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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
THE SITUATION.

1t was remarkable to see how
many cOlored men went over to
vote with Jefferson Davis, John J.
Vertrees, Atha Thomas, Senator
Harris, Tolley, Ledgerwood and the
Bourbon papers.
1t was the desire of all the men of
the Republican party and a large
majority Of the Independent Demo-
Gratis that this question be settled
and kept out of politics; but the in
fuence of the saloon interests and
the love of whisky on the part Of
others gave large vote i'll the
State on the wrong side of the
question: 'fhe old fight now is to
be renewed as to who shall have
the saloon influence. This question,
If left in that condition, will result
in the organization of a third party.
While we have opposed the propo-
sition to make this party question,
yet the saloon and its friends have,
by their acts, drawn the settlement
of the same into politics; and as a
Republican journal, the TINES ia.
vors the proposition for the Repub.
lican party to endorse Local Option
in her State platform. 1t is the
only preventive of a third party
The TIMES favors the calling of a
convention at once to indicate III
future policy, and in this call EN-
brace an invitation to all Demo
Gratis who favor Temperance. Ifthis
is not done, then a third party will
be organized. The degradation O.
the leaders on both sides indicates
most positively that action must bt
taken. How can church members
in the Republican party be led by
such men as Butler, Hughes, Num-
and Littleton What Christian Cal
answer the call of Hughes? Or
the other hand, how can Christian
man answer a call made by thu
Vertrees wing, who cast all kinds o
0dium upon the church. We say
let the Republican party purge it
self ofsuch men as Hughes, Num-
and Butler who characterized Chris
as "the old man." Unless this i
done these men are our leaders
and with them the Republican par
ty can never rise.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

Arch Hughes is holding the po-
sition of Chairman ofthe Republic
can State Central Committee. His
action in making speeches, and in
the character of the same, was such
IS to bring disgrace upon the party.
The party in its State platform re.
solved in favor of submitting to a
vote of the people the constitutional
amendment to prohibit the manu-
facture and sale of liquors, while
Hughes, as such chairman, went
out in behalf of the liquor interest,
and said if the Amendment pre-
vailed it would destroy the Republi-
can party, thus indicating that
the whisky traffic was the strong
hold of the Republican party, and
falsifying the action of the party.
Mr.. Hughes should be asked to re-
sign at once. The TIMES asks it
for Republican, Prohibitionists.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

The election has passed and the
result known, and while it is not as
We expected, yet the defeat does
not discourage us. a grand work
has been accomplished. The good
people has stepped up on this great
moral question an hundred per
cent. There is better feeling to-
day for Prohibition than there ever
has been. The people needed the
education they have just received
and il will prepare them for the
work in the future. The con-
sciences of men and women have
been started in the right direc ton,
80 they will be able to look at the
liquor traffic in new light, and
when future contest comes they
will stand solid for it. They will
he better prepared to receive the
truth as they have the present
swakenings on the subject. The
result of this contest will not only
show men the internal meanness of
the liquor traffic, but it will enable
them to live higher christian lives.
Although defeated in the Amend.
ment, yet it is a glorious victory to
those who worked for it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
THE DANGER.

The campaign just passed has re-
vealed the great danger now threat
ening the Tennessee people. Under
the reign of the whisky dy-
nasty we have exhibitions of cor
ruption that we never dreamed of
before. The revelations of the past
few weeks have been so startling
that it is difficult to see just what
the result is to be. Up to this time
there was no thought there were
leaders in both of the parties who
would sell their principles and votes
and the principles and votes of the
men who compose the parties. The
hot contest between right and
wrong has developed who stands
firm on the right and who does not,
and in this we shall be benefited,
as the men of loose morals and low
principles will be relegated to the
rear, if not driven out of politics en-
tirely. 1t will be a beautiful trib-
ute to any man to have it said of
him, he boldly advocated the right
from the beginning, notwithstand-
ing it was against his pecuniary adj
vantages. 1t is now a historical
fact, who is guilty of treachery, and
who stood solid before the money
god.
The two parties in their conven-
lions endorsed the action of the leg
islature of the State in the two last
sessions in submitting the question
of a prohibitory amendment to the
constitution of the State. Therefore
all the official and loyal members
should have submitted to their &C.
ton, especially should this be the
case with official members. The
TIMES desires to call the attention
of Republicans to the conduct of
Arch Hughes, who was honored
with the craftsmanship of the State
Executive Committee of the Repub-
lican party, but who has disgraced
the position by advocating the cor
ruptions of the whisky traffic, and
declaring that the adoption of the
prohibitory amendment would de-
stroy the party. This would leave
the impression that its future exist
ence depended upon the success of
that corrupt and degrading business,
besides he further insulted the
church and her ministry. His re-
ported speeches at Loudon and 9TH
er points confirms this. With this
insult to the Republican party, the
church and christianity, the TIMES
demands in the name of christianity
that Arch Hughes resigns the place
he has disgraced by his speeches.
Besides this the interest and future
of the party requires it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
Provide Shelter for Your Stock.

Provide Shelter for Your Stock.
Winter is creeping on us and will
soon be here. Farmers, are you
preparing for it? Have you sheds
to shelter your stock under during
the stormy days? If not, get them
ready at once. Lumber is much
cheaper than corn at present prices.
You can't afford to pay soc a BUSH
ell for corn with which to keep up
animal heat, when $40 boards will
make you a shelter that will not
only add much to the comfort of
your stock, but save many bushels
of expensive feed. If you can't
get timber conveniently, make
straw ricks. Build them fronting
south with agood close back. They
will richly repay you for all the
labor and expense. Don't say,
"pshaw, have let my stock run out
all winter for years, and they have
come through all right" But did
you ever count the cost, and reflect
how much money you lost by try
ing to keep your stock warm and
growing with excessive, feed instead
of adopting the more humane and
economic plan of providing shelter ?
Your cattle, hogs or sheep cannot
lay on flesh standing out in an open
field shivering, with the mercury
lowering around zero. If you have
more stock than you can shelter
properly reduce your holdings and
spend the money thus obtained in
making the others comfortable.
You had better feed fewer head
and make aprofit on them than to
winter great herds and book a loss
at the end of the season. An ami
NAL will eat so much food, the bulk
of which goes to keeping up life and
animal heat, and the small surplus
over and above this is what makes
gain and fat. Cattle will consume
about per cent of their live weight,
that is a l,OOO-lb. steer will eat
about 80 lbs. day.-Ex.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

The Nashville Review, publis he'd
by John ]. Littleton, purporting to
be a Republican paper, has contribu-
led largely in influencing the col
cred people of Middle and West
Tennessee to vote against the
Amendment. 1t is to Littleton's
work that we can largely attribute
the defeat of the Amendment. The
whisky men elected him to the leg
stature, and he is to-day working
largely in the interest of the Bour-
Ben element of the Democratic par
fy in those divisions of the State,
headed by John J. Nertrees, Saw
ACE, Harris, the American, Ledger
WOOL the Tribune, and the Chatta-
sooga Times, with all the govern
ment office-holders in the State.
These, in connection with the whis-
ky sellers of the State, have done
the work against the people. Lit
aeton's paper has been kept alive
BY the Bourbon element of the
Democratic party, known as Anti
Amendment men. We were told
BY q leading Democrat in Nashville
last spring that $1,000 had been fur
nished him to keep the Review
alive or il would have been where
the. woodbine twineth; but these
men regarded it as doing them good
service.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
Liquor Selling Made Odious.

WICHITA, KAN, Sept. 22.-[Spe-
cial. The interest In the trial ofthe
liquor cases is undated. Yester-
day the state vs.. Cheever was tried,
and the defendant found guilty on
twenty-nine of the fifty-fo ur counts
in the indictment. The most i'm
portant case was the state VS.. Ed
ridge, which was commenced this
forenoon and the case given to the
jury at 6o'clock, but they had not at
midnight reached a verdict. The
defendant was the proprietor Of
Eldridge's park near the city, and
was tried on an indictment contain
ing 30S counts.
This evening J. A. Stewart was
sentenced by Judge Wall to be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail for Sc
venteen years and four months,
and fin Ell $2O,SOO with costs of pro-
secutiOn.
He was clerk at the West End
drug store and with the proprietor
Hermann, plead guilty to an indict-
ment of zoos counts. Hermann
cannot be found and it is thought
he has fled the country.
The penalty imposed on Stewart
is the heaviest ever given in this
state for the violation of the liquor
laws.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
A Prohibition Failure"

1t appears that prohibition in
Iowa fails to keep up the supply of
penitentiary convicts, and that the
contractors of prison labor at Fort
Madison are much embarrassed
thereby. The Iowa Register says
of them that "they say they are
losing eight thousand dollars a
year because the State cannot fur
nish them with the number of con-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Florida went for Local Option.

The people in East Tennessee can
adsrd to be proud of their work last
Thursday. Fifteen thousand ma
icrity for Prohibition is worthy of
our people. We can afford to sing
@Praise God from when all bless
mgs flow."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

We overheard a whisky Demo-
crat taking to account one of the
best Democrats in the county for
voting for the Amendment. The
whisky fellow thinks he is the boss
of the Democratic party in Blount.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

The people of Knoxville did
grardly for the amendment, no city,
not even Atlanta, can boast of such
grand work. inside of the corpo-
ration there ere 1871 majority for
prohibition, and in the county and
city $500 majority.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

The voters of the FIRST Congress
si0nal District should demand that
r. Il. Butler resign his seat in Con-
gress. His conduct in the temper
ance campaign was such as would
disgrace the whole State and eS-
pecially his district and party.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

Jefferson Davis, Arch Hughes,
John J. Vertrees, r. r. Butler, w.
L. Ledgerwood, D. A. Num-, G. S.
Kinney, w. N. BettertOn, DIR. G. w.
Bryant. Here are the political
leaders that parties are called on to
fnll0Wl
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
CONGRESSMAN.

l.. c. HOuk was here last week
looking up his chances for another
term in Congress: His plea, as we
understood it, is poverty. 1t ap-
pears that the $4,000 drawn by him
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

Mrs. A. F. Newman, of Lincoln,
Nebraska, was elected a delegate
to the next General Conference Of
the NJ. E. Church. The Church is
moving.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

victs it contracted to furnish Let
the "failure of prohibition" in Iowa
be again Observation-Disclosures
Temperance Advocate.
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

CHAIRMAN JONES OPENS THE CONVENTION.
hotels are packed to suffocation-not an
other person could be accommodated.
Railways and corridors are filed with
cots, and every available corner contains
human beings, whose expectancy and dis
comfort are plainly apparent.
, At precisely IL o'clock Hon. B. r.
Jones, chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, called the convention
to order.
Rev. Frank Gunsaulus offered prayer
He thanked God for the blessings Of the
present and asked divine blessings on the
convention, and
Prayed for Sheridan's Recovery.
Miss Pauline Romeiss sang Julia Ward
Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic to
the tune Of "John Browns Body" etc.
Chairman Jones then addressed the
convention. He spoke so low at first
that he could not be heard five feet
away. His address was brief and con-
sisted chiefly of arraignment of the DEM
ocratic party. He emphatically favored
protection and said the platform and
candidates of the convention should be
the embodiment Of this spirit.
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, ac-
eepted the temporary Craftsmanship, de-
GYering the following address,:
i-,t-srs.5.r,.. Thurston's Speech.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENT1oN:-
Deeply sensitive of the distinguished
homer you have conferred upon me as
presiding officer of your temporary or
ssnization, thank you, gentlemen, not
for myself alone, but for that great and
growing West which never disappoints
the expectations of the Republican party.
I come from q state whose vast domain
has been largely appropriated by surviv-
ing Veterans Of the army of our republic
under benencent provisions of the home
stead and pre- emptton laws, enacted by
a Republican congress. And, true to the
heroic reco1lections of the past, under
the banner OF Republicanism, in victory
and defeat, In sunshine and in storm, in
prosperity and adversely, this mighty
West retains the courage of its convic-
uons and holds that devotion to princi-
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

lead US on to certain and splendid vic
tory.
AS soon as Thurston finished speaking
the band played Marching Through
Georgia." and the audience joined in the
refrain.
Hoar, of Michigan, took the floor and
presented to the temporary chairman a
gravel made of oak from the tree under
which the Republican party was organ
lied on July 8, 1854. He said that s'this
convention should begin early to pound
the daylight out Of our adversaries. "
[Laughter.l
The question coming up, the chair ruled
that the temporary officers selected by the
national committee are the duly chosen
ones.
Moody, of Dakota, moved that Dakota
be allowed to cast ten votes instead of
two, and gave the reason for hts request.
The chairman announced that the
national committee recommended that
Dakota be given ten votes and Washing
ton six.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, moved
that the rules of the last convention be
adopted for use. Carried.
A Kansas delegate offered a resolution
of sympathy for Gen. Sheridan The
resolution was read and carried by
unanimous rising vote.
A petition from ex-union soldiers re-
questing admission to the convention was
read.
A south Carolina delegate moved to
suspend the rules and admit the soldiers
He made an eloquent speech, saying that
the Democratic party is against the sell
diers.
The subject was referred to the ma
tional committee with a request that the
petition be granted.
The roll of states was ordered and
called on motion to name members of
committees.
The call of states was dispensed with
and the names sent direct to the chaip=
man.
The chair here presented Gen. Fre-
mont to the convention. Fremont was
introduced by the chairman of the Ne
braska delegation. Amid great
cheers hs was called the
.sOld Hero" Fremont said he
could not fail to respond to tic splendid
greeting and was pleased to meet great
men and sons of men with whom he as
sociated In the psrE opening campaign
! :. 1856. He interdted the convention
with "reminiscences Tor some time and
when he finished there were calls for
Fred Douglass, who assembled the plat
form and was warmly greeted. Douglass
thanked the audience and said he hoped
this convention would make sncl. record
as to put out of power all leaders OF the
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

Democratic party and of the Mugwump
party. He claimed that the Democratic
party had been faithful to the slave
holding class before and during the
war, and it hi d been faithful ever since,
and was now faithful to the solid south.
Said he believed the Republican party
would be equally faithful to its friends
men with black faces. Douglass con-
tinued:
When the flag seemed to trail In the
dust the Republican party called in the
negro; Lincoln called in the negro, and
they came, geo, 900 strong Do not forget
them to-day. Let every negro make his
way to the ballot box straight, and let
the "bloody shirt, as they call 1t, be a
government to have liberty in the ad-
ministration. Douglass closed amid
cheers and loud shouts for Ingersol.
The call of states for members Of COM
mittees was then read, and the Virginia
contest case was taken up. The chair
man stated that the national committee
had decided to temporarily seat the del
egates at large headed by William Ma
hone, and recommended that neither set
of district delegates be allowed to vote
during temporary organization. John s..
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

lieved that 1883 would right the great
national wrong of 1884 Right it, not
only for the Republican party, but also
for the grand and glorious candidates
whose names were the inspiration of that
wonderful campaign.
The infinite wisdom of an all wise
Providence has otherwise decreed. One Of
them, acitizen soldier the warrior states
man. The Black Eagle of Illinois-has
been summoned by the silent messenger
to report to his Old Commander beyond
the river, but although
John A. Lognn is Dead In Body,
yet he lives again in the illuminated pages
Of his country's most splendid history.
Lives in the grateful love of a free people,
whose union he SO gallantly fought to
preserve. Lives in the blessings Of down
trodden race, whose freedom he so man
fully struggled to achieve-Lives in the
future song and story of the hero wor-
shipping world, and along the highway
of our nations glory, side by side with old
John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and
Ulysses S. Grant,
His Soul Goes Marching On.'
That other--that gallant leader-the
chevalier of American politics, glory of
Republicanism and nightmare Of De-
mocracy-our Henry of Navarre-is
seeking in foreign travel long needed re-
Taxation and rest from the wearisome
burdens of public life and service. With
the sublime magnanimity of his incom-
parable greatness, he has denied us the
pleasure of supporting him In this con-
vention, Desiring above all things
Party Harmony and Success,
he has stepped from the certain ladder
Of his own laudab1e ambition that
someo ther man may climb to power.
AS his true friends we cannot, dare not,
commit the political crime of disobe-
dience to his expressed will. We cannot
place him at the head OF our ticket, but
will make him commander-in-c chief at
the head of the forces in the field, where
he will be inyincible. And though James
G. Blaine may not be our president, yet
He Remains Our Uncrowned King,
welding the baton of acknowledged
leadership, supreme in the allegiance Of
his devoted followers, honored and re-
spected by all honest and loyal men, the
greatest living American and worthy OBJ
ject of our undying love.
But the Republican party is not left
without great men to place upon its
ticket. AS we gather here we remember
that another great convention vas held
in this city in 1860. We remember how
it was inspired with the wisdom and
courage to select that great man of the
people, that Moses who led us through
the parted waters Of the sea, past the
wilderness of battle, over the Jordan of
safety into the promised Land.
When Douglass, drawing frcm his
bosom the priceless casket, cast it far
out into the midst of the oncoEing host
and cried out, 4
LEAD ON, Heart Of Bruce, We Follow
Thee"
and the knights of Scotland, never e.
feated while following a Bruce, pushed
forward and won the day. Let this con-
vention find Douglass for our Bruce.
He will take the soul of our great leader
into the caskst OF his love, and with 1t
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

IT BEGINS HOT
PERSPIRING REPUBLICANS
GET TO WORK.
THE GREAT CONVENTION
AT CHICAGO rs BEGUN.
ONE OF THE LNELlEsT CoNvEN-
TloNs EVER HELD
WILL NOW PROCEED TO EVOLVE
A TICKET OUT OF CHAOS.
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS FROM
THuRsToN, OF NEBRASKA.
Malone Forces From Virginia Tempors-
rily Seated, Thus Knocking the Blaine
Men Ont for the Time Being---Gen.
Fremont Before the Convention---Rou-
tine Work and Chicago Gossip.
CHICAGO, June 19.-The opening day
Of the national Republican convention
dawned clear but very hot, and the mo-
tionless air was an ominous pressage of
the suffering which followed. The city
was awake all night, and the noise
.. Amounted to Pandmonium.
Troops of men and boys paraded with
drums, shouting for Blaine, and every
where confusion reigned supreme. The
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

WILL NOW PROCEED TO EVOLVE
A TICKET OUT OF CHAOS.
Morris tribune., 1888-06-20

pie, though it brings defeat, is better
than success achieved by broken vows
and political dishonor.
The Republican Lzrty is prominently
q party of protection. 1t was born OF the
irrepressible desire to protect the slave
from the lash of his master, and to save
our civilization from the blighting curse
Of it's crime against humanity. It per-
formed the sacred mission Of protecting
the republic from secession and dis
union, and in later times succeeded IN
protecting the credit and currency Of the
nation from repudiation and imitation.
We are met in national convention for
deliberation and conference. When the
Democratic party, ut the close of the last
presidential election,
Hobbed Us OF Victory
honestly and fairly won, we patiently
waited for the certain coming Of the jus,
tice Of the years. We hoped and be-