Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-09

DEPUTY SHERIFF D. ALIlE-
who has been serving iu Brown, Office. .- "a
white man OF -ccuguiz. iuleBiBy ana Hn-
inpeachahia yerarlly, says tiiai aGeui-rIuan
offered 70 use mis- influence -o Eeer iHc negroes
back when they approached the Town. -nsrih
Brown said That U!l tue u0Etr on earth would
no- keep them back. Mr. h.lu ia=u advised
Brown AZ 10 tEf ". 5ler COZ. 30. ano offered 10
use ms lnHue.t@ in quietnz he u7El"eS,
"NoU 20 mo lHa Eugss, rtplied Sluwn- Il
am managing thts afsf alr.Au.u cau sures
him foT lis couCagJ.
SENATOR SMITH - STATESIhNg.
senator O. w. Smith, who was rowi-Jted
for chaAce'F ana circuit clerk. ieaC'e4 th.s
cts yesterday, by t-s steamer a.F. @hlLe,
and Q YES the following er>.o- OF rl- matter:
in going iulO this amssiZl ibis Lf.lr N
order that the planters suuuid 4tve no cause
70 complain Ur. Blown mFs.t gHd OtheCs
whO usually went fOrw arI- decided We should
So conduct the canvass lhat tine iJUpregS
would nos ue induced 80 leave heir work;
AMI hence We de-" asa - mold our ul,.-luEr at
u ght. THIS Wa. doe '- eFaTy p..agalar,
"A perhaps one o.. two except .ga-. Ile
fisn5 IL the county was over the ChaucCry
and the circuit clerk. all the other offices
having been conceded 10 r1e Tr-s3uS VINO
were aitSrWaTd placed on the ticket by the
hepupIcans. l. having been IN The senate
last session from the cOunties OF Bolivar and
COanOma 70 nil an uneXpired term, my time
expiring this winter, l resigned, and last J une
was appointed superintendent Of public
schools In toahoma, after a compel.iVe eN-
animation. After having been in COahOma
few months, and declined returning to the
senate AOI llC iOnE term, nv iFltnuS desired
70 have me come ont for the office of chancery
and circuit clerk. I told them / would come
out, make the canvass in the county, and
ascertain the feelings OF the people in the
matter. Finding that il was the wish of the
people, l announced myself candidate
for the above offices, and 1 accordingly made
the canvass. The Republican convention TO
nOlhl9ate conn pl9'ers was caileu 70 meet
saturday, October ID, said convention
TO be composed OF sixty-siX dele
gates selected from the various
districts in the county. was opposed by
three candidates Mr.Aic1rn, the present clerk,
and two cOiOred men. Mr.. Alc0rn dIu not go
into the canvass, but the cOlOred men did at
the convention on saturday last, 1t was re-
ported that the convention would bre up
N p row. so prevent this sheriff Brown dep
utlZed one hundred men, taken from DOIh
political parties They were simply wearing
badges OF blue ribbon. Tue convention was
called to order, and proceeded to nominate
county ticket, and the sheriff and representa-
tive were soon after nominated by accIama-
tion. might add that previous to the con-
ventiOD each candidate was asked TO come
forward and pledge himself TO stand by the
nominee of the convention. Accordingly all
Of The candidates did so, the pledge being
made with upIltted hand. Ine discussion
then arose as TO whether the convention
should divide the offices of chanCery and cir
cult clerk. The convention decided they
should remain, rs they always had, together,
and one candidate only to be uCmin 7ted
thereto. Mr.. AlcOrn, the present clelB, did
not present his cigimS before the convention.
Mr.. flagg, MI ChaterS, and myself We're
piaceu III nomination. On the nrst ballot
received fiity-seVen votes, Mr. Cha.iers nine
Mr.. tIsgg receiving none. That being the to-
TAI vote OF the convention, Ar. ChatteI- W4th
drew ami moved to declare my nOmi nation
unanimous, which was accordingly done.
Having nominated two cOIOrsd men on the
ticket, the sheriff and the clerk, and
as coroner ant ranger We're 20 be
COlOred nominees, none other desiring ~Egh
office, but cOIoTsd men. l cun.ended thar the
three following offices should be nileu VITA
white men: treasurer, asses 81 ana surVeyOr.
There were several colOred men candida. es
sFg ..Fg,srg T.F
son of Governor AtcorG, large merchant and
planter, was nominated almost unanimously
for treasurer. Major NJ. =. Plidiy- another
large merchant and planter, was UuduIuuus-
ly nominated ioT assessor. NiT. Houston, an
other white man, was unanimously NOM
mated for surveyor. After nominating a cor
the best of feelings prevailing DetW We=H the
successful and defe sted c EnuiuateS, all pladE-
ing themselves to abide tie result % The con-
vent on. me most Perfect OTCGr prevailed
Throughout tuG entire proceedings, all retGTu-
ing TO Cheir homes, saying 40 was no Use 10
make any further canvass, coming as they
we're from the various portions OF the county
they believed the ticket would be support Il
fully throughout the county. In the eVca-
ing few Democrats in town, Judge RucKs
and others, called a meeting Ia the ecu.
house, the sheriff furnishing them with Z. g
key. About fifteen or twenty WI ite ID Il
were present, with Judge RUCks ia ihe Chait,
aud Mr.. Flagg, the defeated candida e for she
clerks Office, acting as secretary. lie did not
remain during the NEE ing. Judge Reid,
for year, denounced the ticEet put in
tEe fed by the Republican cOnven-
tio1 that day, claiming that tue
ticket did not represent the taxpayers,
and announced himself a candidate Tor sheriff.
He said he was authorized 10 announce Mr..
Flagg as candidate for circuit clerk. Mr..
George AlcOrn, the present clerk, annOunCe ed
himself a candidate for chancery CLERK, aDd
thereupOn Governor AlCOrn was called upon
TO address the meeting. He was extremely
bitter in mis- remarks 10 the present sheriff /;
he said he had made a good sheriff, and pre-
Sumed h6 had done his duty, but the time
he'd come when these northern fellows shOuls
be put down. These fellows who bad been
sent into the county in the interests of AmeS.
He didn't know whether they could win the
colured people from Brown, rs he had made
them believe he was second Jesus Christ, bat
the time had come when he must be put
down; that II we couldn't put him down one
way We viii another. He charged Mr BTOy II
with being defaulter. I'm this connection,
l viii explain the matter to which he ref rred }
Mr.. Brown was elected in November, 1873, but
did not take charge OF the office until JanU-
ary, 1914. Nearly all the tax having been col
lectsd by Mr.. AlcOru, nephew OF Governor
AlcOrn, who was then sheriff. AS the final
settlement with the auditor is not required to
be made until April, it devOlved upon Mr..
crown to make that settlement. ALI the
money he collected he turned over to the au-
ditor Being new sheriff, he requested the
auditor to make the settlement TO allow him
all of his crelI.S, and he would be satisfied
AT the final settlement the auditor ascertain
ed that the Stale was indebted to Mr. Brown To
the amount Of fOTiy-SeEeu hundred dollars
A portion of this was for commissions and
other fees aCCTuing to the Sheriff7s office. The
remainder vas money collected on suspended
tax. This being in the counties composing
the leyee districts, these same credits had
already been allowed TO sheTitfS in their final
settlements. Mr.. Be cher and Mr.. Alcorn,
shertffs, who were appointed by Governor
Alcorn, and served in CoahOma previous to
Mr.. Brown. had received the same credits. 1t
was not until the past winter that the question
was raised, "What right these SheriffS had TO
these suspended taxes?" The aud tor c aimed
hot Y,Df. = b.,
sherihS after having paid it TO tsem. neither
could the cOuuty receive it, as neither was
entitled To it. II II belonged 40 anybody other
IMAM lht snelln, IL must nave been WrOn9fully
collected from the Taxpayers, Mr.. Brown
said that he was rea y and willing 10 pay it
over to the county, the state or individuals if
II belonged 10 them. II 1t belonged TO the
tax payers, three fOurthS of the tax was col
lecteJ By Mr.. AICOrn, it would follow that this
tax was WTongfully collected by Mr.. AlcOrn,
ana Mr.: Brown receiving the benefit OF his
tAlcorns} acts. The attention of the legisa-
ture, last winter, was called to this matter,
and il passed an act authorizing the governor
pointed by Governor Ames for the counties
OF Bolivar, Coahoma ana IuniCa. 1t mas been
ana Halcker, iOrmery sheriff of Tunica
county, have In their possession
large amount OF money received from the
state in the same manner Mr.. Brown re-
CelVed IL. l mean the money LnsL Governor
AlcOTn refers to. 1, as agent Of these counties,
mad decided TO uung suits at the next courts,
which meet in December, and already en-
ployed attorneys to prosecute Tue matter
against Be'cheTl Brown and AlcOrn Mr.
Brown says Ae IS ready and willing to nav
over all the money IN his possession to which
he is not entitled, when 1t is ascertained TO
whom 1G"belOngS. That is the only charop
Governor AlcOrn, in his speech at the meet
ing, msde against Mr. Brown. He was ex-
tremely bitter on me; says that am from
OhlO, and tnat these northern fellows must be
put down. The TACT of the matter, am from
Missouri, born slave, and have made that
my home until four years ago, whsn came
south, being away rom yhsre {, few years on
~, GnI. that Winnie attending school at Ober-
lin, ono. lie makes no charges against me-
out says that l must be defeated for the
office 10 which l aspire. AT the Demo-
was advertised to be present Lamar,
OF Mississippi, and Casey Young of
Memphis, they failed, however TO put in
their appearance. General Chalmers adj
dressed The meeting Ia his usual STYLE, l
might add, however, that his speech reminded
was calculated to stir up bal feeling. He
also SAID that this ticket placed IN the field
ny ths Republicans must he defeated and
called upon the white people 30 come 10 his
rescue Governor AIcOrn was invited 10 speak
lie repeated hlsspeech OF saturday night. He
appealed to the white men to come TO the re-
cue; that II they would pledge him t1eir srln
DIT he would dAtAst TIE ticket Thev ac
co-diugly agreed 10 support him. II is my
private opinion that the speech OF Governor
AlCUra had good deal to do in stirring up the
bad fseiin which seems 10 exist now in the
county. a the close Of the meeting on Satur-
day night, Mr.. Brown announced that there
would be speaking on Monday night, at
which time he proposed 10 give his side of the
story. Governor Alcorn SAID II he attempted
TO reply to his speech or use his name in any
manner that he would never reply to any
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