The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-10-18
WIIcOx and TAyIor At RrMIn.

D. Edens and John Ryan, of Garter,
arrived at Erwin, the county-seat OF
Unicoi county, Tennessee, where the
Democratic and Republican nominees
for Congress were to speak on the day
following.
Preparations had been made, as
soon learned, by the Republicans to
make big demonstration in favor of
their candidate. Already lofty pole |
had been planted in front of the court
house, and the Stars and Stripes had |
been unfurled to the mountain breezes
of loyal Unicoi, and the ardent admi-
rers Of Mr.. Tayler had planned for
procession to form on the morrow, and
under the star spangled banner go out
marching to the air of Behold the
Conquering Hero Comes" to escort
him into town amid loud huzzas to the
speakers stand. But, alasl the tickle
goddess fortune refused her smiles and
the parade failed to materialize.
When the hour for speaking arrived
it found some two hundred of the cit
liens Of that section in the court
house. Quite number Of the ladies
Of Erwin were also present 70 grace
the occasion and guarantee by their
presence perfect tranquility aud peace.
Mr.. Wilcox desired the time for dis
cussion to be fixed at one hour and
a-half for the opening and the usual
fifteen minutes rejoinder, but Mr.. Tay-
lOr objected upon the ground OF indis-
positions and Mr.. Wilcox agreed to
accommodate him with an hour and
fifteen minutes.
It being Mr.. Taylor's day to open
the discussion, he therefore CON-
menced to speak. He devoted con-
siderable portion of his time in COM
plimenting the audience upon their
recent vote to the capital stock of the
Sos railroad, projected through their
county, and told them that it would
develop their resources and make them
populous and rich, but stated that il
they wanted railroads and manufac
lures they should vote a square
straight-out Republican ballot as they
had always done and as he now fell
sure they we're going to do in Novem
Der. He said the Democratic party
was free trade party because it pro
) posed to reduce the tariff, and had pu
salt and lumber on the free list, anC
proposed to put poultry on the FREE
: list, and when challenged he told th,
: people that he had charged it all owe
the district, and it was so, and h
would swear to them it was so, that tn
] Democrats did propose to put poultr.
n on the free list.
= Mr.. Wilcox denied the charge as t.
poultry, and showed the crowd tina
+ the Republicans themselves had mad
g poultry free.
n Mr.. Taylor dealt vcciferously in sucl
epithets as Democratic free trade.
British free trade" "Cobdenism,
r &C., toward the Democratic party, an
4 declared to his audience that if tn
o Democrats we're reelected that tn
e lumber interest OF Unicoi would b
e lined, as the Canadians could MANI
/, facture and ship their lumber dow
Y into this country and undersell produ
r GERS here.
He expatiated at great length on tn
benefits of high protective tariff, an
=. stated as fact incontrovertible thG
, its existence had enabled the mani
n facturers Of the East to make immens
d fortunes, and that, too, under the tart
/ as proposed by Washington, Hamilto
q and others and handed down to us
i Webster, Lincoln, Grant, Garfield
" Blaine, Sherman, Allison and other
and declared in favor of the preser
tariff, now existing, and as being
line with the great leaders Of his part
70 on the tariff question.
" He then proceeded to talk about tn
" soldier, and said that he, if electe'
: would vote to pension every one (
: them regardless of eligibility; that b
3 wanted to go out through the countl
|, !, and hunt up the widows and orphan
II OF the soldier, and everybody else, an
y y feed and clothe and educate them
" public expense, and with strong a.
Il peals for the National Republics
ticket closed with the usual benedi
tion-"Ohl have you heard fro
l. Maine, Coz. Kent, hell-bent, Young n
It and Old Tip land all the other Til
, to catch votes, and stopped short
ir his time.
j. Mr.. Wilcox then addressed the Al
's dience, first of all answering the asse
It tions of Mr.. Taylor about free trad
l. free poultry and lumber. He Shove
h to the satisfaction Of the people TIL
y it would be impossible for Canada
h manufacture and ship lumber here t,
10 the price at which lumber now sol