The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-09-27


debate for MIR. Taylor The latter is
known far and wide Us a remarkably
astute campaigner, as full of wit as he
is of logic, as persuasive as he is clo-
quent, and though Mr.. Hawkins par
ty has no reason to be ashamed of his
forensic ability, yet he could not meas
ure swords to advantage with "Bob"
Taylor, as he is familiarly called No
man in the State can tell an anecdOte
as well as Mr.. Taylor, and last night
he several times fairly stomed the
house with the pertinency and humor
Of his illustrations. So far as the flu
ture may be judged by the performan-
ces Of last night, Mr., Hawkins need
not expect to win laurels in any con
test with the Democratic nominee.
Mr.. Taylor was introduced by Hon
Andrew j. Caldwell, who referred to
him as an orator and patriot, man
from whose lips would fall genuine
pearls Of Democratic wisdom.
Mr.. Taylor said that in the midst of
great quadrennial political contest,
at the close Of which ten millions of
freeman would be called upon to OK
ercise the highest prerogative Of Amer
lean citizenship, it behooyed every
man to weigh we'll the respective
claims of the two great parties, He
came from East Tennessee, the hcme
Of radicalism and having studied its
characteristics he had determined IL
fight it strongly. He was a Democrat
and one from pure principle. lie WAS
Il Democrat because its founder, jeipr.
son, had given birth to the g.and,si
declaration Of human rights in owls
tence; because Democracy gave the
right to every man to worship accord
ing to the Dictates OF his own con
science; because Democracy guaran
teed to every citizen protection of lie
liberty and the persuit Of happiness
because Democracy had in days lon!
gone Asserted with its best blood In,
supremacy of America over England
expressions. H: reviewed the histor,
Of tho several great pa;ties which hes
figured in the nations history.
The Federal party sprang into beinj
under the touch OF Hamilton'8 genius
but had withcrcd from it8 inhcren
tendencies to Capitalization and mon
archiSm. The Wing. party was horl
on the ruins of Federalism, but to-
pure to live, had breathcd its last whcl
Clay and Webster sank beneath tn
political horizon. The Know Nothin
party was born of hatred and died
natural death at the hands of enlight
ened lovers OF freemen. He then re
viewed the immense accessions Of pub
lie domain which marked the Demo
cratic administrations. Under Jeffel
son, more than a million square mile
of territory was added ; under Monro,
$1,000 square miles under Tyler, 274
600 square miles under Polk, 10000
square miles; under Pierce, 1906
square miles-in all, more than tw
millions of square miles. (Chcers
; This vast area with its riches barrel
touched, as yet, was the result of Den
ecratic national policy. Because
these great progressive principles
- Democracy, he espoused her caus
" Cheering His antagonist was
J gentleman whom he liked, but he WI
= mar.ed by the advocacy OF doctrin
: which it were better il they shou
} never have been born. [Cheers. I
u said that Mr.. Hawkins would devo
y much Of his time to the advocacy of
y protective tariff and would declare
y was the salvation OF the working ma
% and would also ask him to define Il
:" exact status Of Democracy as to Il
~ tariff. He thought the Democrat
platform of 1884 was plain enough {
;" that point for any man who cou
read to understand, but to state t
y point himself, he would say that l
s moc-acy was for such tariff as won
u cover the difference between the v
~ ges in Europe and America.
- Democracy was not for the prese
~ Republican tQriff which imposed "
- duties twenty years after the war h
closed, and which poured annually
to the treasury surplus Of 100 M
~ ions of dollars, wrung from the pre-
ucts of the toll of millions of freemt
3 [Great applause. The Republic
u candidate for Governor of India
." stated the tariff surplus now in t
= Treasury to be $4O0,000,0O0, an amou
which would be realized by a tax
- upon every man, woman and CHI
y in America. For such tariff Dem
racy was not an advocate and nel
d. would be. [Great cheering.l Dem
Ms racy wanted to equalize the .burdC
of taxation and was not for such a s