The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-12-10
oUR NASHVILLE LETTER.
Preyaratisnst oT Inc Holidays-1he seTaDa i
re for Lesi.l rfire { 1iees--7hs Electoral
System, etc etc.
NAsIrvILLE, DEC s. 1884.

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System, etc f, etc.
NASHVILLE, Dec s, 1884
To the I'd tor Of the Morristo~n Gazette:
As the holidays approach, the
stores are crowded more and more
with customers and the streets grow
,HEeIier daily. Notwithstanding the
phenomenal complaint 7of9E'hard
fines" there is every indication
that more money than usual will be
spent on holiday presents, strange
10 say. There is little building ge-
llns on nor will there be before
spring. Already fully half the me
tchanies are standing around idte,
and but tor tho approaching holi-
days there would be no business
comparatively going on. The gen"
sral reports from business men is
that collections are poor and money
very tight General suffering
among the poorer classes Will fol-
low the avent of severe Geld.
The hotel rotuadas are beginning
to assume lively aspect and but
ton>hOling is on the increase. New
candidates for the State offices are
turning mp hourly j heard Repre-
sentative Cockrill say yesterday
that he thought he had received
fully four hundred letters from can
didates and their friends 1t was
out of the question to talk of answer
ing them all. Several of the can
didates are already established here,
so as to get an early interview with
the incoming legislators and others
will be here next week TO open their
personal canvass. 1t is probable
that the contest for Secretary OF
State will be long and bitter. There
are more candidates from this sect
ion than either of the others |
understand that there is q psssibili-
ty of several candidates from East
Tennessee. Your section ought to
have the position, BUTT will never
be conceded unless the section can
unite on a strong man and put him
in the race to stay till the finish.
Though the electoral system has
been in vogue since the adoption of
the constitution ofthe United States,
and the existing electoral system
since 1904, there are some people
even in the State of Tennessee who
do not know what every school boy
of twelve should know, and that is,
that we do not vote for President
and Vices President of these United
States, but for the eleetors:' At
Soddy, in Hamilton county, the
voters chose to vote direct for these
chief executives instead of voting
for the electors, and so lost their
vote. Your correspondent had the
pleasure of seeing Tennessee Elec--
toral College cast her twelve votes
for Cleveland and Hendricks last
Wednesday, ut the hour when the
Electoral Colleges all over the
country were attending to the same
business, and he thought with q
considerable degree of satisfaction
of the ehagrin the Kansas and other
Republican electoral colleges must
have felt rs they performed their
useless task Our college was very
careful to get everything in ship
shape, and occupied nearly the
whole day at their work. They
chose Hon. S. +. Wilson to act in
place of Capt. NJ. s. Elkin, who has
gone insane. Col. II. 1. Chester, the
eldest Democrat in the State was
elected to carry the vote to Wash~
ington. Though % years of age,
he is very sprightly. In acknowl7
edging his selection he expressed
the hope that they might all live
hundred years and that he might
live to see them die. ..........-. -
The greatest moral shock our
community has recently sustained
is that caused by the jntimatiOn
that NJ, L. Blanton, for many years
freight cashier of the n. c. 4 st. l..
road is $4,000 short. Mr. Blanton
has so conducted himself. as to be
above reproauh and highly esteem
ed, and it is not at all necessary 10.
ask for him n suspension of judg-
meut pending Investigations.
i promised in my last to mOraIize
on the election returns, but will
save you and your readers the I'M
Fiction for the present at least. -''-
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