The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
SQUELCHED!
The Republicans Say they Will
Abide by the Action Of the
June Convention.
And VIII Not be Led BY the
Half Dozen Men who Assume
to Constitute the Party.

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The Republican Executive Com
mittee called convention Monday
and at o'clock the Opera House
was crowded. Sam. Walker, chair
man, called the meeting to order
and explained it's object He said
it was rumored that a ticket had
been arranged for Giles county re-
publicans to vote, hut it was not s
republican ticket. 1t was arranged
by n man who had been at wal
with the party ever since he came
into the county; that he was uow
trying to force ticket upon them
after full and representative con
vention had decided not to put OFT
republican ticket for the county
offices. He asked whether those
present were wiling that three or
four republicans should control over
two Thousand. He then read the
republican ticket for supreme
judges, chancellor and attorney
general, and without any names of
candidates for county offices. On
motion this ticket was unanimously
endorsed and the tickets handed to
republicans from each district in
the county, for distribution.
j. G. Napier and r. Harris OF
Nashville were requested to address
the convention, and both advised
Giles county rePu blicans not to
support republican county ticket.
Nearly one thousand colored repub.
licans were present and they seemed
unanimous 10 their endorsement of
the speakers. The colored republi-
cans of Giles have at last decided to
run the republican machine.
After Napier and Harris, Walker
again took the stand and said the
rumor had been circulated that he
had organized this movement for
pay. He denounced the charge as
wilfully and maliciously false.
The ticket which the convention
repudiated was ready for distribu-
ton and if the colored voters had
supported it the democrats would
have been forced to consolidate on
one man for each office IN order to
elect democrats. The negroes claim
the action of the republican con:
ventiOn in June was relied on by
the democratic candidates as a
promise on the part of the republi-
cans not to enter the race. A ma
jority have since then promised
their votes to the several democrat
ic candidates and they had nothing
to gain by violating their promises.
The ticket arranged for the re-
publican vote reads rs follows:
FOR SUPREME JUDGES.
State at Large-W. NJ. Randolph, OF
Shelby James A. Warder, of Bed ford.
Eastern Division-William NJ. Bax-
ter, of Knox.
Middle Division-Samuel Watson, of
Davidson.
Western Division-W. w. Murray,
of Carroll.
For CHANCELLOR. w. Doherty.
For Circuit Court Judge-Joe. II.
Russell.
For Atty Gen'l-A. NJ. Hughes, Jr.
For Co. Court Clerk. II, Morris.
For Circuit Court Clerk. D.LeWis.
For Trustee-W. A. Malone.
For Sherif--S. NJ. White.
For Register. w. West.
For Constable
For School Commissioner
The name of Mr.. j. d. Lewis was
struck off the tickets before they
were distributed. He declined to
run, and said his name had been
put on the ticket without his con-
sent or knowledge. The fact that
all the names on the ticket were
white men while nine-tenths Of the
republican voters in Giles are ne
groes, may have something to do
with the disafectlon.
The following circular was dis
tributed yesterday:
Office Of TIE Republican Executive
COnaustitee.
PULASKI, Tenn, Aug. A, $50.
To the republican voters of said
county The majority of you are,
no doubt aware that certain parties
in Pulaski, have attempted to put
out ticket purporting to be the
authorized republican ticket for all
The county offices of Giles county,
and it may be probable that said
parties will attempt to have said
tickets voted on the day of the
election; therefore this circular is
to warn all true republicans, that
the ticket referred to is unauthored
by either the state or county repub-
lican executive committees and to
not recognize said ticket, or said
parties, either as republican candi-
dates or otherwise, and this commit
tee hereby denounce said parties as
tricksters and frauds and their eff
forts to put out said ticket as a
trick of their own which might en-
danger the safety of and lower the
dignity of the great principles of
our party. Below we give you
true copy Of 8 dispatch which THE
committee received from the state
executive committee on Aug. 3,
1885:
NASHVILLE, TENN, Aug. 4, $50.
S. A. Walker, Chm. Hep. CON-
This committee authorizes the republic
cans of Giles county to accept no ticket
except yours.
joan j. LIrTLEToN, Acting Chm.
j. G, NAPIER, Sec.
We hope you may realize the
importance of this advice and let
your votes tell accordingly.
S. A. WALkER, Chm,
j. z. EDWARDS, Sec'y,