The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-05
Eti. jg. ?Aaaa Accepts.
HIS LETTER To THl. DEMOCRAT
IL IONGRESSIONAL
COAMIfIEE.
House of Representatives, US /
Xashinotnn Sant % 1879 I


for this renewed expression of trus
and confidence from my fellow
Democrats l have strIven to NEE
the approval and to advance the
Interests of the people who have
honOred me by their su6rages'
haYe cast no vote; I have taken no
step except in the light Of n con sci.
entious and painstaking desire to
accomplish this result and to uphold
the dignity Ofthe Office to which they
e. ectO me. The most lmporta Mt
vote have cast has been my vote
for the Mills bill, That vote be-
lisve has met with the hearty ap-
prevail of the Democrats Of the dis
trict. IvOted for that bill because
believed it to have been framed In
the interests of the great Body Of the
PeOpls-ip the interests Of the far
mers and the mechanics Of this
country, upon whose mutual and re.
eiprOCSl vel fare depends the pros.
perity Of US all. Ivotod for il be-
cause / believe it viii result in 3
more gene raj diffusion Of wealth.
believe 1t will decrease the profits
of the few and increase the wages Of
the many. / believe il viii open up a
larger marKet for our manufacture.
cd products, thus lncreasingthe de.
msnd for the prOduc ions Of labor
and as q natural result increasing
the home market fer the farmer,
whilst extending the foreign mar,
ket OF the manufa ctuF=r. A Largely
Increased dem4n for our manu-
Pictured products " Iuld enable the
manufacturer to sell his out pat or
total production at a relatively
cheaper price, both at home and
abroad, without depr essing the wa
ges Of his laborers. Goods from
New York to Rio Janeiro are m-
lpelled to 60 to England and then
to Brazil, Our exorbi:ant rates of
duty renderit impossible for ves-
seis to engage in trade between the
two countries, because it matters
mot what might be taken there, moth
ing can be brought back protitably.
Such a change of duty as would
enable the Brazilian to bring his
products here and take ours back,
would give the manufacturer the
benefit OF small profits and large
sales, a state of trade which is al.
ways preferred by merchants and
shrewd dealers to that which gives
large profits and small sales
The Mills bill is a measure wiz re
operations, in my judgen ent,
would give q greater volume Of en-
ploY. nent to more men at better
rat 81 than the present. unjust and
unfair y stem, ut once unrepublican
and unaIemsCratic which now pre-
valls.
BY vote for that bill believe /
can defend, and successfully defead
against all attacks. By that vote I
am not willing to stand or fall, but
by that vote desire to stand or
fall. IF the people of our district
favor that system economics now
embodied in the present tariff. then
I feel that have no place in pub
Lie life, and some one should be sent
TO Congress whose views differ
widely and radically from my own.
But this, you are well aware, do
not believe. / have no fears OF the
result. 1t is . struggle between two
eppOsiDg systems. one OF " hich is
rlght, one OF which 10 wrong. |
hops to have time TO lay eur case
before the people ealmlV aud dis
pasSiOnAtOly that they may judge
between the $40. Union. harmO.
ny and an absence Of factsOnal dis~
aension viii give US Q decisive Vio-
tory. Fer the last twelve or four.
teen years the Republicans have
been carrying our district in Presi-
DENTAL years, / am especially
pleased to be upon your ticket this
year, for belieys the struggle will
not only result in 3 sw eeping VIC
tory for US, but it will break for the
last time, and forever, in our DIS
trict, the strength of that party
which in the North builds up IN the
hatred of brother fer brother, Of
one section for another, and which
IN the South builds upon the pre-
judieas aud passions Of Oh lace
when arrOyea against the other.
In closing allow me TO say that !
had intcnded ~ say something Of the
random and ather irrelevant critic
cisns passed upon my record. No
member Of Congress can serve
nearly 200, 200 people aud meet in
all minuF details the approval Of
each individual sufragan. / can
only ask q fair and 8 cha,itable
discu sslon Of my actions. Cong res
10 large and tumultuous body,
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