Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-24
GARRErTs GAME

Captain emT~tt made himself offcnsiyell
c2nspicuous during the late election. and j:
skllsbusyiug himself in way to prove thai
lIe Is 90 better tllan most of his Radical
brethren. and that he regards partisanshir
the very hest nfoef of Tatiotism. More than
usually active on the day Of election in the
double capacie Of = United Stats officer and
a Republican c'crtioneerer, he has, since the
seventh, been sHn eager prosecutor Of what
he and those who act with him are On
deayoriRg TO prove were violations Of
law. In this he - very. carefnl
not to express any anxiety rs 10 the
asts in that dircrton Of his own partisans.
who, as W. are rliuhly informed. voted in
hundreds Of nstances- when and where they
chgte, ,Sthd, itjsasail. under his own direc-
ton. particularly in the first and second
wards. IN these wards Mr.. Garrett made
himself felt in his two-fold capacity of Fsi-
craloffc,-hodera and dRa1icalelectioueerer In
terfering in NOR tian enc case where II was
plain h" was seeking to ovcrshadow the State
officers with the authority Of the Federal gov
enment and intinlidatc Democratic voters.
1t is reported to u Of him that he was nartic-
ulariv loud. selt-a>serting and offieious, and
thstjl pcrcmpio,l rebukc Was necessary la
one instance, at least, IN order to recall him
TO = sense Of his real position. We are also
informed that az IN" fifth ward. under the h-
rection o. Me--<r~g Ia-Slrgw and Patton. n
'rcgularitirs were cplnivyd at which, Ike
those IN the tanth and first and second. should
he Investigates b. III" grand jury Of the
county The rrn9f o: thr7c irregularities
may bc found in the COM aratuc figure, Of
this and other ,lcetiony. For instance. in
1874 Young, Ienpcrauic san6date for con-
,,ress, -rgeeiye.t Ss!,7 votes against :s2jg for
LOWS, the Radical candi,late whereas this
year ffS76l Ypang rcceired :ai45 votes, or ~
le,s Than 1Tldcn and Hendricks. and 3l2
less than he received in iS74: Randolph re-
ccying ij~s, or 1919 NOR. than lewis re-
ccivcd in 1874. and - votes less than Hayes
and Wheeler. Again, IN 1874 Young.
for congress. received IN Shelby county
eSil votrS, and Lewis lSl4. making
a total Of 1861 votes: contraetci with which
this yoar 1856 Young i'Scive,l in thc county
S5Oj votes and Randolph Sp92 milking total
of l6,J95 yoteS, showing sm inru4,se over the
vote Of 1S72 Of 2S6S. and over that of 1874
of 1914 votes. and Showing also falling of
from the Democratic -yo,c, of lsI4, of :;ii339
votes ilnd. an inerrasc OF 22j2 over the Re-
Publicart vete Of 1874, % thst while Young
runs $ith BIZ tickrt be reeciYcs 80 votes les
in 1916 tlian h -rcc'jrcd IN 1871. and Ran
dolph, while .hr nm, behind his ticket. re-
ceivcs 2252 votes more tl;ul Barbour cwis did
in 1874. Where id TN, increase Of vote
come fron.: -fnop ia,bulatod statement Of
the city vote bciofcus We find 1910 OF these
votes accountc 'or those wards being most
conspicuous for ircEasc that Sycrc under the
control Of Radical manipulatorS, hacked by
the Federal authority Of Garrett and lEs dep
utics. And Yet We 90 not hear that our .ek-
ira Judicial and cxtra oHcious Cnitel States
commissioner has extended his inquiries into
these wards, or that NJ has buSie,l lliiuself
with inquiries INTO tie mode adopted
to increase the figures for the
late Confederate States attorney Of Little
Rock. But what he has failed to do may he
done by the grand jury of Shelby county. It
Is competent for that hody to summon Citizen
Garrett and E Shaw, and Eaton and Others. I
who were prominent in assisting to develop
a vote that is a surprise to the city. and force
from them the fact. which lie at the bottom
of the otherwise uRacoo sntable increase in
the Radical vote.