Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
NASHVILLE NEWS.
A Business Lsgislature-Will Set.
tie the Debt.
Hosts OF Candidates for All
Omees In Sight.
NashyllIe cor. Courlsr.Journ,l.

eAS A4oob SOh PiMSutalJ ludJOElty ever
cast since the war; Hon. John j. Yer.
trees, Chairman Of the State Execu.
tive Committee; Colonel Josiah PAT
terson, w. G. Huston, j. Head Till.
man, in fact every prominent Democrat
in or out Of the General Assembly
remains, as during the recent canvass
of one mind; That the settlement
rendered by the Bate platform win be
crystallized early in the session. The
dollar for dollar Of the State debt
proper, and so Of the railroad debt
will be honestly and scrupuIously
rendered. Ald the bondholders will.
as General Bate proclaimed during
the late canvass, come promptly
TO the amount profeEed And
hereafter there will be no
more chasms between high tax and
low tax Democrats in Tennessee to be
brldged over. They will, the debt
question being settled, march all one
gay, while the monopoly supporting
Radical party must take a back seat
for years TO come, if not forever. The
election of General Bate means bust
ness; the present General Assembly
will attend to and settle the business
Tor when the Democrats of The 0ld
Volunteer State speak as they spoke
on the Tth Of November they mean
something
The most interesting contest Of the
session Qame of 10 day in the Senate.
Master Robert Williams, the fourteen
year old grandson OF the late vii
loughby Williams, and Of General Sam
Morgan, was the successful candidate.
BY small majority, for Assistant
Sergeant at Arms. Opposed 10 the
fortunate candidate was Mas
ter Ellie McLin, son Of j. d
McLin, editor ofthe Trenton Courier
Young Williams defeated his youthful
competitor by small vote, and wsa so
overcome after the hard struggle that
his emotions quite prOstrated him.
Little Ellie, also wrought up to the
highest nervous tension in the first
serious business OF his life, congratu-
lated his successful competitor, but in
doing SO, he, too, lifted up his voice
and wept Even grave Senators were
moved to tears by the spectacle. With
such spring showers 90 this the politi
cal pathway is not entirely hard, un.
welcome route to travel.
Jack Thomas has been all day
trying to explain away, as a guotation
from Confpcius, q line in one OF the
paragraphs his lndisciplined au-
gers set UP" last night while
working at the case. Some ofthe type
we're bottom end up, others turned
round backward, while he Glled up
one abort space by placing several OF
the characters lying down lengthwise.
Il pleases Jack to speak in an un-
known tongue. ~.
Ethel Barksdale Wsds, Of Auther-
ford epnlty, received the largest vote
Of any candidate ballotted for yester-
day, For Chief Clerk Of the House
he had sixty eight votes; twenty more
then necessary to a choice. And he
richly merits the honor, for bis Dem
ocracy has never klowH yarisblensss
nor. shadQV OF turning Eth. is a
nephew and namesakc OF Hon. Ethel
Barksdale, Congressman elect OF the
Seventh Mississippi district, and Of
General w. Barksdale, OF the famous
Mississippi brigade, WAC was killed at
sh9rpsbqrg His last words, as he
fell, were: II am happy to die in de-
fense Of the liberties Of nay country
An unusual number Of talented
editors have reached back their hangs
and come to the front ag candidates.
Among the number are Major Geo. Q.
Hunt, Of the Nashville World; John
R. Sloan, of the Weekly Cali, both
for Controller, and j. w, Wallace. Of
the Knoxville Uhropiala, far Ohief
Clerk Ct thq Stale. As tic latter was
yesterday .r
With his back to tao field and bis m ,utb fall
Of crow" t7''
it. is not viulatins the strictest impair
tiality to say that there is no more
iorcible writer "a the Tennessee press.
u would bave been a pity to take him
IRON the tripod Tor even short time.
Among the authors who are willing
to serve their country Sam II RWatkins
is tho most prominent. His first at
tempt, "Company Aitch, OF the First
Tennessee" is the most valuable con.
tribution TO the history OF the war yet
produced. l was warned not to begin
reading at night, as it was too eleotri
cal to let go at will; but, not needing
the advice, | began one night at IL and
was still reading at Z. Mr. Watkins
is candidate for Assistant Clerk OF
the House.
The CoDtrolership will be the nay
ing Office for the next two years, since
the debt will be refunded dollar for
dollar Of the genuine, and 90. 8 af the
spurious. 1t is estimated that The
perquisites will reach SIS, 900 or$20, 600
per annum. In addition TO the candi.
dates above named j udgeJ @. .Vertrees
Gather OF John j., Chairman, etc, y
aud Jim Carter, Of Gibson county,
are running neck aud neck With the
best.