Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-08
THE @BLOGDY-sHIRT" CLUB
organization at Cochran Hall Last
Naturalization Of Permanent OH
eers-EnrGlIment Of Con-
Verts.
w. n. Moore. President, Makes an Im'
budent Attack nPon abe Appeal,
and WiIfuIly MisrePre-
seuts Us.
Randolph and Judge w. N. Smith on
Social Ostraeism-The Latter
Threatens us with United
States Troops.

social Ostraeism-The Latter
Threatens us with United
states Troops.
About two hundred citizens. black and
white. assembled last night at Cochran
hall. In response to q published call made
through the Avalanche, to meet and or
gsnizs a HAYS and Wheeler club. Mr..
I. M. Hill was called to the chair, and
General Williamson was selected as sec
retarv, Mr.. Hill delivered $ short
sneecb. thanking tie meeting for the
honor conferred upon him, and then
branebed of to discuss the nominees OF
me Republican and Democratic parties.
A committee on permanent organlzatltn
was selected, and when the committee
retired, Chairman Hill annoanced that
a speech by sopas enc was In order.
WILLIAM r. MOORE,
MIR. w. r. Moore Appeared In response
tn ami s-sa. Anu stated the object Of the
meeting. The sixty.six gentlemen, as q
whole. who signed the call are as respect.
able. or more respectable, than any Their
sirty-six citizens OF the city. The APP
PEAL said this morning that several OF
the sjgners had been inveigled into so
doing. He Moore1 denied this. VIII
gentlemen in this campaign be allowed,
without being bullied, to vote for whom
thew please? Two years ago smallpox"
was written over the doors of people VINO
voted the Republican ticket. Some pa
pers are endeayoring to intimidate per-
sons from j0iriLg the Hayes AID Wheel
er club. several informed him that day
that they would not attend the meeting,
"a they did not want their names to ap-
pear in the APPEAL, as they might lose
custom, but they intended to vote for
HAYES and Wheeler. He was not afraid
of having "smallpox" written over his
door. He did not get up to make
speech, and would retire, which he did
amid considerable applause.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The committee on permanent organi-
zstioH appeared and announced the fol-
lowing nominations:
For President-Wm r. Moore.
Vice Presidents. NJ. Hill, J. A.
Gronsuer, J. A. Thompson.
Secretsries-F. s. Nichols, A. Fro
man, NJ. T. Williamson.
These nominations were confirmed by
| the meeting.
Mr, VIM. r. Moore was introduced on
the stand, and thanked the meeting for
the honor conferred upon him.
It being announced that it was In
| order for persons to come up and enroll
| their names as members OF the club, a
number of white and black men came
forward and did so. Among those who
stepped up was Mr.. G. M. Z. Turner, q
weIl.known political speaker at Demo.
cratic ward meetings.
TURNER'S SPEECH.
G. NJ. P. Turner was loudly called on
when he signed his name. He mounted
the stand in response to the applause,
and made q speech. He said he knew
IL surprised rany to see him sign his
name to the roll of Hayes & Wheeler
club. He saw no hope but Ia the sue
cess of the Republican party. Ht
thought for himself, and did not bow tht
pregnant hinges Of the knee' to any
man or party. He had no use for Sam
uel J, Tilden, the so-called reformer
He was posted in the history OF Tilden
and for fifteen years Tilden has stood 81
the head of a ring of robbery in New
York. He was the partner OF Bos
Tweed in New York politics. Tweed
was q thief, stealing millions, and Til
den was never heard from until Dix,
Republican governor, brought Tweed t.
Justice. aud under the administration o
Tilden Tweed escaped from prison. H
would not bow the knee to the great ant
good APPEAL. The APPEAL tomorrow
morning will ridicule your club. Som
men have so little brains that they us
the language of the pothOuse politician
When they prove to me that am wrong
will beg the pardon ofthe great Bourbon
organ, the APPEAL. Hard money is
Democratic doctrine. You have both Oh
the Democratic ticket, hard money AM
soft money; they have a pig in one en-
and q puppy in the other. Hayes ant
Wheeler ere all right in their record
No one can prove otherwise. l propos
to act just as I please, and you will hea
it said tomorrow that che was q rene
gade;" they would not do it to his face
He worked like a .drsy-horse for til
Democratic party. He wanted no offic
in any party. He believed Hayes an
Wheeler have honesty, integrity an
ability. Mr.. Turner told several of hi
criminal court anecdotes. Be was re
sponsible for all he said. The Demo
cratic and Republican parties, while il
office, have stolen the public money
but if on put Tilden in, he will stea
the last cent in the treasury. He di
not want corIuptionist like Tilden il
office, and he would not support him
even though he was called rene
gsde, scalawag, or something elsE
Take the bullying element Of Bourbon
Democracy away morrow, and tn
intelligence of Shelby county woul
carry the county for the Republican
| IoIx FiGh
come veal or woe, he was for Hayes an
Wheeler. At the close Of the speed
there was considerable applause. MI
Turner was congratulated by the lead
ing Republicans present, and was vel
coined into the fold of the party as
new proselyte, who had all the zeal ths
young and fiery converts feel.
On motion of Charles KortIecht, a.
executive committee of ten was appoint
ed to take charge of the club. The com
mittee appointed consisted Of Charlie
Kortrecht, G. F. Conn. Theodore Kre
keI, F. 8. Davis, T. F. Csssells, r,
Patterson, L. B. Eaton, P. J. Mulverhill
f. w. Louis, Ed Shaw.
The next orator introduced was
COLONEL VIM. M. RANDOLPH.
Colonel Randolph, Oh being Gale
upon, mounted the stand, and congratu
lated the meeting on the conversion G
his friend G.. M. P. Turner from Demo
crscy to Republicanism. Re laude
Hayes and W heller, and when he aske
gentlemen why they could not supper
Hayes and Wheeler, he was met genel
ally with taunt or an insult. The Re
publican party is the best friend OF tn
south. That party wishes the south t
prosper. His speech the other night ha
been misconstrued. He said then tina
he and other Republicans were silentl
ostracized here In Memphis by som
men, but he felt perfectly safe here, jus
as safe SIS in Massachusetts. There is a
opposition here to any man who SUP
ports Republican ticket. People mort
believe that ostracism exists here, an
this is ipjuring the south. He invoke
the public journalists Of Memphis to al
in destroying this silent feeling Of ostrs
cism existing in the south against Re
publicans or northern men. A man
social standing should not be regulate
| nv hia marty affiliations, and he SHOULD