The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-03-01
TENNESSEEAN'S ANSWER.
New York Democrats Listen To Judge
Patterson.


New York, Feb. 24-Nearly $50
good Democrats sat down today to
partake of the regular monthly dinner
at the Democratic club house, No. 617
Fifth avenue, and incidentally, as it
was thought by some, to listen to Hon.
Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, give
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt an oratorical
dressing down for his free criticism of
modern southern statesmen, made at
the southern society banquet on
Thursday night. But Mr.. McMillin
had to send his regrets on account OF
illness, and the New York Democrats
who sympathize with the southern ones
who have felt specially aggrieved
listened, instead, to Hon. Josiah Pat
terson, of Tennessee, as substitute.
1t was nearly 10 o'clock when the
toast master, Mr.. 0Dwyer, president
of the club, demanded the guests at.
tention, and in brief speech present
ed Judge Patterson, who spoke to the
toast The south and the public cred
it" In response Judge Patterson said
81 imagine that have been selected
to respond to this toast because it is
imagined in New York that the south
does not care much about the public
credit, and because | am from that
section Of the union. Permit me to
ray that l am one Of the citizens of the
south who have always entertained a
higp regard for the Democrats of this
municipality. When the south was in
travail, when the south had misfor-
tunes, when the south was under radi-
cal rule, during those dark days when
no star but one appeared in the politi-
cal horizon, that star always appeared
above Manhattan island. | feel an af-
lection for the Democracy of New York
because that Democracy has always
stood by the south in its struggle for
home rule and self Government. /
congratulate the Democrats of New
York as | do the Democrats of the
south that they have been able to
shake hands and wipe from the statute
book the last vestige of radicalism in
repeal of the election bill"
The speaker said he differed from q
large number of the Congressman from
the south, but they had a peculiar con-
stituency in that region. His opponent
was double barreled man-one barrel
populist, the other barrel Republi.
can. The Republican party was Janus
faced on the money question. They
advocated sound money on Wall street
and anything else that would please
the electors in the south. He did not
believe in paternalism, but he did be-
live in self reliance. The Republican
party was the party who prostituted
the powers of Government for more
than thirty years for private advan-
tage. The administration Of this Gov
eminent under its rule was absolutely
paternal. 1t was not strange, the
speaker said, that the people of the
south when they saw that favors were
going to the moneyed men of the coun-
try should expect forty acres and a
mule. Naughter) To those people
in New York who feared that this Gov
eminent would embark upon the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, he
would say that they need have no such
dread.
Judge Patterson closed with high
tribute to President Cleveland, who he
said, was the exponent of union with
out sections and flag without dis
honor.
Congressman 6traus, ex Congress-
maa Fitch, of New York, and Selden
Macon, of New Orleans, were among
the other speakers.