Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-12

Cstterson) for mayor. It is known, too
that large msiority of the German ele-
ment of this ward voted for Hartman
THE ENTIRE RESULT
is as follows: Catterson, Brindle-tail Rad.
ical, 10; Hartman, Minstrel Radical, 374.
The average vote of the balance OF the
Brindle ticket is about six hundred, and
the Hinstrels about three hundred and
fifty, except Rector, who received foul
hundred snd seventy-eig and run bis
| competition Close and lacked about tWen-
ty-1ve votes of beating In the home
stretch. Bill Rector Is an honest and
| clever negro, and quite number OF Con-
| servativeE voted for him in preference to
his whitsr-skipned mulstto opponent.
| However, Marshal Rector, we thus early
predict, will have better luck next time,
rs he is certain TO be SheriiI Onver's sue
| cessor IN the office Of sherifalty.
The cause Of there being no Oonservs-
| tive ticke. in the field was not go much
the apathy of the
coEsERvATIvE MASSES OR VOTERS
as the want of a unity of action, and
| the weak kneed, ,concillsting course adopt
| ed bv the leaders of the Democratic party
here. snd their official organ, toward the
| brfudle-tsil opposition. They entertained
fears that ifs ticket of this character was
| put forward that it would have had the
| tendency to have united sgsiu these fac
tions These fears are groundless, as both
factions of the Republican party, in the
race for spoils of office, are h-il-bent up
on destroying each other-blood and hair,
tooth and tosnsil. So widely apart thst
there never can be q union of the Radical
party OF this State until Clayton and his
statehouse, railroad-bond ring are van
quished, and uncle Joe Brooks, and his
crew, placed in the executive chair and
other fat pisces. Three-fourths of the ne
gro voters of the State are
BRINDLE-TAILs, Oh BEooKsITEs,
aud will stick to "Joe" come veal or come
woe. And the Clsytonites Will nsver go
to him or Join his faction. They arc al.
ready glutted, sleek and fatted with the
good things OF ofic 4, Rnd don't care
d-n, they will fight it out on that line as
long "a either are on top of ground, and
then fight old "Joe'' in h-ll on TOD of the
lea. bstore they will pield an inch. Bit
teruess is no name or has any significance
at al ss word to express the feeling
of i'll will etWeen the leaders OF
these rival fcctions. They are determined
on the destruction of each other, political
lv. Grant made 8 terrible mistake for
the success OF IN chances for the nomi-
nation for ~ next presidency, 50 far
as Arkans- Sls concerned, when he gave
ear TO the Highland Piper and decapiLs-
ted Catterson, Whipple and BROOKS, and
sppointed MinstFels TO ell their places. lie
has not only lost ths vote OF this State IN
his own behalf In this move, but has
also. a. the ssme time, slipTtssS out of
the Radical fold forever. In this misstep
ofthe nO-Opinion president, take Clsyton's
last veSr's registration as it stands, with
ont sdding g single name, ao5 the
State to morrow, II an election were held,
would give slsrge conservative majority.
Therefore, we again repeat IL the
CONSERVATIVES PARTY OF THIS CITY
had placed a ticket before the peo-
pie yesterday, II not sueoessful, 1t would
have rubbed ths Ostterson- Brindletsils
very closely. Three hundred voters that
voted Tor Ostterson and Hartman would
have voted this ticket, and at least two
hundred, If not three hundred, Conservs-
tives remained sway from the polls that
would have voted Two hundred more
ont OF the four or hya hundred rejected
voters were Conservatives. They would
hzve hsen permitted to vote ss the Min
s.rel judges OF the election would have
bsen more hbe~sl 10 their rulings
in regard 10 their voting than the rejected
Brindletails, preferriog the election and
success of ths Conservative ticket in
pretereues TO the Brooks-Oatterson fac
tion Therefore, we, from simple mis-
msus cement want OF unity in the party
and pusillanimOus lss deTE, lost the cleo
ton OF mayor, and TWO, if not three, al
dermen out of the four elected, and the
balance of the city ticket. Three years
ago when the voting population was only
about two.thiTds as large as this years
registered vote, the fusion Conservative
tieked pol!ed over five hundred votes for
o s Dillon for mayor against Hartman,
only two tickets out, and came within less
than two hundred of eIecting the fusion
candidate. We could have done ss we'll
yesterday If the effort had have been |
made. Whose fault is this? Certainly not |
the masses of the party. x.