Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-03

Spe-ial 20 the Appeal.
NASHVILLE, TENN, January 2.-Ex-
element over the senatOrioi question Is
very great. Tue Maxwell house is full
a. candidates, representatives and Wis
Btors from every section Of the State.
owsrms % candidates for speaker, door
Keeper, cierks, etc, throng the halls OF
The hotels, and the excitement il fast
approaching fever heat. Candidates are
seen az every place, and even the trains
are boarded at the depots by the count
less G cfiice seekers in quest of q candidate
whose support they wish. The Maxwell
house is the great rendezvous, aud the
sight there is one Of confusion, noise, ex-
citemeut, Iumor and gossip. At present
c j. impossible to tell what will be the
senatorial result. The aspirants for the
o-H-c are themselves at loss 70 figure
oIt the results. Speculation is so varied,
Uncertain and strange that no reliable
oo-c uzion can be arrived at. Never
before WIS there such a congregation
% people in this city upon like mission.
Many predict wild excitement will re-
SAT-, and that the present state OF feeling
Is uut the precursor Of that which is TO
ousge. Much speculation is INDUCED In
-s io the way the Shelby county repre-
sentatiyes aud senators will vote; for il
D. q generally recognized fact that they
viii do much to effect the senatorial re-
suit. Their coming Is looked forward TO
NfSh anxiety. The East Tennessee rep
reseuSatives will arrive 1T hslf-past
euce wiz but aud to the great interest
aroused on tie speskeTship question, the
prominent candidates being, for the
house, Lewis Bond OF Haywood, Holmes
Cuumius, Of Tip;on, and Judge Garden
shire, 81 White. The latter is confident
Of election, and expects 10 get the entire
last Tennessee vote. He was judge in
ls5s, and is well qualified for the posi-
lion aud will lie hard 10 beat by some.
The election of Gardenshire is frsught
with 10 little significance, as he is from
Esst Tennessee. The senatorial election
2s well IS that Of treasurer, comptroller
and speaker OF the heuse, cannot be
conjectured but Is left to rumor and
gossip. Lewis Bond, of Haywood, is
recognized as strong candidate, and in
addition to other grounds his claims
rest upon the fact that he carried
county hitherto Republican, and he
sbon.d De elected as recognition Of his
services. CumLr-. OF TiISsJn, was q
member OF the last legislature aud his
friends regard his election as certain.
They say ne will start out with big
vote. He is remembered as delegate to
the Democratic fiOterial and county
convention in Memphis, last August,
ana he opposed the funding bill in the
legislature. For speaker OF the senate,
Mr.. Blizzard, OF East Tennessee, is the
most prominent candidate, and some
deem his election certain. Mr.. Marie,
Of c. attanooga, is also spoken of, hut
what strength be will develop is not yet
known. An effort is on foot 10 elect
Hon. John NJ. Bright, ht,congressmsD from
the fifth district, TO the senate in the
event OF compromise being necessary
between the friends Of the candidates
now out. A strong effort will be made
- 20 organize the leg stature Monday, for
the assembly is required by congress to
commence ball3ting for senator on the
second Tue-dty after organization. To
Del y longer than Monday would require
the pnstpouement OF the senatorial cleo
tien until the nineteenth; hence the
disposition for immediate organization
Monday 20 as to commence the election
Tuesday, the twelfth. In the meantime
several bills Of puolic interest will be in
truduced, among them one making the
secretary OF agriculture also the COM
missi .ner Of immigration.
CAUCUS.
SpecIal % the Appeal
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January Am
iufrmaI caucus Of senators wss held at
the Com mercial hotel tonight, thirteen
being present; a general Introduction
was Effected; the proprIety Of an imme-
diate orgauiZstiOn OF the senate recon-.
ruended, and several questions Of reform,
incluilug the abolishing Of a page. The
meeting was altogether Informal and
partolk Of a social nature. The general
impression is that no caucus will be