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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1888
Page
2
The ballot shows Grover Cleveland of New York for president with Allen G Thurman of Ohio for vice president Josiah Sams as senator candidate and W. R. Henry as floater in the ticket ready for vote in the upcoming election.
Gov Taylor and Hon Sam Hawk will hold the first joint campaign meeting in Jonesboro this Saturday drawing Democrats from Washington county. The article notes party platform alignments on liquor with repeal of internal revenue laws and free whiskey. Johnson City court bills advance as ex Gov Marks speaks on tariffs and issues. Butler earns credit for backing moves.
A largely attended meeting in the Criminal Court room featured ex Senator Joseph B. McDonald speaking on the tariff and the Mills bill. He argued for cheap wool to lower clothing costs and for Indiana to raise sheep to boost domestic supply. He defended free wool against harm to sheep raisers and mills, cited the boot and shoe trade, and questioned the Republican platform while praising the Democratic ticket.
A periodical discusses excessive taxation and surplus revenue harming farmers merchants and workers stressing easy money and its impact on employment and investment. It cites a Tennessee Supreme Court decision deeming a cottonseed oil trust a partnership and void for corporations to form, endorsing charter integrity.
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