The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-26
RAILROADS AND DEMOCRACY.

RAILROADS AND DEMOCRACY.
We clip the following from
SPECIAL to the AvaIan-
cue of the 23rd INST, which shows
he feeling CT at least one prominent
politIeo-railr,ad man in Tennessse
towards the Democratic party and
its principles:
''R. P. Porter, the well-known
writer on tariff aud finance, has an
in the Philadelphia Press
to-day with l.. B. Stahlman, VICE
president Of the Louisville and Nash
will Railroad, IN which he says: He,
told me repeatedly during his stay
here that the business interests of
the south were sick and tired OF the
Regain and Morrison stripe of states
men. The democratic party he
with much feeling, is arraying Itself
against all the business interests of
the country. No sooner dc we make
any industrial progress than men
who misrePresent US in congress itch
to break down our industries or
confscate our capital. If we put
our money into manufacturing, de-
velop our towns and build up home
markets for farmers, a fanatic like
Morrison, with such wild treetraders
as McMillin from our own state, pro
pose to pass some law which will
brake down our growing industries
and bring in foreign goods. If we
put our capital ia to railroada to give
people better and cheaper transpor-
tatlOn, and ancient remnant of other
dayO like Reagan, aided and abetted
by such men as Caldwell, from our
own state, propose to enact a law
that would bankrupt every railroad
in the south that is not now ia the
hands of a receiver in six months
What is your political taith3'
i have been q lifelong democrat,
but ia future the railroad and manu-
featuring interests of Tennessee mus:
cast their lot with the republicans
party, In 1884 we elected a repub-
lican state railroad commissioner by
5000 majority, though Cleveland
carried the .tate by $4,000 MAORI
ty' Proper management and right
men to the front will make Tennes-
see republican state and send men
to Washington who will not vote
every time against the interests OF
the state. In the same way believe
with thorough organization Alaba-
ma might be carried.
The prospect Of republican sue
cess in these two states is far greater
than IN Virginia. In the interests
Of good national government thil
ought and must be done. The
coming fall will be a good time to
begin, and if the republicans only
nominate the right men. the demo
cratic party of Tennessee will ind
ont whether it can array itself
against the progress and material
prosperity of the state. We have
been living en- air and sentiment
long enough: We want a more
substantial diet, and what is more
we intend to haye it."
Col. Stahlman tells us plainly
that "in the future the railroad and
manufacture isterests of Tennes'
see must cast their lot with the re.
publican party" Col. Stahlman
whs has always claimed to be a r4'
bid democrat, tells Porter, who is a
prOminet republican, that by proper
managere t, and right men to the
front, both Tennessee and Ala bans
can be made republican states
That Col. Stahlman does not reflect
the views of all of the railroad men
aud manufacturers in Tennessee in
the above interview we are satisfied
but that considerable portion oil
both these elements have been fol
years in secret league with the re-
Publican party and have been work
ing as traitors in the democratic
camp for the overthrow Of the par
~ whose cause they openly exposed
We are equally certain. We are
gratifed that Mr.. Stahlman has
shown his hand this early. The
Tennessee democracy will now place
him where we have always thought he
belonged; and that is Squarely in the
Republican ranks. As an opeu
enemy his assaults upon the TennOs-
see Democracy will be less effective
than they have been III the past
when he was FREEING into the party
ranks under the gu:se of democrat