Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-10

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ate, subsequently chairman OF the State
Democratic executive comnnitlee, atterw ard
az aSplrant Tor congress and two years ago
o candidate IN the Democratic convent on for
governor. He would show Thomas TO be a
Democrat, for whom no Republican could
vel vote, Mr.. Thomas having concluded that
the gurernatoTial chair was going TO amopnt
10 something, and therefore WIS At times ON
the Republican and back again on his own
tDemoeraucl platform. While Mr.. Thomas
was President OF the senate the Legislature r..
pealed the common school lev, and all the
Republican laws for the benefit of the work
ing classes. He enumerated the laws epealed
oy the legislature OF which Thomas was
member, and termed Il the repea ing and gerry
Wandering legislature. Among the Repub-
Ecan laws repea ed by Thomas's legislature
were the exem oil IN law and the com mon car
rier law. He = ad seen the Iabcrer shed tesrs
under the workings OF The Law repealing
tsis is, later spr And 30 great was the
Petitions TO the legislature, and in 1871 an act
was passed eXemptlng thirty dollars and a
homestead. He next referred to the act sell
ing all the railroads estates in which the
State was Interest ed a2d had a lien thereon.
AS the method OF sale was not prsscTi Ied, the
law was passed in favor Of IiDgs. The same
legislature passed a law receiving Tennessee
bonds in payment of taxes, and subsequently
two million doiIars as Paio into tho State
rights. Had thA two millions been paid in
gresphstEs, the State bonds OF Tennessee
you'd ha 2 oeen up, like those of other
Safes, in tsSd OF going for forty-three cents.
other sta es of less resources had their bonds
up to Ell hty and eighty-four cents. Mr.
Thomas voted for the law taking away from
the laborer two hundred and fifty dollars
worth of raw M .terisl or too 4. aIs this man
Thomas frieId Of the labortng classes?" he
asked Thomas also voted for tue law OF
ca 'sed the penitenuary lease law,
claiming that the man who
bring ,eontiets In competition with nest
iahoS, a. not friend of the lsboring men or
masses. The law preventing the emp oyment
OF convicts outside of the penitentlary was
Thomas was member AS some RepEb-
licans are not satisfied that Mr.. Thomas is
d Dsmocrat, he read from that gent -snan's
speech a. Lebanon where Thomas had said,
expect to vnte for Tilden and Hendricks
The sEeaker aSked If the Republicans woult
stultify themselves by voting Tor Thomas?
Memphis, saying thai every vote cast for
YardIey was cast Ior PC rter, the only way TO
defeat the latter being TO vote for Thomas.
The Democrats cast one hundred thousand
votes, and can cast as nigh as one hundred
ten IuousAnd voies. The Republicans, as
shown in the NJ ynard contest, can poll
and Porter divide The former vote, he yard
ley) stood something OF a chance Tor an cleo
ton. The speaker denied that he had ever
be IN Democrat, and, In support of this, he
read several extracts from the Nashville
american and Nashville BuHeJnt Republican,.
He next real the proc tedtngs ~ cCnven ion
held in Humphreys indorslng Thorn IS, bat
reppdtasng %POrter, and saying he did not
represent to e interests of the party or state,
but that of ring as is shown by his letter
to New York parties. He tt en- read an article
from the Memphis Avalanche, of the flfta in
stant. AS regards his own platform he fav-
ored the maintenance of State credit, but
wanted an Inhibition of a high tax by coun-
ties and municipalities He favored The
abolishment of ehanoery courts, thereby saw
tng thlrty-twU Thousand dollars annual and
comforting equity Jurisdiction to circuit courts,
ana requiring the same to open at eight in
the morning aud closs at five o'clock IN tht
afternoon, He favored the WORKING of al
county convicts hroh public roads He fav.
ored the repeal of the ten per cent. interest
Jaw, as high rate OF interest is prejudicisl to
the iaooring asses, and a'so for the repeal OF
the poL-tax provision and the labor contract
law, which he had already alluded to. He did
not think tie elective franchise should Oe
enlightened country. He favored he
exemption of all capital engaeed in
manufacturing for certain Thmber
pnlsory eduCAtionN and believed that when
parents forget their duty 10 educate their chill
dren, it is incumbent upon the State to en-
tighten and make these childTen useful citi
zens. He denied the charge that he opposed
tae Republican platform savoItng the pay
ment of the state debt He would prove by
the committee on resolutions and platforms
was made TO the convention, be yard ey) in
sisted upon clause inserted binding the
Stale to pay the debt aud making the duty
specific. He favored the summoning of Jurors
irrespective of race or color, by sheriffs and
officers OF the county, he favored mixed
can att. nd together. Ii in any dist: let there
are half dozen coiQred children, and the d.
reetors fail to exclude them from the
school, the directors certainly fail to ex
ecute the Intentions of the Ii gislature. While
his Ideas were seemingly in advance, like
alexander, he still had hopes, and the day. he
WOnl0 n fiy-
would be accorded bis rights. IT was an in
suit to the Intelligence G. tI5 cOlored people,
and Repeblicans,:to ssy, as has been charged,
that he (Y YardleyJ was bringing on race N
1icC by running for governor, when, in fact
tour OF tue voters in this party in Zen
nessee are colored. He sa d it rad been sta ed
that he was not running in the interest of the
Republican party. The Ieaker then read the
proceedings of republican meetings in half a
dozen or more counties, indo7sing him as the
Republican Candidate for governor He
thought that, this, ST lecrt, entitled him
(YardleYA to a. -uGh claim upon the Repu Oli-
rem party as General Nancy, just from the
Confederate army, has.
Remarks of Ed Shaw.
The well-known colored politician, Ed
Shaw, was, next called upon and made
speech, in Nhicn he S aid he had listened with
fee Ings of pride and pleasure to what Mr.
I ardley had said. II there has been any fall-
sre responsible for it. They
speak of the reduced vote of the Republican |
party in the south being due TO intimidation. |
One of these little intmidations is the fact |
that " hrneYer a colOred Republican asplr. $ |
for ofnce lie is denounced as being bought |
W Whenever the colored mans aspiration is re- |
duced to the privilege of voting merely, and |
not holding office, then will the colored Re-
publicaus be uIawn from the Re publican |
party. Why, If the Republican party wants |
liberty, progress and enlightenment, does |
l. cry o.n,ds down &, every cOlored man
that he is bought. He was tired of this thing, |
and would plainly say that If Mississippi,
south Carolina, or even louisiana, went Dem |
Ocratic, such would not be the effect OF ku. |
klux only, but caused by prescription OF the |
colored men who aspire o ONCE. He said the |
republican convention did fail to nomin te |
a Republican candidate for governor, belieV. |
ng that the Republicans would support Dor
iey Thomas, who says he is gOiLg to sup |
port the Dem ocratic candidates for congress,
he Presidency aud Vice Presidency. The |
voting of the Republicans for Thomss ,wouid ID |
not break the backbone of Tennessee DeInoc- |
Re cy. He next reviewed the TACT that the ku. |
kluX coDld find no David with his sling in |
Tennessee, except Thomas, VINO several |
yea s ago went to Wash ngton and de. |
aiedt tina there were any kuklux in |
Ten sSee, when a committee of colored citl- |
zens went to the capital and asked for pr0tec- |
Jlop. He did not think any Republican |
could vote for Thomas. He Then defended |
Mr.. Yardley from the charges made that he |
was running in the interests of the Demo- |
,rats and showed that the latter was consis- |
yent in his candidacy, and also true to the |
Republican party. Because he dared say he |
would support MIR. YAIdley, it seemed that he |
would be mobbed on the streets the day after |
ais (Yardley's) nomination. he would vote |
Ior Mr.. Yardley, and support him.
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