Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-15
1910.
RY ALL mEANs. REersrER.

The result Of the municipal election,
on The first day of January, depends
upon the number Of good citizens
who register to-day and to-mor-
row, the last days for regiStrd
ton. Our chief misgiving respecting
the approaching election rests on an sp-
prehension that while the white and
black Radicals are registering to man,
and preparing to support their party
nominations, the tax-psying people who
favor the peoples ticket solely in the in
terest of Memphis will neglect the
important duty of securing certificates of
registration. Without this indispen-
sible prerequisite, the administration
of the city government will pass from
the control of the people into the hands
Of the Radical partisans, and everybody
knows what Radical rule means. In
every one of the unhappy States and
cities in which Rsdicalism ascends to
power, We have witnessed the same
bankruptcy, the same destruction Of
public credit, the same weight of taxa
tiOn, which has exhausted che means
and crushed out the energies of the peo.
pie, the same profiigste waste and mis-
appropriation of public money; in
short, the same organization of official
station into schemes of corruption,
spoliatioo and plunder.I Thus the
Institutions of learning and charity are
broken down. Where Radicals rule,
colleges, once instinct with the life and
light of learning and civilization, are
deserted and in ruins. There even
lunatic asylums plead in vain at the
doors ofan empty treasury for promised
support, and their unhappy inmates
deprived Of the sustenance provided for
by fruitless laws, appeal in tones that
pierce the heart for the means of life to
the charity Of the world. If Radical
partisans profane the sacred halls
Of Our city government, ig-
Torrance, greed, corruption and vulgar
passion, and the malignant spirit bred
of these, will bear unresisted sway. To
doubt that similar results would follow
Radical rule in Memphis would be to
discard the examples of Radical rule
elsewhere. John League might attempt
to do right, but he, as a partisan NOM
iDee, would be in the hands of the parti- |
sans that elected him, and, as most of
them pay no taxes, what would they
care for the burdens of the tsx-pay-
ing people and bankrupt city govern
ment, 50 they receive the reward which |
Radicals lavish upon their ringmasters. |
The Radical party in Memphis is
neither better nor worse than the Radi- |
cal party in any other southern State. |
The composition is the same everywhere. |
The voting is to be done by those who |
follow en- Hasse the leadership of the
comparatively few men who do the
political engineering, and appropriate |
the best offices. Radical ascendsncy |
in Memphis would bring in its train |
all the taxation, all the corruption, all
the violence and all the op-
preston that it has pro-
duced in other States of the south. |
If the people of Memphis would |
protect themselves from the CA
lamities which have everywhere fol-
lowed Radical rule, they must go for
ward and register. In order to
secure a good man for mayor, the peo-
pie met in mass convention, ignored
party lines, and nominated J.
J. Busby,. looking solely to his
ability and fitness. As an ener-
getic aud capable business man,
few citizens of Memphis enjoy a higher
reputation in this community. As a
citizen and neighbor he is public-spirited
and liberal, and lends a prompt and
generous hand to every worthy local
enterprise. As a business man he has
gone through all the grades, until he
has become the responsible head of one
OF the largest and strongest firms
in our city. The business capacity,
straightforward independence Of char
acter, general intelligence and !
culture Of Major Busby commends
him strongly to public support for the
Office Of mayor, and the people may |
rest assured that under his administra-
ton, fidelity and responsibility will be
the rule in all departments of the service
coming under his supervision. We can
not but regard it as extremely fortunate
for our citizens that they have before |
them a candidate so well adapted |
90 the Office Of mayor, and |
that Major Busby has washed his
hands Of the embarrsssments Of ticket |
based upon mere party nominations, |
and proposes TO make the race simply |
as the peoples candidate. If those in
terested in the future welfare and pros
perity of Memphis; if all who would
elect our municipal officers with
out reference to party prejudices,
will register to-day or to-mor-
row, Major Busby's election by
large msjority cannot be doubted,
and we will then have an administra-
ton Of our city affairs wherein eonsid-
erations Of the public good will predom-
mate and the dictation of partisanship,
as well as the jobbing interests Of selfish
cliques, viii be ignored.
TELEGRAMS.