputa-
table transaction over his own sigma
ture as follows: @I Rs @
e & GREENEvHLE, Tenn,
So : Sept. 2lsb $780,
When first considering the pro-
priety Of publishing an article Of the
the nature ofthis one my original in
tention was to address it entirely to
the. democracy ofSlthe district; i but
recent developments have so broad
ened it's field that if written purely
from partisan standpoint 1t would
be inadequate to the gravity OF the
subject and therefore mere trlhlDg
win matters Of. Doment which con-
Germ all the people of this section, If
respective OF party.
/ As a democrat and o ne who voted
| for Mr. Tay lor tnl S78) I can no long 81
1glye him my suppor t, and as q citizen
who appreciates aud recognizes The
obligations of his civil privileges, ]
feel ID duty bound 10 expose certain
transactions aud to denOunce designs
which have done and which are IN
tended to do inhnte mischief to Oul
material mterestsas we'll as to OuI
moral and political welfare.
1 am convinced OF, the existence o
a certain state of facts but not hav
ing been . party TO any ofsthe trans
actions involved in them, could no
testify to t4em myself; but | shal
make positive statements based OF
my information, which if untrue, will
enLltle the persons concerned to CIV
redress. "A verdict against me woulC
| settle the Issue, and should satisfy
tue parties Concerned; but if 1t bt
urged that damages could not b
, made off me, in the event of suit beini
Drought, l will take all ~necessar,
steps towards placing all my persons
effects down to the shirt on my back
and all rights and claims not yet re
duced to possession within reach Of a
execution from court OF law.
E My statements and charges are a
follows and ] challenge legal investl
4 gation':- , B
= r On the morning of Saturday Sep
Z 18, 1880, the New Era, a repabllca
!. pal per Was gwen out TO lis subscrlDel
: AT GreeDvllIe. At the head of its et
}. ltoIial columns was the Regular r
publican ticket, with the exceptio
of the candidate for congress Iu tn
place OF the name Ct Maj. A. {
Petti0one appeared the name OF Il. ]
n Fay lor, and In the columes beneal
q was The following editorial (?) expl
4 nation of the cnange. Here follow
Tie flimsy reasons given for I'll
change, after which Mr.. Sewer add:
l. Tbs article was written
f i Col. W. D. HayDes, of Bluntvill
IS cnairmaD of the democratic execu'i'
committee If tins district, n :elali'
ry IF Mr.. TaYolr, the manager Of b
in campaign and tue dispenser OF Il
I'D funds alloued TO this district by Il
!. state, executive commntee and +
he ceived 10y that committee from Il
Y, democrasic national committee.
les 2. Col. Haynes did, himself or
his agents, Contract with the propr
tor and publisher of the New Era
E 5Fe obt"in controlrof that paper duri
cir tue campaign. Fhe sum demand
IN on the ohes de as the considerable
and deposited from the private fun
of Mr.. Taylor or his friends-on
NV other with merchant OF GreeneVi
OF was $4,000. ~
8. subsequently the contract,
ity, agreement, was go altered that j.
1 1he r. Ly on was to continue the publi
re- ton of the paper with the regular
ken publican ticket at the head OF it's q
ar an teriai columns, with one excepti
OF and that consisted in The SUBSTITUTE
70 of the name of R. L. TAYLOR for Il
and of A. II. Pettibone, the regular repl
IeSt lican candidate for congress in I
it'll district, and for this the proprietor
Ter Ter the New Era received, directly or
enP't directly, the sum of $4,000 in ca
box, Such is the history of the rec