Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-18
DISTRICT COMMITTEES.
The Turney Meeting at the
Court House.
Buchanan Followers Hold a Secret
Meeting-Lecturer Roberts Ssys Blu
chanan Will Accept Third
Party Nomination.

Party Nomination.
The Turney meeting at the court
house this morning was called to or
der by DR.. Northington. Judge Ty-
Ter was made chairman of the meet
ing and made ringing speech for
Judge Tumey. He was confident
that the Turney cause could win.
Work must be done by organization
in each civil district in the county.
He gave some gratifying reports of
the Turney movement from various
parts of the county.
Without motion the chairman ap-
pointed G. b Lyle and b. l.. Rice as
secretaries. The several districts of
the county were called in order, and
report was heard from each. The
following names of committeeman
were reported:
First Di5trict-Finis Ewing, chair
man; Polk Prince.
Second District-Jno. B. Ferguson,
chairman; j. A. Rollow, DR.. Cham
bers, w. ii. McCauey.
Third District-R. l.. Johnson,
chairman DR.. Drane, f. O. Ander-
son.
Fourth District-H. l.. Cornell.
Fifth District-M. Il. Keel, chair
man; II. f. Northington, A. l.. Davis,
DR., Moody.
Sixth District-T. N. Walthal,
chairman; DR.. Haskins, Joe Bourne,
John Bradshaw.
Seventh District-E. II. Pettus,
chairman; w. C. Smith, J. X.
Smith.
Eighth district j. w. Bartee,
chairman; j. p. Haynes, f. Shell.
ton.
Ninth district--T, M. Reynolds,
chairman; DR.. Bellamy.
Tenth district - DIR. Williams,
chairman; II. p. Williams, DR..
Gage, w. l.. Welker, w. l.. Macon.
Eleventh district-'Squire Crotzpr,
chairman; G. e. Frey, j. w.
WEIGH.
Twelfth district-M. Savage is
chairman of this committee, but the
list is not complete.
Thirteenth district-J. r. Ussery,
chairman; Joe Johnson, Rufus
Smith, Joe Dean, Bailey Johnson.
Fourteenth distrtct-W. ID. Stew
art, chairman j. ID. Council, Henry
Burton.
Fifteenth Districts. f. Wilson,
chairman.
Sixteenth district-J. M. Dickson,
chairman I. y. dickson, A. j. Gill
bert, w. j. Lyle.
Seventeenth ditirict-E. G. Dun
lazy, chairman; Joe Daily, Geo.
Lowe.
Eighteenth district--J. w. Alta.
way, chairman f. NJ. Norris, Sam
Lyle, p. j. Savage, N. J. Lyle, A.
Il. Lyle, ii. b. Hunt
Nineteenth district j. B. viii
liams, chairman b. j. COrban, II
ii. Mccall.
Twentieth district-W. w. Will
hanson, chairman DIR. j. III. Sulli-
van.
Twenty. first district. A. Byrd,
On motion by Mr.. Burney the
chairmen of the district committees
were constituted county central
Turney committee, with Judge Ty-
Ter as chairman eX.oflicio of said
A list of names of the
white voters of each civil district
was given to the respective chairmen
with instructions to see each man in
the district, find where he stands,
whether it be for Turncy, Buchanan,
East or doubtful, and mark him ac
After adjournment the Turney eX-
ecutve committee met and transact |
ed business relating to county organ
ization and general campaign work.
ANOTHER CHAPTER.
While the leading Democrats of |
the county were thus working for
pure Democracy and its gallant eX-
ponent, Judge Turney, secret meet
ing was being held in an ante-room
of the Court rouse. The central fig
ures were J. Ii. Roberts, the Alliance
orator from Nashville, and Jno. b.
Allen, of this city. The purpose OF
this star chamber council can only be
arrived at conjecture.
j. ii. Roberts, the Alliance lectur-
ar, to-day told an Alliance man, who
IS "A straight Democrat, that in con-
with GOV. Buchanan a
few days ago, he (Buchanan) assured
him that he would accept the nomi-
nation of the Third Party if rendered