The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-16
PETTIBONE And TAYLOR.
Each Nominated by Convention
of Republicans at Jones'
bOrO.
Now Let Democrats Pull To-
gether and Send Col. King
to Washington.

The Republican Congressional
convention for the First district
was called to meet at Jonesboro last
Thursday at noon, no place being
designated in Chairman Reeves
call. By general consent, however,
the courthouse was considered the
place for the meeting as affording
the largest room in the town. By
Wednesday night the town was
crowded and the hotels afforded in
sufficient accommodation, some pri-
vate residences being thrown open
and one of the churches being
turned into sleeping apartment.
Sheriff Pouder was asked for the
keys of the room where the meeting
was to be held, bat was unwilling to
surrender them to Chairman
Reeves, and retained possession of
them. Negotiations were pending
meanwhile between the two factions
as to who should be admitted into
the meeting for preliminary organi-
cation. 1t was generally conceded
that there would be barely room for
! the delegates, and that tickets
should therefore be given out. The
Pettibone faction contended for the
admission of all claiming tc be dele
gates, but this was objected to by
the Taylor element, who maintained
that delegations bearing evidence of
regularity should be admitted and
no others. The large delegation
from Greene was also objected to by
the Taylor men. As no agreement
could he arrived at, it became evil
dent that there would be bolt.
Thursday morning caueusses
were held by both factions. About
eleven o'clock the Taylor mon were
marched across the street from
their caucus and let in a side en-
trance to the courthouse by Sheriff
Peuder. The front door was
strictly guarded, no one being adj
mitted. Chairman Reeves took a
! stand en- the courthouse steps, and
announced that in order to accom-
mOdate the large crowd wishing to
witness the proceedings, he would
call the convention to order at Col
lege Grove. A few minutes later
the front doors of the courthouse
wero thrown open, and the space
not already occupied was soon filled.
THE TAYLOR CONVENTION.
Roderick Random Butler took
the stand and made an appeal for
harmony, declaring the party big
ger than any man. When he closed
there was general hubbub over
the house, several trying to speak
at once. Some succeeded in being
heard, amidst opposing cries from
the crowd. One of the speakers
was a drunken man, who took apo
sition en- the stand and proceeded
till he was pulled down.
At the suggestion of Judge But
Ter meeting Of the Executive con-
mittee was had. While they were
out two delegates, one from Hamb-
len and the other from Sullivan
were pulling off their coats for a
fight on the stand, but they were
separated.
J. P. Smith came in and reported
that the Executive committee had
met, nine present that Chairman
Reeves refused to put a motion to
meet in the courthouse and appoint
a committee to go to the grove and
notify those there assembled that
he himself put the motion and it
carried. The delegates in the
grove refused to come to the court
house, and therefore by authority of
the Executive committee he would
read the call. a
After the reading of the call, w.
G. Read was elected temporary
Chairman and ]. A. West Secretary.
A committee on credentials re-
ported lists of delegates from all the
counties except Granger, and
com mittee was appointed to GO to
the grove and ask the Granger
delegates to come down. They re-
ported that the Granger men were
at the grove, but would not take
part in. either convention because
not invited to do so.
r. r. Butler was elected perma-
nent Chairman and Hal Haynes, ].
NJ Hall and ]. A. Lebow Secreta-
ries.
j. T. Jones, w. r. Fitzsimmons
and S. A. Bovell were appointed a
committee on resolutions.
Nominations for candidate for
Congress were declared in order.
Mr.. Conway of Sullivan nomina.
ted A. III. Pettibone, and VIM. Ken
ner nominated A. A. Taylor.
The roll-ealI resulted as follows .
For Taylor = Carter, 8; Clai-
borne, 61; Cooke, A Hamblcn, 1
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