Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-16
NO MORE sUBSTDIEs-TOH SCOTT
LAID our.

The New York EgeniHg Post Of Mon
dsy s. aid:
There is great pressure upon Speaker Kerr
10 spPGiut Pacific railroad committee that
ViIl be favorable 10 TIE Texas Pacific bill, and
tGe-e is good ground for believing that one
viii be chosen IN favor OF reporting that bin
20 the house without any recommendation.
This would be a a"compromlss" committeeman
EntisfactoTy 70 both the opponents and the
friends OF the measure. The entire committee
has not yet been made up, but It is knr.rp
that the following members Will be ,,, a..
Lamar, Atkins, Of Tennessee; Pm do =, MI
sour; o'Neill, OF Pennsylvar "A, Tbrg,,rr,or.
ton' OF Texas, and Walker a. Virginia
And the Cineinr all p1an9eycio, an
ucipa'ns thF and looking up Mr.
hsrE's anH or. RsndalI's relation TO the
su'si' I question, found
-rst In 1866 both Kerr and RandaI II voted for
aresoluiiOn declaring that 1t was not expedl-
ent 10 extend aid 10 the Union Pacific rail-
road company or any other corporation. bv
granting subsidies in bonds II the United
states, OF guarantying their liabilities in any
form. In 1863 both o. them voted TOR a resolu-
ton declaring that n further subsidies, either
in bonds OF money, ought 20 be granted by
congress 10 any railway or olher corporation;
and both sooE after voted for another resolu-
lion. declaring that no further grants OF the
public lands ought to be made 10 any railroad
or other corporation. Both Of Them voted
against tie Niagara ship canal bill in 1859
Bo.h Of them n 1870 opposed tEe sutro tunnel
job. Both Of them IN ISL opposed the St
CroiK and Bayfield, railway Job. Both OF them
in ls7l voted against the Texas Pacific land
subsidy, which was passei by the house Of
repre- zeJtatISes in ISL. In February, 1871, Mr..
Kerr made an exhaustive speech against the
AGaushHn claim. Both Kerr and Ran fall
voted sS 7inst the Goat island scheme Ia 1873.
The telegraph yesterday brought US
tbs following confirmation Of the above,
and that Mr. Kerr and Mr.. Randall,
true. to their record and anxious above
ali things for the success OF the Demo-
Gratis party, have set their faces sternly
and steadily against all subsidies and
against third-termism, having in both
ca3es the sympathy sDd support Of the
great majority OF the Republican repre-.
sentstives in congress:
wAsHINGroN, December I5.-The house has
adopted, by a vote OF two hundred z.ea
twenty-th7ee 70 thity-tbree, reso.
luton offered by Mr.. Holman
plsdginE the house against all rail.
road and other Subsidies in U.oney, lands or
eUG1"Ilena-. The house ..dopted. by a sfiII
larger majority, aresolr ton a. eaiust Prestden-
tial third-terms. Tt : vote on the third-term
was two hundred and thirty-two to nineteen.
Ihe house Las agreed TO adjourn over next
AoEday till Tuesday, January 9Th.
TIE question OF subsidies is thus set at
rest let rs hope forever, and the Demo-
cratic party stands before the country
committed to retTelchment, economy
sHd reform. TEe days OF theft, OF plum
der Of the public treasury, OF over.
wheiming taxation, of dishonesty and
trading in Office, are passing away. The
Democratic party, the party of the peo.
pie, la6oring for the people, is pledged
t. honesty in Office and an honest ad
ministration OF public affairs.