The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-14
ESCAPED COLLISION
ON A TRAIN BUT RAN INTO BOB
ON THE STUMP.
The Brothers Meet With Rousipg
ReceptiOn-An Enthusi'
astic Crowd.

is thoroughly aroused, aud the one
sourca of conversation is the battle OF
the White and the Red Roses. Our en-
tire party escaped today what might
have been a serious wreck on the
Cincinnati Southern road. On
our way 10 Day ton the
train jumped the track west outside
Chattanooga, every car leaving the
track but the msin boudoir car. The
accident was caused by misplaced
switch, and the tracks were terra up
for some distance. We all escaped in
jury. The CARS WIRE very much crowd
ed with people G ipg with us up to
Dayton, and had the train gone over
the EN- haDkments serious consequences
might have resulted. Wrecking rands
and ensineI were at orce stalt d out
to assist us, and after several hours
delay we were on our way to DAyt
The Chic amauga Band of Chsttanooga
had be, n engaged by the Bob Taylor
Club of Dayton, and when we arrived
there the widest excitement was
demons rated ty several thousand
people at the depot, who gave cheer
after cheer for the candidates. Red
and wbits badges vera on every one.
People had come in from a distance OF
thirty or forty miles 10 witness this
conte t. Eve'y child was decorated
with white or a red badge, and every
lady had pinned to her breast white
or q red emblem, There were some
5000 people present When Bob Tsy-
lor rose to open the contest TO-
day, il was some time before be
could advance into his re.
marks. The ladies' waved their
hsndkerchiefs and the men were be-
youd all control. They took their
has and threw them irto the air and
then took anybody else's hat, regard
less OF rieh,fnl possession, and did the
same thing. He opened his speech by
saying: Ladies' and gentlemen and
fellow citizsns-I thank God that the
angel,of peace is lowering over the
land today. We are at peace with the
world and our flag floats o. the
breeze as the emblem of liberty" He
then made reference to this joint can
vass and said There is nothing wrong
in two brothers discussing
the questions which interest
and involve the interest
of a great nation. Why ALT and l have
had our fights in the barn and we
have wrestled on the floor, but we love
the same father aud the same mother,
and we me here to quarrel and fight,
not for poit cal Office, but for princi-
Piles, end to LEI you vote on those
principles, and not for the two men.
He than spoke tf elections and
said: "The ballot is the bulwarks of
America, and whenever this is cor
rup'ed this governments gone" He
took mp the sets Of Dudley, dBe fo--.
mer United States Comfnitsioder OF
Pensions, and said that under the
prostitution of this great office
every American soldier had been
given to understand that their pen
sions depended more on politics than
the extent OF their wour DIS. He then
took up the Blair bill, and said that
the land that was desired to be sold
had been gained for the Republc by
the soldiers who suffered in the
Mexican war. They have asked the
charity OF the government, and the
Republican party has slapped them in
the face and shut the door go that they
shall not have one cent of it. This
party net only has ins1lted these
old men in this respect but they lcse
the public domain They wont give
it awsy-the public domain that be-
longs to the poor soldier in this coun-
try, for their homes and settlement.
l am not a free trader. am
for tariff, but am not Tor this r pub
lican tariff, that weighs down upon
the people aud does them no good
They say they want to protect labor,
and yet on the statute books
at Washington is Republic
statute that authorizes men to
60 10 Europe and go down
in the mines aud contract for pauper
labor, and import them into tnis
county, and turn protected lab2r out.
In speaking on the education Of the
masses, he said: 81 want 10 see
system of education inttitu'el that
will cultivate every mind.and make
it q man. want TO see
the little girls trained so
they can besutiiy home when
l am old and when the old men
are gole. l want to see a system Of
national education in this country, so
that men can vote intelligent'y and
perpetuste our grand government to
posterity. He compared the Repub-
lican party to great grave
yard, with only one movement
in the middle. This monument was
built OF the public domain and around
this sacred heap navy appropriations,
bayonets, old carpet tags, empty
money purses, aud upon the summit
was placed the American navy, the
Tallapoosa. On the eide of
it was inscribed: Died-Rum,
Romanism and Rebellion" Close
by 1t there was q little grave upon
whose humble headstone was carved
these words: "Secred to the memory
of Tennessee" with these lines under
writ:
Tread softly round this sacred heap;
il guards ambition restless sleep
Whose greed for place did ne'er forsake it;
Don't mention office or you'll wake il"
The Hon. All. Tavlor then, after in
PRODUCTION, reviewed the history OF the
Democratic patty OMIT Issues before
the people,