Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-12


been appointed.
advocacy of the committee to invite
all the delegates to come to the hall
He wanted to pay all the State
morally owes, and it only morally
owes what it is able to pay.
| Mr.. Poindexter indorsed what Mr..
Hamilton had said, and he wanted
the world to know that the cause we
are championing is dear loss.
1Lr. Gordon, of Petersburg, took
a sensible parliamentary view of the
case. He said that the committee
might invite some people here, and
when they got in and you come back
you can't get in. One hundred del
egates were ascertained to be in all
the halls.
Mr. Hamilton's motion for com
mittee was carried.
On motion the chair appointed the
committee which had been appointed
| by the caucus.
A recess till o'clock was moved
and carried.
On reassembling the chairman
called the meeting to order and
stated that the next order of bust
ness was the report of the commit
tee on credentials. The commit
tee not being ready to report, Mr..
Austin, of Lunenberg, was re
quested to address the convention.
Mr.. Austin was in favor of healing,
if possible, the split in the party He
SAID that he came here to fight Dem
ocracy, and was in favor of admitting
coalitlonists if they will come for
ward and act honorably.
At The conclusion of these re-
marks several short speeches were
made against any compromise,
charging that these men were back
ed up in reputation and was op-
posed to any steps, no matter what
they werp, that were taken by the
straightouts.
Mr.. Jorgensen, chairman of the
committee appointed to confer with
the coalitionists. reported that he
conferred with all the members of
the committee appointed by the
coalitionists, and had invited them
personally to participate in the pro
ceedings of the convention.
Mr. Tinsley moved that the report
be adopted and the committee dis
charged
Mr. Austin, of Lunenberg, offered
as an amendment the adoption of the
report. He was opposed to the com
mlttee being discharged.
Mr.. Poindexter made a short
speech in favor of the original mos
| ton.
/ The delegate from Warwick
! County rose and said he was willing
TO fight when he could win, and he
] thought they could win now. He
said he had been canvassed by seve-
raj delegates since he arrived in the
city, and they were all Mahonites,
and had been reading the Malone
organ. He attacked that organ IN
regard to its reports on the political
meetings, and said that its reports
of the meetings in his county were
! all false. He said the delegates in
this convention were all legally
elected, but the coalitionists, to his
certain knowledge, have delegates
that are not more than sixteen years
of age.
Mr.. Lestor, OF Richmond, by re
quest, took the stand, amid great
applause, and addressed the conven-
ton. The first remark he made was
that he was opposed to readiust-
ment "There was a time" he said,
"when the people I am ident fed
with had bosses, but they, with my
assistance, shall never have a boss
again, Garfield said that his admin
istration would not countenance a
boss, and they have chopped off the
head of Roscoe Conkling" He
charged that the straightouts
had made too many com
promises already; that they
have appointed two committees to
confer W tn the coalitonists, which is
positively proof that we are capable
of eating dirt. He went on to charge
} Cameron with ballot box stuffS
ing and said he was the prime
mover of burning Governor Kemper
in ef1igy, because he would not vio-
late the constitution. Ad-
dressing the convention he
said You can vote for
him if you wish, but I will vote for
Daniel, who I consider will make
better governor He is an honest
man and, SO far as [ know, has not
been guilty of corruption, ballot-box
stuffing or burning governor in
effigy." He spoke about an hour
and denounced Mahonism, charging
that Lewis had forty officers under
him and not one of them a negro,
and still ne claims to be friend to
the colored man.
The committee on credentials pres
sented their report, which was
adopted. The temporary officers
were renominated for permanent
positions, and they were SO elected.
Hon. j. f. Dezendorf and Mr..
Smith were elected vice>presidents.
The convention then adioured
until I P. m.
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