Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-24
PR. AND W. PARTY.
The independents and tho Radi
shake the Dark Lantern once
Again.

Again.
Last night our political commissions
wandered into the City Hall in search o
the dark-lantern party, which, according
to a little handful circulated around
town, would meet to ratify the secre
nominations Of the gang, and hear ad
dresses from Archibald Wright, Duncan
MeRae, Emerson Etheridge, II. G.
Smith, Ira M. Hill, W. NJ. Randolph
and others.
When the meeting was called to order
there were exactly forty.eight citizens
present, including seven negroes. j,
W. Wheeler presided as chairman. This
gentleman was one of the men recon-
mended for Legislative honors to the
Conservative Convention by the Trades
Unions, but when the one hundred and
seventy-six delegates in that Convention
selected come other nominee Mr.. Wheeler
had strength enough to swim to the
other side of politics.
The first speaker was d. B. Molloy, a
very excellent old gentleman, but in
feeble health. No oneis more respected
in our city than Mr.. Molloy and his
truest and best friends regret that he has
permitted himself to be the nominee OF
the Radical ring. Mr.. Molloy made a
short speech and retired.
W. NJ. Randolph, ex-City Attorney,
followed in quite alengthy speech, which
had been carefully prepared. Mr.. Ran
dolph advocated retrenchment and re.
form.
Colonel Patrick 0Connell Winters
arose and asked the speaker if he would
vote for A. j. as United States Senator,
and Mr.. Randolph replied that he would,
whereupon Colonel O'Connell Winters
sat down and raped heavily on the
table. He regarding the election of A. j.
as certainty.
Mr.. Randolph believed that the people
were too much governed, and that we
have too many offices. This was the
text of his speech, and he elaborated ON
it at length.
The next orator was NJ. j. William.
son, City Register, having succeeded the
lamented Squire Richards in that office,
and now draws a salary Of $4,000 per
annum with regularity and retrench.
ment. Williamson discussed his favorite
hobby, the assessment laws. William
son favored reform, abolition of numer-
GUS offices, etc. 1t will be remembered
that Colonel Williamson was chief clerk
of Mr.. Mclean, the ex-State and County
Tax Collector, and that while the money
of the county and State was being
funded in peculiar manner in that
Office, Mr.. Williamson never came
to the front to advocate retrenchment
and reform; but better late than never,
He is simon-pure Radical who always
votes with his party, and it must have
made him sick last night when he swal-
lowed the pill-pledging himself to vote
for A. j., whom his Radical friends tried
so hard to impeach, But Williamson
did it, and stated that the ticket was for
johnson. Colonel Williamson retired
having delivered himself of a little
speech.
Robertson Topp, the great leader Of
the P. r. and W. party, came to the
'front.' and announced the real ticket
agreed upon between the Independents
and Radicals. Mr.. Topp read each
name and gave each man certificate Of
character, which the nominee should
have pinned on the left lapel of his
coat, and then Mr.. Topp should whisper
in each ear, land when you wear it think
of me-" The ticket which is really No.
4 revised and remodeled from the other
three tickets previously gotten up by the
Dark Lanternites, is as follows;
For Senators-E Etheridge, VIM. M.
Perkins, VIM. NJ. Randolph.
For Representatives-D. B. Molloy,
VIM. M. Smith, NJ. ]. Williamson, W. W.
Coleman, A. Hitzfeld, W. F. Lucas.
Mr.. Topp delivered an eulogy over
the political remains of each of the
above gentlemen. When he came to
the name of the patriot, A. Hitzfeld, he
proclaimed himself to be German, as
his ancestors came from Bavaria a CEN
fury and q half ago. On motion the
ticket so secretly gotten up was Endorsed
in public by the fifty citizens present.
Among the leading lights present were
Robertson Topp, Patrick Winters, Mayor
League, Charles Kortrecht, D. B.
Molloy, W. NJ. Randolph, W. L. Vance,
and that retired politician, Jesse Brown,
etc. The representatives of the LEDGER,
Appeal and Avalanche were there also,
swinging their pencils and taking photo
graphs of the leaders of the movement.
The Radical delegation present express
ed themselves well satisfied with the
ticket, and claimed that it was the Radi.
cal party ticket.
To Three charges We Plead Guilty.
First-We have secured the exclusive
sale of the four best collars made in the
world. Second-They are the best style,
best fitting and most beautiful known.
Tbird-They cost no more than the