Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-07
Maynard and Porter at Ma
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old BlounI sur" for Maynard. Thorn
burgh, Ellis and Cunningham.
From Daily Chronicle, Oct 81
MARYVILLE. BLoUNT COUNTY,
Monday, Oct, 5th, 1874,

MARNVILLE. BLOUNT COUNTY,
Monday, Oct. 5th, 1874.
This gOodly county town was crowd
ed NJ an early hour with the yeOman-
~ of Blount, to hear the candidates
! for Governor discuss the questions of
| the canvass. 1t had been arranged to
nave the speaking take place at the In
stitute Grounds, where II platform had
been erected and everything done to
| accommodate the large crowd, but
Judge Porter, fearing his voice would
not last him, objected, and the SouJh~
ern Methodist church was secured,
which, though cummOdiOus build
ing, was filled to OVERLOOKING as soon
as the doors were opened, anu hun
dreds went away unable to get inside or
about the building within comfortable
hearing distance. The voters present
we're the solid men of the county, and
throughout they gave "A patient aud at
tentive hearing 10 ali that was said,
save those who living at "A distance,
could not remaiu so late. A special
train brought the candidates and quite
a number of your citizens here, and
took them back after the speaking.
MAYNARD's SPEECH.
The Republican candidate appeared
in good Trim and excellent spirits.
Hil voice was strong aud clear, and he
S1,lC throughout with great auima-
tiol. He travelled over much the
same ground as in his opening speech,
at Jonesboro', which you have publish
| Ell in full. He presented the frauds
connected with the lease of the peni-
/ Tertiary, in a most foIcible manner,
and We could see, passing over the
! faces of the honest tax paying farmers.
present, clouds Of astOnIshment and
/ Indignation, rs it was so clearly shown
how they had been swindled
When Mr.. Maynard came to discuss
the tax question aud show how the
! Democratic ring at Nashville had made
"A foot ball of The states credit, putting
down taxes to depress the bonds Of the
/ State, when they wanted to buy them
up for railroads or speculation, and
/ then shooting taxes up to sixty cents
when they wanted to put up the bonds
so that they could sell out at immense
profit. He had the strong sympathies
of every tax payer with him. The
people of Blount, like those of other
counties, feel oppressed by heavy taxes.
| Mr.. Maynard's clear explanation that
the Democracy is responsible for it,
made a decided impression, as the
"close corporation" at Nashville will
find out next month.
On the subject of the State debt, Mr..
MAYNARD noticed at length the speech
of Governor Brown in Maury county,
last Saturday, in answer to him, claim
lug that he (Maynard) had been miss
representing him or else he was igno-
rant of what he was talking about. IL
never misrepresent anything" said
y Mr.. Maynard, land / am always care
full to know what l talk about"
He then went into the debt question
i'm detail and showed that his state
mants made heretofore were true. He
made the facts Of the frauds connected
with the sale of the railroads tell. The
:, $500 600 lost to the State i'm the sale of
that one railroad in West Tennessee,
seemed like q large sum Of money to
squguder, to these honest Countrymen,
and to ask them TO endorse it by voting
. for Porter, Is a little hard in their esti-
nation.
, MIR. Maynard went into a fuller eX-
animation OF the sunigctOf civil rights
than heretofore. He said the Civil
Rights Bill was used as a bug aboo to
fr ghten timii voters, Tor it had been
repeatedly before the people since 1866
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