Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-31

seInbled Al the Greenlaw Operahouse TO hes
the speeches Of Congressman Barbour Lew
and other exuberaut dlctators Of the Radios
THE PRO-LOAGUE
was very amusing, seversl calling for Z,
shaw. This was greeted with stamping an
clapping, but soon died out, whereIpOn ia
/ small boys commenced whisting "COB
Home, Dear Father" About seyenty-hv
ward candidates, each with his band OF fo
lowers, were present and added TO the nois
prelude at the meeting.
BEHIND THE SCENES
several garrulouS hgurcheads were benin
the scenes arranging the shifts and greasfn
the puiIeys for a grand OratOrical entertain
ment. Ed. Shaw was at one end stroking hi
beard, and Andrew Jackson Davis was at tn
\ other smoking his cigar in a dignified manner
Aller AllerI a lltile while colonel Dyer came dow
and joined the band, and his appearance
Induced the aforesaid Davis to draw fOrtl
! a paper prepared for the occasion. By thi
time Judge Winters and }. W. Smttl
ascended
/ THE STAGE,
and then arose q furious cry. These modes
gentlemen, whose lives apuy illustrate TN
fact that the post OF honor is private station
soon retired behind the curtains. This retire
ment was all the more urgent; Tor al his mo
ment a black terrier leaped upon the stage
! and afforded much fun for the intelligentspee
tatOrS. Somebody. with a lsOOse-like voice
shouted at The peripatetic pup, and calle,
aloud, :" John League" Ed shaw" ant
Freddie Schnapper" The s=.-s was Orna
| yelloE chairs, squarius Davis, General J. "
/ smith, Attorney Randolph, Pat Winters, ant
other species sof the genus homo, who cami
TO look on, and TO speak as the spirit mOvet
| them.
on motion OF Colonel Dyer, the meeting Sc
/ lected General W. J. smith as chairman.
General Smith said: "FELLOW CITIZENS 4
/ you will bear with us few minutes we viii
| try to get more light. Wewish the speaker
| to see the audience
Cheers were here made, and cries for light
] oLet there be light"
Colonel Duncan McRea, en- infant Republi
| can, declared it was impossible for HIM Il
! General smith vowed IL was cold, and SaiJ
] there was no fire in the house.
! Colonel Duncan McRae became nerv
Gus impatient and uneasy and then
| conferred with General Smith on the
| subject Of gas. He advised General Smith tC
| speak, and the advised orator soon com
/ d-n Barbour Lewis" Colonel McRae told
| him TO make CAPITAL cut OF the fact that the
jsnItOr refused to give them Nght-it was an
| absurdity. He wanted to make capital out OF
| 1t. He vowed he would not speak.
/ General Smith said: Il would like to ask il
| the janitOr is in the audience. II so, let him
| come on the stage, and give US light. We
| gave Mr.. Greenlaw one hundred dollars Tor the
| house, and he promised TO have 1t lighted and
\ warmed. appeal TO the audience il We have
| been treated right. [Cries OF "Not' NO.
| Colonel McRae IS present, and wants 20 speak,
| Let US have light" Cries of t"I secoAd the mo,
tion." Bring in the torches "Hurrsh 1ol
/ Busby.l
! DAMON AND PYTHIAS.
/ Colonel McTae vowed he would 20 home.
! General Smith and several others embraced
/ him. They were persuasive, and the colonel
said he would share their misfOrtunes He
said:
-CTTIzENs-We have no light. and
/ 1 decline TO address the people of Memphis
/ l hope you will appeal TO the people fOr tins
maitTeatment on the day Of election. Cries
Colonel McRea took his seat, and said his
/ advice was TO take advantage OF
THE DARK SEANCE.
| Spiritual influence became manifest among
the audience, and the staSe-ngureS patted
/ Colonel McRea cOaxingly on the shoulder
General smith said he would hold the lamp
Colonel McKae eomme9eed his speech. and
/ a Republican candidate, shortly after the
! nomination by Democrats. He was going 10
! support Grants administration so long a. il
/ agreed with him. This enunciation had ere.
/ ated a great deal Of c0mmOtion. Why, he did
/ not know. he never knew that he was re-
markable man. 'Dear friends, said he you
/ are going a long jOurney-goodUy. We
want you to make your last will
and testament" They said that he
/ was cOnsorting with smith and League
I II said you told them that they were cOnsort-
I ing with Judge BigelOW and Beecher one a
! large Michigan carpetbagger. he colonel
mere became witty on tine Irish and negroes.
| He asked ii Busby had pot gone 10 the tenth
| ward and promised the negroes TWENTY-FIVE
per cent. Of all the Offices irrespective of sex
q
/ tract from the Netcs in regard TO negroes on
! plantations. Several said 10 was too thin. 4
| gentleman asked If Major Busby said what he
had read 2 Ncltea said no, but his organ said
so. He then told joke about a negro man
whose wife had a white baby. This was q
joke, AID highly relished. He next referred to
Mr.. GitS, incidentally, however. He became
a Republican and held this position for many
resOns. Memphis was in deplorable eondi-
ton. There were one-fOurth of her citizens
who, If they had means, would locate else
where. The city had not increased in capital,
enterprise and population since the war.
Money has never been in such n condition
that the labOring man could lay his hand on
IL. There never has been a day or an hour
when such men couId put forth their energies.
The world abroad, recognizing our advan-
tages, refused 10 bring money here. No one
from abroad who has located here has ever
brought enough money to attract public OBJ
servation. Memphis owed four millions OF
dollars There were no resources to pay the
bonds and coupons. No bank here was able
TO rise above a mere brokerage. The cotton
men were making money, but the doctors,
lawyers, preachers, and laborinS men were
struggling for a living. IL was not
20 in other cities. Memphis If no,
TTsstrogIading, was at "a, dead halt
people contemplated the election Of mayor
and council, and that the election should De
universal and harmonious, without party. be
asked II he were not right. lSOme ore said
"Yes, Henry Dent"l The speaker said, Mti
Neely, a. J. White, John OVerton, DR.. Porter
J. J. Busby, J. ]. Murphy, John League, aud
{
pecied 10 make q nO-party mayor, and that
the ooloTed people would receive their dues
and be recognized. 1t was expected that the
foreign clements should be recognized. This
was the public will of the people of Memphis,
through which channel the good and true
men looked for The citys prosperity. This
was thwarted by a little ring OF politicians,
cOmpO ed OF old Democrats who have
| learned or forgotten nothing. since 1860. . ne
call for meeting on the twenty-third OF No
yember was signed by names taken from the
tom bstones OF Winchester cemetery, He
went To the meeting and Judge Morgan, a no.
party man, was cal ed 10 the chair. He il
considered the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. The next move was for Judge Brown,
! (WhO is doing as much for League any one
| the United States senate, moved the
organization Of the meeting, The next man,
The most influential Democratic editor in the
south, figured in the proceedings. And II any
man fOrgetS it''he deserves TO be forgotten by
his God" A young man, who didn't write after
he arrived, offered resolutions wbich were not
acceptaple' Nolonel ,AIeAdhueI, Mnom ne re-
membered as a good keeper Of federal sol
dieTs during the war, couldn't understand
what was going on. He had his ideas reduced
to writing, but was not prepared. The thing
commenced getting tangled; then the chief
organ of the Democracy, formerly the
organ Of the Confederacy, moved to
make the nominations unanimous.
Mr.. John League, Mr.. Busby and Mr.. Overtou
being in nomination, he MCRsei wanted 20
set things right. The chairman said all in
favor of Busby will rise, and all opposed will
stand up. The other candidates were Shutout
The speaker after making few miserable
puns, read the resolution offered by Mr.. Mil
Ter, at the meeting On the twenty-third OF No
vember.l The meeting wouid have been al
right II the resolutions had been adopted. The
actors were Democratic, and the resolutions
saying the meeting was irrespective OF party,
we're rejected. Major BusOy favored the resO-
lutiOns. Busby fully Intended TO run
without politics, but the meeting
slaughtered him. II struck class OF men
who were independent, and sought TO paralyze
a movement intended 10 shake the fouDda-
tiops OF BQuroonism. IL struck Mr. Busby,
was fer Judge ]. T. Swsyne, against
the regular Democratic nominee.
He went ON to say that in the conventions
which nominated Mr.. Busby, he had been
Completely slaughtered by his friends, and
since that fstsl plgbf, TIE al -peryading inlu.
ences had hung over him Ike q pail. The
way that that convention had been managed
had stirred up several SECTIONS OF the Demo-
cratic party against The nominees. The simon
pure Democrats, aIld those parties who had
DuBOss and Mr.. Carroll since Judge Brown
had taken charge OF II. The independent
men were also against him, and those Demo-
Gratis who supported Mr.. Busby, were not true
Democrats; and he asked, under all these
clreg instances, how was II possible for
Mr.. Basby 70 be elected Ever
struck at Democracy at Baltimore, he felt that
the party was gone, but owing to local ties,
he had stayed with the party, and had stood
by IL when the iron hand Of power was at the
thIGatg Of the southern people. Now, how
ever that reconstruction had done Its work
and the whites aud the blacks could stand on
one broad platform and as American citizens
have the same rights and privileges covered
by the American banner, the time had come
when he, as well as others, could take a posl-
ton AID Cd dvoc2te freedom to all. When they
saw Judge Barbour Eezgig, the representative
in congress for this distFfW Bu5liCly
thanked in the chamber Of commerce By
the oldest and most respected merchants in
tie cits for which he had done for Memphis
duriua the late fearful Bcrurge; and when he
sav, literary serietles cake aim by the rigiit
hand and also thank hiGli when he saw atf.
Hovara sssodlntion, Without any fear that he
would poison bis Fatiisntsi when he paW