Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-30
rae M1ssIss1ppI SITUATION.

RNAANs 800 s1N EN@IfNl F1f
are nervous and expectant, is to us the
best assurance that nothing serious will
happen. Such an exciting canvass was
never before known in the State,
and it has attracted the. attention
of the whole country. The Cincin-
natl Commercial, after publishing
a good many letters in the in.
terest of Ames, charging the white
people with all manner OF violence and
~rascality, has at length sent down De-
Redfeld to write up the situation. He
is more impartial, though he has ac-
cepted as truth a great many Radical
lies about intimidation Of negroes, law
~lessness, etc. He gives up the race, and
avs: THE next Legislature of Missis-
sippi will not contain a majority Of ne;
groes, ncr of Republicans Of any color.
Republican rule is at an end in this
State, unless there is prompt i%nterfer
ence by the government This is his
exact language, and they are words Of
awful import to Ames and his carpet
bag gang. He says:
Every day that ! am in Mississippi l
am more and more convinced that the
Conservatives will carry the Legislature
They are so determined upos it, aud as
the Republicans are without Federal cid,
| see no chance for them to be check
mated. Have the Legislature they will,
and. having that, the other departments
of The Government will fell into their
hands 50 future elections roll around.
How Ein they Do it, you nay ask
Ehen the STATE q Republican b. tally
-irrv thausxat uliori-y3 ThsT vii %
&c iacaIss -hEE are tie szprsor -aes -
courage .ega1e t1F Arr tAs cE-Ers Ct
-ia sil And hare ras,t7=1 b =. he
ynraH III nAr-n rua 81 EhI-4rHr c1sL
Ether zht GIEEuEH1i nzzz1l@E-s
hs and mnHzsE HrsT HsunaA e.
tt4 bHnuniinEns CAL nm snEGln Iasu-
zafv4 nurE1hsEu1ln mar uE9urgy q
thlrry o5E 11DusaHdy
Tins rUrrHsp1ulerf 1hiEEE TIE wtlies
carr zerv lrtls Ei,oai ne C8nEraEsnsn
or fhs Ct s. Senator. bui ara determined
70 gs; confirm Of thsir domestic aEaiTS
be admits inst Ab0ut a.. 900 negroes VIII
vote the Conservative ticket aad ihou-
sands Of nthers viii be dem1ralzsd and
not vote AZ all BE is candid enough to
conclude that the State government IS
puwerless and a confessed failure, but
he takes good care not 10 admit that bis
party is g mass Of ignorance led BY 8
handful Of nnprineipled whites. Alto
gether be takes s gloomy view OF the
situation. As q specimen Of the Missis-
sippi earpet-bagger We point TO A. r
Howe. and he is by no neal the worst
of the lot. The Grenada Republican
thus exposes him:
Il will be remembered that before
Howe was elected TO Congress he was
collector of internal revenue, secretary
and treasurer of the levee board, and at
the same time was a member Of the State
legislature. For his services aforesaid
he drew, as collector of internal revenue,
about $500 per annum; as secretary
and treasurer of the levee board, $250U
per annum, aud $40 per diem and mile
age as a member Of the legislature.
When he was elected a member Of con
gress he still retained HE position as col
lector Of internal revenue. aud drew on
that account from the United states
treasury $l636 Is salary and enmmi,.
sions, and held on to his appoinimsGf OF
secretary and treasurer o. the Iey5e
board at $500 per annum, until the
month of December, lS74-at the same
time drawing from the United States
treasury $4,000 per annnn and mileage
for his services as a member OF Con
gress. The figures have been carefully
collected from official sources.
1t will be seen from the foregoing that
for the services Of A. K. Howe, from the
spring OF 1872 no TO the close Of the last
session of Congress, q period Of about
three years, the people have paid him in
tue neighborhood Of $28, 00e, aud his
mileage, stationery, etc, making about
$40, 600 per annum that he has received
tor his services The above ia not all.
Remember, that this man Howe stands
to-day a confessed embezzler of public
moneys 70 the amount OF about $4,000
Steps are being taken to cause Howe to
refund a large portion Of his i'll gotten
gains, and there is no doubt bqt what he
will be compelled TO return then.
There are but two candidates in tho
fela-Colahel G Wiley Wells, a known
Republican, ia full accord with the Ma
tional Republican administration - a
man whose character for integrity, hon
esty and capacity has never been i'm
peached; the other, A. X. Eowe, a pro.
fessed Republican, a bolter, 8 confessed
enbezzler-R mar whose record conieins
nothing good, but to the contrary, much
that is evil. Touch bis record where
you may, and you will leave il deGled.
That comes from a straight out Repab-
lican paper. which knows whereof il
speaks. DR.. Red6eld admits that the
white people and the eolored Democrats
are enthusiastic all over the State.
Meetings are held everywhere, and a
perfect Organization exists, 1t Is con,
ceded that Marshall county will 60 Con,
sentative, and that &. Wiley Wells, the
Liberal Republican s~upposied by the
whites. will be elected to Congress in the
Second Congressional district. The
merchants Of Holly Springs and nearly
every city aud town in the State have
determined to shut up their doors next
Tuesday and put in q whole iuyu work
at the polls. We have never sesu . peo-
pie SO determined 70 throw of the yoke
ota carpet-bag government and, with all