Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-06
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tre ,..ei MECHAsICsv1LLE.
Governor--Senter, Ill; Stokes, o.
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Upton, /; Mcdowell, 0.
Senator-Cubbins, Ill; Hamilton, 0
Low, o. II aaU ~ Haia
FIoater-Reeves, 0; Sherrod, Ill; Ry
der, 0.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, III; Town.
send, III; Rankin, o.; Green, 0; Viii.
Hanson, o; MeKenna, 0.
Thirteenth Civil District.
rr ARsoLD's.
Governor-Senter, rs Stokes, 6.
Superintendent Public Instruction
Upton, IS Mcdowell, 6.
Senstor-Cubbins, IS; Hamilton, 6;
Low, 0.
Floster-Reeve, 6; Sherrod, rs; Ry-
der, 0.
Reprssentatives-Jones, rs; Town
send, rs; Rankin, o; Green, 0; Will
Hanson, 6; McKenns, 6. AZ
Sixteenth Civil District.
WHITES STATION.
Governor-Senter, Isl; Stokes, 142.
Represeutatives--Jones, 1873; Town.
send, l48.
Seventeenth Civil District.
M'coSxELL's CHURCH.
Governor-Senter, Sc Stokes, O.
Superintendent Public Instruction
Upton, O; Mcdowell, o.
Senator-Cubbins, So; Hamilton, 0;
Low, 0.
Floater-s herrod, Sc; Reeves, o; Ry-
der, 0. %
Representatives-Jones, Sc; Townsend,
So; Rankin, 0; Green, o; Williamson,
o: McKenns, o.
All sorts of lodges we're resorted to by
the Stokes party to get in fraudulent
votes. Several hundred negroes were
brought up the river from Arkansas and
Mississippi, and we're all furnished with
new papers, fresh from the hands of the
late unlamentsd Registrar, Williams. Sew.
eral negroes who had MOI been properly in.
structed offered to vote in the Ninth Ward
on Louisiana papers, which shows what
extensive arrangements had been made
to perpetrate frauds.
On the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road arrangements had been made to
bring in several hundred illegal voters,
but their nicely laid plans fell inglori-
ously through. Mr.. Robert McKenna,
the Grand Cyclops of the negroes at
Whites station, who had his neighbors
arrested during the war 10 extort money
from them, and who is consequently very
popular in that region, went up on the
six o'clock freight train to bring in his
hordes assembled at Collierville. Cap
tain Garrett, one Of Sheriff Curry's depu.
ties, went up the previous evening, it is
supposed, on the same business, but they
waited aad waited in vain. The extra
cars were lost few miles from the city
and never reached Collierville, and the
Somerville train was several hours behind
time. So that the Mississippi negroes
were badly disappointed about taking a
free ride to the city. McKenna and Gar
rett went up to Lafayette and met the
mail train, which dropped them several
hundred yarda below Whites station
about two o'clock. MeKenna returned
to the station badly chopfallen and GU,
of humor, having lost days work to NO
purpose. He returned in time to hear
Esquire Goodlett administering the fol.
lowing oath to duped negro;
"You solemnly swear that Robert Nc
Kenna gave you this certificate Of regis
trstion on yesterday at this place, and
that you never had o certificate before
and never voted before2" Sworn to, etc.
Several Of The negroes gave different
names from tho name on their voting pa
pers, and testified that McKenna gave
them their papers only the day before.
They had unfortunately forgotten their
lesson and the name under which they
were ordered to vote. At all the stations
on the RAILROAD from Collisryille to Mem
phis we're groups Of negroes who waited
nearly all day for train, but the mail
train was q little behind time, and did
not stop for any of them. At German
town the negroes refused to vote, and
said that it would not do any good unless
they voted in Memphis. But some of
them walked down to White station,
where they voted under the instructions
of McKenns. When the train slipped
below Whites iss.;at time the black cloud
started for it on a run, but none Of them
reached it. The whistle hlowed and Oft
went the train, The negroes discussed
the matter rery fully. Before the train
came they supposed that the secesh had
captured it, but after it passed leader
in Africa was heard to say "Ye see now
how It's; desc rebels all votin and got
to runnin' things dey selves. Colored
folks got to fight em--got to fight en-; we
whip EN- wunst- can do it sgin."
On the Ohio road the Radicals were
rather more successful, The ingram
NAUTICAL Williams went up and after see
log that all had voted, put them on q
train to the number of three or four hun.
dred and brought them to the city, fur
nishing them new sat Of voting papers.
A good many of them succeeded in
voting, though perhaps not quite all.
There is no doubt that Williams has
haan isaninr new nanars anaru day