Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-25

middle of his speech, some one In the
,uffocating audience appealed to the
speakers to 60 out doors. This request
was acceded to, and the vast crowd
filed out of the court house. Just then
3 drenching rain came up, and the
crowd rushed back into the court room.
After order was restored, Mr.. Taylor
began again and finished his speech.
He accused Pettibone of waving the |
bloody shirt, discussed his competitor
as carpet Dagger, arraigned
the revenue ring, which, he
charged. had nominated Pettibone,
stigmatized the convention that nomi-
mated him, said it was fraud and
that PetiiboDe was fraud, told ayarn
about a mule, defended his record In
congress, especially where he voted for
the political riders on appropriation
bills, branded the bloated bond hold
ers, said the republicans had leglsiased
against the common people. About
this time the room was getting SO not
that men began to draw their coats.
Tay lor went and denounced the tariff
laws, aud then returned to the "fev-
enue ring" When he got through
with that, he gaze the BOND holders
another turn aud boosted that he had
voted in congress far an income tax.
He then told how be had denounced
the speech of the democratic congress-
man, Bragg, wherein he had sneered
at southern loyslists. After abiding
to a speech he had made on
the silver question, he spoke
eloquently for the Mexican war vet
| Grams, and said he was 10 favor of CIV
ing them a pension. He denied that
he had voted to pension jeff. Davis.
He held up Gen. Nancy and Long
street as evidence Of the disioyalty OF
the republican party Said Hayes
took "old D. NJ. Key and jerked him
into his cabinet" and paid his respects
to G llenwaters end John Hammer.
| He returned to a defense Of his record,
and mentioned that he had procured
appropriations for the Clinch, Holston
and French Broad rivers, and said he
had done more for the people than Pet.
tibone would have done had he been
in congress. Here he told another
funny anecdOte about fellow who
went into a hollow tree during
storm. He then denied that he
had bought the Gfeenevilie New Era
newspaper, and dared Mi. Pettibone
to read The affidavit of W. d. Culver
of GreeDeviIl-, which he understOoC
he had. (NoTE.-This affidavit il
published in another column.) HI
said Henry Sewer had no cause t.
come out against him, and that hi'
relations there lin Jonesboro) repu-
dated the ac'. He then said again
that if the people endorsed Pe.tibone
they would endorse the fraud Of 1878
and that would ruin the republican
party in the disric. He appealed t.
vote for him, aud closed with a YAH
about an old preacher thar crossed tn
s9a, which elected shouts of Taught
Major Psttjbone commenced hi
speech by daring his com
petition to say whether he was 70
Hancock or Garfield for president
and predicted he would not say. n
said he had called upon him ever!
day in the canvass to answer thi
question. that he had declined am
that the Hancock people were getting
ashamed Of Taylor for being ashamed
} of them. He read what Mr.. Charlton
said two years ago, when Taylor wa
raising the cry OF "carpet Dagger" an
then administered a scathing rebuk
to his competitor and all others VIII
indulge in an indiscriminate onslaught
against men who were born in th
northern states. He then chow
ed that his compensation q
assistant of the United State
district attorney were not in
creased dollar by the prosecution c
a p 9rson for violating the revenue laws
aud said that he had only performe
= his duty, and had always cautione
grand juries against sending bills il
, trivial cases.
r He then exposed Taylor's congress
, sional record. He said that his com
petitor had promised two years ag
tn At the first votes he would cast il
Congress would be for the repeal of tn
e resumption act and the repeal of th
I revenue laws, but he had not kept hi
promise. One Of his first votes was /
q democratic caucus, for 10. Black
burn, of Kentucky, the confederat
i guerrilla, and one of the first in tn
house was for the ex confederat
General Field, OF Georgia. against Co
T J. M. Melton, union soldier. q