Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
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Mr.. Terrell discussed the land loan
scheme and made a beautiful thing OF
it. He then took up the sub-treasury
plan and showed how that would
create a flexible currency at the time
money was most needed, making
money cheap and produce high,
and argued that the SUBJ Treasury
notes on warchoused cotton in the
South or wheat in the West would
distribute to the people all over the
country.
Mr.. Terrell was literally cheered
all the way through (for the crowd
YVES made up principally of his
friends) until he commenced defend
ing~Dr. Macune, eulogizing his char
acter. That part of his speech fell
like wet blanket. He confessed to
all that Macune has been charged
with, explaining the transactions and
why Pat Calhoun, Jay GOuld's rail
road attorney, was the best man be.
fore the Georgia Legislature for the
Senate. He had come out for the
sub-Tredsury. He said Macune Dor.
rowed the $1,000 from Calhoun for
the National Economist. That he
happened to be in Atlanta and was
telegraphed from Washington that
the paper was compelled to have
$4,000 Macune gave the note of the
publishing company for the money,
which was Tor himself and nine
other gentlemen who own the paper.
This, he said, occurred before the
Senatorial election, and the note was
paid before the election took place.
This is matter on which Mr.. Ter.
rell and Mr.. Mcdowell differs. Nc
DoWell says emphatically that Ma
cune testified that he borrowed the
81, 900 after the Senatorial election.
Mr.. Terrell may have referred to
another transaction in which Ma
cune got -, 600 from Calhoun.
Closing his speech of two hours, Mr..
Terrell announced that himself and
Mr.. Washington had failed to agree
on division of time and there would
be no debate, but they would ad.
jOurn to the court house to hold secret
meeting of the Alliance and he would
be present to exemplify the secret
work of the order. 1t was then time
for the band to play, but somehow
the band didn't play, and there
was little row about it. The band
cOntended that they were only EN-
ployed up to O'Clock. 1t was after
that hour, and we understand the
managers proposed to dock the band
SO for not playing at the right time,
The crowd, however, Immediately
raised Il yell for Washington, "Our
joe" and Joe hoped on the stann
like a cricket. He had chicken leg
in his hand when he mounted the
stand, which he dropped, and turned
loose flood of pure Democracy, re
minding the audience how this coun
try prospered under Democratic rule
for seventy years, how farmers got
rich tiIling the soil and the people
were happy, and Mr.. Terrell had
neglected to tell them that the Re-
publican party had ruled for the past
thirty years, and was responsible for
the ills he complained of. He told
them of the struggle that the Demo,
Gratis had been making in Congress
for a return to these good old Demo
cratic ways. He told them how gold
and silver, then the money of the
country, circulated on parity and
there was no complaint or lack OF
money. And now that Democracy
was upon the eve of winning great
victory on the issues, here comes Mr..
Terrell with his side issues, land loan
and sub .tresury, to distract and di.
vide the party and allow the Repub
lican party to triumph and fasten
their Force bill on the country, which
would perpetuate the very things
Terrell complained of. He showed
that the land loan scheme was origi
mated by Republican Senator Stan
ford, who had made his $40, 600, 900 by
lard grants to his railroads by Con
gress and had gotten up this plan for
borrowing money on his lands at
high valuations and let the govern
ment keep the land for the debt.
He then ripped the sub treasury
scheme wide open, exposing its
lallacy. Not single man left to go
to the secret meeting. They gathered
close around and cheered vigorously,
while some frOthed and fumed, but
Joe had over half of the crowd
with him. He spoke about
thirty minutes like pot boiling
over, almost taking Mr.. Terrell'a
breath from him. AS Joe warmed
up TO his work men in their excite.
ment and eagCrnes5 to get close
on fhn Stand aud