Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


zhe sPesr..rshIp,
r,an Vtt C nm ~ -EAL-But q very few
oftha A. pass before the assembling
the ederal congress, at which time
- EXAMINATION Of the house Of repre-
.ntatives will create great public inter-
est. For the first time in nearly twenty
years the Democratic party will have
control Of that body, and 1t Is to be
hoped that our friends there will so use
their power as to advance and strength
en- our show Of success in the Presi-
Dental contest next summer. / have
seen quite a number Of gentlemen sug-
gested for speaker and clerk, nearly any
o! whom would make competent, ac-
ceptable officers, and l wish herewith to
give few reasons in advocacy Of two
parties for those responsible places. 1t
has so happened, amid the whirligigs OF
party movements, that there never has
been S Democratic speaker from any
State west OF Kentucky and Tennessee,
except Mr.. Davis, of Indiana, who filled
that place some thirty years ago. What
more suitable time than the present to
honor the great northwest by calling one
CT her sons to this position? 1t does
seem 10 me that almost every con-
sideratien that can be named COM
bines to cause US to make Hon.
Michael G. Kerr OF Indiana, speaker Of
the house. Personally, no one can deny
his eminent fitness and qualification for
the speakership. To fine natural intel
lect and force OF character, he adds eX-
tsnsive parliamentary experience, and
will fill this arduOus post with credit to
himself and honor to bis party. More
over, bis election will be q deserved
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champion, who has borne our banner
bravely, in adversely as well as prosper
ity, but especially to our friends Of the
great and growing west, a section Of the
Union which has given us nearly one
half our entire strength in the present
house. And, as a matter Of policy alone,
leaving all higher considerations out Of
view, it is my firm belief that the cleo
ton of Mr.. Kerr would be a master
stroke. For clerk, you could not find
more suitable man than Hon. Thomas
Whiteh cad, of Virginia, q member OF
the last hOuse, from the LynchbuTg dis
tTict. Since the organization Of the Con-
sentative party in that State, no man
has worked more jealousy or faithfully
for its success than has Captain White
head. He is man Of strong sense, great
firmuess of character and unimpeachable
integrity, and would, if honOred with
this trust, prove a most vigilant, faith
full officer. AS a member Of congress,
be was ever attentive to the call OF duty
and right. He deserves reward from the
west and south, because of his powerful
attacks upon the enOrmities of the civil
rights bill, as well as his vigorous ex-
posure of the unjust discrimination
practiced by the Radical party in the
matter OF the tobacco and whisky tax
laws-laws which bear especially heavy
upon the people of those sections, aad
which have been both framed and ex-
ecuted in as odious amanner as possible.
His election will also be feeble Tecog-
milton OF the great services which the
Old Dominion has, since the surrender,
rendered to the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
tive party Of the Union, both by precept
and example. 1 do hope, without dis
psragement to any PERSONS merits, that
these gentlemen will be chosen.
DEMOCRAT.
NORTH ALABAMA, July 3, 1915.