New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-02
TENNESSEE WILL BE REPUBLICAN. "
Congressman Brownlow Says Lttletons
Brother Can Garry 1t.

ConSressnnan W P Brownlow of Tennessee re-
Gently elected by the constituency he represents
for the fifth consecutive term IS in this city Seen
at the Hotel Victoria last evening, he said:
our Republican State Convention. which Will
be held on Thursday Of next week. will nominate
rs the candidate for Governor an able. clean. young
lawyer. Jesse NJ Litteton. of Winchester, brother
of Borough President Littleton. OF Brooklyn. He
will have as a competitor Edward T. Sanford. q
Knoxville lawyer, but the success Of Littleton be-
fore the convention is assured My Congress dis
trict--the Ist-the most populous in the State.
will be for Littleton. The lid. in which Knox
VILE is situated. will be for Sanford The lid
will be about evenly divided between them. and the
other seven districts will be for Littleton. There
will be Cos delegates In the convention. and Little
ton will have a majority of about two hundred.
Yes: expect TO elect the Governor. It does
not seem probable that the inharmony that now
exists in the Democratic ranks will be dissipated.
and, with u fair count. Littleton will be elected.
Furthermore. able to command votes for a
Republican ticket in State election that go 70
the opposition on the national ticket. or course
President Roosevelt will get the votes of the Ten
nessee delegation In the convention at Chicago and
we shall hope to give him the electoral vote. II is
however, case of going against loaded dice. Our
election law, than which there is more unfair
In the whole South. is most unfavorable to Re-
publicans.'
THE conflict between Henry Clay Evans Consul
General at London. and myself, is a thing of the
past. Every one of the delegates from the ninety
six counties in the State Is instructed to
cast his votes for the election Of General Evans
and myself as the two delegates-at-large to the
national convention from Eastern Tennessee. Per-
feet harmony now obtains in the Republican party
In the State The delegate-at-large from Middle
Tennessee will be F. A. Raht. a banker at Tula-
homa, in Coffee County. The name of the delegate
from the western section of the State has yet
been definitely Indicated"
Commenting the cohesion of the South on GER
tain questions, Congressman Brownlow said: 1.-The
fact that the people are SO largely dominated by
one idea and are not amenable to argument, has
been most baneful in its influence upon the quail
ity of representation from that section in the ma
tiona halls OF legislation. Before the war between
the North and the South, and for little time after
while men of the same type yet In public
lifethe weight of intellectual force as exhibited
in public deba te the side of the South 1t Is
no longer the The sceptre in the field OF po-
tent augmentation has gone to the men repre-
senting the constituencies of the North There are
few men of the present time in Congress from the
South who known outside OF the districts that
elected them. The for the decadencs Is
obvious. Nomna tons for Congress in the districts
or the solid South on the Democratic ticket are
equivalent to an election, and the nomination on
the Republican ticket is empty honor. No in
tellectual training or equipment is any longer I'm
portant-t is unnecessary establishing the claim
OF the candidate to preferment"