Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-21
THE CENTENNIAL BUSINESS.

THE CENTENNIAL BUSINESS.
Giers offered resolution in the morn
ing requesting the governor of Tennes-
see to appoint three commissioners to
represent Tennessee at the centennial
show, which comes off at Philadelphia
next summer, and for which our friend
Forney is industriously begging in Eu-
rope, far removed from the influence Of
corrupt rings and Pacific mail enter
prises. Giers is a Prussian, who has made
competency for himself and family
since coming to Nashville, twenty years
ago, in the Photographic business, and
be is very enthusiastic on the SUBJ
ject of immigration. He is an economi-
cal individual, and was taught in early
ends, it being the custom in his count
ing to act upon the adage, "Mony a
mickle makes muckle," aid he groans
in spirit whenever he has occasion to
ride out in the suburbs of Nashville and
sees the acres of valuable land living in
the immediate vicinity of the city, USE
less and unimproved. He thinks that
every foot of this land, which is now q
bill OF expense to the owner, ought to be
utilized in raising mammoth cabbages,
enormous beets and turnips, sweet po-
tatoes foot or SO in length, etc., and his
plan for securing this desiderdtunl is to
bring to our city the class of men and
women who are familiar with this par
ticular class of labor. And he is right.
He is one of the most pushing, enter
prising citizens of Nashville, and if our
State had a hundred thousand OF his
countrymen just like him she would be
better off.
TO ENCOURAGE CAPITALISTS.
Among the bills introduced in the
house to-day was one by Gardenhire,
exemptiDg from taxation for ten years
the improvements made IN this State by
certain English company, known as
"the southern States coal, iron and land
company, limited" This is a move in
the right direction, and inducements OF
this character held out to men of enter
prise and capital will result in bringing
to our State thousands Of dJllars, to be
permanently invested, which would
otherwise seek other localities. Money,
money, money is what we want, and
money we must have here or we are
ruined. Kansas City, Missouri, passed
an ordinance OF this character dozen
years ago, and the result is she has be-
come the manufacturing center of that
section of country, and has grown in
that length of time from a country ham,
let to city Of fifty thousand souls, with
as many newspapers as there are in
Nashville and Memphis combined.
THE LOCAL OPTION BILL
being the special order in the house for
eleven o'clock in the morning, was
taken up, and speech in its favor of
nearly two hours length made by Judge
Gardenhire, who is the champion par
excellence Of the measure. The COM
mittee on tippling and tipplinghouses,
to whom the bill had been referred, re-
ported in favor of its rejection, the vote
in the committee standing three in IA
vor OF the bill and four against it. On
taking the floor, Gardenhire said the
friends Of the measure propose five
propositions. Here his brother repre-
sentatives settled themselves for long
speech, and the gentleman from White
continued:
"wE PROPOSE To PROVE:
First-That an ordinance interdict-
ing the sale OF spurious, vinous
or malt liquors i5 mere police regula-
ton, and the act of a corporation or
district, establishing such ordinances, is
not the exercise OF a legislative func-
ton.
Second-It being mere Toiice regU-
latiOn, the legislature has full power and
authority 70 authorize corporations to
prohibit the sale of Intoxicating drinks.
Third-The legislature may annihilate
the trade in spirits. 1t may also consent
TO the sale, either directly, or through
such agents as may be designated for
that purpose. The giving of that is not
the exefcise of the iegislatgrei it is a
mere act Of sovereignty.
Fcurth-That Parker as. the COM
monwealth, 9th Penna. reports, 507 and
Rice yS. Foster, 4th Harrington's Dele
ware reports, 476, mentioned and COM
mented pPon in Governor Browns veto
message are not in point, in any paT-
ticulaf whatever, and have No sort of
application to the question we now con-
slider.
Fiith-That the local option law is OF
great and vital interest to the State in
an economical point Of view, as well as
socially and morally.
Upon this foundation Judge Garden
hire built an OratOricA and rhetorical
Fabric which consumed two hours in its
construction, securing the passage of the
bill oil second reading, Notwithstanding
the adverse report OF the committee to
WhCm it had been referred.
THE HEQoEVENTIoNALINT INTEREST QUESTION
is now one OF the most absorbing topics
Of conversation here. In the senate to-
day an adverse report from the commit
tee on commerce, to whom the senate
bill providing for a repeal Of the law al
loving a convention rate OIL interest
had neen referred, was received, and the
bill was made the special order for next
Saturday. In the house 8 similar bill
passed second reading by vote Of AZ
to 49, and was made the special order
for Thursday. 1t will be a sad day for
our people = the graugers of this State
succeed in securing the final passage of
a measure so suicidal in its effects, as
will be the repeal Of law which allows
q man to pay ten per cent. for money il
he sees fit to do go.
Speaking Of an effort to resurrect Glib
sons sixty, Observation-Disclosures
ing bill, the Nashville Uni0H and
american says that the bill is simply
tia highway house to reputation, and
the house is nGS ready, in our opinion,
TO venture even that far on the roaG to
financial destruction.
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