The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-04

he nations capitol. He declared
hat the opposition to Col. Patter-
son was on account of his voting
for gold and upholding the hands
Of President Cleveland. When the
presidents name was mentioned 1t
several minutes TO exhaust
the applause which was wildly en-
After touching on the
most important issues of the cam
paIgn, Gen. Wright introduced
Col. Patterson.
When that gentleman came to
the foOtlights it seemed as if the
audience would go wild, and it was
many minutes before his voice
could be heard.
Col. Patterson opened his re-
marks by saying:
''Facing this great audience, com
posed of my friends, nels hbOrs and
fellow-c:tizens, the first emotion
which swells my heart is the senti-
ment of profound gratitude for
their continued confidence in me
and their approval Of my public ser
vices.
"However widely known a man
may be, or whatever applause he
may receive from strangers, it goes
for little when contrasted with the
good opinion of neighbors. For
twenty-five years have gone in and
out before the people of Memphis.
1t is my home and will be to the
end of my life. 1t is the home of
my children and grandchildren.
All that l am and all that 1 expect
to be is indissolubly associated with
this community"
lie recited the passage of a bill
which he was instrumental in pas
sing, requiring the railroad compan-
les engaged in the interstate com
merce to provide their engines with
automatic brakes, to make their
freight cars of uniform height, and
to compel them to adopt, within a
definite period, a system of auto
matte car coupling. Speaking OF
the great good it had been to the
community he passed on to the fl
nancial question. He said;
81 am frank in saying to you, my
fellow citizens, that when l was cleo
ted to congress six years ago, l hat
never studied the question of the
currency, and whatever opinions
then had on the subject were undi
gested, and merely impressions de
rived from a casual reading of the
newspapers. The subject of the
currency is one of great completely
and difficulty, and l submit that NJ
man is entitled to speak with au
thority on it, without having cOnse
Grated himself to the study Thereof
NOT as partisan-not for the pur
pose of getting votes-but for the
purpose of promoting the welfare O.
his country"
Then Col. Patterson opened W
the fight. He led at his enemy
old mouth-piece, and touched the
Commercial Appeal in a tender
spot. q" IF all hands would joiI
in an effort to reach an agreemen
on the question of bimettalic stand
ard, without confusing the consid
Grafton of the question by making
it party issue, there would be ;
better chance for an early and salts
factory settlement. The currency
question is not political issue. i
does not touch any of the essentia
principles upon which the two grea
parties are divided. 1t is nonsense
for a man to say who believes in {
strict construction of the constitu
ton, who holds to JeffersoniaI
principles as to the functions Of
government, who is opposed to
Capitalization, and who is opposed
to local self-government, is not {
democrat because he believes i
dangerous for this country tC
undertake, alone, the free and un
limited coinage of silver. The eff
fort to draw strict party lines upOr
such a question as this only results
in preventing an intelligent con
sideration, and delaying an Intelli
gent settlement. The maneuverine
of parties on the silver question has
confused the public mind. Neither
party is a unit on tie question, an,
neither party can nor should at
tempt to make declaration of poll
cy binding on every member. NJ
platform could make Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Bland, or Mr.. Harrison
and Senator Teller see the question
alike
'It is needless for me to say
that the author of this editorial i,
Mr.. 4. w. Carmack, who is can
didate for congress in this district
GLOW different 1t sounds from
the Chicago platform, and the
speech which that gentleman made
when he accepted a nomination fol
congress rendered him in this hal
on Tuesday last! How. strangely
these words of wisdom sound in
contrast with his utterances before
the people now!
"He and his followers would
read me out of the democratic par
ty because / adhere now to what he
so wisely said then, | appeal from
Phillip drunk to Phillip sober"
Col. Patterson then detailed
| events which led up to the present