Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-16
WHAT He HAS DONE Fur THE
PEOPLE,

Now that the smoke Of the abattle
has cleared away, and the results OF
the c0Df G have been asce;t lined it is
quite natural t4aG the Republican
party in Fem essee shout feel grateful
10 those men who most aided in
achieving our wonderful victories.
While recognizing and approaching
the pre- eminent services OF many
! we'll known 10 US, Of whom we have
| had frequent occasion to speak hereto
| fore, We now desire t. call attention
| more particularly to toe course Of
! Senator Gibson, Of Campbell cOuL t.,
| the Republican elect Igr this diSN
trict. The reading public well remeu1-
Der his report on The printing frauds
ana the Legislators engineered through
by him whereby such frauds are pre-.
vented il the iuture. Senator GIbzOU
also succeeded in gett ng the Jaw so
changed SIS t. let 0ut q cOnside rabl0
portion Of the pnblic printing to the
lowest biddeTs--a Law that has just
saved the people three out OF every
six dollars heretofore paid for print z
the supreme court reports.
Senator Glb5on's speech against he
bill creating the Batter ny RAN Dis
trictn wes published il full OF IL par,
il nearly all Of the RepUb lean papers
in the STATE. Bat the predictions con-
tained il that speech have been &c
literally fulfilled 5hat We have repQb-
lished some eat ats in another
column, t. which VIC invite attention
It W |! be remem bered that when t1al
I speech vas made we Republicans wei {
. deemed in hopeless minority, and the
= Democrats we're b0asliug tat they
4 hni 1E rel ar, / n O.
go arranged the counties as to make
, eUeYY district in Tennessee q Demo
cratic di3trict.D 4 was uDGeI these cir
cunzt.DCes the senator j defiaut speech
was made prs die ing hat this Gerry
: mau4ieEIng bill WOuli eventually bt
= the gailOWs on which Tennessee
f Democracy would have It's n=cE
p broken" and that the Republican
i. woQid carry tue fist tlfea Coz
gressiOnal districts.
Ii addition to all this, Senator Git
= son, III his weil-kn0wn kn 1EV!ii
| speech, gave the taX-payers Of IeuDe5
!: see the Ii ISL fell history Of the g.ga4tit
g swindle ptrpstratei Up)a them ~ Ut
i partial aud pEigat manner WHyToin "a
:, railroad " e-e sole and the n8uj,an.iaT.
r: leased by Democratic ofi3ia:E. Ant
: th8 ef-oc IF that speech Wa fl
u. Throughout the StUte, AID has ] IS
been seen III the par Isl oV-it2roW [
- the Tennessee T8mn=ny. We bop
= tina. the r publicans IN TIE next legis
latnre will thOr0uEhIy eX pose al Vel
tiiate these railroad and penit , tar
}, frauds; amt we Caun0. here cepress
f regret that Senator Gi0spn "i.l mi b
a there t. guide and push The inveetige
ton.
q We know Of or own ku0 ELedg
q that Senat0r Gibson was CONSTANT
Ic busy throughout the canvass. no.
much in making sLce0bes (thOugh il
maize many, both on n2t!oDai an
= State quesiOns) as III cirGU!stng dos
y umeuls and wiring letters aud il Ia
ie name Ct the Rapub lean Ds1ty Of ID
Of State, aud Of tla A0nett tax payer
h without regard to party, We teuder {
the geDst}r or thanks for all bis man
Is efforts in their behalf, and lay t hin
= well done, good al d faithful seTvat
d of the peOpIeW
e In tie last sentences abOye, after Il
r, words "iD;their behalf, &C., G bson liz
fl woe: He has combinded COnfid, n
d with caution, prudence with b0idnea
is and wisdom with energy" bat
G, drew his pen through t4e words quo
le ed, as the manuscript will show, 81
h substituted for it: We'll done, go
te and faithful servant Of the people
le Now, who says Gibson can't "toot /
own horn?" The manuscript is in C
possession, aud any cue WHO knows /
hand writing can tell at glance that
al is genuine,