The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-05-06
MASS MEETING
OF Giles County Democrats to Select Dele
gates to the Judicial Convention.

Henry M. Grigsby of the count,
executive committee called to order
in the circuit court room an unusu
S ally large crowd of Giles count,
democrats. The court room wal
packed and to the call of the secre
tary every district answered by rep
resentatives present.
Chairman Grigsby explained tina
he had called the convention under
. the call of state chairman, j. A
Treusdale, for the purpose of choos
ing Giles connty's delegates to the
state convention to assemble June 8
in Nashville to nominate democrat
ic candidates for the supreme
bench. He announced that the first
business was the selection of q
chairman and secretary. Simulta-
neously Hon. VIM f. Ballentine
and Hon. Jno G.. Lester were put in
nomination for chairman. Capt.
Ballentines nomination was with.
drawn and the nomination of Car
Lester was seconded and carried
unanimously. Capt Lester briefly
explained the object of the meeting.
Hon. Flournoy Rivers was elected
secretary.
Hon. Il. w. Ewing then moved
that the chairman appoint a com
mittee, on delegation, TO consist of
five members, to nominate dele
gates.
Mr.. j. L. Pearcy moved in lieu
that the chairman name as such
committee twenty men-one from
each district. The motion in lieu
carried and the chairman appointed
the following committee on delega-
ton:
Ist dis. L. B. Boswell, 2, r. H.
Ragsdale, 3, NJ. S Waters, 4, j. G.
Gibbins, 5, j. P. Buchanan, 6, L.
Oliver, Z, Hume r. Steele, 8, j. NJ.
Aymelt, 8, } Wilkes King, 10, Nick
Burns, H.. w. F. Bal ent me, II, G.
c. Brown, I3, Lee W Reg nolds, Ia,
Sam Yokely, 10, DR.. j. NJ. Lock, 16,
VIM. Perry, II, r j. Anderson, Is,
Noah Hancock, 10, j. NJ. Parker,
20, j. M. Bass.
Capt. ]. r. Grove then moved
that in addition the chairman name
twenty five delegates from the coun-
ty at large. Mr.. III. II. Steele mDv-
ed in lieu that the chairman name
twenty delegates from the body of
the county. The motion in lieu
carried.
Hon. 4 w. Ewing moved that the
chairman be instructed to name
these committeeman by districts. |
The secretary moved 10 table this
motion. The motion 10 table was
lost and the motion To instruct car
ried.
Hon. VIM. T. Ballentiae moved |
to reconsider the vote on the mo-
ton to instruct and supported it in
a we'll directed talk. The motion
TO reconsider carried.
The motion to instruct the chair
man as to the manner of selecting
delegates was discussed by Judge
Thos. NJ. Jones, Hon. 4. w. Ewing,
Col, S. E. Rose, Mr.. w. II. Mccall
lum and others.
Mr.. McCallum's speech in reply
to what he termed Mr.. Ewing's
"buncombe" about the expression
of the will of the people was de-
cidedly the feature of the whole
DAYS proceedings. 1t brought down
the house and WAS enjoyed by no
one more than by Mr.. Ewing him.
self. The motion 10 instruct was
lost.
Mr.. Ewing moved that no prox-
les be allowed in the Giles delega-
ton which carried very heartily.
Hon. f. Edmundson moved that
the committee on delegation, cher
man and secretary be added to the
deieg ation; carried.
Capt. J. r. Grove moved that the
delegation at large consist of thirty
member from the body of the coun-
ty instead of twenty; carried.
The committee on delegation
through it's secretary, Hume Il.
Steele, esq'r, reported the following
list of names as the result Of their
labors:
1st dis. DIR. F. G. Wilson, Tub
Gordon, Geo. W. Trotter; 2, h. M.
Stanley, Richard Pepper, DIR. G. d.
Butler; 8, Sam Graves, j. S. Ed
mundson, A. Gilbert; 4, j. @. Mar
but, Parmenas Cox, JAS. NJ. Har
wood; 5, j. T. Wheeler, N. Fl.
White, Z. P. Yancy; 6, r. r. Reed,
j. B. Short, Sam Harwell; Z, Scion
E. Rose, j. B. Stacy, H. Arrow
sm it'll; S, S. w. Butler, L. b. Har-
we'll, j. P. Abernalhy; 8, c. L.
Stevenson. A. w. Moore, /. L. Shap-
ar d; 10, Benz. Garrett, VIM. Collins,
w. r. Moore; IL, N. G. Eslick, A.
Nj. Ezsll, Sam Mccoy; II, James
Buford, L. S. Brandon, L. Is. Wade;
l3. F. G. Buford, DR.. Jno. T. Steele,
w. r. Dickerson; IA, r. G. English.
M. e. Alexander, j. N. Paisley, Is,
Miles Grigsby, Z. T. Fry, w. j.
Smith; l6, G. H McMillon, c. I.
Orr, H.O, Sellsrs 1T, w. A. Beaver, W.
A Rothrock, Dr. ]. M. Leonard; IL,
DR.. T. D. Davenport, T. J. Lindsay,
]. D. Bradley; 10, H. A. English, J.
C. Dickey, R. N. Herbert; 20, j. E.
Morton, ]. c. King, w. f. Lancas,
ter.
The chairman then announced
the following list as the names of
his appointees from the county at
large:
H. NJ. Grigsby, S. C Mitchell, Z
W. Ewing, Clifton Rodes, pr. Ed
mundson, Win. Morley. j. L. Pear
CIV, Laps. D. McCord, D. L. Gordon,
Martin Houston, L. o. Alternately,
R. H. Laird, ThoS. n. Jones, NJ. c.
Camody, J. R. D. Williams, J. F.
Amis, j. K. p. Blackburn, r. j.
Reed, j. T. Grant, j. S. Childers,
DR.. Jere Butler, w. j. Alternately,
j. R. Grove, D. E. Wilson, t. M
Spofford, d. A. Mcknight, r. c.
Reynelds. r. A. Mitchell, T. Whit