Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-09-04
VICTORIOUS
BrOWnIOW COhartS win from Evan
sites on Every POint--Kidd
For Congress.
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The Republican Convention here Sat
urday was largely attended full Of life,
and boast. Capt Joe p. Kidd, the
"easy boss" of this bailiwick called the
convention TO order, and from the rap
of the gavel to the last motion, he and
his Brownlow confreres, put through
their own we'll conceived program with
prOmptness and dispatch that left the
dazed Evansites, wondering Just "where
they were al" BrownlOw men we're
put on Committees, nominated for Office
and had their will in all things, not
withstanding the game fight made by a
small number of Lawrence and Giles
County Evans men.
Mr.. r. S. Hopkins, of Maury County
was elected temporary Chairman, and
w. B. Turman, of Wayne, temporary
Secretary.
On motion of Mr.. Hughes, a Com
mittee on Resolutions, Permanent Or
ganization and Credentials were appoint
ed as follows;
Credentials:-R M. Sims, d. A.
Underhill, Lon Hickman, viii p,
Wright, Sam Nall, B. S. Moss.
Resoutions:-D w Starnes, A l.
Scott, @. o. Bull, Jasper McWilliams.
Permanent Organization:-N. B.
Simms, B Cole, A NJ Hughes, Jo p,
Kidd, -McKissic
The Committee on Permanent Organ
izatiOn recommended the continuation
of the temporary officers, which was
done
Mr. Starnes read the resolutions re-
ported by the Committee endorsing the
State and National platform and candi.
dates, which was adopted
There was a contest between the
Brownlow and Evans followers in Giles
and two sets of delegates applied for ad
mission, and for a time, things were
quite animated during the selection of
the Credentials Committee and the fight
on the adoption of its report. Amid the
clamOr of excited partizans the voice of
oui journalistic confure ,Ino. Scha lie Jr
was heard calling on the Evansites to
"Let's put ourselves on record" About
the facts there seemed to be no dispute
The BrOwnlOw Convention was regular,
but composed chiefly of negro's, and the
spokesman of the Evans delegation pro
tested against the dominance of tht
negro in politics over the American
white man! The fact that the Brown
lowites were headed by. Uncle San
White caused some good humored bant.
ering from the other side, who explain
D ed that there were two delegations, on,
o. the "Uncle Sam white delegation
y elected by negro's and the Caucasian
white delegation, which represented
majority of white Republicans. The
"Uncle SAM white delegation was seat
i ed, by unanimous vote of Counties.
, Mr.. G 0 Bull, of Giles, nominee fo
SoNotar nll.Aa.o1. -,
> coming'Out squarely as rock robbed
= staunch, fighting Republican, and mad,
Z no mention of his prohibition or inde
u pendent proclivities, which came so nea
?, electing him four years ago. He toll
> his hearers to have no fear of Gile
e County, that he could carry it, and MI
r Morrison, the Democrat, would fin
that the "BulP' had slipped the rim
from his nose and was paving the eartl
preparatory to tossing him out of tn
Legislative pasture in November. HI
caused some CONSERVATION in the ranR
IL of the faithful when he declared that
81 he had been here, he expects he woul
% % have voted for his old neighbor GiIe
g. Countian, Jno. B. Kennedy. Mr. Blu
ms said that he was not running for tn
er Senate from choice, that it would be
~ ~ financial loss and he did not care for I'll
honor, but that the distinction of ha
ing his name on the same ticket vii
that good and great man H., Clay Evar
was what actuated him, after bein
nominated Mr. Bull said: "Any ms
who will vote to gerrymander distrie
or bring the DOrtch Election law upC
y a community is too infamous to