Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-08
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
Defeat OF fho Little nadfenr rrssb
Ming, the City Hall CLIQUE. fhe
ward Eumwers aud Dfscharred
Peelers by the People.

Hur8 Eumnucrt aud Discharged
Feeiers by the People.
The election yesterday was a glorious
victory over the little Radical rings and
cliques that found a refuge in the City
Hall beneath the fostering care Of Mayor
League, Recorder Winters, City Treasu.
rer Kelley, Mayors Clerk Andrew Davis
and a few others who r Insignificant.
The object Of the ring was to beat Rob.
bins and Hewitt in the Second ward and
thereby get control of the Police Board,
and elect the henchmen Jack Walsh in
the First and Pat Colligan in the
Tenth wards, as we'll as other
friends Of the city administration
who popped up in the different wards as
candidates for Aldermen and Council
men. This done, the police force was
to have been recognized. Chief Atby
and officers we're to have been put out
and their places supplied by the dis
charged "peelers," Charley Smith, Pat
Walsh, Helm, Dea and others. The
same dose was fixed up for Fire Chief
McFadden and his department, which
would have been filed by the Mayors
Radical pets, both white and black. The
LEDGER wentinto the fight single handed
and alone. the Appeal and Avalanche
remaining neutral, and the LEDGER made
it lively for the boys by exposing the
schemes Of the ring daily, and this ex-
posture Of their vile intentions aroused
the people to action, which resulted in
carrying every ward in the city for the
Democracy. The heaviest contests we're
had in the First, Second and Tenth
wards. The ring" had Recorder
Winters and others working for Jack
Walsh in the First, City Treasurer Mar
tin Kelly aud others in the Sixth, while
the Mayor Of Memphis stepped down
and out" Of his official position, threw
all dignity away and waded into the
mire and filth Of a ward contest, select.
ing the negroized Tenth ward as the
scene Of his labors. All day long the
Mayor Of the great city of Memphis
stood at the polls and gr&sped the hand
of many dirty and greasy negroes who
came up to vote. Such a humiliating
scene has never before been wit
messed in any city in this land
Of liberty. There is such a thing as the
dignity of Office" and to sustain that
dignity is due to the people, whatever
ideas OF personal dignity the official in
cumbent may have. The result shows
that the people, and especially the Irish
people Of our city, a never'be made
Radicals-it is not in their blood, and
that the handful Of Irish Radicals, headed
by Mayor League, are repudiated and
ignored by the Irish wards Of the city.
May it ever be sol 10 the incoming
General Council the Mayor will not have
a single right or wrong" supporter; not
a henchman or satellite whose vote he
and his clique can order up on call, and
in this respect the incoming General
Council is a big improvement on the
present one. Below we give the complete
returns Of the famous victory:
FIRST WARD.
Councilmen-John Gent, 1871; P. j..
Kelly. 1872; John Walsh, 224; Owen
Reilly. 206. School Visitor-Thomas
Keelly, 426; Geo, Bedford, 237. Whole
number Of votes cast, 663.
SECOND WARD.
Alderman-S. B. Robbins, 3Sl; W. j..
Chase. 2lS. Councilmen-W. Hewitt.
378; Herman Caro-, 362; W. A. McCloy.
237; j. A. Walter. l9S. School Visitor
u. Il. Rsndle, 597. Whole number of
votes cast, GIL.
THIRD WARD.
Alderman-C. W. Metcalf, 1874; ]. l..
Norton, l68. Councilmen-A. G. luther,
$50; s.. J. Camp, 45G; School Visitor-.R.
W. Mitchell, 255; r. P. Duncan, 2O4
scattering, 2. Whole number Of votes
cast, 467.
FOURTH WARD.
Councilmen-Henry thurman, 266; s.
W. Green, 287; Z. Keck, 1853; B. d.
Raney, AZ. School Visitor-N. j. Wig.
gin, 4l6; pay, rs; no pay, II. Whole
number OF votes cast, 4l6.
FIFTH WARD.
Councilmen-R. Doherty, 800; Jos.
Cluston jr., (col J, 2l0; ]. Thomas (col.).
LOG; P. Twohig, IS. W. A. Hall, ll3;
T. Williamson (col.), 50; A. j. Harris,
II; II. J. Shaw, 1855; G, G. Dickerson,
49, A. M. Ferguson, 81; Henry j. Lynn,
2; Henry Hays, y. School Visitor-C.
G. Churchill, 1871; j N. Snowden, l3a;
J. a. Hartley, rs; P. F. Meath, 5; l..
Rosenbaum, 2; W. J. Smith, 8; j. N.
Snowden, IL; J ID. Snowden, l; nay, /.
Whole number of votes cast, 646.
SIXTH WARD.
Alderman. Happek, 800; NJ. F. Ball,
1913; scattering, 2. Councilmen-Wm.
Gay, 1913; Chas. G. Fisher, 1889; W. NJ.
Harvey, 1893. School Visitor-Jerome
Hill, 294; Horace E. Andrews, 2l4;
scattering, 3. Pay, 500; no pay, 26.
Whole number of votes cast $50.
SEVENTH WARD.
Alderman. 7. Hillsman, 32l; II. N.
Rankin, SO. Councilmen-Jas. S. Car
penter, 2l2i \. SOLAR, lGs; Turner
Hunt, l3f; 9. A. Cochran, laa. School
Visitor-G. V. Rambaut, 1921; r. De.
prise, Il scattering, /. Whole number