Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-13
From The Washington Correspondence CO OF the
Republican Banner.l
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From the washington correspondent CO OF III
Republican Banner.l
ANDREW JOHNSON FOR GOVERNOR.
am therefore frank +
say to these inquiTers that if the Presi
( dent will consent TO beo0Tafss candidate
I for Governor in August, that he viii
! have but little IL any trouble in being
elected, tae franchise to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Bat will he consent
/ On this point l am not certain, but
have reasOn TO believe though, IL the
! conservative masses of Tennessee will
but unite in an address to the President
asking him to become q candidate fol
q JyeTnOr, that he will do so. Let me
he understood, however. BY an address
do not mean the nomination by q con-
yentiOn, accompanied IS it would be by
& bungling platform with half a dozen
faces. 1 am sure the President would
accept Of no such nomination. II he IL
candidate at all 1t must be one on his
own platform, end he must be allowed 60
manage his canvass In has own way. II,
with this distinct understanding, the
conservative masses of Tennessee wish
him 10 become candidate, believe his
consent can be obtained to make the race
and yet speak without the slightest
authority from any one.
THE FRANCHISE LAW.
Speaking, however, OF the Franchise
Law, az connected with the Sherbrook-
R d.y case, allow me to say a word
That csse stands No. 125 on the docket,
and will be reached, and in some manner
disposed OF at the present term. regret
to ssy, however, that fear the case will
not BE- heard upon its merits. Tsere are
two dangers: one, that the Court will re
fuse 10 tske Jurisdiction and the other,
that the face Of the record msy not show
sufficient grounds for the Court to over
ri1e the decision OF our own courts in the
premises. From what learn, the record
Is not 50 full IS It ought to have been,
and is, withal, very bunglingly made up.
This is the way lawyers here talk. l sm,
therefore, not betting mu IA on favor
able decision. The best way to get the
franchise law repealed Is to run Andrew
Johnson for Governor upon his own plat
form.
OUR CoEGRESsMEN
ara al here and all il their seats. The
. Management (Msynard) would like
to be Speaker, but has no chance what
ever. Num-, OF the Memphis District,
is here, and says he don't care d-n If
Billy" as some here call him, would like
70 be a candidate for Governor, aud 1t Is
thought hes the inside track on Senter.
RADICAL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Here it is thou ght that the nouoinstiop
resls between Stokes and Ssnter, but
Tom Hamilton, Of Memphis, our 4" Con-
gresham Gtldrge," makes some pretsn-
sIOAs His sugar operations, however,
Eo
bis aspirations. II the Radical candidate
comes fr0m Middle Tennessee, l am next
10 certain that Stokes viii be the m sD,
a combination, however, between East
and West IeInessee would defeat ali mis-
sspirstiOng. Horace Maynard has no
particular desire to become a candidate
for Governor, but as that office is a sort
Of stepping stone to the Senate, he would
not Otisct 30 come 10 as kind of COM
promise czndidsta ia the event fuss
gels up between Seater and Stokes.
JOHNSON CAN BEAT ANY OF THE RAIDS.
To those who think, as We do, it would
matter bus little who the r sdical caudi-
late is II the policy | have indicated
Os adopted, Andrew johnson can defeat
5lther 4 I them, and thus crush Radical
sm il IeDnsssee,
THE ORATOR MULLINS.
But I fad myself about to forget the
Hon. James Mullins, the member from
ne Fourth District. What shall | ssy
4 Eim2 l can only tell you that he Is
lGTe, and strange as you may think, has
~ little Influence in the House. l near
.o-dsy that when the offer was rendered |
lim OF very honorable and paying DO |
ition, that he declined it on the ground (
hat he was seeking an Office '' nearer
nome" WHAT "Jeemesn meant by |
nearer home" do not know, but / |
leRr it Whispered that be wishes to be /
ne Internal Revenue Assessor for his 1
district, This, however, 1 take 1t, de-
lends upon certain contingency,
CONTESTED sEATs, /
And that contingency grows out OF |
ne probable contest for seat between /
IIllman and Sheafe in the Fourth Dis
Tict. By some here il Is believed that
he House will admit neither Shesfe nor
but will refer the entire matter
iRck TO the people. Ia those Issues Null
ins viii desire to be candidate. The
1Ore moderate Republicans Of the House,
lOWeyer, say they can see no reason why
iheate should not be admitted, and lust
low appear disposed TO vote for his ad-
lissiOn. There will, it is thought, be q
,rong contest for the seat between Left
7Ich and Smith, Of the Eighth d strict.
he Impression prevails that LsfGWich
fill De the victor.
Secretary Fietcher's letter.