The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-07-14
i LETTER FR6M SENATOR
JONES.
why he voted for the Dog EaW.

designing dcmagOgueS anu Time
serving office-seekers have directed
; your entire attention 10 but two acts
of the last General Assembly, viz
"1'he dog liiw,5' as it is called, and
TIE election of Hon. Andrew John
son to the United States Senate. By
various artifices your prejudices have
Been worked Upon and your passions
stirred and infamed to such an ex
tent that. until very recently, any
lexplanation would have been use
| less. s ar
I confess that the hue and CRY
against the Dog law has astonish.
ed me; yet knowing that it hah It's
origin with the unthlnktng and noisy
portion Of sur peopie, headed by tbs
cross-road and other small-fry poll
ticians. knew the tempest would be
of short duration. For the people
as mass are honest, just, and gen
erous, and. in the main, their delibe-
rate Judgment is right; and. Though
that deliberate judgment may not
approve the dog law" in all its de-
tails as it How Exists (the Minutes
will show that voted against sim
liar bill because an amendment Of
fered by me to except certain class
of dogs was rejected, yet it is a step
in the right direction and though It
may be amended, it will not be strick-
en- from the statute books by legisla-
tive act. .t -.
All legislation Being compromise,
and realizing the impossibility of
every one getting any law, in all its
details, just as they wanted it, | vo-
ted for the bill as the best | could
get; Notwithstanding the clamori
il. could not get modification Of
the law so as to exempt one dog to
each head of family, | should vote
tgain for the law as it stands rather
thanrthe whole bill should be defea
ted. Why? Because, in the first
place, there are too ttiahS dogs: 20.
I 1t costs too much to keep them. Sd.
They are destructive to valuable
industry, which in its ramifcations
affects all classes, and the poor Sc
riously. l shall discuss this question
but briefly, feeling satisfied that tie
common sense and the sober second
Fth0nght 6four people willappreciate
the motives of the legislature. TIC
!'oS.' WIS ~ e.'coe.',9e " E"au"o'e
a''e'"s'ay - Sssi ~ ~ Us, y. aoa wy
his Agricultural Resources gives the
number Of dogs, the cost of keeping,
or','','' 80 40 'J''e"' - o-ooo,
f o. aGs ~ eilo o''''c' o0i00o oo
sheen killed Inv 1n~s annnailv G0 GOO
Value of sheep that would be
raised but for dogs: ........ q, $50, 600
fohts q WRol factories. 000' w wy wy
A'O'''' 0' A''''oi : -. |-ioOoIoOo
Total. .$s, SAC, ,434
He estimates that it will cost $40
per head to feed a doc a wear. and
That Tie food required to keep a dog
will raise and fatten O. hog. Every
farr1er knows that he can raise two
hoes on what he feeds to his dog.
There are 10000 women and an
equal number of children who can.
not find profitable employment on
the farm. that could be engaged in
f1arnfacinrino If we lad the wonl
here TO instify the erection of the fac.
tories, We have the finest water
power and one of the best sheep
raising countries in the world-that
oonld he ntilizod and nrnnlovmnrt
eivFn "a thonssn,ls Of our moor 30
mon mi and children who are living in
i,llonoss and raos and an i,cnbns ~,
on tbeie, bnsfaoas and fa.harS III
I.,;n@ i5Io baoanso ',,I ns.hs '' lonS a-'d -,
at,al.5;o,, ,hst o,t, rnonls EaAs g.
t,,st ,,,r,st - ss,,;sEd ,,E ,ie,t4oa,;o -.
maIs Uo.s t5e ,,ean.IooI toJ c,,S Tho H.
-ovarances. - yvb;ch tho aac;onts 49,
-. ,I,o;,. I,,,soIoid o,ods :. ,,o.I,;.S.
"a 81 tI,s+ s,stts 49,. .l.,
,.isi. =. .cc,E FSs 1I,s ~. riiIig Poopi
cbiIdran nav staryo aud go naka'j -
tta - y .,.,.s. - ,eatoeto5 I r. !.
..[st,,;,,s ,lat soc'I, a. an o,,d "a na.,te
,S;E sttii,,,rl s,,a en- se.,r,.s .nJ h;orh
Ia ,I,o ,,o(,- 80, .t,Ig ~ r,,,,oIaso
s. ond ~ ,l,;,,l,, cIad ead n 6I';ro..;.S E, r;o
II tl tl,ro,,5yb : tla ,;;rtar-tha daa n,,,a5
l,a nrotae,od aud norm;,tod ta faast |
mon ,nIttap Now, tl,is slstr ofar
rairs bas oEiafad l0l1S gno4igb. ,rhsro
i NO GOOD reason w5v, wooIan Goods
sho,ld not 10 verv near if ~, o,,;to
= choan .s natton Thara Il hnt
9ns fbjng i tha wav The dor r.
NAV rs avi,1o ~ tBg Nav T wa
I,raAe,Iit I'm hat. ,.onfess nv s1n,,.s
thies are with the poor. Others Who
rave Hsen rearsd difForAntIr NAV
srmnathize with the doc. IN IL X
,nestion of taste and breeding for
which ] shall not quarrel with them.
How any man Who paws any tax can
,b;act to fha f1og tax is ,nx,starv 70 |