The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-09
THE JUDICIL OUTLOOK.
SIGNIFICANT ALTON OF THE
RASr TENNESSEE DELEGATES.
The Situation VIA Regard TO West
- Tennessee-NO mango ~ u Mid
die Tennessee.
ESPECIAL TaHK APPEAL.l

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vention ste adily expanded to. day, aud
reach, d its climaXwhen every county
in the s ate had rpr5ss natives at the
capitol. The l)tel corridors and
every other publiCplace were crowd.
ed with earnes participants in
the deliberations tomorrow, and no
stone wss left mturned to secure
vantage ground fo'ihs impending con-
flict. Nearly all the candidates had
headquarters at tie Maxwell House,
and thither, naturally, the current OF
activity tended. The apartments fer
honors of the ernine were thronged
until la'e hour t night, and trusted
lieutenants hurrid to and fro with
earnestness plsiny depicted upon all
their fscss, anxity upon many and
confidence upon few. The cons antly
increasing inflow Of delegates kept the
candidates and their mansgers on
dead rush, for much was 10 be done
and time press:t apace. The rivalry
be ween candidates is intense, but
there is 70 bad Hood visible Eave the
soreness which las from the first at.
tached to the contest between Cald-
we'll and Freem,n.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTION
OF the day wa the conference be-
tween delegates from East Tennessee
this afternoon at . o'clock. Every
county in East Tennes, ee, with the
exception of Marion and Meigs, was
represented. Hhe Hamilton county
delegation wen on the floor but
refused to pin the conference.
This was becDse Of the attitude
of D. l.. SnCdgrass, a candidate
from that county, who thinks he would
be butchered n a caucus. Next to
Judge Ingersoll he is the strongest man
from East Tennessee, and it was his
idea, and correct one, that all of his
opponents would unite in caucus to
kill him off. Therefore Hamilton
county, in which he lives, refused TO
confer. The Hon. ]. A. Chambers Of
Loudon county was chosen chairman
OF the conference, and Alex. Somers
of Knoxville and John Slack OF Bis
tol were closen secretaries.
j. @. Hodges oil Mordstown, moved
that the copf renee adjourn to ress-
semble as caucus tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock at which time East Ten
nessee should unite upon two dele
gates for Supreme Judge and stand by
them before the convention.
This action was veri6cation OF the
prediction of the APPEAL this morning.
The object OF the conference had been
kept secret aud many counties were
entice5 into it under the impression
that it wonld he nothing more than a
conference. The trap was sprung on
the Hodges motion.
A hot debate fortwo hours re,ulted.
Ledgerwocd led the oppo-
Fit'on to the motion of CO.. Gra'z of
The support of every de-
vice which fiibustering could summon
wss used 10 d-fsat the motion but it
was finally carried.
While IL was pending every candi-
date from East Tennessee, with the
exception of Snodgrass, pledged him
self to abide by the action of the eau
Gus.
The motion to caucus was carried by
a heavy majority. Much feeling wss
against Snodgrass for his
failure to support a caucus, and his
chances for election are very slim. lie
played bold game, but lost. II the
caucus is held, and there is no doubt
about that, two men will bs put up to
whom all of the strength Of East Ten
nessee, with the exception of a
part of Hamilton county, will go.
These two men will probably be In
yersoll and Cook. With East
Tennessee against him, Snodgra's has
hardly ghost Of chance. His only
hops is to enter the caucus
but it will be TOO readily
seen that this would be merely
1evice on his part, and not genuine
oyslty for the plan to avail him
nuCh. In the light of to-day's de.
SnodRrsss cen hardly be
regarded as formidable.
WITH REGARD TO wRsT TENNESSEE
significant changes occurred to-day.
Freeman has lost ground heavily, and |
o express the situation plainly he can
hardly be regarded in the race. One |
If bis wa'mest supporters said 10 the
A PPEAL correspondent that he thought |
he best thing freeman could do |
would be to withdraw. This, how
,ver, h3 would not do The o,her |
hange is the gan which La has |
made He is G ,tntring strength more
steadily than Folkes, and as much |
Is Caldwell. There is q rumor here
hat the railroads are backing Foxes,
md this is hurting him to some ex-
.ent. 1t is sl-o sad that the railroads |
re push ng LuIton and IDgersol.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
S in statu quo. There is a report that
Cooper and Turney have formed a
% combination, which is being W rked
" Luton in his interest for all it is
worth, aud which the Banner to-day
l,tacked in a hot edit rial, but your
correspondent is in position to know
hat no such combination has been
made or is contemplated. The real
ituat on is that it is wsr to the knife
between Cooper and TuIney. 1t is
generally thought the convention will
lot eel CT two members Of the present
ench from Middle Tennessee, and if
his be 60, both Cooperaud Turney can
Tot be chosen. One must 60, and
10Th ave making strenuous efforts TO
down" the other. II the convention
Ioes select two members from the old
,ench from this ssction Cooper and
'uney will win. If only one be se-
ected it will be Cooper, with Luton
3 the second.
The Davidson county delegation
net to-day, and wraDgled over the
init rule without coming to conc'u.
ion. The matter will be delegated to
be convention.
THE STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
net to day. An effort was made to
hangs the date OF the GubeTnatorial
to some time in July, but
be committee decided to let the date
emsin as it is, which is August 1lth.
OVER A THOUSAND DELEGATES
re here, and by the time the con-
eDtion is called to order fully thirteen
undred will be in attendance, which
ill be the banner State Convention
o far IS numbers is concerned. Your
orrespondent would reafirm his
rophecy of Monday as to the success