Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-06-20
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Tennessee Republicans Business Like
Convention at Nashville.

ton of candidates for the Supreme
Court assembled in the hall of the
House of Representatives at the Capitol
last Thursday.
Prominent among the delegates were
H. Clay Evans, of Chattanooga; James
Jefferson, of Benton; Tom Bercheen, of
Benton Geo. A. Moulton, OF Hunting
don; j. R. Wilkerson, of Henderson;
Robert II. NcNeely, of Obion; Senator
Hale, of Knox; j. G. Hodges, White:
Col. Hugh j. Brady, Van Buren, County;
Hon. John Ruhm, Eugene Priest, W.
II. Connette, w. T. Owenby, C. NJ.
Joseph, Lee Brock, Capt. Terry, w. o.
Jack Baker, Z. S. Ashcraft,
j. T. Latin, of Nashville; VIM. Rule,
of Knoxville; A. NJ. Hughes, Maury
County; Representative Newport, of
Scott; Judge j. G. Parker, of Scott; F.
v. Brown, of Chattanooga; w. D.
Wright, of Morgan; Geo. w. Parton,
Decatur County; John E. Mccall and
Geo. Mccall, of Henderson County; D.,
NJ. Kaufman, Rockwood; T. II. Baker,
Col. w. F. Poston, Crockett County;
Ernest Caldwell, Bedford: Judge Gil
lenwaters and Fl. G. Jarvis, of Norris
town; John Schade, Jr., Lawrenceburg;
John H. Messick, County Court Clerk,
of Hamilton County; Col. Cate, of
Bradley; D. NJ. Fouts, of Polk; W. N.
McCarron editor Athenian, Athens,
Tennessee; c. w. Garrett, of Smith; f.
Chastain, Overton County; B. w. Bur-
ford, Wilson County; Jno. w. Overall,
DeKalb; F. H. Dunning, Sunbright
Dispatch, Morgan County; Charles H.
Evans, Chattanooga.
The total vote of the convention is
about $50, the representation being one
for each 200 voters and one for each
county at large.
Chairman Baker announced that the
Executive Committee had selected Hon.
John Ruhm, of Davidson, for tempo
rary chairman, and appointed Messrs.
Mccall, Caldwell and Rogers to escort
the gentlemen to the chair. w. 1.
Farmer, of Benton, was elected tempo
rary chairman.
Committees on credentials, permanent
organization and resolutions were an
nounced, brief speeches were made by
Col. D. A. Num- and H. Clay Evans,
after which the convention adjourned
to meet at 2:30 o'clock.
When the convention met at 2:30
o'clock Temporary Chairman Ruhm in
the chair, Hon. T. H. Reeves, of Wash
ington County, who had been elected
chairman of the committee on creden-
tials, reported that a contest had been
found in Lincoln County and that both
factions had been seated, each to cast
half the total vote of four. The report
was received.
Chairman ]. H. Vernon, of Shelby,
of the committee on permanent organi,
cation, reported that H. c. Jarvis, OF
Hawkins County, had been selected for
chairman and J. w. Overall, of De.
Kalb, for permanent secretary; T. H.
Baker, Jr., Of Carroll, to act as assist.
ant secretary.
Chairman Jarvis, in taking the chair,
said that this coming together was pa.
triotic in the last degree. He thought
it was time the tricksters and cheap
Democratic politicians were being over.
turned. A dominant party may some.
times prepetuate itself in office, the
wishes of the people to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such a party may
well tremble today. 1t will shake be.
fore the end of the year. They can't
fool all the people all the time. The
Republican party has lawyers in it that
would adorn any court in the land. Let
them be placed on the ticket, and the
people Of the State will realize their
worth and the victory will be ours in
the end.
The records in this very Capitol, con
tinued Chairman Jarvis, show that the
dominant party in Tennessee is really
the minority party. The people of the
State are opposed to the present admin
istration beyond a doubt, and the domi.
nant party will find it out at the polls
in November.
Temporary Chairman Ruhm was
thanked for his services.
II. G. Evans, of Hamilton, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, re.
ported the following platform.
THE Republican party believes in a
free and unembarrassed ballot to every
mar legally entitled to vote in the
State and an honest count and honest
certitication of that count.
ut believes that the corrupt ballot is
e%ndangering the perpetuity of our free
institutions, and if continued will ulti
mately result in the destruction of our
Government.
ut believes that only men of ap
proved integrity should be selected fol
Office.
ut believes that more important than
the dispatch of business by the Supreme
Court is the patient investigation oil
every litigated case after full argument
by counsel. If this can not be done
without permitting the accumulation