Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-22
FIRsT BALLOT.

10
Necessary tOA choiee..~..-......... ,........ 5
SECOND BALLOT.
Johnson. 4
Etherldg
THIRD BALLOT.
Johnson. .....s. ......... ~
FOURTH BALLOT.
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EJheridge ........
Scattering votes were about tn,
same each ballot. Cooper was with
drawn when the Convention met
Only four votes were wanting Il
: Johnson's election to-day. The
friends of the ex-President are conf
dent of success tomorrow.
The action of Mr.. j. T. Boyle, Pres
ident of the Evansville, Henderson &
Nashville Railroad, in taking up tho
rails connecting that road with the
Edgefeld & Kentucky Railroad, |:
universally denounced, and the I.egis
lature Is expected to take immediate
action in the premises. Boyles re-
Gently received $2OO,GOO in State aid
to finish his road, and his present
conduct may lead to complications
that may tell against him.
SECOND DISPATCH.
NASHVILLE, October p, z pm
The Odd Fellows Grand Encamp-
ment adjourned to-day.
In the Senate, Mr.. Cuhblns intro
duced a bill chartering the Memphis
Furniture and Manufacturing Conn
pany,
The Judiciary Committee We're to-
day instructed 10 inquire into the ex-
pediency Of selling delinquent rail-
roads.
The Wood and Willow Ware Com
pany was Incorporated to-day, also
the Baptist Educational Society.
| hear of new Senatorial combina-
tiOns. There was a caucus tonight,
the result of which will probably be
/ that Hon. William H. Stevens, OF
your city, will be nominated, to-mor-
row, in place Of Etheridge. There is
also possibility of consolidation on
] the part ofthe supporters of Etheridge,
the two Browns, Peyt9n and Fletcher,
in favor Of Mr., Stephens, who is justly
regarded with high favor,
These movements strengthen the
confidence of the ex-President and his
friends. Many Of Etheridge's friends
concede him overheard, and that un-
less the opposition is combined, as
above predicted, Johnson viii he
elected tomorrow.
Johnson or a new man is Aow the
talk. As l learn, Cubbins is not COM
mitted to Etheridge on final contest,
notwithstanding he nominated him.
He and Townsend prefer third man.
1t is rumored tonight that the three
votes cast for Ewing and the four for
PeytoH (making seven in all will be
given to Johnson tO-morrQW. Ii so,
he will be elected,
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH.
NASHVILLE, October 2l.-The fair
was largely attended to-day, notwith-
standing the inclemency OF the wealth
er. -...
The conGention oF the Legislature
voted tour times to-day. The last
vote stood rs follows: For JOhnsOn,
lS, Etheridge, q T; scattering vote, 2t.
johnson only heeiled four Votes more
to elect binl. s.H8 Egy eoHjs
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
NASHVILLE, Wednesday Night
While l write ii is impossible to fore
tell the result of the contest for the
SenatOrship. The very yirulence with
which Johnson has been assailed
makes his friends adhere 10 him most
tenaciOusly. 1t is q patent fact that
johnson is the candidate of true con-
servatism. He is opposed by every
Radical who bows in humble adora-
ton before the shrine of Wendell Phil
lips genius. Every act Of johnson
while Military Gpgernor is harshly
criticised, and its prQpriety measured
by standards which we apply in these
piping times Of peace,
Charles Stewart, an old citizen of
Nashville, while intoxicated, shot and
killed his wife this morning.
Mr.. Cubbins has conceived, and to
some extent perfected and popular
ICED, a mode of cheaRening the eollec-
tion Of taxes. He insists that there is
no necessity for a tax-cOllectOr in every
county, and that the salaries and
amounts appropriated by these office
holders may be wholly saved. In adj
dition, the State will have the benefit
of the industry of an army Of tax
gatherers. The perfection of the rail-
way and postal system of the eountry
viii enable a single taX-gathereF, with
his clerks, to attend to the eptiFe busi-
ness. Executions may be issued di-
rectly from Nashville, and liberal per-
centages granted the people in promo
tion OF promptitude. The scheme,
some day, may be chrystalzed into
legislation, though it must fight its
way through an army of placenlen.
In cases of this sort the few are more
potent, active, and apparently more
numerous than the many. As
happens in tbe matter of the re-
establishment of the old County
Court, the forty magistrates make in
finitely more noise than all the hun
dred thousand people of Shelby
County. The tax-eollectors would
howl, If Mr.. Cubbins behead them,
more loudly than all the stentOls Of
hoar antiquity.
Peyton, Foote, Etheridge, George
w. Jones, Golladay, next Senator
from Kentucky, Neill Brown, Glen.
Bate, Nancy, Jordan, Stokes and
many other distinguished citizens of
the State are in daily attendance at
| the Capitol.
| 1t is said combination will be
made tonight of all the elements OF
opposition to johnson. The eandi-
dates are to have meeting and de
wise a plan for Andy's overthrow. 1t
Is further alleged that the fourteen
Radical votes viii be given tomorrow
to some new man, upon whom the
opposition to johnson may be con.
eentrated. X.Y,Z.