Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-23
WEDNESDAY, FEB. % 1881.
\ FAJsEGOOD REFUrED.

IC has DSSn iupOsSlOie l0r Us 70
correct all the Misrepresentation
and falsehoods that have found their
way into the newspapers, through
the fundamentally Of the small
men who opposed the election OF
Mr. Maynard to the United States
Sepate. A letter appeared in the
Cincinnati Commercial, written, as
Henry r. Gibson says, by Mr..
Shipman, Of Nashville. If not &C.
tuaIly written BY himself, he in
spired and dictated it. 4 rehash of
the same thing appeared in the New
York Times, written from Washing
ton, and inspired by Mr.. Harrison.
or some one Of his partisans. In
the article in the Times the follow
ing statement appears:
Al noon Oh Ffidsy the convention
Of the two nOnses y as Gale! to order
and four bail; t. were Ia IN striCt &C.
coTdanca with t4e under t ming
Every Republican, vote was faithfully
recorded for Mr.. May AID, still! he
faIel TO get HCt1s enough fir an elec
iion, and st thia p0ii MS friends b.
gan 30 dispiay the rule Or ruin lUt*n
tiOn which in the ED gave victory
the Democrats. The fit'i sGli,i' bsIi t
FOR May uaTd, aud tla last. according IL
the agreement, vas announced. The
clerk began the call If the roll when
Mr. William Rule. of Knoxville. and
one OF NJ. Mayuard's trusted agents,
was seen t. go hastily to Co onel Eaton
n memGer from shelby. After word
or two This gentleman went to the
seas Of MgssFe. Vernon, Casseia, aud
LsWis, tbs two first representatives
from Shelby aud the latter from FAY
cite. When their names were called
much to the estOuiehment Of their Re.
publican colleagues not IN the scheme
they voted for pers0Ds other than MIR
Maynard, thu preventing u solid r.
publican vote for him on the fifth bal
lot anu breaking the caucus agreement
AT once 1t WAS concluded fsom this
that tie aj0rity did not intend t.
Withdraw MaynaTd'5 name, acc0rtlin!
TO contract, and CiVe their suODOlt il
good faith 10 some other candidate VIII
might be more successful in ATTRACTING
Democratic votes. Unfortunately f.
the success of the party this proved t
he the CASE. As SOON a. the result c
the fifth ballot was announced th
very friends of Mr. Maynard who ha
been in the scheme not to vote for HIN
set up the cry thst the contract to CIV
him fFe solid ballots had not been ful
filled, and concluded their Complait
by demanding that to make good tn
violation he be given the solid Reput
iICsn vote on the nextday. The obi {
Of this move being at least unders too
mT. BsBer, 8 member from Dsvidso:
said to Colonel Eaton. recognized 8
one OF the chief managers for nj
Maynard, that such action could onl
result in Injury TO his principal, az
migft he the cause of his defeat,
which Colonel Eaton, with much Gig
Diicance, So the event proved, rep!iet
Then no Republican will ever /
electe ed"
When our attention was called
this item we enclosed it tie Hon.
B. Eaton, one of the ablest men
bers of the present general assen
bly,, and received the following n
ply, which fully and satisfactory
disposes Of the statement, so far ;
1t refers to the editor of the CHRol
IcLE and shows it to be utterl
false as to Colonel Eaton himself:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. II. 1871.
DEAR SIR: [ thank YOU for cailtn
my attention to the Washington Left,
in the New York Tunes Of the -
inst. The intimation that on the fiji
ballot for United States Senator VI
came hastily to me, and that in OF
dence to suggestion from YOU | We
to three Republicans named in Il
letter AMI induced them to scatt
teir votes go that Mr.. Maynard Wou
b7 entitled TO other solid Republic
votes to make up the five promised
the caucus Is utterly without found
ton so far as any such suggest ton
ma is concerned. You never ask
nor suggested to me that I should Or
vent Eolid vote for Mr.. MAYNARD.
Mr.. Harrison, or any one else, nor q
L ever ak or suggest to the genilem
named that they, or either of the