Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-19

u. h6FT Il, " ulbe 10, ana Ryan ID.
Fourth Tor SIrth) BaUo-Ryan was
dropped according to rule. 50 votes were
east; necessary to choice "a. WEIGH re-
ceived 80, Kerr %, and White 20.
A motion to adjourn was made, but
Withdrawn, and another ballot taken,
which resulted In 70 votes being cast.
Necessary TO choice, 50; WEIGH, 81; Kerr,
As.
DR.. Bateman here took the floor and
said he had learned that certain parties
had been circulating around the room the
report that Mr.. WEIGH had gone into eau
Gus with the Radicals. He denounced as
a base fraud the report that his name had
declared the man who started the story
an infamous iend.
The next ballot consisted of 50 votes, Of
which WEIGH got AZ and Kerr So.
A motion to adjourn to 8 pm. (it then
being 6H p.m.) was, after much debate
and several amendments, adopted, and
the Convention adjourned.
At eight o'clock last evening the MEM
bers Of the Convention re-assembled in
the Assembly Hall, to continue and close
the duties incumbent upon them. The
chairman, Colonel LOoney, on taking the
chair, called the delegates to order. The
hall wss crowded with spectators, who
took the I~iveliest interest in the proceed
"SHe 1AS NN"@Ae NoAAc1 W&o u Ia
acted:
The following communication was re-
ceived from NJ. J. Pendergast:
To R.. F. Looney, etc.:
You will please consider me no longer a
delegate to the Democratic Convention.
The Irish and working men of this city
deserved q candidate on your ticket, but
you nave seen fit not to give even one;
therefore consider me no longer a men,
Der of your body. Yours, etc,
NJ. J. PENDERGAST.
Received and accepted, with great
pleasure.
Colonel Douglas again denounced the
report on WEIGH, which had been so nd ,
cilessly handled by Colonel Magevney,
after listening to which a ballot was then
zone into latter calling the ROLL, with the
following result;
Whole number votes cast 81, Of which
NJ. D.. WEIGH received As.
There being no choice, another ballot
was zone into, with the following result:
Whole vote, S1-Kerr, Al; WEIGH 40.
On the announcement of the vote, their
friends announced the names of Mr.. 5.
NJ. Cannon, T. A. Ryan and I. G.. Har-
ris, all of whom were, however, with
drawn before coming to a vote. Col. Sam
Walker r-e-annOunced the name of Col.
Nose White as q candidate, and the race
was therefore virtually re-begun.
The 9 ballot 9th resulted in a foul
vote, and was therefore thrown out. A
repetition of b same resulted in g
votes being cast, WEIGH receiving 80, Kerr
81, White IL.
Col. White came forward and said that
he had been fairly beat. Had he been
nominated, no man would have taxed
his energies more than he to have filed
the place with credit to himself and JUS
tice to the people.
The twelfth ballot resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, 81; neces-
sary to choice, 81; WEIGH, AZ; Kerr, 40.
Thirteenth BGUOt-Whole number of
votes cast 81; WEIGH Al, Kerr Al.
William Ringwald, of the Eighth Ward,
nominated as q compromise candidate
John F. Sale.
Mr.. BIedsoe stated that if nominations
were in order he would re-nOminate Hon.
Isham G.. Harris.
Fourteenth BGUO-Whole number of
votes cast 81; WEIGH p, Kerr IS, Sale 5,
Harris Is.
Colonel Galloway stated that the true
motto for the party was everything for
the cause and nothing for men a sacrifice
must be made Of personal friends and a
compromise candidate must be intro
duced. He would nominate a man who
had made a gallant seldier-Luke e.
Wright.
Mr.. Magevney complimeuted Captain
Wright, and reioiceG that he had been
nominated by a man who had been con-
sidered out Of the party, and was pleased
that he had come back.
Col Cruise counselled Cancellation, and
hoped the vote would be united.
Mr.. Gibson, of the Ninth ward, nOmi-
mated J. E. r. Ray.
Mr.. RingYald nominated Van A. w.
Anderson.
Capt. Edgington nominated w. ]. S.
Adams.
Gov. Harris name was Withdrawn.
fifteenth Ballot - Whole number of
votes cast, 81; Welch 20, Kerr 70, Wright
30, Van Anderson - Adams (, Ray 2.
An adjournment was moved and Sec
onded but was superseded by q motion
to lay on the table, which was carried.
Mr.. Adams name was withdrawn.
Sixteenth Observation-Disclosures of votes
cast, 81; WEIGH %, Kerr rs, Wright 30.
Sesenteenh BnHot-Whole number of
votes cast 81; WEIGH n, Kerr q, Wright
"a. Captain J. Taylor nominated s. r.
Cannon.
Eighteenth RaHot-Whole number of
votes cast 81; WEIGH %, Wright 4S, Gam
mon 8.
Nineteenth Bauot-Whole number of
votes cast 81; WEIGH %, Wright SO. The
nomination Of Luke E. Wright was made
unanimous.
Colonel Looney, Chairman of the Con-
v~ention, stated hat the next thing in or
der was the nomination for First Chan
cellor.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Harrington nominated R.
J.. Morgan; MI. J. Taylor nominated Ed.
A. Beechsr, Esq, and read a letter from
Mr.. Beecher, stating that whether nomi-
mated or not he would abide the selection
made by the Convention.
First ballot for MsdReelJOr-Whole num-
Der of votes cast, 81; Morgan 50, Beecher
%.
Second BaUQf-Whole number of votes
cast, 81; necessary 10 a choice, as; Nor
gan 81, Beecher 25.
Colonel Duff moved that the nomina-1
ton of r. J. Morgan be declared unani-
NOUS, which motion was carried.
The chairman announced that the next
thing in order was nominations for Sec
ond Chancellor.
Mr.. NJ. B. Trezevant nominated Hon.
Z. NJ. Yerger; Colonel Magevney nOmi-
mated George Dixon; Nj. J. Brizzolara
nominated Colonel w L. Scott; Captain
Edgington nominated LandOn @. Haynes.
First BGlIot-Whole number OF votes
cast 80; necessary to a choice 81; Yerger
Al, Dixon %, Scott .. Haynes IL.
Second BdILot-Whole number Of votes
cast 81; necessary to a choice 55; Yerger
Al, Dixon 26, Haynes is.
Third BGAtot-Whole number of votes
cast 81; necessary to a choice 81; Yerger
40, Dixon 80.
Fourth BdlLOt-There being SO votes cast,
the vote was declared foul by the voice
of the Convention, and the ballot thrown
out.
Fith BaHot-whole number of votes
cast 81 necessary 10 a choice 81; Yerger
SO, Dixon g.
Captain Taylor moved that the nomina-
ton of (. M. Yerger for the second Chan
cellOrship be made unanimous, which
motion was carried.
Col. NJ. c. Galloway offered a resolution
that the thanks Of the Convention and
the party be rendered to Col. DuBose and
his efficient co-labOrers of the Executive
Committee, forEhe able manner in which
they performed the duties imposed upon
them during the campaign; carried.
Mr.. James Brizzolara moved that the
thanks of the Convention be rendered to
Thomas ii. Cooke for his liberality in
giving the Convention the use of the As
sembly Hall; and also extending the
thanks Of the Convention to members Of
the press and the Secretaries of the Con-
yention; carried.
Col. Douglass offered a resolution
thanking the chairman, in the
name Of the Convention, for the
able and impartial manner in which he
presided over the deliberations Of the
which resolution was carried
unanimously.
Col. J. T. T~rezevant stated that he was
notSa member of the Convention, but he
Endorsed the nominations made, and he
believed the people would indorse them
and support them.
Samuel P. Walker, ESQ addressed the
Convention and remarked that some NAV
be pleased with apart of the ticket and
bot pleased with a part, but there must
be harmony and unanimity in the party,
and we must roll up our sleeves and go to
work TO secure the election of the candi-
tates nominated this evening, for he be-
lieyad that the nominations were the hast