The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-17

MT. manning anu NhN hNPuuAlN- hes
Mr.. Manning would suspJ nd silver
coinsge that he might ultimately establish
both gold and silver. lhe Republican
Iolic n cant 10 sweep out OF existence en-
tirely silver coin the money Of the people
Une poie,. t.need to gold ana silver; the
other to gold only. He showed that under
Republican fnanceering 90 per cent, OF all
the 80 d was in control OF tho banks, and
only per c mt. of silver. HIS discussion OF
the policy of the two parties was exception
ally clear, elaborate and statesmanlike
Tie speaker delivered fne constitutional
Argument on the tariff issue, showing the
relative attitudes thereto occupied by the
two great parties of the country With
Democracy, the primary object of the tariff
was to raise money; with Republicans II
was protection. He discussed and defined
the tariff in respect Of its various features
2s hieh, prStestiye, prSSh'9hitGry' etc:
on art cles of necessity; Democ-
racy would reform this and place the
burden on luNuries indulged in by the
wealthy He would favor radical reductio
Of tho tariff. laying it so rs to equaliEo the
d fferences between wages at home and
abroad. The Republican tariff disreRarded
the interests Of the farmer and tho laborer.
1t wss New England's Ia fl; II was not
not even protect the entire section, but
only small class in that section.
lie showed how it had failed to protect
the farmer. or to establish him a home
market for his products. Far from doing 50,
it had cui him OF from the markets of the
world. lie read a tabulated statement ex-
hibiting prices of farm products from 1850 to
1860 under Democratic policy, and from 1870
to 1880 uu der the Republican system, which
made the farmers present 'en their eyes to
a clearer conception of it than they had ever
had before. lie maintained that duties
hereafter should be so laid and adju ted that
Sou ,hern industries might receive the bene-
fits which had enriched the States OF
ha qnnIiNO 'pAaaaA fha
bottle" it was the South. lie would begin
his, radical reduction by taking the duty
off of articles made in the North and let il
remain on those made South till the time
came for reduction ali round, For example,
he would retain it on thread, cheap yarns,
coal, iron ore, pig iron, and other products
o. Southern growth and anutacture. He
reviewed the tariff on steel raj s, sbowing
that while capital got 81 per cent of the ben
eft labor received only 9per cent. Nearly
all the profits go into the pockets o. the man
utacturer under the fearful ineQuaites Of
the Republican war tariE In 1876,
said Re tSSry Tp aSS Was 5SmohSlTS hSGTS
tariff reform. Republicans say that some
thing must be done in reality or pretcnse
They appointed commission Ia majority
being Republicansl, who, after sFinging
round the country and visitiqg all sections
reduction of one and four-thirds Of
! per cent. Lnughter nd applau'e.
We have young dudes In Memphis, said
he, the same as in other cities and
and laborers were, for Republican reduced
the tariff on face powder, perfumery-on
bank checks and matches lLaughter;i
IF go to Congress" he added, IN lit
the speake said his limited time fo,cedIhlm
to neglect the railroad steals aud the pension
Speakini Of the Blair bill, he favored the
principle OF Federal aid. 10 reach this aid
there were various nethod' and avenues.
There we're roads good, roads bad and roads
impossible to every point. The Republican
idea was a centralized government The air
bill was neither Republican nor a Demo;
introduced i into the senate and
| a Democrat into the House. SEN
ators like Lamar, Garland, George,
| Pugh, all from the South, in fact, with five
exceptions, while Republican Senators voted
with like unanimity against it. Republi-
| cans holding exclusive power for over twenty
years never said one word about education
| till they saw the handwriting on the wall.
The Blair bill was 9nlS one phase Of tn the
broad and deep, Of Federal aid to educaI ion.
Mr.. Taylor could not undel stand how one
could oppose the B air bill, yet favor Fed
eral aid to-, education. He tMr.
tinsuished adversary the facts and
conclusions, but could not under axe to fur
nish him the capacity to comprehend them.
| Laughter He preferred another measure
| to the Blair bill-0ne less repugnant in re-
speet to methods but If be could do no bet
| ter he would take the Blair b II. II does
not, he said, give control over schools to the
Federal Government. The Republican idea
was that Federal jurisdiction must follow
Federal Approximation; Democratic op-
position 70 the Blair pill was
that that Il depiives the State Of sups.Sis ioE and
Jurisdiction. He, himself, held 10 the the
ory sustained by Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
| and others, that the Federal Govern ment
| could rot follow it across their borders.
This is but an imperfect outline NECESSARILY
brief for lack OF time and space ,of very
able speech-one which would have
done infinite credit to the, Oldest
and most experienced of public debaters.
At its close Mr.. Dortch bore 10 the
sand large and tasteful wreath Of
flowers, presenting it to "Jsmos Phe-
Ian, our next Congressman" fresh
from the hands Of the ladies' Of somer-
Vile, who echoed the prediction Of
every Democrat that the present can
vass WAS the dawn foY Mr.. Phelan OF
public carer full Of honors for him.
self aud the party.
The recipient of the grateful tasti-
monial thanked the ladies' sincerely,
referring t. the women Of ths South
as the guardians Of all great, enrolling
principles, the repository Of She couu-
try'a best and brightest hopes.