Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-21
How a Majority Of the Members or the
Next Legislature Stand Upon the
Question OF Payne Mt of the
State Debt.
Most Of them Low Tax Ken, or In Favor
Il Compromise Below the Sixty
Cent Basis offered Last Year
by the BOndhOiders.


ment Of the State debt upon an equitable and lust
paSisi anu paylnS the tondholdsts 90 mr2h only rs
IS I'shtfuly dfe them. as low tax
An5wers.
HUNTSVILLE, November I4-The following arc
the members elect to the next general assembly as
far as have been able TO hear; Sumner, Trousdale
Macon, Smith, Clay and INSTRUMENTATION, S. +.
Wilson, OF Sumner count; postofice Gallat,n
low tax. Macon Clay and Jackson-I. L. R0ark, OF
roadse a6d D. 1nGew TroG
tale county, postofiice HaTtsyie; low tax, Smith
fSunty.HI b ,Hsyney made the canvass on the
tionlst.
N BIAS to my position upon the State debt ques-
ton, OF course you are acquainted. l fought,
through the columns of the Banner, the bonohold.
ers proposition prior 70 and duIipg the extraordin
Hte.', whtrh culrDated iii the nomination OF Hor-
ecs Greeley, against nearly the entire press of the
tai funding bill, in kind like the funding bills Of
1865 49, an adjustment or the debt upon ar hon
orable basis, ana vas denounced as repudiation-
list; although l cited the action OF Eng and when
her people were unable to payl under the reign of
her Edwards, Henys, CromRtll and charles f.. al d
OF every nation of note the earth In support of
compromise; also Virginia and Massachusetts, after
the revolution; But do not intend this as a com
municdtion. You know how l stand on the debt.
Bat there is something else 1 desire, above all
things and that IS Il smash the Nashville ring and
its O'COnnors The people must know the frauds
that have been perpetrated against them. A ring
tried 10 beat me, but smashed It.
elect. :. +. Wilson, low tan Representative. j. A.
DINING, no tax J, D. Andrews fioater from TIous-
dale, wilson, etc, low tax.
SMITHYILLE, November 14.-Colonel John n.
Savage was elected TO the State senate from this
atorial district 1t is needless for me to say to You
that he is low tau man according to your definition
OF the term. John d. Andrews is foater 10 repre-
not OILY lOwtaX, but TepudiatiOnfst If his spec h
at this place is an index to his sentiments. These
are all the legislators DeKalb had direct vote for.
John L. Lowry, of Warren, is about as Savage is
DLvld SnodgTdsS. OF White and Putnam, Is what you
would style high-tax man. He was in favor of ac-
ffnr Dnri Tho
canvass, however, the matter was not dis;
cussed by him or his opponent. He stood
upon the platform" to use MS own words.
LAWRENCEBUBG, November Nv. ]. Buchan-
an Is elected representative in the counties Of Law
rence and Wayne. He is low-tax man, favOrng a
thirty-five per cent. compromise.
LEWI5BURG, November 15.-Richard Warner,
representative OF Marshall, is a low tax man.
CAMDEN, November II Colonel W. P. Norris Is
the senator elect from this (eghteenth) district j.
the counties OF Benton and Hum hreys. Both claim
TO stand squarely upon the Democratic platform of
August 10, 1878.
FRANKLIN, November 14-Thos. E. Haynes was
elected repres entative from Wilson county, and H.
F. fowlkes hoater, and J. n; Grove senator from
resentative from Mau y. According to your deini-
ton of high andow tax, tenths Of the people Of
FRANKLIN. November I4.-Senator John NJ
Grove from Williamson and Iaury low tax Rep
RspTeseniye f. r FOXES, fioater from Williamson son
aud MaurS low tax. Representative Thos. E.
IURfRE Rec n November a2T srA 14-John Lytle
from rutherford, is a low tax man.
FRANKLIN, Noyern6er 14.-John Bellarant, rep
resi- ntatlve from Maury, is low x man.
SHkLBYVILLE, November 14.-Our senator,
Major A. L Lands, Is considered low tax man,
general assembly. Our representative, Thos. j.
oglYl4, is understood TO be a 10" tax man. B. f.
Alexander, our fOater for Bedford and Rutherford
counties, Is a low tax man.
HUMBOLDT, November 14-Senator from Glib
son and Carroll, l. NJ Beckerdite, OF Carroll; rep.
IesenIatve from Gibson, H. C. Burnett; fiOater from
Glib on, Carroll Henry and Weakly. j. r. Wilson, of
Carroll. all of whom were elected upon the plat
form adopted at Nashville, and wall favor submit
ting to the people any proposition to settle the State
debt offered by the creditors. If the creditors make
no Toposlt1on they will favor tax only sufficient
RIPLEY, November 15.-Dr John j. Heston is
the representative elect from this county He was
the regular Democratic nominee. He is low tax
but favors a fair and equitable adjustment or the
debt c. C. N IS, OF Dyersburg, was elected senator
of the counties Of Lauderdsle, Haywood, Dyer and
Crockett. BE ran as the National Greenback candi-
MMINNVILLE, November AT, C. Wright IRE
publiean) fioater, Overton, FentCess and MOrg n
h1gh-tax- X. X. Bird. senator fifth dist1ct-bigh
BOLIVAR, November IA. A. Manson reelected
TO the house-ow tax; c. II. Anderson to the senate,
believed TO be low tax; II. c. Anderson, of Madison
nolteTi don't KNEW his views on State debt Our
people are low tax.
KINGSTON, November II. The representative
elect from Tits tRoane county Is W. c. Shelby, Re-
publican. Hs is high tax or for the credit of The
state.
JONESBoRo, November 1 3-In re2ly to inclossd
card would state: Representatives. elet-Johnson
Washington and UnicoI, b. S. Mahoney, Republican,
high tax; Sullivan, N Gregg, Democrat. low tax;
Greene, W. S: MGaughey, Democrat don't know,
mixed. Senator First district Jonn K. Miller, Re-
publican, high tax. Senator Second district, Henry
Patton, Democrat, don't know. The above answers
your INQUIRIES so lar as We know.
GAINESVILLE, November 10 Oar senator is n.
Brandon During the canvass he advocated Low tax.
canvass he advocated low TAX and can be safely set
down on that side
Tor Lincoln proper, which embraces Lincoln and
part OF Moore, L. ID. Sugg, decidedly low tax; Frank
I'm, John h Beasley decidedly low tax; maTshail,
Richard Warner, low tax h2ater for Giles and Lin
cola, Dr. Harw5ll views not definitely known; sena-
tor for franklin, Lincoln and Marshall Thirteenth
oistrct W. p FOLEY decidedly low tax; elected by
six hundred a fourteen majority.
MANCHESTER, November 13.-J. II. L. Duncan
Is our representative from Cannon and Coffee lie is
emphatically low-tax man, winning his race on
about the same platform as Savage. OF others ad-
Joining, have no means of knowing not possessed
by There but few high-tax advocates in this
section. according to your classification.
SWEETWATER, November 1.-THE senator from
this district-Ihe sixth-R. 81. Smith. Democrat, Of
MeigS county. faYors fair and equitable adjustment
Of the State debt probably what you term IoT-taX
man. W. ID. Samples, Democrat, OF Monroe, repre-
sentng Monroe and LOudon counties, is also what
you term low-tax man: d. n. Browder, Democrat,
equitable adjustment of the debt between the State
ana ana her creditors. Am not personally acquainted
TRENTON, November ID. NJ. Beckerdite,
senator from Carroll and Gibson; H. c. Burnett,
Gardner, representative OF Weakly county low tax;
L. l.. Hawkins, Republican representative OF Carroll
county; F. Wilson, foater Of Carroll county; j. p
Oston, Republican representative of Haywood
county.
from Giles, Lawrence, Wayne and Lewis; foater
from Giles and Lincoln, Dr.. T. B. HarwelI; repre-
John {. LeSteT-all stand on DemSc:atic
and may be ciassed as low tax.
MEMPHIS, November 1.-THE following are the
from Shelby COUNTY ~ yn csp6 sSd 4 ana66
senator B. C. BIedsoe; fiosterial represent
county, q. L. BrnkIey, James Roosa. John League
]. Smith, j. Harvey Hatnes, and H. B. Ramsey.
All the representatives, think, low tax-possi-
bly, one or two mild exceptions.
ERIN November I4.-G. W. m'Qlary, Of Cheat
Cheatham and Dickson counties, and V f. BIbb, OF
Hickman county is senator from this tSeventh) SEN
atoIial district Botn are Democrats, ard favor the
or the State debt the st terms which
can be obtained from the bOndholdeTs.
DRESDEN, November 14-Hon. John A. Gardner
is the representative from Weakley county. His po-
son in reference to the State debt Is that we non
est'y owe IL ana II able ought 10 pay 1t; but
Tot able to pay more than thirty cents on the dollar
under the present depressed condition of things He
is giant intellectually. and will b, valuable man
In the iesisiature Thomas r. Shearon, OF ObiOn,
CHATTANOOGA, November lin response to
your postacard inquiry will state as nearly as pos
sbe the status or TepTesentatveS-elect In this Vi
ciniy: Hamilton H. NJ. Wiltse Republican, State
credit Cunbel land, Rhea, Megs and James-S. Z,
Cunningham. Democrat. Low tax. Grundy, Marion,
Sequatcnie. Hamilton, Van Buren,, and Bledsoe-
Harmon York, low tax. seventh senatorial dis
H. veal l(culOCIdl, low bradley
and Polk-W. Lswsry, Democrat. Sixth senatorial
district-R. Il. Smith, Democrat, low tax. This IS
only my opinion, formed from the public utter
ancss and writings of the gentlemen. Those not
commented upon have taken 10 special Position, to
my knowledge
RHEA SPKINGS, November l5.-In reply to your
received tonight would say that Colonel
John r Neal, our ieect Seventh DISTRICT is
a low tax man. sent Il representative to see him
70 night and after answering the question oirectly
in the affirmative, our representative read your card
to him anC he replied that his position was low
tax but he tNeall would not have said ANYTHING
II ne mad known what vas wanted He i5 I. GOOD
man and can he relied upon. :. E. CunnInghan
hoater Tor hhea, Cumberland, Meigs and James
elect, Il pledged 10 low tax, and Is very low,
LOUDON November 16.-We give you an accurate
report, sofar as necessary, from this and adjoining
counties W. b. Sample was elected joint represent.