Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-14
List OF Ward and District Dele
gates-Pat Winters, SRI, a Dele
gate from the Eighth Ward.
What is to be Done and Undone.
A Fine Crop of SOre.heads to be
Left Outline Man and Brother
ON the Ticket.

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j. Smith, Chairman of the County Radi-
cal Executive Committee, who made the
following remarks:
GENTLEMEN-In compliance with the
call published in your papers this Con.
ventlon is called to order. will read
the call. 1.-THE published call was then
read 1t will be proper for me to state
that the basis Of representation is in
accordance with the vote cast in the late
election for General Grant Gentlemen
of the Convention, the Convention is
now convened. l have performed my
duty. You will peoceed to business.
There we're about five hundred persons
present, mostly of the colored persua-
sion. A large number of spectators
occupied the galleries, all anxious to see
the workings of the negro pow-wow
The convention was very orderly, police
men being in attendance to preserve the
peace. Among those present were a
number Of ward politicians, including P.
M. Winters. who was made delegate
from the Eighth ward; Alderman Colli-
gan, of the Tenth ward; Davis, of the
Third ward, who is candidate for Clerk
of the Criminal Court, Councilman
Hughes and many other lesser lights.
The convention was principally con-
trolled by the prominent Federal office
holders, W. j. Smith, L. B. Eaton, Rolls
ston, Colonel Carr, Kennedy, and P NJ.
Winters and his co-laborers.
LIST OF DELEGATES.
First ward-Thomas Swan, Joseph
Lusher, A. Stephenson, NJ. Moore.
Second ward-R. B. Hutchinson,
Peter Bostick.
Third ward-Charles Mosby, A. Mich
OILS, j. V. Hodge.
Fourth ward-Allen Prime, Russell
Wynne, Esquire Johnson.
Fifth ward-Ed Shaw, j. Thomas, j.
M. Walker, John Polk, S. d. William
son, J. E. Riley, Reuben Carr, W. j.
Smith.
Sixth ward-L. B. Eaton, W. H. Phil
lips, s. ]. Quiuby, ]. A. Thompson, W.
T. Kennedy.
Seventh ward-H. A. Rankin, F. r.
Hunt James Lane.
Eighth ward-Jackson Riley, Allen
Martin, Phillip Gwynn, Thomas Coyne,
Patrick Coursey, P. M, Winters.
Ninth ward-James Ralston, I. FL.
Clark, Peter Mitchell, Geo. W. Cole.
Tenth ward-J. N. Moon, j. W. Wash
ington, Thad Plummer, P. Culligan, j.
E. Helm, G. w. Washington.
First district-John johnson, Light
Bledsoe.
Second district-Jacob Jackson, Eli
Henderson.
Third district-T. S. Stewart.
Fourth district-Not reported.
Fifth district-Alex. Cash, Henry
Walls, Jesse Carter.
Sixth district-Thomas Gates, French
Hogan, Rev. A. Crenshaw, j. N. New
kirk.
Seventh district-George Washington,
William Mouley, Ed Tucker.
Eighth district-Alex Johnson, G, W.
Martin.
Ninth district-M. I. Shotwell, j.
Fields, ]. j. Walker.
Tenth district-Not reported.
Eleventh distriet-Not reported.
Twelfth district-R. II. Cowan, Thos.
Lewis, VIM. Herrin, Ben Payne, Thomas
Kerrigan.
Thirteenth district-Richard Amey,
Mack Edmonson, Spencer Davis, Rev.
B. Lee, Thomas Hays.
Fourteenth Observation-Disclosures Hous-
ton, Philip Nicholson, L. E. Dyer.
Fifteenth district-Frank Sutton, A.
II. Hart.
Sixteenth district-Not reported.
Seventeenth district-Not reported.
j. A. Thompson (colored) was elected
temporary Chairman, He thanked the
gentlemen present for the honor con-
ferred upon him, and then proceeded to
read the order of BUSINESS. F. R. Hunt
(colored) was elected temporary Secre-
tary.
On motion Of Ed Shaw committee of
five were appointed on permanent or
ganization. The following comprise the
committee: Ed Shaw, L. B. Eaton, DR..
ouimby, W. T. Kennedy and Richard
Amy.
On motion Of L. E. Dyer a committee
of FIVE was appointed on credentials;
L. E. Dyer, P. Colligan, Edward Tucker,
Thomas Swan and B. Payne.
The Convention then adopted the
same rules and regulation that governed
the Bartlett Convention.
There are IS delegates, A from the
wards and 81 from the districts.
Garrett will undoubtedly be nominated
for Sheriff. There will be a fight be-
tween Ayres and Alderman Davis for
Criminal Court Clerk. Mulvihill will be
County Court Clerk, ]. H. Smith First
Circuit Court Clerk. Patterson Trustee,
Gronauer Tax Collector and Pat Win
tiers, jr., Register. A negro by the
name Of Hunt will be nominated for
Second Circuit Court Clerk.
There is some dissatisfaction among
prominent town negroes, as they are not
getting enough of the offices.