Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-13
TENNESSEE'S TAYL0RS.
TWO BROTHERS To RUN FOR
THE GOVERNORSHIP
a Sketch of the Democraoy's Popular

NASHVILLE, Aug. 12.-Robert L. Tay-
lor was to-day nominated as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor on the flf-
teenth ballot.
Robert L. Taylor is now Pension Agent
at Knoxville. He has been a conspicuous
figure in the politics of the State since
1880, when, as was heard all over the State,
bob Taylor and his fiddle" were elected
to Congress in the First district over Pet
tibone-the second Democrat who had
made the trip since the war. He is the
brother of ALI. Taylor, whom Pettibone
beat for the nomination, and was put up
by the Democrats in the hope of catching
the disatfected friends of Aif. This he
did very successfully, and managing, by
the wlles of a born stumper, to keep
the laugh on his scholarly ana
dlgnitied opponent, reversed
big Republican majority and
made himself famous. Pettibone beat him
next time, but the people have never Tor
gotten the ''break downs" with which he
used TO get crowd together, the carpet
bag he used to show, with the words,
"ChOose We between them" when Petit
bone would ridicule his fiddle, and the
grimaces and gags" with which he
would ward Off Petitioners argumentatiVe
shafts. He was very strong in the con-
vention of four years ago that nominated
Bate the first time, and got good vote
for United States Senator in the contest
that was terminated by the Repu 0lcans
going to Howell E. jackson and making
| the Democrats elect him. Two years ago be
was an electOr for the State at large. AL
together he is pretty we'll known all over
the State now, but he has many sup
! porter who never saw him. Especially
among the young men there is an enthusi-
asm for him that no other man in the
| State inspires.
| Nobody claims any heavy intellectu-
allty for Bob, but he is a smooth talker
and a hard man to handle on the stump.
| Ali, his brother, is the more finished man
of the two, and would make a very hard
| fight for him If oratory and argument
availed against party atiliaton. Two
| things operated very seriously against
| Taylor in the convention. One was the an
| ticipated scandal Of q race between
| brothers, the other the comfortable office
he has already-One that pays better than
! the GOVernOTship.
EVERYBODY agrees that Taylor cares for
! the GOyernOrship more for the boost it
| gives him toward thesUnited States SEN
ate than for anything else.
TEXAS DEMOCRATS.
| GALVESTON, Aug. 12.-The third days
session of the Democratic convention was
! a stormy one. The Committe on Perma-
nent Organization reported Hon. II. r.
| Wynne, OF Tarrant county, tor permanent
chairman, and VIM. Lambert, of Travis
county, for secretary. The report OF the
Committee on Credentials was then
adopted after sharp debate, in which the
Farmers Alliance and Knights of Labor
| succeeded IN seating their delegation from
Cook county.
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
lutions reported platform, which, after
an exciting discussion between the free
grass and lease land elements, was
unanimously adopted. Following are its
salient points:
We, the Democrats OF Texas, express
our hearty satisfaction with the adminis-
tration OF our distinguished President,
Hon. Grover Cleveland, and testify our
confidence in his ability, purity and in
tegrity. We pledge ourselves that current
public expenditures shall be confined
within the current revenue.
THE EDUCATION PLANK.
We favor the best system of education
for white and cOlored children In separate
common schools, which may be provided
by liberal without excessive taxation.
We believe that the education OF children
is matter of State right AID duty, and
has no right to appropriate money to its
aid.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
We believe that the true policy of the
State with respect to her public lands is to
provide for their sale in tracts of reasona-
BILE size with reference to their quality
and uses at fair prices, and upon long
credit TO bona tide settlers for homestead
| purposes. We favor such classification
OF the school, university and asylum
| lands as may permit of unconditional
leasing tor short terms of lands only tit for
grazing, and that the remainder may be
leased mporarly, and entirely subject
! to the right Of the State to cell to actual
and bona fide settlers, and TO these ends
we favor the enactment Of laws to compel
| the removal Of trespassers and free
| graZers from the public lands, and to force
| the payment OF rent tor their use and TO
! fix absolutely the rental price of lands to
| be leased.
CRISP RENOMINATED.
HAwKINsvILLE, GA, Aug. 12.-The
! Congressional Convention of the Third
district met here at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. Hon. l.. NJ. Lamar, OF Pulaski county,
was elected chairman and J. b. Sanders,
of Laurens, and j. Ii. Hodges, Of HOus-
ton, were elected secretaries. Judge ia
cob Watson, Of Pulaski county, nomina-
ted Hon. G. Il. Crisp, and d. f. McRae, of
! Telfair county, nominated w. +. McAr-
thur All the counties were represented
in the convention except Webster. The
vote stood: Crisp y, Macarthur 7.
We denOunce unlawful interference
with or injury 10 corporate property and
corporate rights equally intolerable as
/ is such interference with or injury to the
rights of citizens, and while we recOg-
nize the high obligation OF the Democratic
party 10 control and subordinate all pub
lie corporations to The general good we
pledge ourselves 10 enact and enforce all
! laws that may he necessary 10 protect
their property from every danger from
whatever source the same may come.
SUPERVISION OVER RAILWAYS.
The Democratic party looks with ap-
prehensiOn upon the TACT that foreign rail-
way corporations have acquired control
of the railways of Texas, in violation of
| the provisions of the constitut on, andprO-
test against the methods by waich they
are being operated. We pledge ourselves
to pass laws to correct the abuses and
prevent unjust discrimination, and to
compel all railways doing business In this
state 10 maintain an Office in the State,
In compliance with section 3. ar
| ticle 10, of the constitution.
We pledge ourselves to secure by
law the right OF the State to Inspect all
books belonging TO or appertaining TO the
organization, operation and business OF