Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-01
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, ISIS.

for the purpose of electing. 4 Delegates to sal
| Convention.
The Executive Board cannot toe earnestl
impress upon every voter who is willing to 90
operate with the party the necessity or vigil
anee, harmony and concert Of action.
The public offices are open alike to all, anC
every citizen has the right tn resort to all hon
Orable means to secure his advancement TO an
position, civil, judicial or political, to which
be may aspire; but. at the same time, il be-
hooves party that Claims the public conf
denee. and that expects to maintain It's as
cendaney, to put forward as its representa-.
tiyes only its best men.
Never before was there stronger necessity
imposed upon the Democratic and COnserya.
tive party Of Shelby TO exhibit the utmost
fairness in its action and 10 defer TO the popu.
lar will in the selection of its nominees,
whether this will be done or mot. depends
mainly upon the manner IN which the Pri.
mary Elections are conducted.
ii all good citizens and the substantial busi
ness men Of the city and county will consent
10 attend these primary elections, and eXer.
else their influence in the selections Of dele
gates, we may confidently hope for a eonyen.
tion whose members shall be the unbiased
representatives OF the public interests, whose
appearance will satisfy the people that they
are not gathered together as the champions Of
particular individuals, and whose action will
secure harmony, give satisfaction and insure
success.
The primary election will be held by a COM
mlttee OF hve in each district and ward, to be
appointed by the Executive Board. The eli g.
tlon will be, by ballot, and the polls will be
opened in the city at three o'clock pm. and
close at seven pm. in the districts at one
,. n. and close at six o'clock m.
ina tub committees appointed, the number
Of delegates apportioned to. and the places OF
noldlng the elections in the wards and dis
FIRST WARD.
QS delegates; corner Main and Winchester
streets.
II HoAshhrook, chairman, Tim Foley, Chas.
Lohand. Mike pailsy, John Cooney.
SECOND WARD.
40 delegates; Court-hOuse.)
Jesse Page. chairman; William Quinn.
John Savage Henry Legeler, larry Ferguson I,
THIRD WARD.
Us delegates; As Adams street, Dun's stable.
Napoleon Hill. ohairman; ] @ Mills WiI.
liam Frye, Fred Goldschmid, p T Murphy.
FOURTH WARD.
Qldelegates; Greenlaw Opera House.)
j 3 FARES, chairman; II G Brinkley. Pa,
keallaher, " Green, G II Brackett,
FIFTH WARD.
QO delegates; near corner Beale and DeSoto
stTeets.)
Henry j Lynn, chairman, ] w Voagal;
John Clavin, II G Dent, james BachmSp'
SIXTH WARD.
70 delegates; Waldran bloek)
JACOB weller. chairman; II b Chiles,
james hchert, John Bradley. A Lehman.
=, SEVENTH WARD.
70 delegatesi beal street. near Memphis and
=, Charleston railroad.)
" II Slark, chairman; 4 IIillsman, w
IL bates, Cooper, - Deates.
EIGHTH WARD.
(ld delegates; Poplar street market.)
n Falls. chairman; j I Flynn, PJ OuiR-
ley, Thomas Wexford, + II Finnie.
NINTH WARD.
u delegates; grocery. corner Mill and Third
George M Grant, chairman; 7 G Bettis, E
harr' ben Powell, James Lewis.
TENTH WARD,
u delegates; Main street, between Carolina
and Broadway
Colonel Robert LOOney, chairman; Q Q
Burx, Z Cuneo, Thomas sloyn, John
Becker.
FIRST CIVIL DISTRICT.
% delegates; Union academy
. ID NJ Witherington. chairman; Anthony
Barrett. Ben Boyce, G L Douglass, J Z
Stewart.
SECOND CIVIL DISTRICT.
u delegates; MlllwO0d.l
A Hunter chairman; w z York, Cham
Jones, I NJ Edwards, John Stewart,