Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-06-12
| NASHVILLE PRESIDENTIAL CON
VENTRON.

NASHVILLE PRESIDENTIAL CON
VENTHON.
This convention was held at Nash
vile for the purpose of nominating
delegates to International democratic
convention at Cincinnati, and of
selecting electors for the presidential
campaign of this year.
1t assembled in the house OF rep
resentatives on Tuesday, June 9Th,
and was called to order by John w.
Childress, Jr.
Omitting the preliminary business,
the permanent organization may be
stated as follows:
b. A. Enloe, of Madison, chair
man; C. L. Ridley, of Davidson,
secretary; A. B. Upshaw, Of Maury,
assistant secretary TT. r. Prater, of
Rutherford, sergeant at arms.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Col. J. B. Cook, from committee
on basis of representation, reported.
To each county was assigned vote
for every hundred votes given for
the democratic presidential ticket
of 1876, and one for each fraction of
100 oyer so votes. On that basis
the following assignment of voting
power was made:
Anderson 6, Bedford %, Benton 10, Bledsoe
A, BlOunt 8, Bradley s, Campbell 4, Cannon
II, Carroll Is, Carriers, Cheatham 9, Claiborne
8, Clay 6, Cooke s, Coffee II, Crockett IA, Cum
berland 2, Davidson &c, Decatur s. DeKalb II,
Franklin I9, Gibson 81, GILES So. Granger s,
Green Is, Grundy 5, Hamblin 8, Hamilton
l6, Hancock 4, Hardeman 10, Hardin l6,
Hawkins Ii, Haywood 10, Henderson II,
Henry 20, Hickman il, Houston 5. Hum
| phreys IA, Jackson ii, James-S, Jefferson 8,
Johnson 2, Knox 20, Lake 4, LaI5derdale Is,
Lawrence 8, Lewis 2, Lincoln 36, LtoudOn q,
Macon 8, Madison 81 Marion 9, Marshall z
Monroe Is. Montgomery %, Moore II, Nor
gan ), Onion "A, Oyerton 10, Perry 5, Polk z,
Rutherford 50, Scott i, Sequatchie 3, Sewer
| 8, Shelby S. Smith II Stewart IA, Sullivan
10, sumner %, Upton IA, Trousdale 7, Unicoi
ington IA, WAYNE q Weai1ley %, White u,
Williamson 26, Wilson %.
The vote of Moore is made up of fraction
of 500 from Bedford, 400 from Franklin, 400
from Lincoln. The vote of Crockett is made
up of fraction OF Haywood Dyer, Gibson
and Madison, as agreed upon by the COM
m1ttee from the congressional districts in
which said counties are situated.
In the committee on credentials
majority and minority report were
presented in reference to. the dis
puted delegation from Wilson
county. Into this controversy it
would now be superfluous for us to
enter. The minority report was
adopted, which admitted both dele
cations, dividing between them the
vote assigned to the county.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following platform, which
was unanimously adopted:
!. Having implicit confidence in the sa-
! gacity, patriotism and fidelity of the dele
/ gates to be chosen by this convention to
/ represent our state in the national demo-
cratic convention at Cincinnati, we recon-
mend that they go uninstructed.
/ 2. Believing 1t wise and prudent that the
! twO-thirdS rule in the nomination of candi-
dates for president and vice-president, sane
! toned by usage and proven by experience,
should be continued in force, we hereby
request our delegates. in response to the sug-
/ gestion of the last national convention, to
I vote for its continuance.
3. Regarding with shame and indignation
/ the tricks, briberies, forgeries and perjuries
! by which the voice of the people, expressed
in 1876 by amajority of n quarter of a mil
| lion of votes fairly cast and foully uncount-
| ed, was Stified and c0un terfeited, and the
citizens elected to the high offices of presi-
dent and vice president diSgracefully de-
frauded, and the defeated candidates inaug
urated, and by base sophisIn, fraud
successful in state, was decreed to be
sacred and improbable in the federal tribu-
nal, the democracy of Tennessee declare that
by this shameless dishonesty and impudent
political jugglefy in a great crisis of national
/ affairs, the republican party has forfeited all
claim to public confidence and demonstrated
| its utter unfitneSs to continue the adminis-
tration of a government of the people, by
the people and for the people
The following are the appoint
ments made by the convention;
ELECTORS
First district-Charles r. Vance.
second district-W. l.. Ledgerwood.
Third district-To be filed by the third
congressional district convention.
Fourth district-Joseph E. Washington, OF
Robertson,
Fifth district-Left to the district congress
Sixth district-W. A, Thoma.
Seventh distriet---Ieft to the district con-
greSSiOnal convention
Eighth distrIct-A. q. Hawkins of Carroll.
Ninth district-T. E. Richardson, elector;
VIM. Sanford, of Upton, sub-electors
Tenth district-R. J. Morgan, of Shelby.
For the state at large-John NJ. Fleming,
of Knox, and John L. i. Sneed, of Shelby.
DELEGATES TO THE CINCINNATI coNYEN-
TON.
First district-John A. Mckinney and
John Allison alternateS, John X. Shields
and IL. NJ. Folsom.
Second district-Col. Moses White of
Knox, and w. L. Weleker, of. I4oudon al
ternates, ID. NJ. Goodman, of Roane, and J. e.
CaWOod, of jefferson.
Third district. B. Cook. of Hamilton,
and y. Q. Cunningham, of Cumberland al
ternateS. II NJ. Mcl OHnnI. of Hamilton mud