Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-26

lutlons, VINO unanimously refused to
report this and another motion call
ing for convention to nominate
county officers. The resolution on
appointing a committee was called
for by Judge Tyler. Mr.. Burney
moved an adjournment. The vote
by districts was called for and the
motion to adjourn was voted down.
This vote assured judge Tyler of
strength and resolutions were read
as follows:
| Whereas it is important for the
| County Executive Committee to be
appointed now, so as to give them the
entire charge of the canvass for the
year 1880; and whereas several of the
districts at their late meetings elected
committeeman to serve for those dis
tricts for the following two years /;
| therefore
Resolved, That wherever any dis
trict may have selected its committee
man at its last meeting such person
shall be and remain the committee
man for the district for the following
year.
Resolved, That wheneve this was
not done the delegates from each dis
trict shall select the committeeman for
their district and send in his name to
the chairman of the convention.
Resolved, That if in any district the
delegates fail to send in name to-day
the chairman of the convention shall
/ "a 4 for
trict, who shall serve the following
| two years.
Resolved, That in appointing the
executive committee each district shall
be entitled to one committeeman for
every 200 Democratic votes or fraction
al part thereof, as shown by last Presi-
dental election.
Judge Tyler made strong speech
appealing to the brethren for its
adoption. The convention, he said,
represented the people, and the peo-
pie had right to appoint their own
committeeman whenever they
choose to do it. He made two or
three speeches. S. w. Martin, Geo.
Barbee and others took a hand.
Burney and Savage spoke against it,
arguing that this convention had not
been called for that purpose; the
time of the present committee had
not expired that the resolution was
against all precedent and custom and
an insult to the present committee.
After considerable discussion and
diliatory motions, Mr.. Burney of
fered the following in lieu of Judge
Iyler's resolutions:
Resolved, That the district meet
ings, when called to send delegates
to the county convention to nomi-
nate candidates for the Legislature,
shall each select its own members for
the executive committee and report
their selection to the legislative con-
vention, and that hereafter the COM
mittee be reported to the guberna-
torial convention.
Louis Bourne spoke against this
motion in favor of Judge Tyler's res
olution. Mr.. Savage called his at
tention to his name on the back of
the resolution as a committeeman
refusing to report it for action. AT
this stage OF the proceedings Farmer
f. M. No.en, the old wheel horse,
mounted the stand. Squire Nolen is
a quiet, unobtrusive man, always
conservative and had never made q
speech in public meeting here.
Nobody knew or thought he could
make speech. His devotion to the
Wheel organization, however, was
well known, and he was also known
to be one of the most prominent,
consistent, selfsacrificing members
in the State, and everybody was Gu
rious to hear what he had to say. He
made, by far, the ablest speech of the
day-one that would have done cred
it to the silver tOngued House. He
fairly electrified the convention and
spoke for some time amid wild
shouts of applause. Mr.. Nolen start
ed off by saying he had been charged
with being a third party man. 1t
was false he was born q Democrat,
rocked in Democratic cradle, fought
for Democratic principles and moth
ing but Democratic blood flowed in
his veins. He loved the farmers
organization and he loved Democra-
cy, and would not be party to any
move not Democratic that threaten
ed a division in the ranks. He was
not there to speak in favor of Mr..
Burney, Mr.. Savage, Judge Tyler or
any other man, but was there to rep
resent the Democracy of his district,
to do just what he was sent to do and
no more. He favored Mr.. Burney's
substitute because it was democratic
and was right, and every man in
that convention knew that the res0-
luton they were trying to pass was
wrong, undemocratic and a ursurpa-
ton of authority not delegated to
them by their districts. They were
not sent here to elect an executive
committee and they knew it. The
house went wild with enthusiasm
and applause. Nolen had carried the
day. John Allen, who had been
standing by Judge Tyler, looked