Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-06
THE LEGISLATIVE CANVASS.
Maj. Hubbard's Card 90 the County
Convention Delegates

NASHVILLE, Sept. 5, 1S74.-This morn
ing the UNION AND AMERICAN attacks
my speech made on the Public Square on
Thursday night, and expresses its surprise
that man of my information should make
the statements it first imputes to me, and
then refuteS. To reply in detail, never
said that the PenitentiaYy, over and above
the lease, cost the State Sl50,O0O, the Bdl-
Rer'S report to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing. But il is not true, as stated by the
UNION AND AMERICAN, that all the ex-
penseS Of the prison, except -, 700 of sala-
ries, are paid by the lessees. Do the les
sees pay for bringing the cOnviets to the
prison, and their guards attending them2
This must cost vast sum, and there are
other expenses not paid by the lessees.
Nor did / say that the Superintendent of
the Capitol received as a salary 5000.
But / said it cost dollar a day to dis
charge all the duties Of this Office
before the war, and it now costs the State
between 5000 and 8, 900, and l am pre-
pared to prove it. 1 did say that the sala-
ries Of Comfy Superintendents Of Public
Instruction did amount to seventy thou
sand dollars. 1t may be ] was mistaken,
and il is only thirty-three thousand seven
hundred dollars, as stated by the UNION
AND AMERICAN. Then the leak is small
er and easier stopped, and am in favor Of
stOpping-it. | cannot believe that either
the Bonner or UNION AND AMERICAN in
tends TO do me injustice. However, may
say in justice to myself, and without i'm
putting any wrong motive TO the Banner,
that its whole report Of my speech, except,
perhaps, two sentences, made me say what
A 1as1 from, tho inf rr-bar,n ON.
nOunceS me a Candidate for the Senate to
the close of the report.
| am sOrry, too, that the UNION AND
AMERICAN waited till the day Of the Con-
yention to attack me when had no chance
to meet its statements, and correct the er-
rOTs it was led into. Il had a reporter
present, and he did not report me as max
ing any such statements.
But Major James Glover, superintendent
of the Capital, comes at me with deadly
aim, through the Banner. He cannot bear
the idea of losing his office. / am sOrTy
for him, but if L am elected l am bound TO
'1gOr for his Office-can't help it. The peO-
pie say they do not need this Office any
longer, and will dispense with it, whether
1 am their servant to do this work or not.
4 1 expected to arouse the rings everywhere
by my speech, and do not doubt they will
use every effort TO beat me. II is a ques-
tion for the people and their representatives
in this convention to decide whether a man
who boldly places his whole claims for
election to the Legislature upon his POSI-
tive assertion thai he will use every effort
in his power 10 abolish every sinecure IN
the State and stop every unnecessary leak
in the public treasury, is to be beaten by
these rings and sinecures.
If am the choice of the convention, and
the people shall ratify its choice, hereby
declare | will faithfully use every effort TO
redeem every pledge have made l will
abide the decision of the convention.
Respectfully, JOSIAH Il. HUBBARD.