Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-09
OUR NASHVILLE LETTER
Alliance Opposition to Turney-A
Mysterious Meeting.
The PrOhibitiOniStS in Conventional. II.
East for Governor.

NASHVILLE, June 4, 1792.-About 1875
of the most prominent Alliance MEM
bers of the State held a secret confer
ence in this city last Tuesday. The
call for the meeting was issued by re-
quest If President Mcdowell, and has
offered theme for much comment by
the press in this part of the State. They
assembled in Emmet's Hall at 100 clock
and was called to order by Mr. Mellow
ell, and beyond this nothing is known,
as the conference was held behind
closed doors. There is mystery about
the object of the meeting which none
understand except gentlemen of the
grip.
The Democrats are indulging in much
speculation in regard to the political
significance of this session. A decided
majority of them are inclined to be-
lieve that it is move to nominate
third party candidate for Governor,
and to consider the proposition to nom
mate candidates for the Legislature in
the counties of Middle and West Ten
nessee. The Alliance has conceded
Buchanan S defeat for the nomination
for Governor, and the tactics and meth
ods resorted to by the Turney Bourbon
element has made the pill so bitter that
they can never sugar coat it enough to
get them to take it, The Alliance is SO
averse to Turney s election it has driven
them into the third party to stay.
In this section of the State the Order
is composed of the most liberal and
conservative element of our popula-
tion, and they are to man unalterably
opposed to man like Turney, who said
a short time ago that secession was
right in 1861 and was constitutionally
right today.
The Alliance in Tennessee is politi-
cal organization, and to the mossback
Democrats one of the strongest disturb
ing elements ever seen in the State.
Their organ, The Toiler, is full fedg-
ed third party paper, and will be fac
tor in our politics this year. No doubt
Mr.. Buchanan has received no less than
one thousand letters in the past four
months pressing him to become the
candidate of the new party.
Pursuant to call the Prohibitionists
assembled in convention in the capitol
Thursday. Between 300 and 400 dele
gates were present, and in addition an
attendance of fifteen or twenty ladies.
The convention consisted of a very
clever lot OF representative and enthu-
slastic men. Judge E. H. East was
nominated for Governor, and accepted.
d. c. Kelley, G. w. Armistead, A. A.
Hopkins and E. II. East, are the dele
gates from the State at large to the Ma
tiOnal Convention.
Rev. Sam Jones is here conducting
an interesting series of meetings in the
Gospel Tabernacle. The Tabernacle
has seating capacity of 4,SO0, and is
crowded to overhowing every evening.
This is the fourth time he has held re-
vivals in Nashville, and his efforts will
be more effective this time than ever
before. He holds three services each
day; 5000 people hear him at the even
ing engagements, and much interest is
manifested.
The delegates and number of prom
inent Republicans from Middle Tennes-
see, left here this morning for Mime
apolis. A majority of the delegates
are for Harrison, but the dispatches in
dicate this morning that before the next
issue of your paper Blaine will be our
candidate for President. 1t looks like
he will have to take himself clear out
of the convention or write another let
ter declining the honor. W." like Har-
rison well, but somehow Blaine sounds
little better. X.