The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-02
TIE END OF zHE STRUGGLE
The dad stidings of the Election
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most if not all of our readers. Inc
denOuement of the protracted strug-
ole is as gloriously satisfactory to us
= 81 It was unexpected az The time.
As briefly asTwe can we will recite
the history of the last hours of the
contest, as they were, presented to
our observation. The 28th and last
ballot, on Tuesday, stood Maynard,
43; Taylor, 80; ;Caruthers, z; jams,
3; Jones, 1; Brandon, ] Muse, J..
Whitthorne, /. Necessary to a
choice, -46. On this ballot, W. J.
Buchanan. low tax Democrat, voted
for Mr.. Maynard. Excitement was
fever heat. se.,SS The Democrats moved
to adjourn, The Republicans at
first voted against adjourning but
before the, call was through became
apparently frightened and changed
their votes in favor OF sadjourHing.
Both parties seemed to be glad when
the President. announced the con
vention adjourned till Il o'clock the
next-day. The excitement at the
hotel headquarters Of the. va
rious candidates was intensified. A
caucus of the Democrats was. held
Tuesday night to try and unite by
a tWe-thirds vote upon some candl-
date for. the morrow. RI Forty mem
bers, were reported present, An in
formal vote showed that Of those
present 20 favored Gen. Bate, II
were for Howell, +. Jackson and J
stuck to r. L. Taylor. The eau:
! Gus agreed at last that each member
should vote as he chose on the next
ballot until Mr.. Matthews voted. J.
| he cast his vote for a Democrat then
the. Democrats were to go to him
and elect his choice and thwart the
efforts of the Republicans who were
boldly proclaiming the election o.
| Mr.. Maynard the next day. The
convention met at y o'clock, and
the 29th ballot begun. Buchanan
when his name was called, after q
weak defense of his vote and a bit
| ter TRADE against the american, cast
his vote again for Horace Maynard
eliciting clapping of hands from the
Republican side. The Democrats
| voted, with a few exceptions, for
General Bate, and the Republicans
! proving by their votes that they
were not able to give a solid vote to
either of their candidates The OK
element and confusion in the hall
was intense when, on the 30th bal
lot, after Mr.. Matthews had again
voted for Scion Z. Rose, the Demo
Gratis commenced changing their
votes to him, and it was evident he
was elected when the clerk ended
the call. While the clerk was pre-
pairing to announce the result, Mr.
Butler arose and changed his vote
from Mr.. Maynard to Howell l..
Jackson. This was followed by oth-
er Republicans, and then the Demo-
Gratis commenced changing from
Rose to Jackson, when Mr.. Mat
thews changed his vote from Rose
to Maynard 1t was evident that
Jackson was elected and the Repub-
licans began changing from Jackson
to Maynard Then the Democrats
changed from Jackson to Rose and
he was probably elected a second
time. The excitement and cOnfu-
sion at thistime beggars description.
Mr.. Butler, addressing himself to
the Democratic side, said he had
given up all hope of eIecting a mem
Der of his own party, and that his
vote for Jackson was a sincere one.
He had been deceived long enough
by the promise of help for his man,
He did not believe it would ever
come, and If he could not get his
first choice he alwas took his. second
His second choice, as the case stood,
was Howell E. Jackson, and if the
friends of that gentleman would
stick to him he would insure them
enough Republican votes to secure
his election. This settled the ques-
ton. Republicans and Democrats
changed rapidly again to Mr. Jack
son A feeble effort was made to
rally the Republicans, but twas to
no purposeLthey followed their gal
liant leader, Butler, and in doing SO
gave the State man who will hon
or 1t and reflect the lasting intelli-
gence and patriotism Of the men
who Contributed so largely to bring
such a blessing upon the country.
The result of Both ballot was an
nounced as follows:
- SENATE.-F'or H0lceU e. jackson
-Messrs. Alexander, Barrett, Bell,
Bib, Carter, Cason, Coleman, Dan
iel, Mccullough, Perkins, Rankin,
Ragland, SmaIlman, Smith of Fen
tress, Smith Of Shelby, Taylor, Till
man, Watson and Mr. Speaker Nor.
gan.
For Horace Maynard-Messrs.
Brown, Duggan, CASTOR, Hill, Hud-
dleston and Matthews.
HOUSE. = For JackSon-Messrs. !
Agee, Allen, Bagwell, Baker, Beas-
ley, Brooks, Buchanan, BuquO, But
Ter, Cassels, Cochran, Cole, Cooper, |
Coulter, Davis, Driver, Dulaney, |
Ezell, Gass, Grisham, Harrison,
Hash, Haynes, Haynie, Head, Hfg
gins, Houston, james, Jones, Lester,
Lewis, Manson, Martin, Means, Nc
MeLemore, McTeer,. Nor
is, Owings, Pillow, Plummer, Rog
,rs, Rhodes, Stewart, Steele, Sykes,
Vernon, Watkins, Wilkes, Wilson,
Woodland and Mr.. Speaker Ramsey
-..= sEs. = ass s.a
For Maynard-Messrse Anderson,
Austin, Boyd of sLauderdale, Boyd |
f Upton, Buttram, Dawson, Eator,
I'LL, Hawkins, Kennedy Murray,
4cAndrews Nicely, Poston, Reeder,
smith and Wilts6 =
For EdpardS Mr. Warren.
For RoSe-Mr. Jaekson-1. /
The applause that followed the
announcement of the result of the
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