Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-25

can party, but to prevent the nomination Of
any Republican but himself, and 10 entrench
himself, resardless Of the wishes of the ma
jority Of bis party, in the position which he
has disho1pred; that his followers. includ-
ing many Federal officers, drawing pay
from the government and living
on the money of the people,
have at his dictation, abandoned their posts
and their dulles, sand are riding over the:
district atsthe public expense, and plying
the lash for their master to secure his re-
nomination.; that his own son. who draws q
large se,ary as clerk of q committee of
| Congress, has been for months during the
last session of that body, absent from his
| post and doing nothing, save to organize
| his fathers forces in his district,
| And, whereas, The ascendency of the
Republican party in this district cannot be
maintained under the leadership of L. O..
| Houk and of the men associated with him /;
and we refuse to submit TO the buster bull
| doing and petty tyranny by which he and
| his corps of offceholders and strikers at
tempt to lash the free voters of this district
| into his support; therefore,
Resolved That we reaffirm the principles
of the Republican party as enunciated in the
last national Republican platform at Cbica-
| go, and in the platform of our own State
/ convention at Nashville. -
4 Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
administration of President Garfield, and
depforing the loss of our martyred President,
we denounce all those, who, since bis death
would assassinate his re tation.
| Resolved, That the administration of Pre-
sident Arthur, ushered in under circumstan
ces sad and peculiar, has been. marked
by wisdom and discretion, and his efforts to
promote the material we are of the country
and thereby strengthen the Republican
party, command our hearty approval
! Resolved, That we recognize in Govern OF
i Alvin Hawkins man of pure character
able and upright and that, fully endorsing
his administration we pledge ourselves tc
use all honorable means to secure his re-
election.
Resolved, That the electors of the second
Congressional district of Tennesz will not
submit further to the humiliation and dis.
grace of being represented in the Congress
of the nation by man whose character
and habits have debarled him from re-
spectacle society, whose associations and
sympathy with CT iminals, whose hypocricy
in religion, who public and notorious
drunkenness, W 1se preference for false.
hood to truth, and who odious character,
have become the theme of comment and
| ltIuSLldtlUl III LILO uoWopopOIo tAIouSAOu'
the land and have brought same and re-
proach upon worthy and reputable con-
stituency.
4 Resolved further, That we earnestly
call u pon TIE ov IS of honesty, decency,
nor. ty and SOB y to Join with us in our
reso We to free : district from the odiun
which now res upon it, and to aid US te
impress upon the young men of the country
that positions of honor are not for the
drunken, disc Derby, untruthful and vicious
but that in gence, religion, truth and
honesty are the qualities that command ad
miration and commend themselves to the
confidence and support of honest and intel
ligent communities, when places of homo
!, and public trust are to be conferred.
A. S. Prosser,
A. B. Eaton,
W. T. Marley,
E. M. Wynn,
James Sharp,
l. M. Bibee,
E. Goddard,
Hboo Rrouoa