The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-03-01

away"
Having elected Mr.. Bowman chair
man, the convention proceeded to elect
W. d. Good, of johnson City, secre.
tary.
With this the Brownlow men ceased
to participate, and in response to the
commanding call of Major Devine, left
the courthouse and assembled in the
street, there to await the adjournment
of convention No. to organize con.
vention No. 2.
Convention No. appointed delegates
to the gubernatorial convention and
instructed them to vote. for H. Clay
Evans. The county.is entitled to elev-
en- votes, but about twenty-five dele
gates were elected to cast it. This con-
vention elected P. H. Woford, OF
johnson City, as a member of the con-
gressional committee.
The resolutions adopted by this con-
vention were as follows;
"We, the people of Washington
county, in convention assembled, do
hereby condemn the methods by which
our congressional committee has been
selected during recent years. We con-
demn any method which depriEes the
people of their right to select their rep
resentative members of this committee,
and, further, denounce the work of
this committee in selecting itself and
enforcing upon the republicans of this
district candidate whom they have
not endorsed and whom furthermore
they do not want. We believe in bring
ing back their elective privilege to the
people, to whom it naturally belongs,
and ask for the assistance of other re-
publicans throughout this district in
securing these Just demands"
This convention re- elected w. +, Car
ter county chairman, and elected w.
d. Good county secretary.
CONVENTION NO. 2.
Following the adjournment of con.
vention No. l, the friends of Colonel
Brownlow assembled in the court room
and held convention.
D. A. Vines was elected chairman
and E. j. Yaught secretary.
The convention elected delegates to
the state, convention and instructed
them to vote for Asbury Wright for the
gubernatoriol nomination.
ChairmanVines and SecretaryVaught
were also elected chairman and secre-
tary, respectively, Of the county COM
mittee, to serve for two years.
E. A. Shipley was e.elected a mem
ber of the congressional ommittee.
The convention adopted resolutions
endorsing strongly the Roosevelt ad.
ministration, unqualifedly standing
by Col. Brownlow, and lauding Asbury
Wright. These resolutions were some
what lengthy, and throughout bore a
spunky tone.
Despite any claim that the Brownlow
faction was only slightly interested in
the Jonesboro meeting, a special train
was run through the county in both
directions in order to Bring in Brown
low crowd, and it was stated as positive
that the large Soldiers Home delega-
tion was told on Friday to be in feadi-
ness for the trip
The friends of Evans were very posi-
! tive in their denunciation of the Brown
low managers in rushing aged veterans
of the National Home to Jonesboro
with the hope of saving the Brownlow
ship.
A significant feature was the an
nouncement of many of the Evans mer
that they would be willing to endorse
Col. Brownlow as congressman, buI
that they could not standsfor the polit
ical method which would low hin
the updisputed privilege to- control thu
party's affairs in the state and say wht
should and who should not he candi
dates.
The opinion seemed to prevail tha
Col. Brownlow had acted unwisely Il
interfere in any way in the matter o
selecting a candidate for governor, ant
the action of the representative citizen
many Of whom we're ready to prais
what Col. Brownlow had done as thei
representative in congress, were fran
to say that they bitterly opposed hi
assuming method in undertaking t
say that the citizens of his own count
: should not have their own choice fo
, governor.
Conservative men in this county sa
| that Evans is the choice of at leas
ninety per cent. of the republicans c
the county for governor,
Not all of the delegation from th
J Soldiers Hon approved of the plan b
} which they were unceremoniously rusE
, ed into Jonesboro. One aged man wh
} declined to participate in the CONVEX
/ ton, said that his home was in Kno
county, and that when he left the M
= tional Home he did not understand th
purpose. He had been told, he sale
that he was to yell for Brownlow, br
s he thought that it was merely case {
= Brownlow coming home to make
= speech,
S The charge was openly made toda
y that the BrownloW management WI
e armed with crisp new one-dollar bill
: to be used in paying expenses and fl
v loss of time.
n A JOHNSON City minister said that