Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-06

Pettibone VS.. Taylor, at TazeweI.
Mr.. EDITOR: To-day, the Both of Sep
TENDER, Major Pettibone made the opening
speech to a very large, very orderly and
attentive audience. The Major being very
hoarse and the day damp and threatening,
caused him to speak in the court house.
The Major opened his speech with the
question, ''What does Republican mean?"
The answer to this question was brief
summary of the wonderful achievements of
| the Republican party; that had there been
no Republican party, there would have been
to-day no United States of America; that
the Republican party had kept invlolate It's
promises to the people; that it had made
and given to the world the best currency
ever known to man; that a greenback
dollar was as good to-day in the City
of Jerusalem or Canton as dollar in gold;
that the people to-day were the most pros
porous and happy people on the globe;
that peace and prosperity was established
through the triumphs of the Republican
party. Here he drew a contrast between
the Republican and the Democratic party,
between Abraham Lincoln and the princi-
pies he advocated, and Jefferson Davis and
the principles he avowed between the great
| Repub lean leaders and the Democratic
| leaders Here he spoke in a most touching
manner of President Garfield, and caused
| the tears to flow from many eyes.
| He theu spoke of his doings in Congress.
He referred briefly to his work in the COM
mittee on elections, the first work being to
unseat Geo. Q. Cannon, of Utah, the Nor
mon Congressman. Here he put to Mr.
Taylor, and to Democracy in general, the
pointed question, when did Democracy
ever strike blow at Mormonism?" Never,
is the answer of history.
He then showed the vast amount of work
done by this committee on the cases of
fraud from Mississippi and South Carolina,
and exhibited the tissue ballots of South
Carolina and the tickets in the Chalmers
fraud He spoke of what he had done for
the people of his district in various ways;
al. of which shows that he is an active and
efficient member of Congress, worthy of his
position, the representative of brave and
loyal people. He won votes by his speech
here to day. He will carry this county by
an increased majority. His election is GER
tain.
Mr.. Taylor made bis usual characteristic
speech of assertion and anecdote. He never
fails to get up laugh, and in this Bob is
success.
But there is great difference in a speech
made for thought and out of thought and
one made for fun, and maybe, out of non
sense. His exordium consisted in stating
that two years ago he had no chance;
that Horace Maynard left the Post
Office Department at Washington and
came to the 1st district of Tennessee
and cried ''Vote for Pettibone vote
L .
that Houk left the End district and came
to Russellville and spoke till dark to keep
him (Bob) from answering him, and the cry
was Vote for Pettibone. vote for Petit
bone vote for Pettibone!lIn Rule left the
post-otfice at Knoxville, and came crying
through the district Vote for Pettibone
vote for PettibOne vote for Pettibone %
Thornburgh came and he cried Vote for
Pettibone vote for Pettibone !! vote for
Pettibone :" Rod. Butler, he went through
Carter and Johnson, crying vote for Petit
bone! vote for Pettibone vote for Pet
tibone -! " And Randolph, he mounted
the stump, bleating "Vote for Pettibone
vote for Pettibone ! vote for Pettibone :"
Besides all the lesser lights and all
the clubs and he only beat
$500 votes. Pettibone got the largest vote
any Congressman ever received in the First
district of Tennessee.
Mr.. Taylor said he had Pettibone by the
jaw, and told this anecdote to illustrate it.
He said an old man had a hound pup that
he desired to train to catch bears So the
old fellow got bear skin and put it on, and
told the old woman to hold the pup, and he
trailed around and around, and then the old
woman put the pup on the TRAIL and at last
it found the old man in the bear skin, and
got him by the jaw, and he cried run here,
old woman, and pull off this pup" and the
old woman run and cried for her son to run
and help pull the pup off of dad. ''Oh moi"
the son cried, ''Oh no, mamma it is, l
know, the devil on dad, but it is the making
of the pup" He harps on Pettibone not
voting for the Chinese BILL and other bills,
and that Pettibone lodged the vote But
Pettibone shows that he was paired when
he failed to vote.
Since Judge Randolph has abandoned the
idea of running, Bob's hope has zone to
the mountains of Hepsidam, where the
''lion roareth and the whang-doodle mourn
eth for his first born" ALEXIS.