Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-09
TEE SHAN ~ Ess CONDUCT
or the Kepud aJInE and OBTAINING Ring
or the Tennessee Legislature in
PubIIshiDg their Star-Cham-
Der Testimony IN Viola
IiOn OF aB Agreement.

knoxville Tribune: in accordance with
cur determination to give cur readers all pos
sble information on the State debt question,
we publish this morning on our second page
q part Of the evidence taken by the commit
tee TO investigate the validity of the debt.
The report made by the committee, and
which has already been published, Is chiefly
based upon the evidence published this
morning. It must be borne in mind that
this portion of the testimony Is only small
part OF that taken by the committee. The
mluOrlt, Of the committee have not yet re-
ported. aud are still working on this testl-
mouy. BY some means the Nashville Banner
came into POSSESSION of the testimony pub
ished this mo ming, and fastened, against
the positive protest Of the minority, to give
IL TO the world The design had IN view is
obvious. This portion OF the testimony Is
the most serious and probably the only part
OF material interest The testimony Is
published in direct violation Of the under
standing between the committee ard the
newspapers of Nashville in ord.r 2" Z etalI
the action Of the minority, ard O. b up
The Reputation sentiment 90 10. the
Banner is the chief exponent. % g.. ,stl-
mouy itself, at this time we nave Lo... z to
say. No correct or reliable oalrioa c.a be
arrived at from the consideration Of evidence
selected by parties representing che s.Ie OF
question and determined to secure { view
of it, in the face of positive and ve ler-
stood arrangements made vita &c. her
party While we. N common Win nose
who favor the preservation OF State honor
and State credit, have no desire to conceal
any fact IN connection with this question, we
are Just az averse to the presentation of
garbled, nesided evidence, offered for the
purpose of sustaining a particular view, and
without permitting the other side of the
question to be presented. The majority of
the committee rushed into the legislature
with its report without according to the mi
Monty the usual courtesy Of presenting a
report at the time OF the presentation OF their
own. Following the example of the MAORI
ty, whose views on ibis question 1t Indorses,
the Banner rushes into print the most serl-
Gus portion Of the evidence and the portion,
as it no doubt thinks, best calculated to I'M
settle public opinion and foster the repudia-
tiol sentiment. 1t will be impossible to ar
rive at any definite conclusion upon the ques-
ton until the whole of the testimony and the
report OF the minority 1f the com mittee are
made public We will continue the publica
ton of the testimony as soon as It Is given
to the press by the committee. In the mean
time public opinion should be held in abey
ance. The report of the minority may clear
up much that has been obscured by the ma
jority report; at any rate it will present the
other side of the question, and both parties
are entitled to an impartial hearing. When
both reports, accompanied by the entire tes
timony are in, we will review it at length,
and from the mass OF the testimony will en-
deavor to extract the salient points and draw
our deductions"