Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-22
THE SHELBY DEMOCRACY,

county convention met yesterday, trans
acted its business, and adjourned in per
feet harmony. Esrty unity is the prim,
necessity for success, and we are reloice,
to kaow that the Democracy Of F,oalh,
county viii go into the cont,~t fos ~,
election Of county officers ~ttb > soIi,
aDd compact organize ,,on. In erotho
column we give fr'. =, rsnorts OF the nro
ceedings Of r. convsntio,, vestsris sv
from Whicr- It wili be seen that Charlie
H. .Serson was nominated for re
elesdon to the office Of sheriff. Mr.
Anderson was elected two years ago
and Of cOurss viii be reelected on th,
third Of August. All payties conced,
that he has made the bast sheriff thst
ever served the people aG Shelby county
he has been scrupulcUsly IunctiIIious il
the discharge Of hia duties; prompt IL
collections and prompt 10 the payment
OF moneys wheU cCIlset. His offcia
career has been eminently satisfactory
The bar is enthusiastic in his praise
Witnesses, Clerks and jurors, and, in,
deed, all VINO have business with ouI
courts, unite in the opinion that c. L
Anderson has been model sheriff HI
is a genial gentleman OF fine socia
qualities. He viii enter into tho can,
ysss with all the enthusiasm Of his
warm and generous heart. IL is i'm.
possible to defeat such popular candi.
dste-such s faithful aud efficient off.
Ger. ]. J. Rawlings wss nominated by
acclamstiOn for the office Of county
trustee. He was elected two years ago,
and not single murmur of complaint
has been raised agsinst him as a county
official. The responsibilities Of his offics
have been increased for the next two
years. He has to give a bond for
nearly balf million Of dollars,
which he can execute any dag, and this
shows the high estimate which the peo-
pie Of Shelby place in his int gritty. Mr..
Rawlings has resided in Memphis for
forty years, and his defeat would be ca
iamitcUs to the county he has SO faith
fully served. But there is no danger of
this, e. we understand the Radicals and
Independents, knowing his invincibili.
ty before the people, will place
his name upon their ticket.
Thomss H. LogwooJ, gallant sol-
dier, E good lawyer, an honest citizen,
and 8 hearty and intelligent Democrat,
received the Domination for criminal
court judge, Defeating Judge Adams af.
ter long Hsnd severe contest, and not
withstaO1lng be was pitted against
many able lawyers, and more than one
IS popular partisan as him.
self. No man in the party better
deserves the reward for party services
implied in this nomination than Colonel
LogwOod, and few men bsfore the bar
of Memphis is more worthy OF il on the
score OF the ability aud discretion neces-
sary to the impartial enforcement of our
criminal laws. He has been resident
OF Memphis for twenty-five years,
enjoys AN unhlanished reputation,
being found equal to every emergency
of duty devolving upon him. We shall
support him, confident that his ncmina-
ton will be COZ ficmed by the people.
The Endorsement OF General Gordon by
his nomination for reelection to the Of
flee he has so hon orsbly and crsditably
filled, viii meet with popular approval.
he hss proven himself sdmirsbIy fitted
for the important efice Of sttorney-gen-
eral of the Bartlett circuit court, giving
entire satisfaction to the people of the
county at large, and those in the vicinity
of BSrtiett particularly. A gentleman,
q scholar, g psins-tsking lawyer and an
upright cit'zsn, General Gordon will
strengthen the ticket, and, We predict,
will poll IS hesvy vote as
any OF the gentlemen whose names
with his comprise It. 1t will
thus be seen that the ticket NOM
mated yesterday is sn excellent one per-
sonslly and politically. There is not q
man on it who Is not qualified for the
Office for which be has been nominated.
On it will bo found two names
which carried the county two years ago
by such an overwhelming majori-
ty. The whole tick-t is composed
Of men equal in integrity, ability and
general merits to that which
swept the county In the last election,
and they will be elected By the same
nsjority unless the people Of Shelby
county are weary Of their present Of
ficials and propose the restoration Of
Radical rule. The ticket which the
Democrats nominated yesterday viii be
hailed with great enthusiasm through
out the county. We eplace It at the head
of our columns, and invoke in its behalf
the trust and admiration Of the Dsmoc-
racy OF Shelby. The APPEAL will
xsalousIy labor FOR its election. The
whole party should rally enthusiastically y
TO its support, aud the candidates owe
to the cause and themselves all the labor
aud wRtchfulntsi they can possibly give.
They are now in the position of officers
in the grand army Of Democracy, and to
them the masses lCok for the qualities of
leadership. The man who wastes
all his energies in securing a nomina-
ton, and exerts himself no further, feel
ing assured that the press will do all the
work, or thst the majority will be large
enough, is uhdeserving the position 10
which he has been nominated. Let US
rally to the support of the ticket. Ten
nessee is one OF the few States that will
vote prior 10 the Presidential election,
and let us give Democratic majority on
the third of August which will thrill and
kindle the spirits of the National De
mocrscy. Let sll true Democrats rally
ID the support Of the ticket, Snd let AL
who hate the Democratic party and its
organization 20 20 the Radical camp,
and in the hour Of trial We will know
whom 10 tust, and whom TO watch.