Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-08-12

government securities at par.
In every silver standard country th,
great mass of the people are poor anc
ignorant.
In no silver standard country is la
Dor well paid.
NO silver standard country mas GOOD
public school facilities. es.-Omahaw Bee
Gov. laylor's FIRST Speech.
Those who take the trouble to read
Ex'Gov. Taylor's opening speech of the
campaign delivered at Loudon will find
little in it of which they may feel
proud. 1t is almost preternaturally
Tayloresque. The ex Governor has
spent the summer in his mountain
home preparing his oracular deliver
ance aud the result is that, like the
mountain OF old that labored. he has
Drought forth mouse-a miserable
little mouse at that-a mouse that
might be degenerate miniature of the
garrulous animal that one Baalam
rode. When the country is undergoing
crisis, when the people are clamorng
Tor information, for instruction, for
an intelligent exegesis of question
that is occupying the best intellect of
the nation-a question that is fraught
with veal or woe to the entire country.
Ex-Gov Taylor responds by telling
them about Uncle Nicodemus irving
to ride a rebellious mule and other
Such luminous stories from his lecture
on the Fiddle and the Bow. OF course.
he essays to discuss the all absorbing
financial question. He yields that
much to popular demand. In yielding,
he follows the lines laid down by Lew
Dockstader and other burnt cork ar.
lists and makes complete and pitiful
ourlesque of it. Ex.Gov. Taylor an.
parently did not try to act the dema-
gogue. lie sincerely endeavored to
appear profound He was a demagogue
In spite of himself. He was smatter.
ingly superficial because he could
not help it-because there is nothing
IN the man but potential energy for
producing laughter and applause. He
asked his hearers if they were satisfied
with the present hard times. OF course
no one Is; no one ever was or ever will
be- Good times are mythical and un.
real. We see them like wraiths arising
from the grave of the dead years, or
through the misty haze of promised
tomorrows. But good times like to-
morrows never come. Like the not of
gold at the base of the rainbow arc
they flee before us. The present never
harbors them. They make companions
OF hope and remembrance. Naturally.
no one of his audience was satisfied
with present hard times, and it was
easy to promise that the free and un.
limited coinage of silver would bring
both ends of the rainbow within the
grasp of everyone, and this is what our
Ex-Governor did. He gave no reason
'r argument why free coinage would
lelp the country; because he knew of
lone. He expounded no theory, he
Exploited no opinion. He appealed to
he 6asest passions of his auditors, to
hose vicious passions that patriots
trive at all times to smother and sup.
'ress. He was fishing for votes, not
Intelligent Endorsement. He evoked
inglng cheers and applause and this
10 considered commendation enough.
here are men in Tennessee who are
rec silver men, who can present :
ood argument for the ascendency of
ne white metal because it is an open
uestlon, and these men are instructive
nd entertaining. Ex Gov. Taylor is =,
either. He is merely tiresome and i.
rovoking. We feel sorry for ex. Gov. .
aylor and for Tennessee. His mana. :,
ers should suppress his buresque ;,
nancial speech and let him return to :
is old line of fun making. At this n
is success. Outside of this he is :,
'ilure. Let him wheedle and amuse a
'e people into forgetting for the time, a
'e crisis that confronts them. Let !,
IN not offend their good sense by =,
'slng as a sage while his language is .,
suggestive of the cap aud balls
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