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

TAzEwELL, Oct. 7.1-MR EDITOR !:
According TO announcement Messrs.
Pettibone and Taylor, candidates for
co ngress, spoke here to-day. They
had a large and attentive audience Of
at least 800 persons. By turn this was
Pettibone's day ID lead and be began
his speech by reading the published
announcement Of of the speaking here
to-day which announced that he, Pet
tibone, was the republican candidate
and that Taylor was the democratic
.ndidate, but said that Taylor would
not own that he was the democratic
candidat9, but he bound Taylor to say
that he was for Hancock for presl-
dent.
He then referred TO the prejudices
that Taylor was trying ID create
against him because of the place OF
his birt h and the carpetbag cry was SO
thoroughly scanted that Taylor agreed
that there was nothing in IL.
He next took up Iaylor's record
and drove him toAthe wall on every
point. He stated that two years ago
| rayior promised that ii elected to con-
gress his fret vote would be the repeal
Of the resumption law; that his Sc cODd
vote should be to pay the national
| debt in greenbacks aud his third for
| the repeal of the national bank.
Taylor was elected to congress and
the first thing he did was to work for
Joe Black burn for speaker, and tina
he irst vot9 he gave in congress Whs
| for Sam. Randall, who was hard
money man, for speaker of the house.
His second vote was for Chas. w,
| Field, who was rebel brigadier, for
door keeper, against Col. ]. M. Melton
~no was federal co OneI aud al Ear t
Fenneeseean,- and his third vOe in
favor of seating Hull, of Florida. in
preference to Bisbee, t1e legally elected
| member TO Congress.
PettibOne then showed, by unques'
tioptd proof, that Taylor tried to get
a position in the revenue service under
Gen. Cooper, and that when Cooper
refused he began to curse and abuse
the revenue de pal nent, and had been
| at it ever since.
All of these attacks were made with
great force and effect. Taylor was
neld up TO the audience in ali
nls deception and Inconsistencies.
Mai. Pettibone dew, It'd the lemain>
de r of his time to tue discussion OF The
political issues of the day, with a mas
terly review OF t he history and admin
/ tratiOn OF the republican pat. His
arguments were tuil and exhaustive Of
every point touched upOr.
Mr.. Taylor com menced his speech
by repeating s0me poetry, which
caused laugh among the democracy
Said he would pass OVERTIME assaults
~ ade upon him by his cOmptt t r.
aud 20 he did. None of the charges
made by PeLlibOne upon his recolC
| were answered.
He then told "yarn," as he calleC
/ it, of d pretty boy and mule. liz
then attacked the fi0ancial admins.
ration of the government, anu de-
clared that We were paying the bo Id
holders per cent. il t-rest
He declared that resumk ton was {
failure and that legislt ton had moth
log TO do with the present prosper. t.
of the country.
He made his sterOtyped ait 'ck upOr
he revenue laws, ana closed by telling
"yarn" about Spriggins in court.
Bob seems discOurageG-he is no
receivi ing the sympathy and support o
two years ago-neither is be doiug any
: good with his carpet bag and revenue
songs.
Set Claiborne down as sure for ,
: good maj orliy for Pettibone and til,
entire republican ticket.
CLAIBORNE.