The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-01
SENATOR HARRIS AT MUIR
FREESBORO.


A Powerful Arrangement of the
Republican Party.
Senator Harris addressed an inn
mense audience of Rutherford
county people mt Murfreesboro on
last Thursday He was eloquently
| introduced by Hon. Jas. I'D. Richard
SON. Senator Harris, says CORES
pondent of the World, on taking
the stand, returned his sincere
thanks for the manner in which he
had been received by the good peo-
pie of Rutherford. He commenced
his argument by first arraigning the
Republican party in upholding and
fostering the gigantic monied cor
porations which had come into ex-
istenee with the advent of that party
in the control of national affairs.
His mastery and convincing ar
raignment of the maladministra-
tons of the Republican party was
terrific and held the close and re-
spectful attention of his hearers.
He stated that unless there was q
halt made, that at no distant day
the entire control of national and
State governments would be con-
trolled BY these monster corpora
tons.
He next took up the tariff, and in
a clear and succinct manner showed
that the party in power was work
ing in the interest of the capitalists
of the country and against the great
mass of the people. He spoke OF
the Hubbell committee as one OF
corruption, and by virtue of its
assessments on the Office holders OF
the country, it was simply a huge
machine by which elections in all
parts of the country were carried,
and the voice of the people was
stifed. In a mastery manner he
compared the taxation of the general
government in the matter of the
high protective tariff and the in
ternal revenue taxes, and conclu-
sively showed that this was where
the people were being ground down
between the upper and neither mill
stones.
He hurriedly passed on to the con-
sideration of the State debt and
proved conclusively.to his hearers
that on the Bate platform the people
would have to pay one and halt
millions, and on the Hawkins and
Russell platform two and half mil
lions annually, and that in the
aggregate a saving OF S15,OOO,O0O
would be saved to the tax payers OF
Tennessee by electing Bate and a
Legislature on his platform. He
rapidly but sucsinctly reviewed to
the satisfaction of his hearers the
platforms of the State Democratic
conventions from 1877 to 1882, in
Guiding his letter to Gov. Porter in
regard to 60-6, and every one who
heard his explanation fully agree
that the old war horse has never
changed an iota, but his views had
simply followed the bondholders
down to 50-4. He also reviewed
his personal actions when in atten-
dance at the State conventions, and
satisfied his audience that his only
aim and grandest wish of his life
was to see the grand old party once
more united. This portion of his
speech was received with the wild
est enthusiasm-he had always and
on all occasions appealed to both
wings of the party to compromise
their differences within the party
and present solid front to the COM
mon foe in 1873 and 1880. Judge
Bailey urged the same policy. He
further said that when the Supreme
Court pronounced the 1908 act un-
constitutional, the bondholders again
realized the fact that the people had
equities, and when Alvin Hawkins
and his party saw that the pulsa-
tons of the grand old Democratic
party began to beat in unison he
rushed off to New York City to see
if he and his allies could not con-
coct some plan to divide our party,
hence the 6O-3A-5-6 act. He said
that when that actwas passed by the
those who voted for it
knew that an overwhelming ma
jority of the people were opposed to
it, He spoke Of the June conven-
ton as the largest and most repre-
convention that ever assem-
bled i'm Tennessee, and in that body |
the people had spoken in thunder
tones that they would control this
debt question. He urged all Demo-
Gratis to vote for the regular ticket,
from Bate down, and not throw
away their strength on side-shows.
He predicted that Bate would get
more votes than the allies all COM
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