Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-11
Davy CrOkett's County for Frank
Wilson.
whence Cometh Our Candidate =
From Chiokamauga.
But the Ex-COnfederate Cen
gresham Waxeth Noisy.

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where we spent last night. Resuming
our drive this morning, we arrived a
Alamo, distant twenty miles from
Trenton, about an hour since. The
debate will take place in the court.
house at this place, which is the
county seat of Crockett county. The
country people have already arrived
in large numbers, and the contest
promises to be one of interest. Upon
alighting from his carriage, Mr.. Will
son was approached by several of the
leading citizens Of the county, who
assure him of large following. Judge
Wright has also found friends, and
the demeanor of the candidates toward
each other seems to indicate that
the affair of yesterday has been for.
gotten, though the strongest prOba.
bility is that it is only sleeping and
will break out with renewed bitterness,
to. day.
Crockett county will poll only about
three or four hundred votes, and pres
emit indications are that most of then
will be cast for Wilson. The green.
hackers see no earthly chance fol
success and support Wilson almost t.
a man. Mr.. George Hicks, greenbacl
e~lector from Gibson county, approach.
ed your correspondent yesterday and
stated that the greenbackers would
not vote for a losing cause and wOulC
never cast a vote for the high tax
candidate. Mr.. Geo. A. Matthews, o.
Trenton, greenback candidate for con.
gress, said to Mr.. Wilson yesterday il
the presence Of your correspondent
that Wilson could depend on his
warmest support that Edwards hat
no chance and knew that he would
advocate Wilson on the stump.
l telegraphed you some account
yesterday Of the result of the debate
at Trenton, but owing to s%hortness o.
time could not write fully. 1t wa,
apparent an hour before the debat,
took place that the Wright men would
try and yell Wilson down, but they
made a miserable failure, only sue.
ceeding in creating a disturbance. L
was the same crowd that has attended
all the debates SO far, composed o
town people whose bFaggadocio is vel
known.
Judge Wright %purposely miscon.
strues statements made by Mr.. vii.
son, leaves out a sentence where he
pleases or puts in a word where it will
do the most good. He made state.
ments persistently that Mr.. Wilson has
most emphatically denied each time,
with proof, and simply because Mr..
Wilson exposed his plan of argument
yesterday, Judge Wright few into a
tower Of wrath end deported himself
very unbecomingly. The plain truth
Of it is that the latter gentle
man seems to depend on mus
Gle, strong phrases and Smutty
anecdotes to take him through,
while Mr.. Wilson appeals to sound
common sense and careful deliberate
judgement. Yesterday some one
said
Mr.. Wilson, there is some little
dispute in this crowd as to where you
lost your arm would you be good
enough to tell us?"
"Why certainly" was the reply,
81 lost my hand at the battle of Chick.
amauga, fighting for the lost cause,
But | tell you | don't want that fact
to weigh one iota. l came not here
to appeal to your passions, and the
hot blood hat flows through your
southern hearts, but l come to appeal
to Jour judgement as men Of judge
ment and l don't want any vote cast
for me that is called forth by the die.
tates."
Mr.. Wills on in explaining the fee Of
$1,000 which he was paid as a lawyer
to defend the state in a railroad suit.
aid that Judge Wright was a lawyer
on the other side defending the new
lssue, but did not say OF even infer
that Judge Wright was the only law
yer on the other side, but quite the
contrary. Judge Wright in his reply
said he was employed to man-
age a $3.50 suit, aud said he
There's the kind Of a man that
breaches economy when he takes a
fee ofslOOO to defend a $3.50 suit. I,
This is a fair example of the weak
ness Of his argument. Mr.. Wilson
did not introduce a bill to refund the
dog tax when it was decided by the
courts to have been uulawfully col.
lected. Judge Wright makes thi.
psint in every speech, but is conclu-
sively answered by Mr.. Wilson, who
wants to know the philosophy in col.
lecting a tax from the people, pay cost
of collection, just to pay it right back
for that is the only way the state coulC
get the money to pay it back it having
already been disbursed.
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