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Republican Convention.

AT z O'Clock, Thursday morning, the
train burdened with heterogeneous
mass OF humanity stopped at Jonesbo-
70 and men poured out like soldiers
from the Trojan horse. BY 10 O'Clock
there was q perfect swarmery Of hui
man beings on the street. 1t was al
most impossible for u Democrat to
press through the dense throng OF Re
publican jobbers. Indeed the Demo
Gratis stood out on the out
skirts of the crowd and viewed the
warning assembly with feelings of de-
light that tingled clear down to the
end OF their coat tails, Tho air rang
with hurrahs for Pettibone and hur-
rahs for Taylor, Delegates rushed
wildly about from place to place,
the bosses moved in nervous haste
about the streets, drunken men yelled,
orators Numbered loud for harmony
and all went on in tho usual Republi-
can way.
1t had been arranged that the dele
gates meet in the lower room OF the
court house, None were to be admit
ted but delegates and gentlemen OF
of tho press. Tom Reeves had the
tickets ready. The bosses had u eau.
Gus. Reeves announced that the
convention wouldbe held in the school
grove. Taylor men said the conven-
ton should be held in the court house
A crowd, yelling for Pettibone moved
Indignantly to tho grove. Taylor Nor
roared in the court house. Both con
ventions with logged stubbornossh hast
oned to business Judge Hacker, a
the grove, spoke for harmony ant
urged that measures he set on foot tC
bring the two bodies together, Reeve.
opposed the measure. A desk ant
bench had been brought from The
school room, The chairman occupieC
the bench the delegates in their flint
clothes sat OH the ground. Tho con
vcntion began work. II was cool an,
in the shade. Pettibone was nomina
ted. Blaine received the intelligence
of his nomination under an apple tree
Pettibone under q locust tree. ]
seems that II shadow rests upon til
nomination OF these two great Roput
lican leaders.
The other convention was hot, an,
it was not at all healthy to Iinger lon
in the room. The house was crowded
the noise was confusing, and il wa
very difficult TO learn what was goin
on. Taylor was nominated for Con
gress, Butler for Floater, and job
! Smorly for Senator. The Petition
faction nominated Mr.. Hale, OF Han
! blen, for Elcctor for the First Disiric
3 and the 1aylo men nominated NJ
r Tyler Campbell, OF Hancock, for Til
r same position. Editor Burrow, I'll
. Democratic Elcctor is certainly con
4 sidercd two boss team.
a George Hickey danced the Petition
double shuttle.
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Villas FOR CHAIRMAN.

Colonel Villas, of Wisconsin, was
selected ny the committee Tonight
trr permanent chairman EX Sena
tor Wallace had righl votes. Ii WIS
against Walare's wishes that his
name wal presented aid happened
through some curious circumstances.
1t was unLIStuod this morning that
thc canvas for Wallace had not su G.
ccodcl. Some changes in the Penn
&yivania representation ON the com
mittco5 threw Senator Allen, Of
Wiiiamsport, op the committee on
permanent Organization. There was
n Misunderstanding about the time
and place Of the committee meeting
and when Senator Allen at last was
notified llc had an experience with
the crowds in the halls Of the Palmer
House that is common to those who
have reason to- go about there. TO
move u hundred icct often takes the
better part Of an hour, Senator Al
bon was in this way SO delayed that he
did not reach the meeting till tho Sc
lection Of a candidate for permanent
chairman had been made. 1t was Al
lens intention to have prevented the
presentation of Wallace's name, hav-
ing been requested to do so by Wal
lace. Villas will be elected without
opposition. 1t is the purpose of the
Cleveland people now to try and reach
n ballot tomorrow. They regard
every hours delay with suspicion, and
delay will certainly do them no good
The ticket which the street crowds
are proclaiming vt midnight is Cleve
land and Mcdonald, and they arc
doubtless right.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

CHICAGO, July S.-No sooner had
the convention adjourned than the ho-
tel Hobbies and head quarters were
again crowded. The button-hole cam
paign was resumed Dan Manning
was scarcely given time to reach his
rooms ut the Palmer before he was be-
sieged by hall hundred leaders.
Manning never smiles in the presence
of a crowd, He uses few words with
those who sought him, but he betrayed
the excellence Of his spirits. Ho was
up nearly all night, receiving reports
Of his assistants, who were watching
Kolly's movements. All night long
the Kelley people were doing mission
airy work OF their kind with tho out
side delegations. They had dctermin-
ed Immediately after the conclusive
action OF the New York delegation
last night that they would ask the
convention to break The unit rule and
allow them to vote individually. A
caucus Of those in the field against
Cleveland was summoned at a late
hour. 1t was attended by two repre-
sentatiyes each of all the candidates.
John Kelly was there and Randall was
also represented by awo Pennsylyan-
ians. It was then decided that the
point should be made against the unit
rule in the New York delegation and
that the following Of all thecandidatcs
should support Kelly and help him de
feat Cleveland. Should they succeed
il would be to the advantage OF some
candidate in the field and all were will
ling to combine in that way, not TO aid
Kelly on his own account, but to give
Cleveland a blow. Kelly for himself
agreed that ii the vote went against
him he would good-naturcdly yield
and kick no moro He had no notion
that the combination such as had been
made could be beaten.
CLEvELAND's REAL DANGER.
The events OF the day showed very
clearly that whatever "hurrah" Kelly
and Butler may have on the street
the convention is not disposed to both
er much with them. Cleveland
greatest danger during the past TWEEN
lty-four hours has not been from Kelly
He has been constantly hammered al
! by many Of the old Democrats from
away back, They don't quite under
stand why men like Thurman, Ne
Donald and Bayard should be over
looked for an entirely new name il
the list OF Democratic statesmen
There is a good deal of young ana
progressive spirit in the convention
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

OF all the conventions that ever
met oiall tho govornmentmul check
ever behcld Of all The Clip and chin
music ever heard Of all the "blue
ruin" ever Witnessed, the Republican
party was the same last Monday at
Jonesboro For ways that are dark
and tricks chat are vain, Walt Brown
low and Reeves were peculiar. The
gallant Shade Harris, chairman Of the
Washington county Elk. Com. called
the Republican County Convention
to order at high twelve. Moro than a
hundred delegates We're gathered there
Harris called the convention to order
Wide awake Sam Simerly moved that
Harris hold the fort as Chairman.
Col. T. II. Reeves moved that harmo-
NOUS Walt Brownlcw he Chairman
in lieu thereof and before any body
could say Jack Robinson" put the
motion himself and declared Brownlow
elected. But Harris held the fort sup
ported by the omnous GESTURES Of sam
Simerly, Wilburn Hodges, Sam Hyder,
(col.) Will Mathes, Tom Swinglo, and
others and amid q very harmonious
fist shaking, the brave Brownlow con-
sidered his health and refused TO serve
as Chairman. On the contrary, after
protesting in q brief but eloquent
speech that all that yelling could not
stand against "The brains md money
and intelligence OF the first district,
holted, followed by noble Col. Reeves
and seven other FREQ delegates. II
was enough to melt the hardest heart
it was enough to make Jesse Hartman
weep TO hear Sam and Adam Bowman
and Hodges and Swingle and Ed Boyc
and parson Rufus Taylor (col) ant
Brownlow and George Hickey all il
line ON tho judges stand addrossin!
the convention in concert. Ii ",
could mako a wood cut We would pic
ture Brownlow relinquishing the chat
under the persuasion of seventeen
clenchcd fists in the neighborhood O
his nose. Modification has set in Of
the Republican party.
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Sullivan County.

Tho attention Of our readers, and
the voters Of the good old Democratic
county of Sullivan is directed to the
announcement OF JAS. w. Masengill,
Esq, for the Legislature. Mr.. Masen-
gill is a man Of good, sound, hard
sense, and OF unimpeachble integrity.
That is saying a good deal, but it is
true. In politics he has always been
Democrat and if the people of Sulli-
van elect him To the Legislature, they
may restin the assurance thatthey have
agood, honest and faithful representa-,
tive.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12


The Bristol Negs IS sick, We are
not surprised The new CON
vert who renounces Democracy
and swallows Blaine and Logan and
radicalsm at the same time, may ex-
pect to be sick, II aayone could escape
it would be the NewS. That paper
has remarkably strong stomach.
1t has whileitpretended to be in the
Democratic ranks, been Bourbon Fund
or, Readjuster, Liberal, and "Onthe
Fenco"-principally the latter-and
now, like the toad that blnks its eyes
and swallows everything that is rolled
toward it, it gulps down radicalism and
becomes II stalwart Republican. Patri-
otto News! 1t did all this, swallowed
all this, suffered all this in order to
obtain "reiorms"-reforms that it
could not find in the Democratic party.
We told our readers last week that
the NetoS was an expert ON the "paint-
cd blanket" question, and If anyone
has q doubt, wo refer him to its last
article. The NcWs says the
Painted Blanket, as a figure OF
speech, has served we'll its purpose.
We are inclined to think it has served
It's purpose better AZ a matter OF
fact than as figure, Josephs coat
had not so many colors as the NewS
blanket.
The NepS asserted some weeks ago
that the protective tariff made the
Johnson City tannory, built the cotton
factories at Birmingham, and opened
The oar beds nj Cranberry. We deni-
ed this and told the News that no tan
neries like those of Chattanooga and
johnson City, and no cotton factories
OF any consequence were erected in
the South until after hides had been
put on the free list, and the tariff was
reduced on certain machinery. The
NevS forgcts its "vital necessities, ""re-
forms and painted blanket" long
enough to misreprosent the argument
by saying that he had "never heard
that rolling mills were hocus-pocussed
into the South by free hides" But the
News says the Republican party gave
us free hides. All right. Now let us
have free COIL, free iron, free wool, free
woods, free machinery, and more
J manufactures will spring up all ovel
the South.
We did not intend to discuss, bu
simply to notice these questions. W.
have not the inclination, time or space
, to go into q discussion of the tarii
question, or any other political ques
ton with apostate Democrats
0 who painted their blankets will
t the changes OF the moon. TIL
! original and only question was VIII,
/ did the Meas leave the Democratic
party and join the Republican party
1t has never answered, but has attemt
/ ed TO distract attention from the mai
j question by talking about the Demo
: cratic party being divided, and abou
!, the tariff, both OF which were know
and understood by the NeWs long bt
fore it deserted the Democracy to fin
c reforms
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

CHICAGO, July AT il 80 a. M,
the Tennessee delegation met and
elected John L. House, Chairman ;
II. J. Lynn, Secretary A. T. McNoal,
Committee on Platform John Slack
Committee on Credentials. Econ
gresham Bebee, of New York, is adj
dressing the delegation in behalf Of
Cleveland. 1t now looks like Clove-
land, Bayard or Mcdonald will he
nominated. For nrn,rrs Of Commit
tee on Platform A. T. McNcaI, II
votes Gen. Luke Wight, Z VOTES.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

1t was enough to make the Repub-
lean party weep to see Tom Reeves
bolt last Thursday, Yes sir, bolt.
This is the first time the retired colonel
has bolted since he bolted from the
Democratic party a few years ago.
The court house door was not unbolt-
ed in time TO suit Tom, so Tom bolted.
Tom has put on Grape for the Republi-
can party, and, we might add, Tor
Tom also.
"Ring the bell gently,
There's Grape on the door"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

There was a number of patriotic
gentlemen in the Republican Con-
gressional Convention at Jonesboro
last Thursday who wore tightening
rods on their hats, expecting TO be
struck. But it didn't strike. Poor
BrownIowl
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

Glorious Rod Butler foated around
the ring, performing the wonderful
feat OF riding both horses at once
He was nominated by both conven.
tions The sharpest, shrewdcst them
all is the "red fox"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

Toncraybone and Pcttiboyd were
the two principal double summerset
men ilp the Republican circus at
Jonesboro, uncle William Gillenwaters
played clown and Jess Hartman acted
the grizzly bear.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

but these slow-moying old Democrats
do not seem quite to comprehend why
Martin Van Buren, and Dean Rich
mond and Silas Wright are not here
in the New York delegation. The
Bayard men have been making use of
this feeling and il has had its effect
1t has oven been given out in some
places that it is doubtful if Cleve-
land would be relied upon to be q
Democrat through the whole four
years.
Constant hammering on this line,
with the active assistance ofthe thous-
and or so Tammany people in the
city has had its effect This is par
ticularly noticeable among the South
orn delegations. II the New-York
delegation could have declared for
Cleveland last Saturday, as Manning
hoped to have it, these Southern dele
cations would have swung in almost
solidly for Cleveland. AS it is now,
Bayard, Thurman or Mcdonald will
get votes in all OF them, with the pos
Siblo exception of Arkansas and
Louisiana.
WHERE CLEvEIAND's STRENGTH is.
The masscd Cleveland strength lies
in Republican New England and Re
publican West and Northwest. There
is one vote in Maine against him, but
with that exception, outside of Massa
ehusetts, New England is solid for
him. When they can get away from
Butler-and some of them will do il
right away after the first ballot-the
delegates from Massachusetts will di-
vide up. More than a third Of them,
prObably as many rs one-half, will go
10 Cleveland. In the West, Illinois is
divided, with more than half the dele
CATION for Cleveland from the start.
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin are practically solid. Michigan is
divided bat with a majority for Cleve-
land, and whenever McDonaIds case
il shown 10 be hopeless the New York
Governor can have the solid vote Of
lndiana Oregon is unanimously for
him, bat il is alone of the Pacific
StNtas, The rest ol his strength lies
in largo bodies IN the Southern dele.
CATIONS many Of which he will have
with PractiVU unahimlly from the
start.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12
CHAIRMAN HuBDARD,s SPEECH.



The democratic party he ,ai,l, in ali it. clc.
mcnis vas the SGnsc az Il was WHEN lnundrd hy
he ir,tin,r- al ti:r Constellation nearly three
tt;tiois nf II ccniDry ago, The Democratic
party N0s iuriHS ;i8 much 4 party 0gtHtiy.G nir
progressive war as when victory pcrchcd nnon
It's banpcrS. The democratic party had nov
The House OF Representatives and would hive
The Senate bat iur treason ia the Scuatc sham
hts' Itself. Ithe"rs II would have had tht,
Presidency loo but for tie hands Of robbers
vino struck down the expressed viii Of tic Ia',,-
pie 10y mean nj perjury, bribery ami corruption.
The Presidency had been stolen from the Dem
ocatlv party hy men utterne laseh00d through
pale lips and ChGtturing teeth. Some of the
men who had participated IN that great crime
had passed l,eyond the river there TO give
nj account Of lncif Stewardship That stealing
81 the Presidency was the greatest crime in his
tory, Tie great Leaders of the party-Tildcu
and lIondrcks-with the dignity which became
heroic patriots had submitted with the courage
OF men who love their country bcttrr than sell
and power. Cheers Tho Democratic party
now should put forward candidates who's,
names would be in themselves Il platform.
LCheers.J 1t wanted platform 100, that would
not speak III doubtful tones or us Dcphic oracle
1t should declare against corruption in the gov-
rrnment; agilinat the cnormtics Of the civil ser
vice; against the So-cailed Department Of Jus
tee; against the abuses of the postal service
against robbery n high places; that the burdens
Of the government shall be placed equally and
equitahly on all classes of the people and thai
the hundred millions of surplus revenue should
not be allowed 30 accumulate. In conclusion
he urged that whatever candidates were noin
mated should he supported loyalty, dcrlarn.
that he VINO would not so support them would
not be good Democrat aud hardly patriot
| Applause.
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DIR. c. w. LOWE
SURGEON DENTIST.

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ton, Tenn, and respectfully @olWits
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done in the besl and latest style and
ut reasonable rates
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A'he ksrOceCNinGs.

CHICAGO, July S.-The approach of
the hour for the assembling of the
convention was marked by the arrival
OF delegates in large bodies and
great crush Of people ut the doorways,
which provoked confusion. The arri-
val OF the California delegation carry
ing banner at their head Gocasioncd
the first outhurst Of applause in the
body Of the audience and the cheer
was hearty. When the familiar fig
IRE Ex-senator Thurman, OF Ohio,
was discened Il cheer arose which
swellcd into roar as the audinnce
came to know the occasion Of the APP
plauding. While the excitement was
at It's height Il California delegate
named M. T. Tompkins, addressing
the chairman, who was not yet in his
place, said; "The California delega-
ton, after travelling $500 miles, catch
es its first glimpse OF Paradise in the
person OF Allen q. Thurman, Of Ohio. -
Cheers.
The convention was called to order
at II 40 by Ex-senator Barnum,
chairman OF the National Democratic
committee. Prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. D. c. Marquis, Of The North
western Theological Seminary Atits
conclusion Mr.. Barnum said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: Harmony
seems TO be the sentiment of this convention.
Even the air seems saturated with desire and
| determination to nomnane ticket for Presi.
dent and Vice President which will he satisiac.
| tory to the North and to the South, to the East
and To the West-nNy, more, a ticket that will
| harmonic the Democracy throughout the I'M
ion and insure Yictoryin November. Harmony
| prevailed in the deliberations of the national
committee. No effort was made 10 nominate Q
| tempOraryWhairman in the interest of any can
| didate, but, on the contrary one who shall pre-
side over the deliberations Of this convention
with absolute impariality. In that spirit and
! to that end have been directed hy the uunni
nous vote Of the national committee to name
the Hon. Richard u. Hubbard. of Texas. t0r
! temporary chairman of this convention A,
many as favor the election If r. b. Hubbard
Tor temporary chairman will say aye and c0n
trary n1. Hon. Il. b. Hubbard, Of Texas. i.
unanimously elected temporary chairman %
I this convention.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12
FIRST BALLOT.

On motion OF Thomas A. Hendricks
Cleveland's nomination was made
unanimous.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-12

The vote was finally called by States.
New York was passed by coustesy
and Kelly was beaten twenty-three
votes outside OF New York with all
the aid the field could give him. The
vote of that State was then added un-
der the unit rule and Kelly and the
field were beaten 445 to350. The New
York delegation voted 50 to 20 in ia
vor Of enforcing the unit rule, so that
had that vote been recorded as cast by
the individual members tho field and
Kelly would have been beaten by Is.
1t is entirely kair to assume that
the votes cast against the Grady
amendment were cast as rule by
men who favor Cleveland as either
first or second choice, and nearly all
of thom are for Cleveland against the
field. Then there were Cleveland
men on second choice, especially in
Indiana,- Illinois and other Western
States, who were held by the Melon
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-27
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.--A very sad

CHILD BURNED To DEATH "A very sad
and distressing accident has occurred at the
residence of Mr.. Frank Smeltz. a prominent
farmer three miles southeast of Newcomers
town, o. by which his otherwise merry Christ.
mas was turned into day of mourning by
the loss Of one of his children. His little
daughter, aged about five years, was play
ing in front of the crate when her cloth
ing became iguited and she was soon
Ablaza. Her parents, attracted by her
screams, rushed into the room and were
Mortified to find their darling completely
cnveloped in flames. Before they could ex-
tinguish the fire the poor child's clothing
was almost burned from her person and her
body was burned and bistered from head
to foot. On part of her body the flesh was
charred and parched to a crisp and portions
fell of while she was still alive. She lin
gerei for only short time, and after sulle :
ing untold agonies death relieved her. Th 8
is the second child which has been burn d
in Newcomerstown in two weeks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-27

FISHING WITH DYNAMITE Not content with
angling for fish, the indolent whites and Indians
on the Cattaraugus reservation have adopted the
nihiist method of destroying lfe and are depop
ulating the waters of the Allegheny river by ex-
ploding dynamite cartridges in the deep portions
where the fish congregatc. The dynamite is
placed in water tight tin box. The fuse is
lighted, and then the box is thrown into the
river. The explosion kills the fish, which come
to the surface and float down stream to the rip.
piles, where they are collected by the dynamiteis
Frequently more than hundred fish are killed
by the explosion of one cartridge.
The varieties of fish which people the river are
mainly pickere, bass and suckers. The small
fry share the fate of the larger ones. Fearing
lest the law should interfere with their operations
the whites have made cats paws of the Indians
believing the latter enjoy immunity from the
general statutes, but this erroneous view will be
dispeled by the action of the Specimens club,
which has already begun proceedings which will
result in the arrest of both whites and Indians
alike for violating the fish laws.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-27
Dead

LIMA, Peru, Dec. 27-Doctor Mariakgin
one of the oldest and most distinguished in.
habitaats of this city, having been associat-
ed with The Declaration Of Independence.
and hodinga high position in the Masonic
community, died last Tuesday. His Mason
ic connections gave rise to a protest from
the ecclesiastical authorities against his in
terment in the general cemetery. The gov
erumeni, however, ignored this proceeding,
and together with several charitable insti-
tutons combined to render honor to the re-
mains OF the illustrious citizen.