The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-04-05
VOL. ".
SHOWS EN- UP.
An Impartial Review Of the Morris.
town Affair by the Nashville
Ranner.

ness which occurred at Morristown are
true, the bolt from the democratic
county convention at that place was
one Of the most remarkable incidents
in the history OF political movements,
According to these reports the assem-
bled convention was about equally
divided in number between the sup
porters OF Taylor, Mcconnell and Alli-
son. In other words, the Mcconnell
and Allison following constituted
about two-thirds Of the convention,
and, strange TO relate, when the con-
'vention was organized Taylor men
were elected permanent officers, and
ptSe disgruntled majority withdrew and
fheid a convention Oi their own, undis-
gturbed by q minority which could out
vote them! Itis not an unusual thing
Tor defeated and irate minority to
bolt from a convention, but it must be
admitted that such rash action upon
THE part Of the overwhelming majority
10 most extraordinary. We have seen
small detachments OF delegates rise i'll
their wrath and leave the great body
which outvoted them, and we have
even seen h0ne bolter stalk out OF q
convention hall and shake the dust OF
it from his feet, balt conceive Of the
ludicrous scene OF great majority Of
"a convention boiling out Of hall and
iiinging back their shouts OF defiance
at the surprised minority Of q dozen
or two, or the obstinate only one
imani
Evidently there must be some mis-.
tssslze about the Morristown affair. The
mae0r1ties of conventions do not have
a hahA OF running away wildly and
leaving the minority in possession Of
the vssnage ground. II other reports
OF the MonHistown bolt are true, the
majority took possession OF the organ
iaation ~ magorities always DO, and
the minority dad the boa0ng. The re-
port sent ta the Knoxville Journal
states that when she convention met
DIR. Bettis. Taylor man, and Hon.
NWm Mcfarland, ga anti-Taylor man,
'-N re placed in nomination tor tenn
p0Gxry chairman After a high old
, time, Of disorder a vote was taken and
Chaig,an McClister, OF the democratic
execnts~e committed, an anti-Taylor
man, deS. AIRED that Belts was elected,
the vote beng for Belts, S5l for Nc.
Farland, I6e. Then there was more
ttum ultuous disorder, and when soon
saiterwards the Tsylorites elected Mr..
MhiteMdes secretary over DR.. Fuller,
a@e nominee Of the opposition, there
S&s oeGASsion worse confounded. Mr..
II HRms, lJr, moved an adjourn
~. VT THE niosipn was lost. Then
20, TJSm Cain soc pr. Mcfarland
.too, Naot upon the ordes ot their go
me- b N4holtAd out, calling sDon 9TH
ora 10 NoY " them. The SoaEnat}S re-
port sta ~, that about 100 nleR to4oS'
"a Col. c Gs. and that on the way ta
The court-l Nusce abcut City more Easn
loinee thel d. Then the men in tsf
opera-house ha rmoniously endorsed
TAYLOR, and tn, convention in the
harm oniously agreed 70
instruct their deIeg. ties to divide their
votes on the lirst bal lot between Nc
Connell and Allison 4 nd afterward TO
give the solid vote for me stronger oi
the two.
We have given both We Tsions OF the
affair. Judging from exp 9rlence ana
the methods OF Political movements
es4Asrally, it would be diticu II TO con-
vines the puhlac that the Tay loF men
were not largely in the maioris " IN tne
convention, The opposition ciS'm
that the Taylorites packed the CO nSen
tion with outsiders and republI cans
but it will take tangible evident e &c
rr,va this W. do ~, ao,bt ;c the
least that there was trickery on bo VI
sides. There always 10 trickeYy O
such occasions. But il the claim
made for the bolting delegates, that |
they were majority OF the democrats,
he true, then they were woefully out !
generated and manifest q strange Inn
potency. In the contest for politSCal
advantage, in all its beariDgs, Ce'.
Cain made a grave mistake, unless he
can present a much stronger case than
now appears as the reason for separ
rate convention. In the convention
he could have insisted upon y fair reIs-
resentation Of the Taylor spposition
in the delegation to the state conyen'-
.6on. Failing in this he would have,
had ground for separate action. As IT,
is, with full and separate delegation
knocking for admission into the state
convention he is placed, TO say the
least of it, at a disadvantsge.-NCsh-
-uille Banner.
And now Greene and Cooke coHn tS
iall into line for Bob Taylor. Fru
counties in East Tennessee have he !