Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-03-18
81 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Discussion at Mountain City

Il
y The Tomahawk published at Noun
tain CITY, johnson County is taking no
part In the Congressional fight and its
report of the discussion between Brown.
low and Milburn must be unprejudiced
and unbiased. We give it in full:
Two of the candidates for the Renub.
llcan nomination for Congress, Hons.
W. +. Bro wnlow and W. EFF. Mil
burn, addressed the voters of johnson
county, at the Court House, last Mon.
day evening. An immense crowd wa .
present, estimated at from seven to
eight hundred, and they packed the
large Circuit Court room from one end
10 the other. The crowd was a repre.
sentative one, and gave each of the
speakers careful hear ing.
Mr.. Brownlow led in the speech max.
ing he had never made business of
public speaking, being a thinker, and
worker in the ranks, rather than a
speaker, and the people were anxious
TO see him and hear him. And they
were most agreeably surprised. While
brownlow is not polished orator,
rounding out his sentences with great
fourishes of rhetoric, he is q man who
possesses an unusual amount of that
commodity known as common sense.
and he goes right into speech in a
business way, without amy prelimina.
ries, whatever, and talks to the people
In their own common way, and about
things in which they are most directly
interested. He planted himself upon
the solid platform Of protection to
American industries, and to American
citizens; of American industries in
order to give the great army of Ameri-
can iaboring men a chance to earn
decent living, and protection of Ameri-
can citizens in order to keep trusts and
monopolies from robbing them. He
declared in favor of the coinage OF
American silver, 80 far as consistent
with sound business principles, and the
protection of American producers
against the foreign producers Of the
white metal. He dwelt at length upon
the pension question and showed that
no man in this Congressional District
had ever been a better friend to the
old soldier than he had been, and that
he had labored without money and
without price. His speech throughout
was well received by the crowd and
met with hearty applause.
Mr.. Milburn followed. He is a speak.
er OF many years experience and has
acquired the readiness which naturally
comes to man by years of practice in
political debate. He gave careful
review of the history of the Republican
party and showed wherein it had been
friend and deliverer of the people.
He is also a staunch protective tariff
man and stands for America for Amer
lea against all other lands. He disa-
greed with his competitor in some
points regarding trust, monopolies and
banks. He treated the pension question
at length and told what changes he
thought ought to be made in pension
laws. He appealed to the old veterans
to stand by him in the fight and give
him a chance for the nomination.
His speech was we'll received and met
with frequent applause.
Each of the speakers made spicy re.
plies and kept the crowd in a roar of
laughter by their sharp cuts at each
other. The speaking seemed to enthuse
the voters considerably and will tend
to get up an interest in the primary
election. We do not give our indi-
vidual opinion, but that of all that we
have heard express themselves since
the speaking, and it is to the effect that
the immense gathering Of the loyal
men of johnson was largely in favor
Of Mr.. Brownlow.