Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-01


thousand three hundred and sixteen ne
gro votes given, there should be nor
than thirty thousand negroes living il
Memphis. All know that this Is not so
that there are not more 4an ifteel
thousand. What does this prove
Simply, that at ledSttlOO U0ssJRd UegQ
negro UOteS JUere cast; and GatOur tChit
population of fOrty-five thousand doe
not cast half as many votes as the bdcI
population of but fifteen thousand
Could figures be more eloquent Of fraud
For weeks previous to the election tn,
APPEAL, the AUdJGnche, and the Ledge
admonished the public of the arrange
meGts made by the Radicals for the i'm
portation Of fraudulent votes from Ar
kansas and Mississippi. For severa
lays after the election these same paper
were busy in exposing these fraudulen
votes. Colonel A. P. Curry was thu
spawned upon the people as the Sheriff
Of Shelby county. 1t was not surpris
ing that he should be a bitter prOscrip
tive partisan. During his whole Officia
career he was a bitter Radical-gave al
mis- personal infiunce and the weight o
his office to his party. We give tn,
proof: On the fifth Of August an election
was held in Tennessee. The contest fol
GoVernerw was between Senter and Stokes
Senter favored the enfranchisement O
the rebels. Stokes was for disfran,
chisemenj, persecution and hate. Colo.
mel A. P. Curry was the champion of the
infamous Stokes, who has since been in
dicted and sentenced to the peniten.
tiary. Colonel Curry used his personal
and official influence to carry the county
for Stokes and Hamilton. He belonged
to the Radical executive committee, and
lsbOred with a zeal worthy of a better
,ause. He concOcted all sorts of schemes
for importing fraudulent votes. The ex-
element was intense, and to prevent a
collision and fraud, John p. Boughner,
then Commissioner of Registration, is
'ued an order, from which We make the
following extract:
In view of the difiulties that may oc-
cur on the day of election BY the COM
ing Of crowds to the city, and toprevent
violence, fraud and bloOdshed, 1 hereby
recommend that all persons vote attheiF
several precincts and Wards-ample-aT-
raugements having been made for hold
ne the election at each precinct in the
county and ward in the city. Instruc-
ion will be given to the various judges
Of election, in city especially, to require
a satisfactory reason from every man
offering to vote out of his own district or
ward, for his absence Jherefrom.
Here was an order from the lawfully.
constituted officer, requiring each person
to vote in his own precinct. But what
cared Colonel Curry for this. He origi-
mated a plan for the purpose Of import
ing votes from all parts of the county
as the facts prove. On the third of Au-
gust, the Avalanche said:
Reliable information has been received
in the city that an attempt will be made
by the Stokes party in this city to inn
port a large number of negroes from Ar
lansas and Mississippi, but effective
steps will be taken to checkmate the
movement. Superintendent Ross, of
The Memphis and Charleston railroad, it
IS authoritatively stGted, has issued or
iers for a special train of passenger
Daches TO leave Grand Junction and
tollierviiie at an early hour in the
morning, in order to bring negro voters
into the city TO vote the Stokes ticket. |
The conductor of the train is to be in
structed not to charge any Of the ne
groes fare, as we understood the same
viii be paid by Colonel A. p. Curry,
Sheriff, on their arrival in tho city. A
proper watch will be kept on all boats
arriving on the morning Of election day
TO see whether negroes are being i'm
ported from Arkansas. a sufficient
watch will also be kept on all railroad
On the fourth of August, the day be-
fore the election, the AUalalcae said:
The utmost vigilance should be exer-
cised tomorrow. The Radicals will
at no outrage. They have made
extensive arrangements for importing a
number of colored voters. Special
trains have been employed for this pur-
pose. We understand arrangements
have been made for voting these negroes
in all the wards Of the city. Our friends
should be constantly active. Our ehal-
must be watchful, or all sorts of
frauds will be perpetrated.
On the morning of the election, the
AUdldnche said:
We understand that a good many ne
yroes from Arkansas reached this city
yesterday evening, and intend making
An effort to vote to-day. We have the
name of a prominent cOlored man from
Arkansas who openly brags that he has
heretofore voted in this city, and is now
making negotiations for paying,
I%uartering and feeding the voters be has
Contracted % import from Arkansas.
Five hundred negroes will be inn
1orted to this city to-day. II each one
-Otes at each ward eight or ten times, I
IS has heretofore been the custom, and
IS proposed to-day, it will make a diff
Of five thousand vOtes-andl d
carry the county. " Ii
As predicted by both the APPEAL and ,
lUalduhe} Colonel Curry, as a member
f the Radical Executive Committee, J
in utter disregard of the request Of
Commissioner Boughner, did import ne
TO votes into Memphis. The following {
ppeared in the AUdydncbe the morning
fter the election; !
The effsrts Of the proscriptionists TO !
IMPORT negroes in the Stokes interest. :
er the Memphis and Charleston rail-l !
lad, came very strangely to grief. The !
cars chartered by Sheriff Curry to !
out Wednesday evening, broke loose :
short distance out of the CITY, leaving I
brakeman on the rear car. The train I
eut on as if nothing had happened. !
b. detached cars were pushed back by !
ain number four, due here at eleven .
clock, which was tagged by the brake
Yesterday morning Nick McGown, :
eputy Sheriff, went OutOn thesix O'clock c
trim to bring in the voters for d
hich hefiVe cars had been ch~artered,not !
that the cars were here at the :
pot. His main hope, aftergetting out, 4
ID learning hesituetiOn, was the Som o
vile train, due here at $40 am. BY Il
me means tile engine Of this train ran 4
I the turn-table at Somerville, owing =
which the train did not arrive here ?
It'll shutdown, causing him to lose his I
yn vote and the aid of his colored .,
for Stokes. The mail train due :
re at 2:30 pm. yesterday failed to stop
COllierville; the engineer blew his +
hlstle, but the brakes failed to per "a
I'M their office. 1t seemed 5 if the :,
vii was to pay in every instance. The
ain was brought to a stand one mile ie
Is side of C~Ollierville, where passen- G
rs for that place were put off. 1t thep Is
on to Memphis. Mr.. Carter, the a,
nductor, says there were at least five :
inbred foreign dnrkies at C~olliervile OF
transportation to Memphis.
Of them came in with Mr.. Me- c,
on the late rain, but too late to 81
anything for the .Bald Eagle" For a.
ese facts we are indebted to Mr.. fo
ark, General Baggage Agent Of the to
A heavy colOred vote wa cast, "
It was divided and impotent as COM =
red with the solid white phaIanx. Il
bout four hundred darkies Of the