Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-21
STATESMEN IN COUNCIL.
The City of Knoxville to be Saved from
Harm
By the Eternal Vigilance of the Young
Democracy.

follow if the city government should pass
into the hands of anything but a Simon
pure Democratic board of mayor and alder
men. Powerfully impressed with theil
great responsibility. the Democratic execu
tive committee held meeting week age
and called for meetings TO be held in the
various wards yesterday evening for the
pWpoaA Of appointing delegates to con
versi0n to nominate a Der pcra.ic candidate
fora,:laror and to take such otHer action as
in the opinion of those participating the
ex;gencies of the crisis might demand
This is what they did:
FIRST WARD.
There were thirty persons present, j. ID,
Elliott was chosen chairman and b. G..
BarnitZ secretary. committee of five to
name delegates was appointed, consisting OF
T. h. Cornick, J. w. Sneed, T. A. Lewis,
S. L. Hood and S. W. Coleman. The dele
gates are uninstructed and are rs follows
S. I. Atkin, Geo. Cannon, Sam Morrow,
D. W. Rose, D. A. Sweggerty.
SECOND WARD
J.. NJ. Haveiy was called to the chair and
Z. L. Barry chosen secretary. The dele
gates chosen are Sam Mckinney, C. Asbli,
J. C. Mitchell, H. c. Barry, W, G, Champe
and Alex. Allison. The meeting went
into the nomination of candidates
for aldermen. Capt. Alex Allison was nom
mated but declined. W. D. Winston and
Jas. O'Conner were nominated, and this
much having been done toward the saliva
ton of ths city the meeting adjourned.
There were about twenty five persons pres
ent
THIRD WARD.
The attendance was small and the pro-
ceedings were of the cut-and-dried order.
J. G. NJ. Ramsey, jr., was called to the
chair, and NJ. H. Dickson, Esq, chosen sec
retary. The following delegates were
chosen to the convention to nominate can
didate for mayor: 81. II. Dickson, Henry
Glass, Moses Smith, Sam. Scott. F. Hook.
enjos and J. g. NJ. Ramsey. The delegates
were instructed to favor the nomination OF
a candidate for mayor, but go unlnstructed
as to who the candidate shall be.
FOURTH WARD.
The meeting was called to order by S. G.
Heiskel. III. Ii. Taylor was elected chair
man, and J. Z. Carter secretary of tho meet
ing.
S. G. HeiskelI and J. ". Caldwell were
unanimously nominated as candidates fol
aldermen.
The following were elected rs delegates te
the convention to nominate a candidate fo1
mayor:
r. L. Williams, T. A. Moses H. H. Tay
lor, Jas. NJ. McAffry, E. S. McClung and
Josh Mcclure.
The following gentlemen were elected a,
alternates
John McGrath. II. Schubert, j. G.. Nc
Clannahan, W. NJ Cooke, Neil Mitchell and
T. o. Deaderick.
The following resolutions were offered by
I. L. Williams and unanimously adopted
Resolved, That the delegates appointed
from the Fourth ward to attend the Demo
cratic convention which meets On the nigh
of the 9th inst. be, and they are hereby in
structed to vote for the nomination of
Democratic candidate for mayor of the cit,
of Knoxville at the ensuing election.
FIFTH WARD.
The lynx-eysd reporter OF the CHRoNIoL
was at Thompson's stable, where the meet
ing of the faithful was appointed to be held
but up to late hour the meeting had no
reported, and it is feared that the Democrat
of the CLOUDY fifth" have not yet had thei
patriotism sufficiently aroused.
SIXTH WARD.
The faithful few of this ward assemble,
at the city hail. The meeting was called t
order by Thomas L. Moses. w. J
Ramage was chosen secretary. TIL
object of the meeting having bee
stated, committee, consisting of Geo. W
Albers, H. NJ Micheals and JOS F. Shep
psrd was appointed to name delegates t
| the convention. The delegates chosen ar
Thos L. Moses, W. A. Henderson, Jos. N
Sheppard, J. n. Jourolmon, W. J. Ramag
The meeting adjourned.
SEVENTH WARD.
Subsequent to call of the committee
the Democracy of the seventh ward asssem
bled in Pat Sullivan's grocery. According
ly, there were very fair prospects of
crowded house, and it was thought best tt
adjourn to Mr.. Sullivan's back porch, wher,
tuSiS Dc plCAlS III iOOUl- ut
crowd, which had diminished to abou
%, including boys, was here called to orde
by Col. Thos. Liilard, who moved Mr
him to take the chair. Mr. Thos. A
OConner was chosen secretary, and Capt
John III. Brooks and one or two other
stated the object of the meeting. After
some discussion, the chairman was author
Yyal IN enp,pi{+ao of civ 10
resent the seventh ward in the city conven
ton. The following committee was then ap
pointed Dr. J. c.. Hudgins, 2. T.
Mackey, Capt. Jno. NJ. Brooks, W. c.
Fulcher and Thos A. O'Conner Upon mo
tan, the chairman was added to the com
nittee. After some further discussion, i
was decided not to instruct the delegates
and the meeting then adjourned
EIGHTH WARD.
bakers dozen of the voters met around
an ash barrel at the corner of the house ii
the rear of the K. & o. depot, and pro
ceeded to their important business with the
aid of Dogones lantern of the CHRONICLE
reporters. T., w. Sullivan was called te
the chair, and Alderman Murphy was chosen
secretary. A committee was appointed tt
take action i'll the matter of holding
convention 10 nominate candidate
for mayor. The committee retired, anc
after monotonous interval of some time re-
turned with the suggestion that the following
delegates be appointed to attend the con
vention at the courthouse to nominate
candidate for mayor: Dennis Gleason, A.
W. Watterson, NJ. D. Sullivan, Thos Mum
sey, John Murphy and Tim. Conner The
report of the committee was very unan
imously adopted, and the city suviors de.
parted to thier homes in peace.
IF the convention to be held next weel
does not save the city, then we presume il
is not worth saving.
Suicide Of an Editor.
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