Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-11
GREAT SCOTT!
What the Press has to Say about ihs Rail-
road Emperor and W0uId-bs President.


From the New Ycrt Herald. independently
The railroad power OF this country be-
gins TO show its hand over a broader
field thsa tina Of IDEAL or State u~olitics
LIS vast influence has been seen for some
time past IA the Stale legislature, in con
gress, with the courts of law and on the
STOCK and money markets. Now il as
plres TO the presidency. A leading iour-
ma OF the West nominstes the great rail-
road king Of the country, Thomas A.
scott, Of Pennsylvania, for that exalted
position. And why nOt7 Mr., SCOTT
yields immense power as the chief over
thousands Of miles of railroads, Extend
ing from the Atlantic border to The far
West and spreading ike q network over
me most popuiOus States, He carries
Pe~nnsyIYanis in mis- pocket and holds
other States in his grasp. he is a man Df
crest sdminlstrstIvB ability, and rsrre.
sents, more than any other, the mlghtisst
interest," IN a country. The Democrats
could hardly select q more powerful oa,-
didate. If The ether Democratic raiIros5
maenates, such as Vanderbilt ana GonIG
Ahd Fisk, VINO control the New York Gem
Iral, the hudson river, the Harlem, the
Erie and other kl6s, were 70 combine Ia
piace b chief of the P~ennsvlvapfa Van-
ira IN a presidential chair their poFer !
might prove Irresistible. The Railroad
power might prove superior 10 General
Irant's military reputation, Our West
ern contemporary shows tact and fore.
sight in starting this movement,
From the Louisville Ledger, Denocrs.5or
We are ehsrltsble. We VII, not rad
tne Clnelnnssl Bnqalr2E out of the Demo |
cratic party for its ATE 6dazD nae va no
lieve that paper wants to 81 Dsnocrstio
ana Il Is a zOOo paper ia the main, III Is /
sQlJeo ~ Alsn, however, and man ave faI-
ts4S; Lhey 90 make mista5es. Tha ed
Hohs OF the EBguirsr are not -exeeotions
70 the rule Tom Scott as President al
me R~onnsylvsnia Central railroad. NAV
~ ; success. In TACT, We are inclined 10
SalnK 90 ls a success "a taet position, Bnt
as Inc DemccEatic candidate for president
he Woald be g failure; would fail even
more slgHs4y than he did in the Short
AlDe ReEot+gtiOn- The Baltimore ana
Ozio, the New York Central. che Erie
and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads
Will not allow the WOuld-be railway cor
Inorant to name the president Of the
United States-thus placing itself In =
CONDITION 20 go55le al the subsidies and
grants that pass along. The En-
21ireT mus Try again.
From ths Nashville Union and American
DsaOcrstiel
The Memphis Avalanche ia avidentlv
psplessed with the o~rgsniainR efforts az
ne state executive oommirtee at its re-
s1i nsss4ng IN thls City. 10 the readers
y the AVaIan1ns Ibis VIII not be snpriss
as Artemus Ward said Of wax H.
res, d~lsOrganizstiOn Is it's forte. This
nsy pay the Avalanche, bat il win not
.ay the democracy. What is sauce for
Avalanche goose is not sauce foF the
Democratic gaaler. The Avalanche. in
b eRgerness 10 place the Democracy in
be wrong, attacks the Cincinnati EnauE :
~ GnH hrfaffnu TIE a-aa. -
4 Pennsylvania because he is q republi,
W1sn the TACT is, MI. Scott Is not
nd never was a Republican. he was a
Democrat so was General Hancock.
I'd many other Of the leading Democrats
{ the North. We do not advocate the
aims OF Mr.. Scott, nor any other indivi-
ual. 9omsoeVer the Democracy of
be URion may determine, a. the preper
Inc, 20 be the 1t man 20 beat Generaf
that man the Union and American
ill support. However much the DeusDc-
acy Of the South may differ nov as to
.ldividusisi they heartily agree shat, in
roer % secure success In the Rsxt can
ass, thorough organization Is absolutely
Suoh was the yOies OF the state
,mmittee, a such is tho opinion Of the
Mon and American the Memphis Ava
nohe 10 the contrary notwithstanding.
rom the Cincinnati Enquirer, Demo
c~Fstic.l
The only objection urged against Colo
d Thomas A Scott IS the next presi- -
mt of the United States Is that ne is low
CT a railroad. Well, David TODD
as not only the prssident, but the own
; OF a railroad when he WAS
ected BY the Republicans COVER a
" OF Ohio, Mr. levitt, his oppon- y
t, YVES a railroad man. John Broush
called bF he same party from the
rvice OF q railroad to be Mr.. roddis -
IN the gu~bernatoEisl chair. Gem =
Mcclellan was railroad suDeTinten- -
Mt In The employ Of the Ohio and R.
-5sisslppi when hs commenced his
and military lite. James Gnfbria 3
Kentucky, the secretary OF the treas.
y IN Fiefc5R's administration, alWavs
eof the ablest and strongest Demoersta
our sister state. WA president of me =.
uisvile and Nashville road, F0f II
} PSst twenty years the Demo-
cy OF Q York, n indeed Of RAJ
United States, looked upon Ersstns al
ming and Dean Richmond, the uresL- Fir
II and vice-president Of the New York six
ltral, as among their most distin- -
shed Champions, and both held Nor N
positions, the q in Congress and
other u the State central committse -
Democratic convention ever ~rssolved @
railroads, Or minated that 10 be ss-I
with them was 4 ground for T.
rsnchlsemeBt. The only time that We
9 carried the hrst district in HamiIton
atty for mary years was with p. w.
.der, the ROpulsr general ticket agent 81
10 Little Miat16 Perhaps It NAV be
that they were connected with small
.llrosdss and that Colonel SOott-is OBJ
Ions because be Is In a big road. Such Ane'
trgument ge are utterly unable 70 an g.,
~ " III thEt or the girl who
oeos Dy way Of extenustiou. that her
WA . yery EuaIlone.
II ONCE has been thronsea with mn. Uni
as c-ongrstulaiions fo- brasL tiers.
sIo41d N v Of the man who 0sn loss !
9nsntt for the Presidency In 1871 a. SU~ss
msn whose nomination wonid ~ D.E
track; and with Tom Scott as me Appl
: of the constitution TO the WhftS
'sOnths 4th adhered, 1873 aosa