Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-29
SEWER COUNTY REPUREK.
CANS.
Thoroughly Organized for the
Political Campaign.

Mr. EDITOR: On FrldSy september,
oath, 18S &, the republicans of SEWER county
held mass meeting in the court house at
Sevierville for the purpose of efecting
thor ugh republican organization for the
entire county.
On motion of j. F. Leak, Capt. E.
Wynn was elected permanent chairman,
and upon motion of ID. z. GAS, Esq, J. T.
Leak was elected secretary.
4 MI ticn was then made that the chair
man appoint Il committee consisting of one
man from each civil district to retire and
make up . central cam paign committee for
the county and also select campaign com :
mittee for each civil district.
The chairman appointed on that commit
the the foil owing men:
Sam. Rolen, James Stafford, A. W.
Trotter, p. 81. Thomas, Z. L. Duggan, w.
d. Atchley, Joel Hudson, James Bowers,
Julius Justus, S. Nj. Hammer and Howard
Petty who retired and in short time came
in and made the following report:
We, your committee. appointed to select
a republican central paign committee
| for Sewer county, also a campaign COM
mittee for each civil district of Sd ia county,
| whose duty it shall be to distribute docu :
ments among the voters, to organize re-
publican clubs and arrange for republican
m ceilings, beg leave to report the following:
For central campaign committee, j. II.
Walker, DIR. Jere Walker, r H. Andes,
d. P. Gass, P. H. Thomas, J NJ. Hammer
E. NJ Wynn, j. F. Leak, W. r. Turner
and Jerome Bowers, all Of Sevierville.
For district campaign committee the
following:
Saunders McMahan and James Owenhy.
2nd district-John Walker, John Hus-
key, Elijah Whaley, sr, and Rogers Evans
3rd districts A Sims, g G Shrader, DR.
j NJ Layman, w G Fox, Arch France and
| James Stafford. .e.
4th district-D w Howard, W Mitch
ell. James Wayland and Newton Trotter.
9Th district-G w Trotter, Henry Gobble
and Dar lei Davis.
9Th district-Wm Fox, J II Murphy, ?
L Duggan, Aaron Crowson and W ii
King.
7Ih district-W D Atchley. P Naples,
James D Davis, Nc Trotter aud James
8th district-James Douglass, DAnieI
Kelley, Samuel Mount, L n Underwood
and VIM Fowler
OH district o NJ White, j R Chand-
Ter and VIM Pnner,
10Th distrcl--G L Delozier Jas Bowers
Sam w Pickens and Andrew Rogers.
18th district-Noah Ogle, + r Reagan
and Richard Evans.
18th distTict-M ses Long, James I'm
derwood, Isaac Keener and Thomas Hick.
man.
10 district-T D W McMahan, Daniel
Duggan and Levi BransOn.
14tn district D w Payne, NJ Fagala,
J j Wade and Edmond Hodges.
18th Districts s Brown, VIM Trotter
W Jones and Daniel Allen.
We also recommend toe appointment Of
two sub electors for the county at large.
All of which is respec fully submitted.
(Signed) 7. II. THoMAs,
Chairman of com.
And also the other committeeman.
This report was unanimously adopted.
Upon motion of w. L. Turner, j. +
Leak was elected sub-elector for the coun.
", and upon mot on of j. f. Leak, d. ?.
| Gass, ESQ, Was also elected q sub-elector
for the county.
Upon motion of D. p. Gass, the score
tary was requested to notify the diff9ren
committees OF their appointment and re-
quest them to her at once upon the dis
charge of their duties by meeting and g ect
ing one of their number chairman, snG
also by organic ng Gar field and Arthur
clubs In each distr ct in the county.
Esq D. 2. Gass addressed the meeting
in short, but telling speech, in which h'
urged tnerepu blicans of Sewer county K
go TO work and poll full vote in NoVem
Der for the entire republican ticket III
also spoke hopefully OF the election o
OuUS0 hdWh'uS,
The central campaign committee
offered a republican banner worth fifty dol
lars with suitable inscriptions on it, to tn
district in Sewer cou ty that will increas
its republican vote most according tt tn
voting populati IN over the repu blican vot'
of $40.
The central committee were Instructed t.
make arrangements for a grand repu5 lear
rally at Seviervile some time in October
and with Hon. Horace NJ 4ynard to ad
dress the meeting, and also other eminent
speakers.
1t was announced that Garfield and
Arthur club would be formed at Sewer
vile on the first Monday in October. The
secretary was dered to send the pr ceed-
ings ofthe meeting the Knoxville CHRoEI
CT E and Republican for publication.
1t was the day of the discussion between
Judge Huuk and Mr.. Williams, candidate
for congress, and a very large crow(
of republicans was present: 1t il
needless to say that Judge Hou k ca
lied the day. 1t was d grand day for
Sewer county republicans, and there ha
never been such large repu Olican ms
jority given in this county as will be ii
November.
E. NJ. WYNN, Chairman.
j. f. LEAK, Secretary