Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-12

| Mr.. TEomss says:
But you win ear II said that it is not ou
| state taxes that be ir 50 heavily up N US
| Nov, Our state tax l. entirely under our con
troll, while the Federal Is not; besides, that Of
! the Statei IS direct and has To be paid. or you
| property viii be sold. The Federal tax Is pOI
| sIticl OF luxury, and II you do not boy then
YOU do not pay IL. Hence, this latter can bt
| avoided, while the state tax cannot be avoid
| ed. and has to be paid whether you have the
money or not.
Does ne call lion, sugar, W o en- and cottOr
| goods, Olankt Is and shoes luXuries? Tennes
| see pays directly u the government upon
these six articles of iron, Sc ell, sugar, leather
wooden and cotton goods, two mi lion nin(
hundred and seventy hve thousand nine hun
dred and ninety-nine dollars per snnum
Tennessee pays TO American manufaesuI srs
in the enhanced price of ther fabrics eaus ed
by the tariff on woolen goods cotton good.
and iron, four million eight hundred aud
fOrty-SeVen thousand four hundred and eight
dol ars, making in all, seven million elm;
hundred and forty seven thousand four hum
dred and eight doll irs. Thee are what MI
Thomas calls luxuries, which the people. he
Aays, m ~ refrain from buying, ana thereby
avoid the Federal tax In the year 1915 the
revenues arising from customs alone was one
hundred and eigdty-eIght milIien twenty
nine thousand i've hundred and twentv-tTo
COLLAR, or more than three times all the ex-
Pens5s ol Fn5 FEDERAL government in 1850. Mr..
rnomas says the state tex is under our con.
trDl and the Federal tax is no. How Is this =
Do 10 not asst in eleeung congress and a
PresiENat who have this matter hinder CON
trol? We pc, with a Democratic President
and a Democratic congress, to reduce the
tariff and thus afford real relief to the peoDle
compares WIN Whleh hr. fhomas's twenty
cent lax Is as mo chill to a mountain. Mr..
Thomas, perhaps means th at whisky and
tobsccO are luXuri S, VITA the use of which
the people msy di pense and thereby escape
Federal taxation. { he Will become a tenn
pera' ce reformes and induce the people TO
quit the use of EhaJ he Hosy esoslder fuxu-
rie5, whisky and tobacco, they might save
enough in one year TO pay their whole state
taxes Ior two years. But others may differ
with him and consider whisky and tobacco
tiOm their common and general use arti cIey of
think the people of Tennessee consider the
Federal tax on whisky and tobacco a great
hardship and injustice, However il may be
with these articles, all must admit that iron,
sugar, wooden and cotton goods, blankets a 1d
shoes, are articles of prime necessity. The
Federal t8S comes upon the poor man out OF
shoes, a blanket, some wooden ClOthing, or 81
dose of quinine, he pays heavy aX,wheIher
ne mas any property or not, while the state
tax is only on men who own property, and
then very light, when compared with this
'errlble Federal tax, which Is eating up Cur
substance and destroying our prosperity.
Ihis, combined with the financial policy of
the Cover nment, is the real cause of our pecu-
mary troubles, and for this Mr. Thomas, in his
address, tries 10 apologize. 1t is sOmetms S
said that tne Wings advocated a protective
tariff but they advocated no such tariff as we
now uavA. Mr.. Cay sal again he was for
protection to American industry in the in.
fancy OF our manufactures, ami no longer
Here is a table showing the difference between
the Republican tariff and the tariffs before the
war.
Articles. 1898. 1872 1870
steel bars S3e 81 40 s. 36
Sait.......... per br;sh., 1Oc. q per CT. Il Gus
Blankets. 35 per cent. 2j per ct. 40 per ct.
Flannels... 4Og45 pr cent. 80 per Ct 7Og75 pr ct.
d. goods. Apr cent. 50 per ct. 7Og75 pr Ct.
& cloth, Is pr cent. Free. IgSpr ct.
This Is fair specimen, and shows such
enormous burdens imposed by this tariff upon
the farmers and labOrIng men. Mr.. Clay In
1882, introduced and succeeded IN securing the
passage OF bill 10 modify and reduce the
high as the tariff of 1870. This question is un =
der the control Of tue people, anu is one OF the
great issues in this canvass. The Federal
questions are OF more importance al this time
than any mere state questions and therefore
IL Is highly neceSs try that there should be
union and harmony in our ranks, that We
may elect two United States senators. You
ometimes hear 1t said that the Republican
p tTty resembles the old W mig party, or is its
successor. How monsJrous the assertion. The
Wing party was composed OF men of high in
llects and lofty principles, OF pure charaC-
Jsr and Loble purposes. The Wing party OBJ
J. cted to MIR. Van Buren because OF
the ALE ged extravaganza of his ad-
minislratiOn, and yet Van Buren spent not
Ols-iOurth as much In one year as Grant did =,
leaving out the interest on the public de bt
aud pensions. The Wings condemned Van
Baren for what was said 10 be corruption of
the administration, and yet Van Buren's ad-
ministiation was purity itself, compared vii b
Grants, which Carl Schurz ami george
William Curtis two of the most prominent
supporters OF Hay e., say is Toeking with cor
rupti4n. The Wings denounced Van Buren,
Tor attempting, as tney said, to establish "A
miiita,y tespStisIn by Ineaus of his NIL tig
pill; but wlat as that compared with secre-
tary 1aiCs order T. control elections IN tue
south BY ball and bayOnet, an order which, il
III ad been Issued by British IN mister, il it
had not cost nim bis head, would have lie to
his impe SoAmeLt and removal from office,
add which If the queen had sustained
WOGid nave endangered the throne. what!
t,riIjencisn aGd Ben, 10 :, paStV St,no.s rsnT.'
knap. As Hamlet said TO ms mother, "LO k
on this pictore and then on tuGt." The
perrin TO satyr'' For MIR. Thomas 1
nave high personal esteem, ana the
most kind feelings. l regret Lis present
position and hope that he may yet abandon a
hopeless race aud unite with the Democratic
party IN the support of all its candidates. 1t
l. no personnel race, but a matter of impor-
tance, that we should elect Democratic sena
tors, and must say TO him that at thi, time
an Independent is doing us more injury than
an open Republican. By all means let him
returO ana vote and act with US against those
who are encouraging extTavagances ana pro-
dUcing financial disaster.
THOMAS'5 SPEECH.
Colonel Thomas replied to Major Sykes in a
rambling speech of two hours, He said tha [
II v dS u u- lie llGU DSen q candidate fTeQuently
since the W.r, but never without being sOlic-
lted. IN 1865 he was elected without his sol c.
Itation; in 1867 he had Tuu for congress at the
peril OF his life, at the request of the COnserva-
tiyes; in lo67 ne was elected without being q
candidate. He had run for a nomin a alton for
congress and been defeated in a primary cleo
ZION, and in loI4 he had, at the earnest solicit
tatiOD of friends, agreed to be candidate for
The DemOcTa &c nom nation for governor, and
when defeated he had quietly acqui.
esced; tnat he was now candidate
nd ,pf
de irous of office, but preferred the
quiet happiness OF private lie. He said ne
nad Endorsed the Democratic platform Of
1874, but mad since changed his mind, owing
10 the changed condition of the coun ry. He
had voted Tor an eighty cents tax, aud for a
resolution pledging the entire available re-
venues and resources of the state to pay her
debt, princi pai and interest, but he did so be-
cause we were threatened with reconstruc-
ton. He did deny The statement made by
Major sykes On the authority OF his "old
neigabOr," that no bonds We're illegally is
nued, bnJ perhaps he made that statement
through fear of reconstruction. He said that
such articles as iron, WoOlen goods, cotton
goods, sugar and blankets might be dispensed
with IL people did not wish 10 buy hem, and
in that way they could avoid the Federal
tax; as o whisky and tobacco, he said they
were luXuries, and pt Opte were not bound TO
buy them. The state tax was on property,
and had to be paid, wh=Lher mao boug t
anything or not, If 1t took his last COW. He
was terribly opposed to the funding bill,
which he said Governor Porter favored. The
COuDOGS, ne S&iu, SOOulu nOL nave Deeu pAlu,
but The mo9ey should baye been used in buy.
ing bonds at tOeir market rates. To be a
great refOrmer a man must be independent.
Party organizations were managed by the
money rings, and, therefore, he was
AN Independent candidate. He said Yard ey
was Governor PorteIs assistant, and was
hired, a. it vas said, 10 be a candidate. He
never once alluded to the point made by Ma
Jor sykes that he was warmly supported, If
not brought ont, by Barbour Lewis, T. A.
Hamilton, A. a. Freeman, and other West
TGnnE ip9ng diGnFgQniun ha
Democratic party, whether he was a part. to
It or not He said he was opposed TO the dog
law which Porter signed Funding, he SAID,
had made slaves OF the English people, and
would make slaves of Us If continued. To
show that he was no TepudistOr, he SAID he
was willing TO pay double his amouut OF the
debt in land al its pi essnt assessed value, but
owing to the contraction OF the currency we
could not get money but If they would take
land at its assessed value he was willing to
pay double tDe amount of the tax. He said
he had done great deal for the people of
Ten nessee in time of trouble, and his sym pa
thies were with the laboring people. He
would do nothing TO tarnish the air fame OF
the State, which was as dear to him as TO any
other man. He was f + reducing salsries and
curtailing expenses. If he did net get their
votes he hoped TO have their good i'll.
Losses by the Fire at Toledo.
TOLEDO, October 1l.-Fhe amount OF
Iumbe destroyed by the fire in the yards OF
the Mitchell d Rowland lumber company,
the loss viii be over one hundred thOusand d
dollars, with eighty thousand dollars insur-
ancs, distributed a. follows: Franklin, OF
Philadelphia, 5000; Queen, Liverpool and