The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

not III force to certain parts or por
tons of such critics and towns, and
absolutely prohibiting saloons from
being in operation within certain
blocks or distances of any and al
schools. churches and other public
institutions.
Again, feel confident that the
saloon men of these cities and
towns are not paying enough IL
ceuse for the privilege of carrying
on their business and / shall favor
and urge the increase of privilege
taxes upon all saloons in such cities
and towns.
Again, there is considerable ag1-
tatIon in some of the larger cities
about increasing the corporation
privilege tax on saloons and it
seems difficult to get or induce the
Boards of Mayor and Alderman OF
some of these cities and towns to
increase this tax. If elected to the
next Legislature / shall favor the
enactment of law prohibiting the
corporate authorities from levying
less privilege tax on saloons than
the State levies. There are many
reasons which / could give for this
increased privilege taxation of sa-
looms, but in an address like this it
is impossible to enumerate them.
Again, there can hardly be a
doubt in the minds of those who
have given the subject the most SUI
perfcial study, but that the issu-
ance of pssses by the railroads has
been, and is yet greatly abused by
the railroads, and that there can
hardly be doubt but that the rail-
roads have been, and are yet greatly
imr upon by certain classes OF
people in demanding passes on their
trains. If | am honored by you
with an election as a member to
the next Legislature / shall favor
the passage of the bill prohibiting
the issuance of any passes by any
officer of the railroad of this State
to any citizen of the State unless it
be an employee of such railroad
company This may seem to some
radical legislation, but it is both
just to the railroad companies and
to the people of the State who are
not among the favored few who Sc
cure such free transportation; and
there are many reasons which could
be given in favor of the passage of
such measure and none in opposi-
tion to it, and if | am a member of
the next Legislature shall do what
/ can to secure the passage of such
legislation as this.
Again. | have favored, ever since
| first gave the matter any study,
the working Of our public roads by
| was a member of the
which passed the road
law which provided for the working
OF the public roads by contract and
voted for it; while it was not all /
wanted and in some respects defec-
tive, yet it was a measure in the
right direction and it should never
have been repealed, but improved
as experience pointed out its defects
and wherein it could be bettered.
If | am a member of the next Leg
islature / shall favor the passage of
the public road law requiring them
to be worked under contract system
as heretofore in force, with some
modification thereof, which in my
Judgment will be an improvement |
Of the old law. ! believe this to be
the cheapest, the easiest and most
effective way of working our roads, |
and the least expensive and the
least annoying to the people. If
a general public road law of this
kind cannot be passed, then shall
strive to have one of that kind en-
acted applicable to Obion County.
There has been considerable agi-
tation among the Democrats of the
State, and especially in the Demo-
cratic press about an amendment
or some amendment of the primary
law. We all know and re-
alize that the day for mass conven-
tions has past, or the time has
come when they should never be
held again. 1t has been quite a
while since the Democrats of Obion
held mass convention and |
trust that the time will not again |
soon come when that method of
nominations will be resort
ed to. If / am honored with seat
in the next Legislature shall favor