Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-18
AUSTIN AND WHEELER.
The Joint Debate in jackson
punty.

mere at noon w cuueStdS tlC OH.
and at 3 o'clock in company with
your correspondent started for Es-
tells Fork to be present at the bar
becue on the Sth. Alter four hours
travel we found ourselves drawn
up in frount of Hollands Chapel
where we met a goodly number of
the true and tried Republicans Of old
Jackson, who showed by every
maneuver and act that they had
been long suffering for the political
feast th1t followed. Mr. Austin
being introduced proceeded without
delay to queneh the thirst of his at
tentive hearers for Republican
speech by a Republican candidate.
The speaker for more than an
hour and half held almost spell
bound his attentive audience while
he fed them unstintingly from his
rich store of political information,
after which we organized Repub
lican club of fifty odd members,
among this number three Demo
Gratis, who marched up boldly and
had their names enrolled. After
partaking of the hospitalities of Mr..
Elisha Brandon, we at o:3o a. m.
next morning hied to the pictures
que scenes of the grand old Gums
berland mountain, through the for>
est of which ran route to our desti,
nation. After having travelled for
FIVE hours or more, having lost our
route once amid the beautiful scene-
ry of Cumberland's grand forests,
we at II 30 reached the grounds of
the vast assemblage of High jack
sons noble sons and fair daughter,
numbering more than two thous,
and souls, to find that General
Wheeler had finished The delivery
Of his speech, which we regret mis-
sing the opportunity to be able to
note in this article, and the crowd
were just returning to the grand
stand, after having partook of the
inexhaustible culinary resources OF
| the clever people of rich Paint
Rock valley. Mr.. Austin, the Re
publican champion, was introduced
by Mr.. Boulden in his pleasant and
happy style, when for nearly an
hour he delivered a forcible and
telling speech, showing himself am
ply equal and ready to defend his
principles and the record of his
party showing clearly that he is full
| ly posted on all questions of the day
and stated to General Wheeler that
he intended to assail his public re-
cord from one end Of the eight dis
trict to the other and invited him to
meet him and defend it and the re-.
cord OF his party in joint discussion
before the people. Mr.. Austin
showed conclusively to all fair
minded people that in great meas
ure General Wheeler has been der
elict III the discharge of his duties
to his constituents, and dehed him
to disprove that he had been vans
ting in his stewardship. Mr. Aus
tin stated that if General Wheeler
would name one general law that
he had enacted for the benefit OF
his constituents, that he would
withdraw from the contest and
stump the district from one end to
the other for General; that during
the eight years the General has
served in Congress he had intro
duced mere than thousand private
bills and petitions and had secured
the passage of only twenty, seven OF
which were for the benefit Of par
ties living outside of the state Of
Alabama, three Of the remaining
thirteen being bills permitting the
erection Of bridges across the Ten
nessoe river-bills to which there
is never any opposition : leaving
only nine private bills he had pas
sed for his friends in eight years.
The Republicans of Jackson send
greeting to those all along the line
from Georgia to Mississippi, and
congratulate them on their pros
pects of having the old Eighth dis
trict represented for the first time
since the days of the lamented, gall
liant and brave Col. Lowe. VIII
you. Republicans Of Madison,
Limestone, Morgan, Lawrence,
Lauderdale, Colbert and Franklin
meet us at the gathering on the 4th
day of November?
This is our district and should be
placed where she properly belongs,
in the Republican column. VIII
we do it? We can if we will, and
if we don't the fault will be ours and
not our enemies. l.. w. WILLIS.
Notwithstanding the circus being IL
town, the attendance at the Fair yesteT-