The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-24

bell like number Of votes from Wash
ington and Greene counties. The de-
livery Of the goods by each to the 9TH
or was a work of no small magnitude
and called for frauds and rascalities,
the like of which have never been
since Satan set Up business for him
self on earth. Hawkins and Han
cock counties were almost solidly for
Judge Hacker, and a very large ma
jority of Hawkins was for honest John
Fain. These facts were we'll known !
to the parties who undertook the Job
OF carrying out this shameless bargain.
The work was one requiring no ordi-
nary amount Of audacity as well as
rascality. The first step in the grand
drama of fraud was to call to the chair
u man who had become personal
enemy to Judge Hacker, because he
had decided suit against him, and
because some years ago, as Attorney
General he had prosecuted him for
lewdness and adultery. The county
delegates knew nothing OF this mans
hostility to Judge Hacker. This
Chairman at once proceeded to APP
point committee of three to select
list Of delegates to the Jonesboro
convention. The county delegates
were not looking out for frauds. The
chief man appointed on this commit
tee, and who, by previous arrange
ment, was to do the dirty work, was
Campbell's brother-in-law. The 9TH
er two committeeman were very old
colored man, and good, unsuspect-
ing countryman, neither OF whom
were looking out for the deep rascali-
ties that were to be perpetrated
There are nineteen civil districts in
Hawkins county, voting all together
over two thousand Republican votes.
From twelve OF these districts, voting
at least fourteen hundred of these
votes, not single delegate was select
ed, for the very good reason that men
who would certainly oppose both
Judge Hacker and General Fain could
not be found in them. Seven of the
twelve men selected were taken
from the neighborhood of Camp
BELLS brother-in-law. Four OF
these delegates were selected from the
civil district in which this famous
brother-in-law lives and all living
nearly within sight OF each other.
One OF the delegates was brother
OF Campbell's brother-in-law. This
civil district so largely represented
casts about eighty Republican votes
What do the Republicans in the other
twelve unrepresented civil districts
think of these things? Are you bound
to vote for men nominated by such
brazen rascalities simply because they
call themselves Republicans? Did
you have one word to say with refer.
ence to their nomination? Were you
not in effect told that you had nc
right to a voice in the matter? Did
not half dozen sharp, shrewd wire
workers arrange the whole scheme
and cheat you out OF the men of YOU
choice? A fraud SO open, so bold ant
so replete with brazen rascaHties has
never been undertaken and carried
out since our government was formed
Why, even the men who were mos
active in carrying it out, openly boas
c that it was fraud and was so intend
/ ed, and one of them has publicly de
n clared that he could never ask Gen
e Fain to forgive him for the grea
IS wrong he had done him. Some OF tn
L participants even go so far as to sa,
that they have no respect for Brown
whose nomination they secured b
such means. They say that they il
tended to defeat Judge Hacker at a
t. hazards and that that accomplished
n they care nothing for Brown.
1t Perhaps the browning rescality cor
nected with this so called conyenti0
% ought in this connection to be mer
,e toned When this committee Of tire
Of appointed by the chair retired to s,
n. lect list Of delegates, this delectabl
u Chairman actually left the chair an
o. intruded himself into the rool
70 with the committee and dcta
,e ed in the selection Of delegates. M
30 j. G. Walker, one Of the committe,
r. was asked to name two delegates frol
his district He named G. w. McMi
lin and Jim Sanders and thought the
names were on the list of delegate
but this pink of q Chairman no
. openly boasts that he scratched the
- =, names off. With possibly one excel
- ton the entire list of delegates We
~ named by Campbells brother-in-lav
rs rs assisted by this impartial and consc
= entious chairman. When this packe
- delegation was referred to I'll
~ convention Geo. NJ. Williams, imm
. diately discovering the trick, move
- its rejection. The vote was put an