Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-07
THE HEATHEN CHINEE
Game which the Radicals are Playing to
Wax the Democrats Out OF their !.
Boots in the August Elections
A Put-up Job
By the Hayes Men, who are Anxious to
Make an Exhibit OF Work Done to
Justify their Holding Office
win they Succeed?

win they Succeed?
The local political situation as to county
politics, with an outlook toward the ensuing
August election, is a theme now much talked
over, discussed, "cussed," etc., by candidates
of all parties, representative party men, recog-
nized and self appointed leaders, whites and
blacks of all shades of color and politics.
What you hear on street corners, when in
knot of friends, or while taking a social or ia
vorite drink with such friends In saloon
| does not give clear index to the situation,
no more than did the general court business
at Elsinore, but 'Hamlet" set tn" mouse-trap"
| when he said:
''Pll have grounds
More reatative than this, the play IS the thing,
Wherein I'll catch the conscience OF the King"
INTERVIEWING FINE ART.
In local politics the professional newspaper
| man performs the same capture by the in
| terviewing process applied to those who
| know something worth telling and who will
| tell it. In Friday mornings APPEAL ap-
peared an account of what they said" about
| each other in party circles in Memphis, and
the account was regarded by the knowing
| public as getting the thing down fine, as 1t
| were. We gave what the Irish, the German,
| the Nationalist, the Independents, and what
| the Radicals or Republicans said, 1t stirred
up politicians and their friends considerably,
| and gave Them a deep insight into what was,
is and would be in this scramble after county
| Offices.
THE REPUBLICAN BOLT.
The Nationalists, since they gave birth to
| their ticket in secret, and announced it in
public, have been asserting that the white
| and colored Republicans were perfectly well
| satisfied with the ticket, upon which they had
four or five representatives, and that only a
| few disaffected colored leaders objected. All
this many recognized Republican leaders
| have assured our reporter is not the fact.
| They say that both white and colored Re-
pubIicans are dissatisfied; nay, even disgust
| ed with the National ticket as hereto ap-
| pended:
| Sheriff.. w. Anderson.
| Chancellor-C. Kortrecht.
Judge of Circuit Court. o. Pierce.
Judge of Criminal Court-P. I. Scruggs.
Judge of Probate Court. d. Eldr,dge.
| Clerk of Circuit Court. Uhl.
Clerk of Criminal Court-A. J. Vaughan.
Clerk of County Court-O. Dryer.
| Clerk of Bartlett Court. B. Crenshaw.
Attorney General Criminal Court-G. P.
| nj. Turner.
Attorney General Bartlett Court-W. ].
Duval.
County Trustee-G. B. Fleece.
Register-F. Hunt.
On the above ticket Messrs. Kortrecht,
Pierce, Eldridge and Hunt are Re-
publicans, with Mr.. Turner as
] half Nationalist and half Republican.
ne having many strong friends among the
colored people. The Republican leaders,
white and colored, stated to our interviewer
| many facts and incidents quite freely, they
only requesting that their names would not
| be used in our reporters account of the
| recognized by him for the sake of securing
| the political news.
CHARGES AGAINST THE NATIoNALISTs.
The Republicans charge that the National
lists after inviting them to conference to unite
and get out joint ticket, worked against the
men selected by them, and put on men who
were not selected by the Republican leaders.
The Nationalist had appointed a conference
committee to meet the Republican committee
| and select ticket Two tickets were made
| cut, either of which would have been salts
| factory to the white and colored Republicans
| of the city and county The National party
| executive or central committee received the
| report of their conference committee
and so modified the tickets that
| the ticket put forth by the Nationalist lg
| nored the Republican strength, and does not
| give that party its proper pro rata of candl-
dates, which, they claim, Is about seven or
| eight out of the thirteen nominations on the
| ticket. instead of four, which they received.
The Republicans therefore repudiate por-
| eaucuses the Republican committee agreed to
] make
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
Criminal Court Judge-Jldge James E.
Blgelow in place of Judge Scruggs.
Criminal Court Clerk-W. t. Kennedy,
colored, in place of General A. ]. Vaughan.
Circuit Court Clerk. 81. Smith in place
of Mr.. j. Uhl.
County Trustee S. Garrett in place of
George B. Fleece.
Attorney General Criminal Courts. F.
Walker In place of G. P. M. Turner.
They are not certain that Mr.. Walker will
accept the nomination, but he can get it if
he so desires. Mr.. Walker Is law partner of
General Horrigan, the candidate for attorney
general on the Democratic ticket. 1t may be
that Mr.. G.. P. M. Turner, the National party
nominee for the same Office, Will be Endorsed
by the Republicans, who will meet in mass
convention tomorrow Monday morning at
ten O'Clock, at Zion hall. on Beale street, for
the purpose of selecting the ticket. Many
colored men favor Mr.. Turner, but the white
Republicans are against him, preferring a
stronger man for that position on the ticket.
They say that they regard Judge Bigelow as
much stronger than Judge Scruggs, Mr.. Ken
needy, colored, much stronger than General
Vaughan, Mr.. j. 81. Smith, of the tenth
S. Garrett much stronger than Mr.. George
b. Fleece. They mean much stronger with
the colored Republican voters OF the city and
county, and they agree in asserting that the
colored voters, numbering about seven thou
sand in the city and county, will rally around
the Republican ticket almost to man, and
it will also be supported by the white Repub-
lican vote. 10 1874, they added, when the
Bartlett movement created such furore in
the Democratic ranks, and immense work
was done by Democrats to carry the colored
vote, Captain S. S. Garrett, then candidate
for oh fba ffol uo1
between eight and niEe thousand votes in the
city and county, and led his ticket By many
hundreds of votes. The new ticket to be
selected next Monday will be as follows, they
say:
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Sheriff.. W. Anderson.
Observation-Disclosures Kortrecht.
Judge Circuit Court. o. Pierce.
Judge Criminal Court. Z. Bigelow.
Judge Probate Court. d. Eldridge.
Clerk Circuit Court. 81. Smith.
Clerk Criminal Court-W.. T. Kennedy,
(col.)
Clerk County Court-Owen Dryer.
Clerk Bartlett Court. B. Crenshaw.
Attorney General Criminal Court-Sidney
F. Walker, or G. P. M. Turner, or probably
some other man.
Attorney General Bartlett Court-W. J.
Duvall.
County Trustees. S. Garrett
County Register-Fred. Hunt (col.)
MORE SPECULATION.
They as sert that the above ticket is a
strong combination, that it will carry the full
coiored Republican vote, the bulk of the Ma
tional party vote, the Irish vote, the INDIE
pendent scratch vote-in fact, every one who
is in opposition to the Democratic ticket,
either as whole or in part. As one of them
said speculatively that with both tickets,
Republican and National, divided somewhat
on names but united on others, they can wax
the Democracy ont of their boots In August"
"Yet," said he, pleasantly, ''should it not
work that way the Democracy will wax us
both out of our brogans.'' "This is the
present complex or clear SITUATION" another
Republican remarked. ''You can pay your
money and take your choice. There is no
political principle involved in the August
election any more than there was in the
mayoralty election, when the Fippin Democ-
racy bolted the party and elected their man
over the regular nominee of their party"
'..We should have treated directly with the
National central committee. and not with
their committee of cOnference.n said another