Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-15

who would notmourn much ifneither
of these gentlemen were elected to the
United States Senate. 1t is believed
by many that there is an understand
ing and agreement between Messrs
Harris and Atkins that the success
full one shall protect the others
appointees. For instance, if Mr..
Harris is elected he will use his in
fluence to protect Mr., Atkins
appointees in the Indian service, and
if Mr.. Atkins is elected he will keep
a fatherly watch over Mr.. Harris
friends in the country postoffices.
The race of Messrs Atkins and Harris
looks very much like a kind of
juggling arrangement to keep the
Office of U. S. Senator in the family,
and we believe it would be a very
appropriate time for the peopleo of the
State to make change.
Col. JOSIAH PATTERSON and Hon.
H. B. Lindsey, Democratic and Re-
publican electors for the State at
large.had a joint discussion at this
place on Friday afternoon of last
week. Taken altogether we believe
it was the cleanest and most high
toned political argument to which
we have ever listened. The gentle
men discussed issues in a dignified
manner, with but few personal allu-
sions. 1t was, however, very percep-
tibly a one-sided affair, Mr.. Lindsey
not being in the smallest measure a
match for Col. Patterson, who is one
of the strongest and ablest debators
in the State. Mr.. Lindsey's effort
had the virtue of being consistent
with the true Republican party idea
of governmental high protective
tariff to enrich manufacturers and
build up monopolies, no matter how
much suffering it may entail upon
the great body of farmers and con-
sumers. He said if manufacturers
were getting rich under this system
while farmers were growing poor, he
wanted q million or two farmers to
60 into manufacturing. He con-
Guided his speech with a plea for
Federal aid to education. Col. Pat
tersOn IN Il clear and forcibIc nluinuey
showed that the tariff was unjustly
high and oppressive, that the present
tariff was adopted as a war measure,
when the government had eXtraor-
binary demands, that the necessity
for it no longer exists, and that the
interests of the great majority OF
American people demand reform
along this line. He showed that
while the farmer is forced to pay the
increased price which the tariff adds
to articles he consumes, his own pro-
ducts have to be sold in competition
with theworld. The prices of corn,
wheat, and cotton is fixed in Liver
pool, to which point the worlds sur
plus gravitates, and consequently a
tariff on these articles gives the farm
er noprotection whatever. Hisspeech
was a lucid and powerful presentation
of Democratic principles, and we
wish every voter in the county could
have heard him. He demolished
every argument of his Republican
competitor as chaff before the wind,
and badly tangled him in his rejoin.
der. Col. Patterson's disposition Of
the Federal aid question was quite
satisfactory to Democrats. He show
ed that no obligation of gratitude
rested upon the people for return
of one dollar from the government
for school purposes where seven dol.
lars had been unjustly wrung from
them. Co.,
Mr.. j. G. JOHNSON, the prohibi.
bition candidate for Governor, and