Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-12

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al 70 osa5 odi BUHDHoLuERsnsI s5odf
Q The 2alare6el55o stIiisslo s. morning
it6aHs attention Itgi#p act PaSsedIpy'
the last Legislature foBtheoRe5ief of
the counties Of StgGa M6htgom-
cry, Houston, DieksonasQ healtham,
Humphreys and BeHt9aiia Rqlf q bis.
State. Theact lii question, yegiH
state was mt&6dHts9 Byo 81 4IABgs9thdfFPe Es
. Of thdH dnsaa from N NJ th Y 4 r1aEs ryS{y :,
seemed tostaky uni , pallt9Inq4tte el9gg5 lna5
its passage # eo,nfftffss, questionable
sa and xtB599ofydiiIpF4atgy lp9TeqrI l5R81ftFESesstfa =
in other COUNTIES, aWpdinthiSrespdqt,
is perhaps unconstitutional. 1T
begins with 4 Whereas thatogreat
destitutiom exists m manyseeaaties
wherein the helpless poor are suffer
ing from want andcohfers uponthe
counties named the power to borrow
money at a rate Of interest not to
exceed six per centum, or issue
bonds to an amount not to exceed
$4,000 to each comfy and not to
be sold at less thar eighty cents
on the dollar. for the relief
of the poor within thoSe countihs
1t will be remembered, at least Y
the member from Montgomery and
the Giafks7de delegation of citi.
zens present fa7ering 4habill, that
it was opposed at HfrAy a few
members. who witht fheir OBJ
iections upon an urgent appeal in
behalf Of thdt famine stfiekeR. re-.
giomoaThe reeupeTatEs power o.
those people is something remark
able soqif not ph4noaetaEl;5555 qlArks-
& :. ] "A
Vile has become the hotaged Ph3
headquarters taf high tax ideas III
the State and has eueno been able
to send forth 5alssieaariss-to thC
east aud to Athe atest to conyhfi
from the errorof their ways thbs{
benighted taxpayers who thihiH
that taxes, are about as highVBFRei
can stada hFheal papers are III,
ablest of all the high State crepi
sheets and can say harder thing
about those who fail to agree witt
them. Their orators are tb
sweetest voiced in all Isr4el
In their presence and un4t
the magicaF spell hoioildHthe
oratorya poor man forgetstaxatiPt
toll and want, and mFoluntaiii
tbrusts his hands in his rockets
feel for the money to pay off th
past due interest on the State dob
If there is a dearth of legal tender
in his thih' p6cEetBo&i Ne 4i
feels assured that twill Be pdi,
for MONTGOMERY county Has Said
must and shall M patf!eN II
Dem5cracy Of that couaty'h ned
convention the other day aid b
solved in favor of the prompt ia
ment of the indigestion 4syR4l
debt. Whether there are any H
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linqpent taxpayers in that couh.
we are not advised. II Is lp5ffeasddh
bic, at least, that the people Of th.
county OF have ' So Ear recovered fHo
their late distress that aR6ehefi h
.i- cGiiaa1i' act u relief VIII HUE bRel ask,
" TIE hands 81 the dheSeT Legs
.HeGuOuT8m Haa
i,fi ~ 3dBorT n u TBUtTTd
.a~.s,,A GRAND Tildep and Hendrix
, ratification meeting Yas, held
Washington City on, the eYepipg
the 9th inst. Ten thousand ,
sons were in the procession
twenty thousand in the SOU
where the speaking took place.
salute Of one hundred guns |
b fred in1 Gddoeiot0tliGD stlGP
nominees. Senator Allen G. Th
man, Of Ohio, presided A mum
VI 59sEns .9ystJsdI hog4ann1 iemiesnTo le
Of distingqlsnleeeda g SnI u III !. #
various States were announced
vice presidents. Among the MT
Der II. dliYodaE, ouFReprdht