Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-07
THE UOLYAa AoVEHENT.
Council Of war at the Maxwell House
Last Eight-The Reputation
Leaders showing BOlder
Front
jesse Il. Brown, Of Shelby. Gets on
Violent Speech-Ex- presidenI john
son ueeliRes 10 Take
Hand

From the Nashville Union and American-l
A dozen or fifteen politicians who are
Interested q VII at is known as the Col
var movement, a ssembled in the ladies'
ordinary of tue \ Iaxwell last night for
the purpose If onsultiDg with each
other upon the be- t plan to be pursued
bv the convention which meets to-day.
Among those preset L were Colonel Col
var. N. NJ. Brien, jr.; Colonel I. ;.
Bowers, Of the Gallan a Examiner; Jesse
X. Brown, OF SHELBY; O. W. Stu0h!e-
field, MsjOr Y. ). Pau ouI General }. b
Clemons. Wallace Col var, George II.
White John Whit. J. o. Griffith, and
several Others who Teques ted tn@t their
names be be not published.
Colonel Colvar Was called to the chair,
and after stating the object ~ the meet
ing, presented a ruVcn draft II basis OF
.Compromise TO be adopted, II those
present thought desirable, by such voters
Of Tenn essee as weie dissatisfied with
tire present policy OF both the Demo
era tic and F,pUblican parties.
Suaeches were made by several OF
those prssent. Referring 20 the funding
hin. Colonel Boysrs said that IL was OUT
little discussed in ads county, 10 "hlch
Colonel Colysr responded tbat the press
of the State would not discuss the
measure IOT 0OA4Due EeeAsDu1s
Jesse X. Brown, Of Shelby, made the
most noticeable speech Of the evening.
He said that the party attempting 10 IN
dorse the past financial policy of the
namocratic marty would be beaten teB
10 one in West Ttmnessse. The people
of that p0rtion Of the state were looking
Il, this meeting Tonight for some sound
financial policy to be adopted. The
policy at present was TO pay very little
attention to anything outside OF Tennes-
see. Ii required all their skih TO eXtr.-
cate themselves from their present d.
'smula, without paying any attention 10
Washington. They must plant them
selves firmly upon the twenty-cent
clause, calling themselves 'ConservR-
tives,n "DemOC rats or what Jhey
would, or the Radicals would beat them
badly.
As q party, the great question with
them wns either to absorb or to be aO-
sorbed, and he preferred to absorb
most decidedly. II they planted them
6, lives upOn the right State pOlicy-a
10 icy that meant something, policy
ms. led to sOmethi9g regardless OF
parh lines and party lJrOmodons-they
wouIC accomplish some thing. He pre-
ferred to ignore men AMI party, taken
nm pras ent, living issues that involved
tie inter ests Of the people. be would
vote for 10 man who would not vote
strongly q favor Of repuidating that
infa,pal clause in the funding bill
which prov ided for setting apart the
revenue of IL e State TO pay the interest
on fhe bo uded debt, letting the current
expenses q { the State go, Snd if it CAME
TO the test. te lgGs IN faro or TsPJSoia,,
tina the 1rA 9Ie dirty hing be heid
that instead oi oelng S5O, O,Ogu,OJO'' tIe sEe
present and Irrespective debt Of the
State was $40 O,O000 900. Since the ad-
nIiBistratiol, OF the affairs O.. this state
passed olt nf the hands Of BrownloW
into those of Senter aud then Brown
and others, Il e financial oolley pursued
had been a co. npiete failure. AS lOT Me-
l would vote f Y 3rOwnlOw ia preference
to having the 2 re sent admins tfStion OF
State affairs, al this i the sbIlllltsa' lll-.
Of all the peO ole of West 1e ute5see-
He wanted to il n, ~ the fact that mere
was a party OTgal uzation Ia Inc P'0'e
to-day. a.
on motion Of Gts 1eral Clemons, the
paper read by Colonel Colysr was Ie,t1
red to a committee coz slsung OF C9Iohe,
Colysr, G.. W. Stubbleh eld, Colonel BOY
trs and Geo. w. White, Tor purpos %
-amendment, and the co. 'nmlttee ssIeeu
- meet al ilt 4hAAMElI ~- -
,S'ciOca to-day.
On mo. ion of Colonel Co. var II was
decided 10 ask Ex- President johnson
who is now at the Maxweu) to auoIess
The people al the capitol tO-nigh1 l. upon
the financial condition Of TIE state, anu
at the close of his address tD summit L.'e
psper after having been amended by We
committee, for the ratification or reje,'-
ton OF those present al the meeting.
Ex-Presid mt johnson was then walt 4
ed upon IN 0 rder to learn whether or not .
he would ad, iress the people at the time
and Mace an d upon the ject named.
He declined, on the ground that bis ar
rsngements would not permit him to
.,,omply with he request.