Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-09
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VOTING FOR NEGROES.

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VOTING FOR NEGROES.
Now, gentlemen, referred in the be-
ginning of my speech to the matter CT
voting for negroes. My opponent said at
Strawberry Plains that ought to be hung
for voting for Congress man Rainey for
clerk of the house of representatives. But
have paper here showing that he not
only voted for q negro, but actually rose
up in his place in the city council, at
Knoxville, and nominated negro for the
office of policeman; and now, if / am to
be hung for voting for negro, IS he said
at Strawberry Plains, my young friend
must prepare to die too. Listen to this:
KNOXVILLE, Sept. %, 1880.
/ hereby certify that was member of
the board of mayor and aldermen of
Knoxville, in the year 1873, and that Thos.
L. Williams voted for Sterling Jones'. q
colored man, against Daniel Fogsrty, q
white man, for policeman; and further
certify that Mr.. Williams nominated Jones
for said position, and that Green Fields
and myself met Mr.. Williams at his office
in the custom office, and it was agreed TO
then and there that we should support Mr..
Jones, colored, for said position.
LAWSON IRYIN.
Attest j. A. SWAN.
1 was present and heard Thos. l.. Will
liams nominate Sterling Jones, colored, fol
policeman, and was chief of police at the
time. j. b. PICKENs.
My young friend must prepare sto die
too. The negro that voted for was OF
the regular republican ticket: he was al
educated gentleman and fully competent
to fill the Office he was running for, and al
the close of the 44th congress, when the
business was being hurried through, just
before adjournment, he was acting on 8
committee omposed of democrats and was
THE ONLY SOBER MAN
on the committee, and it was through his
efforts that some important measures were
not neglected. Here are the pictures Of
the negro I voted for and the white man
my young friend says l ought
to have voted for. They are hi!
pictures. ! only borrow then
of him to show you. / submit TO this aU'
| dience il the darkey is not the best looking
man. [Shows the photographs to the au
dience, amid laughter and applause. You
see that on the negro equality question WI
are altogether in practice as well as il
principle. Laughter.) Ivoted for an ed
| ucated black man to perform the duties 0
an Office that concern no one else, and b,
| voted to give an ignorant thick-lippeC
negro an Office that conferred on him tn,
power to enter any white mans house il
the city of Knoxville. But he says that hC
voted to shire" negro on that police
force. Well, / want you to hire me to &c
to congress. Laughter and applause.
Ny friend says that because we voted for {
negro in congressional as an indirect re
suit of it, big buck niger raped white
woman. My God, has it come to this
Are we to be confronted with such inuen
dos? Is it because my friend voted fol
Sterling Jones and Nose Smith that rape
have occurred around Knoxville2 Such
things are beneath the dignity of ordinary
NV opponent tells you that voted
sgainst ....L -
THE SILVER BILL.
I voted against the bill that proposed Il
give unlimited coinage. was agains
coming silver dollars for the mine.owner
The only time ever had an opportunity
to vote directly on the silver Dill, Votet
to make silver legal tender.
He says voted for extravigant hppro
preparations to pay store-keepers anC
oaugsrs one hundred dollars per month
/ voted against Gen. Dibrells amendment
and would do il again. These men ar
only on duty about half the time and
requires men of education and capacity
They must understand chemistry and b
men of integrity-men that can not b.
bribed or bought. l do not believe tina
you can get such men to serve for fifty dol
lars per month, while the distillery IS II
operation and thirty We dollars while it il
not. also voted not to cut down the ap
preparation for informers. These men arr
not employed in East Tennessee, 1T Is only
| in the cities where large distillerles are II
oneration that they are required. In place
where the violations of the law amounts t.
millions q year. do not believe tina
seyenty-fve dollars is enough for this pur
| pose. but, however this may be, 1 neve
will be found voting for the violation
the law. -e ..-
The gentleman appeals to you about tn
REVENUE LAW,
| but he can't make these revenue men vot'
I for him against me. They know who thel
friends are. have defended hundreds o
them; perhaps more than thousand, fire.
of all charge if they were poor or unabl
to pay. / have gone in person to the de
partment to get amnesty extended TO then
on the simple promise that they woult
cease to violate the law. But I say to yot
| my friends don't violate the law in thi
| thing.
HOW THE SOLDIERS V.TED.
My friend tells you how. the soldier
| voted, He is the first man that gave tn'
| democratic party credit for putting cow
| the rebellion. Was not lsham u. darri!
| and his set great union savers? daughter
Here is the way the soldiers did vote WheI
tented upon the field in 1864. Inc recore
of the votes of the troops for president II
| 1864 has been compiled by states an(
proves that the republicans out voted tn
democrats three TO one. The following
| are the figures
Lincoln received ll6,SS
Mcclellan received 3,749.
He tells you that voted against
FREE SALT.
I did no such thing. / voted agains
keeping the house in session indefinitely
I voted to adjourn rather than refer tn
resolution back and instruct the committe
/ to do what they had said fifty times the
| would not do. Because voted for ad
| journment on this occasion my competito
has charged me every day with votin
against free salt. Whenever the direC
issue comes up, you will find me voting fc
free salt. The only time it was before tn
house I voted for it, and here is the record
But to another matter. My young frien
denies, believe, that he ever made
speech advocating the reduction of labol
ing mems wages. read from the Kno1
vile CHRONICLE Of February 10th, 1878: