Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-31

PowELL's STATION, Oct. 80, 1882.
Mr.. EDITOR: Judge Houk spoke here
last Saturday to about IT'S persons, among
whom were about fifteen ladies' Houk's
managers had 500 posters printed and stuck
up all around, besides private personal APP
peal to the ladies', and secured the above
immense number. The school building in
which he spoke contains, for the higher
grades, thirty-two desks, of sufficient
length for two persons. In this room [
count three persons to the desk, in order to
make allowance for those occupying other
places, and there were three
only on few seats. This
makes ninety-six in that room.
About ten feet of the partition was taken
out, and the speaker stood where those in
both rooms could see him. By actual count
there were sixty persons in the room for
the lower grades, but will throw in fifteen,
for good count, and made it seventy-five
There were some boys outside playing base
ball. am thus explicit because some of
the Houk men claimed 300 present.
The speaker soft-soaped the Democrats in
his usual style, about the necessity of there
being Democratic party and Republican
party to watch each other, &c, &c. He
reviewed the county primary conventions
and the formal convention on the
oath of August Of course, as usual,
making the courthouse convention very
disreputable affair, etcetera. He said Judge
Andrews drinks quart of liquor every day,
and that he was a common thief ami had
stolen 81, 500 in three or four weeks time
while he was Attorney General.
He charged that V. f. Gossett had not
been on the streets of Knoxville in six
months only in beastly state of intoxica
ton; that E. J. Sanford was an atheist; and
that the whole crew of leaders in that con
ventiOn were a set of mean, low down ras-
Gals. He thought that Ruble embodied more
goodness than all the balance of the
whole thing. But here is what he
said Ruble prayed not long ago:
O, Lord, we beseech of Thee that thou
wouldst be strength and wisdom to Mr..
Rule, that he may conduct this canvass to
glorious victory, and that Thou woulds't,
not kill poor Houk, but lay Thy affecting
hand heavily upon him, that he may be
defeated Amen.
After bit he turned his attention to his
own record, but picked the best places
around the edges, such as Corkhills fimsy
letter and the SO called affidavit of Henery's
before Esq. Bundy. He didn't once deny
that he was arrested and locked up i'll cell
No. D, but simply rldIculed the matter and
went on. In replying to the charge of
counterfeiting, the reverend gentleman
actually shed tears, but 1 didn't notice any
where else any undue moisture indicating
deep feeling. He didn't say anything about
the ''pizen" scrape, nor whether tue Evil
famous rascals'~ had been caught yet He
didn't let on that he had ever been in the
Ebbitt House in his entire life, or anywhere
near there
He claims he will beat Mr. Rule 5000 or
more
He said there was nothing too mean for
the leaders opposing him to do that they
would procure his assassination but for two
things; they were two cowardly and afraid
of the law.
The audience ives composed of persons
from the 8th, 18th, 18th, 9Th and 18th dis
tricts and part of Anderson County; and
was not at the highest figure more than 200
persons, including boys and all. Elk.