Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-24
h is kaid Of Them.

Jacob S~teinhuhl, and everybody knows
him-he came here when the bluff wasn't
more than q foot high, or six months old,
next after John Wnkerson and Colonel
Mclean, the oldest OF the Old Folks-this
venerable gentleman proclsims his pur-
pose TO sit in the council-chamber of this
municipality, If the good people of the
Third ward would shove him in through
h bsllot-box. He is hardly fat enough
to make IN alderman, and, therefore, ne
goes tor the city council. He is an hon
est, capable, worthy gentleman.
A. D.. Gibson, Esq, is another reliot of
boar antiquity, BORN about the time that
Memphis wore piDafores, and the two ba-
bies grew up together. Memphis spread
herself smartly, and 90 will Mr.. Gibson
in this contest. BE Is @ clear headed
thinker, of whom 1t might be said, saNd
mems, SGno corpore. II the people OF the
Third ward want q representative who is
apt to have his own way, who asks moth
ing that is wrong, and will have every
thing that is right, they will 20 for Glib
son. j. g. Barbour is also Of the Third
ward, and il the choice of the people eve
rywhere for school visitor. He has intel
heence, Is devoted TO books, lie conversznt
with school systems OF this and other
States, can discuss the grammar question
with our good friend down on Poplar
street, and should be In the school board
by ali means.
"A correspondent, who has studied the
question, Gays that Nj. Keck will be
voted for omnibus He might have added
hic, hack, hoe, and then the Latin scholars
would have been pleased, and everybody,
with the mock which will be served 10 the
multitude by Mr. Keck On the night of
the election. In fact, this announcement
his triumph. He is one of the
best of men. he has made his fortune bv
hard ticks, by honest work and steady
toll, and not by gobbllng 1t from taxpay.
ers. Though often occupying an elevated
position In the public eye, be never he'd
an office, and Is none the worse for it. He
Is the sort of man the people delight 10
homer.
A. J. White, Esq, though an iron msn,
Is not a hard case, and nobody ever i'm.
sgined thai he was g soft one. He comes
before the people not Of his own volition
It seems. Many of the BEST citizens of his
ward D to use him as their repre-
sentative in the city government. His
personal reputation, his private morals,
habits of industry, intelligence and per.
sonal worth have given him the position
he occupies. He has excellent competitors
for the place to which he sspires, and II
Mr.. White were not 50 good man we
could tell him how to ''euehre" the whole
tes-party. But that's the way to settle 1t.
The Rtsht Movement
The writer OF the appended note Is one
of the strongest candidates for wharf.
master snd lie certainly as well qualified
for the position ss any gentleman aspir-
ing to b place. BE proposes to desig-
nate q friend to meet one representing
each of the other candidates and let the
committee thus created designate q can-
didate on whom all are TO unite. Mr.. Ba-
rinds was reared In this city, and is well
known 20 all river and commercial men.
He certainly msnifests q proper spirit
and we commend his note to the stten-
ton of other candidates:
Editors AppeGi-I accede to the sug-
gestion you make. I believe 1 have Is
much strength as any candidate. II any
doubt, Let them ask the merchants Of