Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-06
THE RECENT DEMOCRATIC GOUN-
TY CONVENTION.

Editors Appeal: AS one of the tax-pay-
ers of Shelby county, [ feel a deep inter
est in the selection of good and competert
officers tor the county; and to socure that
end l rave departed from my fsrmer rulo
of life, and have recently taken, and for
the future have determined to take, an in
terest in and attend ward meetings with a
view of securing good and substantial
men to represent me IN conventions TO
nominate the right kin of candidates for
office. M here let me say If the same
determination on the part Of the good
and bona fide citizens of the county aud
city would resolve to, and more generally
attend these primary meetings, we wbuld
ave less cause for grurlbling about the
men selected to ill the various offices of
the county. And right here the fauIJ
lies and the remedy should be
applied, instead of grumbling ahD1t
nominations after they are made,
as has recently been the case in our
city. 1 have always noticed that it Is
those persons who do not take interest in
these meetings that find fault and grum-
BILE lOudest. They nsver'go to ward DAeet-
ings, bur stay at home and let these meet
ings 90 by default; faliciting themselves
upon tho fact that they are toO good and
respectable to mix in such crowds, and
would consider it a letting down OF their
dignity 10 appear in the morning papers
as a delegate, or to have acted as oh If
man or secretary At a ward meeting And
after the Convention meets, ifsucl men as
DO not meet their peculiar vie as OF re-
spectabiiity are not nominated, etc, etc,
they raise old harry, by appearing in two
or more columns of the papers, with 81 OF
their kind, calling upon some gentleman
who never takes any interest in such mat
ters to run as 10 independent candidate,
and, we fear, thereby e~lecting a straight
out Radical. As soon as il becomes gen
orally known that there was dis
satisfaction with some of the nominees
of the recent County Convention, indie
pendent candidates became as thick as
blackberries, and the leaders of the Loyal
Lesguers became as busy as bees June. !
calling their clanst together, TO devise some
way to make a grand concentrated charge
upon the breecb made in The Conservative
ranks. It is plain TO be seen that unless
we heal our differences and drop u per- 1
sonal quaTrels, that we are to have one or
more Radicals as our county officers for
the next two years. 1t is urged, in reply, |
Radicals are not united as a party, 1
and that many of them have signed the
call upon Major Strange, and will votefOr I
him. Now l hope no man win be caught 4
by this piece of strategy on the part of the
Radicals. l have seen too much of them
to be caught by any such chaif, or to trust
them an inch, and I hazard the as
hat not a cCrpOTals guard 4
of them viii be found supporting |
Mjaor Strange on the day of election. and
their signing the call upon him was only /
a trick to widen the differences among
ourselves. My own personal preferences
are for Major Strange, n after an ac-
.quaintance of nearly a quarter of a cen
fury, [ know him to be a high-minded, a
generous, and honorable gentleman, but
occupies a position before the people
that prevents him from getting my vote.
is not the nominee of The party, and [
shall not vote Tor him. Many of the par
ties who were loudest in their deuuncia-
ton of Colonel Walker, are his support
ers, in their positions in our recent mu-
nicipal election, / am sorry to say, were
the first to sign the call upon Major
Strange. 1 am acquainted witt Mr.. Reilly, |
and whilst he was not my choice, I shall
be as certain to vote for him on the
day of election as l live to see it, were
be opposed by forty Major Stranges. 1
don't begin to believe Reilly viii be con
trOlied in the management of his office if
by John LOagne. l know him, |
from having a large amount of business
to transact in his Office. TO be every way
competent to fill the position to which he
been nominated. He is thoroughly
acquainted with the duties of the office, is
polite and accommodating, and if elected,
am satisfied the people of the county
will never have TO regret their choice.
FRONT STREET.