The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-09-18
THE BATTLE BEGUN.
Bob and All Meet in Joint Debate at
Maids nYllle---A Summary Of
What They Said.

laob NCch' lHtT6 was one OF inc
largest crowds present that had ever
assembled in the county, and much
enthusiasm was evinced by democrats
and republicans, who We'd with each
other in encouraging their respective
candidates.
Hon. A. A. Taylor was the first
speaker. The republican nominee, in
his opening remarks, said that he did
not come there to tickle the people
with straw or please them with a
rattle. This contest had been de-
scribed by distinguished democratic
leader as an ejectment suit. In that
suit the speaker was the prosecutor,
and he proposed to present the case to
the people as the jury. He then took
up the discussion of the sins of omis-
sion and commission of the democratic
party. He said the democratic party
for years and years had charged the
republican organization with every
rascality and corruption in Office.
Every democratic speaker has sung
these charges necessarily and repeat
eddy declared that when democracy
got into power and opened the books
Of the republican party, The demo-
cratic party has been in power two
years, the hooks have been opened,
experts examined them, actuated by
the ardent desire and great hope that
evidence upon which to justify the
democratic party in its charges Of
fraud against the republican party,
in order that it might stand justified
for the political contests of this year
and 1883. The investigation has
been going on :Or two years, every
leaf has been subjected to critical ex>
animation, and yet, my countrymen,
not one scintilla of evidence has the
democratic party discovered, going to
show any justification of the demo-
cratic party in its wholesale charge
of fraud against the grand old party
After a careful examination of the
national treasury it was at FIRST sup
posed that the republican party was g
defaulter, as there was Just one cent
missing, but closer search found thai
one cent in the vault where it be,
longed.
Mr.. Taylor then referred to prom
ises made by the democracy concern
ing the great things they would dc
when they got into power, and de
clared that the party had utterly fail
ed to make good its promise. HI
contrasted the condition of affair;
now with affairs two years ago tt
show that times were better then.
Mr.. Taylor then discussed the tariff
question at length, taking strong
grounds for the protection of Ameri
can labor and American industries
He said the tendency of the demo,
J cratic party is towards free trade, ant
such tendency was inimical to the
best interests of the country and O
American labor. The republican par
ty is pledged to protective tariff, thu
l. tariff of Clay, Webster and Zachary
Taylor
The sneaker also made q forciblt
argument in favor of the Blair edu
oatlonal bill, He referred to the pro
, visions of that bill, pointing out thu
j advantages Of the measure and cor
a recting many misleading statement
made by the enemies of the bill. Ii
the further discussion of issues h,
condemned severely the penitentiary
q lease system and insisted upon remov
n ing the damaging competition of con
vict labor. He touched upon othei
4 questions of a public nature. inclu
. ding the submission of prohibition
y amendment, which he heartily ia
IS vored, and closed his well-delivereC
address with the following allusion t,
d his brother Bob; ~ have the dis
C tinguished pleasure of presenting t,
: you the representative of the demo
e cratic party in Tennessee, gentle
Q man for whom l entertain the pro
: fOundest respect, my mothers and ia
| theirs son, who, after November 4th
g will have the consolation of being tn
+ brother of the governor of Tennes
}. see.
IS BOB TAYLOR's SPEECH.
n Hon. Robert l.. lay IOr was loudl
: applauded as he rose to make hi
IS speech. He began by saying in sui
i stance that if any one had come t
: witness a cruel contest between hin
i self and brother they would be disar
e pointed. They were not arraye
Il against each other as enemies, bu
is we're still brothers, though one wa
h the representative of the republca
}. idea and the other of the Democrat
# idea of politics. There was nothin
g improper in brothers discussing to