The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-14
MIR. James Phelan.

As Col. Paterson left the rostru
and Mr.. Phelsn appea'el shout OF
applause went up that cou have been
heal d blocks away. Has were thrown
in the ar, men stood up on benches
and the clapping of hands, rapping OF
feet, sticks and umbrellas, and huz-
zahs made up a scene OF the
widest excitement. They could
not get enough, and continued ehout.
ing until they were hoarse. Mr.. Phe-
Ian was trihe awkward in his man
ner, and his voice at times was
strains I'D, the contrast between his
style and that of Col. Patterson being
marked, but he made himself heard,
nevertheless, was bold in his utter
ance', and was frequently obliged 10
stop 10 allow the applause With which
he was rewarded to cease before he
could be heard. He began by saying
thtt after long and srduous canvass
he had at last been brought face to
face wi h his neighbour. Elsewhere
be he'd been obliged to contend
against the Misrepresentation tina,
had been made OF him, but here
among those wh) had known him all
his life it YVES not necessary. Things
had baen said sbout him abroad by
his enemies which they dare not re-
peat ht re.
On the stump at Bolivar, sad Mr..
Phi Ian, l made Ger ain charg
against my competit)r, to which BE
hos made no reply except by eulogz-
ing Seuator Harris. | ask not yonr
votes unless you shall find that
s'ard on the pIstf ran which every
Dsmoctat must occupy.
If Mr. Zach Taylor had been in my
place Col. PAt.el ms rem 'rks won d
have been well timed, but they do not
apply to me. Before proceed, however,
/ mus congratulate him upon having
at asst me to the true way of think
ing about the que :ton OF national d
to education. The Blair bill carried
with IL certain details obi actionsble
TO the Democratic party, who
saw noihirg wrong, however, in
the meIe idea OF re toring
to them for the purposes of educating
their chi dren some of the money they
had paid in the way OF taxation. Cot.
Paterson Knows that the money for
which the public lands are sold must
g into the Treasury, and that II it is
t. ken cut an additional tax mutt be
levied. We sand in the same place
ex ept that he has sacrificed his pos
ton and stir d where | always did.
He has not de6I el his posi- ion On
the tonnage OF silver or on the RIVER
Commission. He he's undertaken t.
belabOr me because stand on the
platform of my patty. That platf)rm
was famed bv ali the great men
Of the party, and Col. Paterson prob
alb y objects to it because they did not
call him in for II sultatioD. The tar
if clause was placed there in the in-
terest of the great mas of the people,
and Yet he has exhausted his cata.
logue Of invectives to chow his
contempt for that platform. He
has d clAIed against inciden al
protection. He has refused to stand
on the Chicig) pla form, platform
that Grover Cleveland says we must
all stand on, and prefers to have one
Of his own. Within the limits
Of tariff for revenue GER
tain amount OF pro ection is
bound to appear / am opposed to the
Republican tariff, and think it might
be adjusted, and l would be in favor
OF adjus ing 1t 30 as 10 protect the in
dustries If the country and of the
South especially. If Col. Patterson
were warning against the editor Of the
Avalanche his speeches might have
some weight with you,
The question is not one merely Of
free tIade or protection, but whe her
the South shall have some OF the ben
efits which The North has been enjoy
ing for 30 long. Shoud 90 tn Con
gress it will be with no abstract ideas,
but it shall be to discuss thu details of
these important questions, not to en-
gage in abstract, philosophical and
oratorical display, AID alb we all things
to look closely after the affairs Of my
own district.
Col. Patterson cannot travel out OF
Straight line. II he had been among
those who realized the necessity for
traversing the desert and throwing a
railroad over the mountains, he would
have insisted on having claws on the
locomotive to pull it straight over, in-
stead of following the paths by which
ma ure makes the passage easy. His
ideas are theoretical aud not prAc-
tical, and while he was pound.
ing away about the Outrage
Of the tariff and the Blair bill
some men would be busy in the COM
mittees securing legislation for the
real benefit of their people. You do
not want a man who plays bua one
tune and cannot adapt himself to tae
needs OF the hour.
tell you again that bis candidacy
represents an loea not for the good Of
the Dnmocratic party. As Tor the
AUdLdnche, it stauds wi h nineteen Of
the leading Democrats OF the country
and squarely on the Chicago
platform and takes the views Of no
man, no matter how great he may be.
l do not utter one word OF reproach
against those who support COL Psttgr-
s9D, or sgainst him whom we all know