Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-15
POLITICAL.
Democratic and Republican Candidates for
the PrtsldsaCy-C0mlng the HsatheH
Chiaes Over the Democrats.
Frank Blair and Others Rulns6-kIcOrR's
Letter-Ames' Speech BY Beast SUIT
lsF-eloss ElsCtioas-The Beast
Lsada The Baaloas 8,
Additional Representation - Democratic
NomiaatiSHs-The New York Prsss-
Let Us have PeaCe-Stsallng
the Poor lHdiah's AeneY.

NuMlhdtitNo nc NbH aNIN tiEoo
Let Us have Pea0e-Steallng
the Poor lHdiaa's honey.
RADICAL CANDIDATES FOR THE PRES
IDENCY.
The New York Herald says: 1.-THE
principal candidates on the Senate
side of the Capitol are Messrs. COlfaX,
Edmunds, FentOn, Sherman, Sumner,
Logan, Trumbull and Wilson. On
the House side, Messrs. Blaine, Banks,
Bingham, Butler (Ben., not ROder-
| lex RI Dawes and others. JUstat the
present time Mr.. Blaine's chances are
| decidedly the best. President Grant
is already virtually distanccd. Hehas
made too many blunders, and, be-
sides, has no newspaper support to
speak OF. A prominent Illinois Re
publican said the other day that there
was not a single Independent or Re
publican newspaper in Illinois that
supported the administration of Pres
ident Grant; that, in fact, he had no
newspaper support whatever in that
/ State. exceptsuch as was afforded bya
few halfstarVed sheets owned by Fed
! tEdl HOoAAAaoLAA9 va WI
IectOrs of internal revenue. If Mr..
Blaine manages his patronage rightly
he has a fair show for getting the next
| Republican nomination.. As to the
electiOn-that is quite another matter.
HOW THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
WERE DECEIVED.
The Baltimore Gazette'S Washing
- .---1-u,,mdnuF uaHr1s WhprIVy of tho
beginning of this session, sc many
Republican representatives went
down on their knees to the new Dem
| ocratic members of Congress, for plr-
poses Of prjUdte profit, but under the
subterfuge of a common purpose to
prevent any real ''Outrages" upon a
perfectly ~defenseless people, that even
l was induced to pretend to believe
they were in earnest, after five distinct.
votes had been recorded in favor Of
| instant adjournment! Well, the cOun-
| try now sees the result. There never
was the slightest chance Of erceTptiHg
! from the bill the provision comforting
! capriciOus power upon General Grant
| to suspend the hO5eUS corpus. ! was
| personally on the floor of the House
! at the time, and saw with my own
! ewes (what does not appear upon the
recOrd) that the "change5 of votes"
were made rather to excuse, as much
as possible, certain Republican MEM
! bers who had been the more cOnspic-
uOus in the pretended compromise! l
need, in fact, only refer to the vote
Immediately following the "clOse
vote" as it is called, to prove and eX-
nose the infamous trick.
MARKED MEN DONE FOR.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Louisville Ledger writes: son the
most important vote-the Ku-kluX
biIl-BlaiT, of Missouri; Hamilton, of
Pennsylvania; Hamilton, of Mary
land; Price, Of Georgia; Read, of
Kentucky, and TUthill, of New York,
were absent. Mr.. Read was paired
with Mr.. DarrOll, of Louisiana, not
Sypher, as enormously stated. Price
and Tuthill were not paired on the
habeas corpus amendment, and, if
present, would have made the vote a
tie. Blair's vote added would have
defeated the power given the PreSi-
dent to suspended the writ of habeas
corpus; and had all the abseentees
been present, the defeat Of the bill
was certainly positive" Let these
men be marked for execution when
the next elections come round, Let
their constituents demand their resig-
nation.
THE TRIBUNE ON ALCORN's LETTER.
We print herewith a letter from Gov.
Alc0rn, Of Mississippi, defending his
administration. Though Ostensibiy
addressed to US, il is really an attack
on Gen. Ames, his predecessor and
prospective colleague, who will doubt
less pay his respect to it ia his own
time and way. So will Col. Higgins.
Gov. AlcOrn cOnceals the more im-
pOrtant part Of the truth with regard
to Northern officers and local taxes.
He ~conceals the fact that a large part
of these taxes are required for school
purposes; and Gov. Alcorn's fellow
planters hate to be taxed
TO school black children. Hence
the outrage on u" carpet-bag"
Ofice-hOlders. Norris he candid with
regard to Yerger, the murderer of fool.
Crane. That criminal resisted the
military proceedings against him as
illegal, insisting that he ought to be
remanded TO civil jurisdiction. When
the military gave way to civil rule,
and he was turned over to Col. Al
cOrn's government, he sought to es-
cape the penalty Of his crimes by
pleading that his life had been already
imperiled by the military proceedings
against him. So he seems likely to
60 unwhipt Of justice.
WHO MADE ANIEs' SPEECH.
Senator Ames, of Mississippi, re.
ceived a dispatch that a cOlOred school
house had been burned in that State,
and, after consulting over it with his
in-laW, the dispatch indicated
that forty negro sChOOl-hOuses had
been burned within a few weeks. This
shows how energy and talent can inn
prove on the dispatches Of an ordinary
telegraph operator. The two men
should be employed by the Associated
Press.
CLOSE ELECTIONS.
The very close result of the late
election for Governor in Connecticut
has suggested to the Cincinnati En-
Qldrer an Investigation of the history
of close elections in this country. It
recOllects the following instances Of
sharp contests: In 1889 Marcus Nor
ton, Democrat, was chosen Governor
in Massachusetts by one majority. In
1910 Edward Kent, a Wing, was elect
ed Governor in Maine by sixty-eight
over John Fairfield, Democrat.
In 1874 Henry Clay, for President,
Tennessee by 1l3 votes, over
James K. Polk. In 1913 Secretary
Ford beat John Weller, Democrat, for
fOhiO, by about 250 votes.
In 1850 HoratiO Seymour lost the
Governors Office in New York by
some go, and in 1854 he was beaten
again BY just about the same figure.
GENERAL BUTLER THE LEADER or
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Citizen says that General Butler
is the leader of the Republicans in the
Of representative, that he is
entitled 70 his position and will main
tain II against ali opposition by force
of intellect, has been made cOnspieu-
1usly manifest during the presentses.
zion. He has encountered enmitv Of
.he bitterest sort among his own DeO-
pie; he has been surrounded By ieaI-
lusy; an organized and determined
has been made upon him; he
las had to contend against a largeand
respectable element in his own party;
,ut his superior capacity, his strength
# will. and fertility of resource have
Enabled him to triumph and draw
even from apparent defeat.
AT one time Il was the fashion for the
Republicans to belittle and dis0Wn
him huf GA q few weeks this has