Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-31
SENTER.
He Has a Talk with a Herald Re-
porter.
He Gives His Views About the Stu
alton.
He Says Stokes Told Untruths in His
Interview.
He Regards the Bald Eagle " Pc,
litiCaIIy Dead.
What He Thinks About the Interfer-
enCe of the General Government.

What He Thinks About the Interfer-
ence of the General Government.
: From the New York Herald of Thursday ]
D. W. c. Senter, the present Gov
ernOr elect of the State of Tennessee,
arrived in this city last evening, ac-
cOmpanied by Gen. John y. Mabry,
who is. spoken of as a probable sue
eessOr to Senator Fowler; Col. John
B. BrOWnlOw, son of eX-GOv. Brown
low, and Col. ID. NJ. Nelson. The
Governor and his party, shortly after
being installed in comfortable quar-
ters ut the st. Nicholas Hotel, were
called upon by several Tennesseeans
of note, who came to pay therres-
poets and offer the Governor their con-
| gratulatiOns on his election. Mr..
Senter is young man, being only
thirty-siX years of age, is above the.
medium size, and stoutlY, or rather
sOlidly, built. He is quite afiable in
! his manner, courteous 70 a fault, and
| a very pleasant cOnVersatiOnalist, but
/ Withal rather aVerse to talking poll
| tics or reviewing the situation
| for the special purpose of getting him
self into print. Our reporter, on an
nOuncing his mission, which was to
obtain the Governors views on the
condition of affairs in Tennessee and
his side of the election stOry-Cien.
Stokes having already furnished his
side to the public-Was very cordially
received, and, after a little "gentle
prevailing" succeeded in drawing
him into conversation on the mOOted
Tennessee subject.
HE WANTS TO LET THE TENNESSEE
QUESTION DIE.
1.-THE fact of the matter is" said
the Governor, i'm answer to our re-
pOFter's inquiry as to the motive of
his journey North, " the fact of the |
matter n | dOn'tliiIe to talk politics !
after election time, especially when !
the talk is published in the newspa- !
pers. l would rather let the whole |
Tennessee question die out of itself, !
which it will if it is only left alone. !
You ask me if l came North to see !
Gen. Grant about the election in our !
State. To this | answer no. My visit |
has nothing whatever of an official /
character, and it is not my intention |
to speak to the President concerning I
Tennessee. l do not think it neces- !
sary."
IE THINKS THE FEDERAL OFFICERS |
IN TENNESSEE ARE ALL GRANT |
MEN.
Reporter-But, Governor, you know
Stokes says he will have all the |
Federal Office-hOlders in Tennessee re-
moved who voted for you. A word
from you might change the aspect of
things.
Senter-I do not intend to see the
President on the subject. If the Office
holders who voted for me are removed
il will be a gross injustice, for every
one of them is a staunch Republican
and an ardent Grant man. This puts
me in mind that Stokes claims that
all the good Republicans voted for
him at the election. We'll, / will show
You how false is such an assertion.
First and foremost, nine ont of every
ten of the Grant and COk&lX electors of
the State voted for me, and three
fOurths of the State delegates to the
Chicago Convention voted for me.
They were during the Presidential
and are still, strong Grant
men. The fact of the matter is, the
fight in the late election was strictly
between the liberal Republicans and
What people in Tennessee understand
by " restrictive" Republicans, the
latter being opposed to extending the
franchise or any way holding out a
hope b. the men who had Joined the
wrong side during the war of an era |
of peace and br0theriy feeling. The
platform of the liberals who elected /
me was based on the resolution offered
by Carl ,SchurZ at the Chicago Con
VentioR, and which was made a part
Of the platform on which Grant fought
the battle iOr the Presidency. That
resolution favored the extension of
and the removal OF disabili- ;
ties from the people Of any of the
States that had been in rebellion
whenever il was found safe to invest |
them with all the rights they had lost
by the rebellion. On the strength of {
that platform we won the fight.
He DEFENDS HIS REGISTRARS AND
ANSWERS Stokes CHARGE OF UN-
FAIR REGISTRATION.
Reporter---Your opponent says by ,
registration.
Senter---l1e says, when he says that.
what he knows To be untrue. Helays
great stress on the fact that his vote !
was within $500 Of the vote cast for
Grant. Now full vote was not pOlled I
by the Republicans at the Presiden-
tial election. They felt they had a {
sure thing, and consequently many of {
them stayed at home. That vote, &
therefore, cannot he Justly taken as a I
test vote by Stokes. The vote to COM /
pare our last election with is that cast l
in 1867. And how do the facts stand? ]
Why, Stokes got IS, 800 votes less than
BrOwnlOw i'm 1867, and the old regis 7
tratiOn was in full force in 1869. You {
viii thus see that all this talk about I
fraudulent registration" is just so I
much bOsh; for he would have been !
defeated by his opponents getting
1900 majority had there been no new I
He bases much of his 9
assertions about fraud in the elections, \
believe, on the point of there being a
such a heavy vote cast; but he could I
easily explain the increased vote if he {
chose TO. The decision of the Su- a
preme Court of the State, you will re-
some time before thei cleo @
ton, decided that all those who had 1
been granted certificates by the first C
law, but VINO were de- +
Drived of the right of voting by the h
second enfranchise law and by eXecu- v
i've proclamatiOnss should be allowed il
20 vote. This admitted 10000 votes e
hat had been heretofore kept out. h
As for the charges that the election a
was carried by my appointing corrupt t
they are absurd. l appoint
ID the best men could find. Indeed, c
removed registrars in Wilson and v
several other counties, whom ! knew |.
% be strong advocates of my election, v