The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-22
an SANDY SPRINGS.

assem- b led al sandy Springs fer the
purpose of electing officers and at
tending to other important business
concerning the interest of their or
ganization. Ne are unable to give
the names of The officers elected
Or detailed account of their pro,
ceedings, as We lett before the ses>
81 on closed.
Ia the forenoon Mr.. Allen Beck,
candidate TO represent this county
IN the next legislature, addressed
the assem- bly, upon the importance
Of WheeIerism. HIS speech was
quite enthusiastic in praise of
WheelerisEn, and was we'll receive
by the brethren. It was twelve
O'Clock when Mr. Beck concluded,
and the organization quietly, and
decOrsuslY repaired to picturesque
grove where all partook of
sumpLuous repast, furnished by
the hospitable people living in the
vicinity Of The springs.
Promptly at one O'Clock Chairman
S tuart, called the organization to
order, and Mr.. w. ". Mathews,
spoke thirty minutes upsn the affairs
pertaining to County, State and Ma
ton Mr.. Mathews IS a brilliant
young lawyer of Bolivar, and his
speech showed great study upan
ths prsfsund political problems
that bow demand solution at the
| hands Of this people, At the cons
ciusIon Of Mr. Mathews speech, &.
| II Lam beth, President of the csun-
ty Wheel, arose and said: "Gen-
uemen and brother nh eelers,
take great pleasure III intredIct ng
To you the young Kentucky orator,
| Ar. a l. Nhitte.nore, of Ma yield
VINO will now proceed to address
yea upon me political issu es of the
day" As NJ. Whittemore is not
a candidate Tor any office, we feel
| jastlEa0Ie in giving synopsis Of
MS inost eloquent speech which
will andeub tedly prsve both inter .
estng and instructive t. our re ID
| er= After few preliminary re-
marks containing quite nambsr
/ OF local hits which were received
with great laughter and apPla use.
! Mr, w hittemOre Sc id:
! "Gentlemen and Fellow Countrymen:-
/ It was the sweet spirit of liberty that led
| TO the foundation OF this, one of the grand
! est governments ON the habitable gIobe
! 1t was he spirit OF religious, politlca
ana social freedom that led the Puritans
| in the foAr Of God, to establish their con
gre cation, in 1920 upon the rock 81 Ply
| laeutL-lt was the lsve OF liberty tina
lea William Penn 10 the Schuylkill anC
caused noble Rodger Williams to pene
tra.a .he vilds Of Rhode Island. It wa
the 2ommendable spirit of independence
thal brought the Germans to the LehigE
AM mo Saedas and Finns to Cape Hen
lopea. 1T was the thirst for political free
ua,. .ha5 1lled tina soul OF eloquent Patricl
! Heury. vita the ,nusic Of democracy. /
| wa the principles advocated by Washing
ten ana Jefferson, that caused our fore
! fathers 10 paint II carnine. upon tn
| sac1s5 Eelds Of Lexington and Concord
the o.j j eiiersonian phr ase-' Equal night
| to al. and exclusive to none
Fellow ceuntrymen, when we coae t.
/ ia nix 81 those patriotic men with stHrd
limbs end brave hearts, and of how in th
| pursuit Of liberty and happiness they LEI
{ home mother and all that was near and
daaI-and now they gave willingly thei
blood that We, theirs, might enjoy tn
right OF self government. Then as free
/ meu, IS Democrats does it OF behssve Y
/ to jeaIoHsly guard this nsble legacy Al
net the principles OF the Republican part
/ almost as dangerous and treaCherous 9
| those advocated by the tyront George III
/ Was Il not under republican admins
, ! tration that over enc hundred millie
| acres Of the public dom ain was gwen t
i. | TO seul-less corporations, while actus
/ settlers went beggiRg7 Was it not undo
the vicious system Of high protective tart
/ advocated by the Republican party, thu
. one hundred and thirty-iVe million do
/ lars was taken frsm the legitimate chan
] nels 81 commerce to be locked up in til
Federal vaSlts, thereby inviting frau'
corruption and extravagant expenditures
The speaker then went into dstails
explanation OF the tariff and told how un
| der re publican rule that the increase o
/ pauper labor in this coantry, was onl
equaled by that Of ihe English sparrow
let ysur boy who earns his living by tn
sweat Of his brow, accompany ms en-
| prospecting tour, and we'll find al tn
] | North Behsmians and Italians wSrki n
I for eighty cents per d&y-HungariAns a
! the East work ing for ninety cents per dal
! We turn then to the glorious west Of whic
i, tbs lamented Horace Greedy spoke, An
j, find there Chinese working fer the pitt
ful sum si twenty FIVE cents per day, Y,
/, they accumulate enough in few years
; return to their own csuntry and spen
the balance OF their days in idleness an
:. | luxury. You ask how this can be -
answer for the price OF = postage STAN
. they can subsist upon garlic and grus
sies and rats. But fellow citizens, l than
God that Mr.. Cleveland and the Dem,
= cratic party have said to Mr.. Gould, wi
: You and Field and Bill B5ter aud deaco
Sage and the RepHblican party kindly G
tc shs Pacific slope aud eHacs from th
/, ge.dsn arch Of San Francisco your NETT
| OF welcome 70 the heather Chinese
{ Ia en- Will You politicians, fer "reueaus oHlt