Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-19
From the Iitn,a Rock Gazette OF Tuesday
TIE sAuTH MOVEMENT.

From The Iiitl,a Rock Gazette OF Tuesday,
TIE sAJITH hOvEMENT.
. That readers outside the State and
elsewhere may un 1erstaod sometnlng OF
fbs merits OF The movements Of V. V
S75isb who STYLES himself governor Of
hrEsusss. We give the facts below:
Gmitb was the Repub lean candidate fur
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on t6e ticket With
Governor B sxter ia 1872. At the cleo
ton Of that year, through ballOt-box
sfu6inr and fraudulent returns, as hiss
l,aef SHOWN in the evidence taken before
the investigating CON mittee, smith re-
rlivad Al go votes HIS opponent, Dan
Sci ]. -m tn, received 50 O35 votes, show
iDg a msj Iity for Y. V. Smith Of 2O55
vgtes. In the governors election Bsx-
fer vas =, ported to have received 4l,6Sl
--oras and Brooks q, 9l6 slowing = ma
51ritv fBr Baxter OF 1926. II has been
claimed by the B.OOkstes, snd
admitted by the CisytoDites, that
Brooks was elected. The same frauds
committed iu tue interest OF Baxter,
IL is further shown were committed IN
the iuter.Er OF Y. Y. Smith and the en-
ffra ticket. II Baxter was not elected
md Clayton, M'CiUEe, V. V. Smith,
I'D al their heuchmen, 50 assert-then
n Y emith cannot claim an election.
me ,,robability Is that nearly the entire
2.o6bliesu state ticket, including W
smith and some thirty members OF the
legislature, ard large number OF couu"
frofficars. were deiesJsd, but were given
SIair places through the same means
1,sed to seat Baxter. The contest be-
tween Brooks and Baxter grew out Of
thfs fact: and after the Presidents re-
,,ngnitinp Of Baxter in May lzsli ana
NE legislature which convened un0ei
mis- cali in extraordinary session. tLle ieg-
iFlature. ia order to settle llnaily ana
defuiteiy all these election s@Sa 1est7i
PASSED an act ordering an election oh iile
question o. calling constitutional con-
zention. The senate Of that session Was
=, -esided over by '. '. Smitn, the e. ile 81,
fpp. ynt-gOveTnoT. Among otAer oLlclal
Sefs he signed snd sttestec the passage
- act urOvidiaR for 8 cOnstitu-
o.. ii oi.yention. Com LilissionsIs W." 81,
iol by the legislature % SonI1ct w
ioctioD wh. 'eh vas heio OF .us a. ~
~ i1Te De 'egates were s ~, 10 4; :,
l,e - me time, ana III al ~ - NJ NJ
Esre were con Psel,g e "a ~ ~ IN ~ y,
eiectinn was pa Pc ,,,S Renublieans elecied
litfcal parties. IL 5sesr,,one
ss..Fssrr Fng Ia sever q
Gee e,s ~ v smith. in lafayette county .sd ~,
mem re eult showed a vote Of $3.50 Tor
- segT against, the ssse en- ilDe :, % 60
alio Iior,, the nlsj ority soT being a 90
M convention assembled ~ 1.S ioo Jul
mi, lag m n JUN. and throughout t9e ses
con Wv. Snit,5 took part as 2 ue.es so.,
slO its proceedings. After framing q con ,l
ii ution 8 schedule was adof'-sd oia a..t
INC y, I an election upon its ratification, sna
foT everv Office ina the state, from gov
ernor down 20 constable Ihis eiecilon
was held on the thirteenth Of OcyoDeI.
Being the first general election, 10 me =.
State since 1860, at which AL OH
csrs were TO be elected, ana ne
6rst since 1888 in which AZ
the electors In the State could
parlicipste, the vote was very fun,
mere being 1897 ballots cast for the
new constitution, and "A ,s07 against It,
The Democratic State ticket at this cleo
for received in the neighbofhOod Of the
game vote csst for the constitution. TIT
aeDublsrgzs ran 40 State ticket, for thi
-easoR that they knew they could no