The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-16
HARRIS GROWING WEARY
Of Seeing His Senatorial Fences Knock
ed Down.
Special to the Louisville Commercial.

jackson and Harris did not come off.
Both Senators arrived from Covington
and both were looking we'll. They re-
tired into the hotel, and then Sena-
tor Harris alone proceeded to the
place of speaking, where about three
hundred had gathered to hear the
discussion. Harris took the stand,
and the cry went round, Where is
Jackson" Harris, without introduce
ton, arose and read the following:
After an experiment of Il week of
joint discussion of the State debt ques.
ton, that being the only question
about which we disagree, we are both
satisfied that such joint discussion
tends to so embitter the issue as to
make it difficult if not impossible to
unite the.party hereafter, and, there
fore, we mutually dgree to have no
more Joint discussions.
IsHAM q. HARRIS.
HOWELL f. JACKSON.
Senator Harris then said that he
alone would FIJI out his list of appoint
ments, and then made his usual
speech on national politics. He said
the contract was by mutual agreement,
and no one had any right to state any
thing beyond that which he read At
this announcement the Sta, ~cred it
hearts sank, believing that the main
champion had deserted the lists and
thrown up the sponge.
Thinking that jackson hadn't made
any such let.down, set to work and
learned the true cause of the break
ing off the discussion from a friend,
who had it from Senator Jackson.
jackson had accepted the challenge
to meet Harris, that was thrown in
his face by the Nashville World; but
before the two had met it was told
that Jackson, by discussion with Har-
ris, was trying to injure his chances
for the Senate. Jackson heard these
reports and wrote to Harris, saying
that if he thought his chances would
be hurt by the discussion, that he
would release him from the engage
ment. Harris, confident of demol-
ishing Jackson at the first meeting,
said, mot at all; come and engage
with me-" The discussion began,
and had been going on just week,
when Harris found he had caught
Tartar where he thought he had
victim to chew up.
jackson had been rubbing and
pushing him to the wall at each en-
counter, and at Dyersburg Thomas
Richardson, Harris nephew, and
friends told him that the discussion
kept up meant defeat for the Senate.
Friends at other places told him the
same thing. Harris realized this him.
self and went to jackson, appealing
to him personally to break off the
joint discussion. The story, as told
by Jackson and related to me is this:
jackson, who had been sick, boarded
the train yesterday at Mason's, where
he met Harris, who told him that he
had hoped that he would continue
sick so that be would quit the cam
vass and not speak against him (Har.
ris). jackson said he had recovered,
and intended to make the canvass to
the end. Then Harris said: Let US talk
as brothers, and took jackson aside,
saying that he could not have accepted
his first offer of release, but that the
discussion ifcontinued, would ruin him
for the Senate. Jackson told him to
put that on paper, but Harris said
that would ruin him, and said there
was no way to do but for jackson
to retire, he having no personal in
terest at stake, and appealed to him
as a brother and friend to do so.
unsupported to Jackson, at Milan,
signed the above agreement, which
was written and presented by Harris.
Jackson was very reticent on the
matter, and intended to say nothing
about it until his State>credit friends
took him to task about deserving the
cause, and then he told Just how
things were.
Considering everything, this is
big victory for Russell, and shows
how the readiusters shun and fear a
discussion of the State debt question,
knowing that the ears Of an intelligent
people are always open 10 facts and
reason. jackson will no doubt con.
tinue in the good work he has begun,
and it may be expected that his list
of appointments will soon be made
out. Harris could net face truth and
| fncts. and has hocked off bY himself