Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-24
Houk at Andersonyille.


b MR. EDITOR: Yesterday was the ap
pointment for tae congressional can
didates, and also for the Pictorial can
didstes, at this place; and there was q
tolerably good crowd of the voters out
to hear the speeches. But it seems
thai the dem ocrats ia this place can
notget d Candidate t. debate with
Houk. Two years ago Bro. Watkins
failed t, come. from some reason, aud
yesterday Mr.. Williams was not here,
owing to the illness of bis chilo.
Judge Houk made an excellent spe, ch
on the political issues of the day. He
showed up therdemocralic party in the
true light. Ii is a strange thing tina,
any man Can listen tOeuch speech and
not repent and turn from the error of
his ways, aud JOIN the great republican
patty. Yet some of tae democrats al
TINS place " onld not 20 in the house
to hear the great political truths de-
| ciared in their purity. Il is not worth
while for me to attempt any descrip
ton of Judge Houk's speech, for al
| who have SAW the daily CHRONICLE
ICLE of Oct. 18th, have an idea of his
speech. Or course there was some ne
ceeslt II for sOsle dev il ton from his
published speech. One reason for 90
uoing, was the absence Of Mr.. Will
liams, and the recent elections. He
| told the democrats that their Hancock
| got the Han knocked off the other
day, and Dead wrots In its place, 80 it
reads DEADLOCK, in the place of Han
cock. Judge Houk closed by
telnng the republicans q seer, t.
| He said that We were going
10 elect Judge Hawkins governor,
and tue republicans to go and vote and
see laL le sick we're conveyed t. the
| y Ills, anu when they got to the polls
| he would not care if they put in vote
for Houk, although bis msjority will
be somewhere between the rivers and
tie ends of tae earth. @ So
After Judge Houk left the house,
Mr.. Cornick took the stand and made q
short speech in introducing himself
and Mr.. Reeder, and telling, among
It Ter things, what Mr.. Reeder wouid
say in his spt ech, and trying to In
volve MIR. Reeder in tae Kuox county
elections, and t1at there was fraud In
the sherlff's election and that Mr..
Reeder Wns concerned in It,. At the
cl, Sc of Mr.. Cornick's speech there
were two bouquets OF Il Jwers thrown 10
him. They were maize by democratic
ladies and thrown {, him by young
4 democrat that is not old enough u vote
much mix ken. -- ..~, .-.--,-.,
Mr.. Reeder next took the stand. and
defended himself very ably He had
IL, faa no nFnuoO
very conclusively his innocence OF the
charges OF his opponent. He said thai
tue democrats cried thief to the fepub.
licaBs from President Hayes down tt
IAlex. Reeder. He said that the old
preacher thst couldn't read must have
had tue Tennessee democracy in view
when he was giving out his song by
memory and be came TO the third AMI
, fouIt i lines 10 the staDZa and he bad
forg0 ten the words, and he had t.
: Compose it, he said: .
There is not an honest man on earth,
And scarcely one in heaven.
Upon the whole the republicans
have men for their leaders that can
, ! handle the democracy in way tina
: they are not ashamed of. The repub
iicans in this country are unit for ths
/ republican nominees from Gen. G n
, Fl cid down TO Alex Reeder, nOtwIt =
| standing Mr.. Cornick and democracy t
the CONTRARY. The republicans exp-c
Ito gain grand Wet Try the 2od of Nc
VEN Der, such one as will be credi
; to e party. Now I will close by say
: ing that we will show our faith by GU
; works on the day of the election II
f this country. Hurrah for the rapnb'i
can party. ANDERSON