Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-20

the convention and refused to recognize
any representation or claim for Rule,
whereupon Rules friends organized by
electing Bradley Lee chairman, and o. A.
Brown secretary.
On motion the following delegates were
appointed and instruct d for Mr. Rule for
Congress: w. O. Tindle, Joseph Conner,
David Lee, W. o. White, FL. Mck -dle, A.
G. Hal, w. Il. Cooper, Andy d wis, Brad
ley Lee, Peter S ger, j. FL. Smith, James
Compton. BRADLEY LEE,
Chairman.
A. o. Brown, Secretary.
TENTH DISTRICT
K. G. Bonham was called to the chair and
j. l.. Ensign was chosen secretary. j A.
Ruble, Esq, offered. resolution to give
each candidate his respective strength in
the district Mr.. Ruble and Mr. Swan
spoke in favor of the resolution, but it was
laid on the table. Thereupon the Rule men
organized by calling j.. A. Ruble, Esq, to
the chair, and selecting c. Z. Ensign to be
secretary. @. b. Newhauser and j. A. Ru-
BILE, Esq, were chosen as delegates to the
Congressional convention.
w. A Price introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the failure to allow each
candidate his respective strength, is unfair
and exhibits rule or ruinn spirit, which
Is characteristic of the candidate of the fac
ton, which has adopted that policy.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
The voters of the 11th district elected J.
L. Barger chairman, and BARLEY McBath
secretary. j. H. McBath and Reuben Ven
tis were appointed delegates to the conven-
ton, instructed to vote first, last and all the
time for Rule
TWELFTH DISTRICT
The voters of the 18th district met in
Mechanicsville. The meeting was called to
order and W. P Chamberlain was made
chairman and Briscoe Goodheart secretary.
On motion, the following were appointed
committee on delegates W. w. Wood
ruff, chairman, Alvin Barton, G.. l.. Ma
loney and H, T. Cooper.
The committee reported the following as
delegates to the convention next Thursday
Hon. j. Nj. Thornburgh, Capt. j. X.
James Coins, E. j. Davis, w. P. Chalober
lain, g. l. Maloney, W. j. Richards, Will
liam d. West, j. q. Hendrickson, Briscoe
Goodheart, NJ w. Shields, John Bird,
John Thompson, William Wesley
The following was read by Hon. j. M.
Thornburah h and adopted;
Resolved, by the Republicans in the 18th
civil district That We have known William
Rule, resident of this civil district, for
many years, some of us from his infancy,
and know him to be an able, pure, sober,
honorable and hone est man, with character
untarnlshed that we commend him to the
people of this Congressional district and to
the Congressional convention of the district,
as a worthy and tit candidate fro u this dis
trict who will, if elected, make an able, at
tentive and valuable representative of our
people, and be cred to the people of the
district and not disgrace to honesty, de
cency and sobriety. And we hereby in
struct our delegates to the district conven-
tion to use their influence and cast their
votes in favor of William Rule as the Repub-
hcan candidate for congress from the End
district of Tennessee.
The meeting then adjourned
w. z. CHAMBERLAIN,
BRIsooE GooDHEART, Chairman
Secretary.
A squad of the federal officeholders and
pap suckers, with the assistance of drum,
monkey, hand-organ, &c. and a canvass of
the suburbs, succeeded in gathering up
promlscuous crowd consisting largely
of boys, bolted and went off to another
place, and, it is supposed, held meeting of
some kind.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
In the 14th district there was but one
delegate appointed M. A. Walker, and was
instructed to vote for Rule first, last and all
the time. The Rule men were in the ma
jority, by actual count.