Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-09
The Radicals Revise the National Ticket
and Throw ont j. ii. Smith. Judge
p. T. Scruggs and George
b. Fleece.
Ed Shaw, the Spokesman OF the Occa-
casion, Tells How the National
Ticket was Made up, and How
Machine Politician,
Colonel Kellar, the Editor Of the Ava.
lanche, Proved Himself-Charges
About the POstOfiice and Postal
Matters-GOOd Reading.

considering and ratifying the ticket of can
didates for county offices selected by the
county Republican executive committee.
On motion, Mr.. l. NJ. Hill, white, was
unanimously elected chairman of the conven-
| ton. Mr.. James Lott, colored, was elected
secretary. A reporters table had been pro-
| vided, at which sat the pencil hourishers of
the daily press of the city.
| Mr.. HILL on being escorted to the chair,
| thanked the convention for the honor con-
| ferred upon him. He invoked the corpora
| ton of those present during the deliberations.
| He stated, in brief, that some time since the
| Nationalist proposed conference for the
purpose of forming combination with the
'Republicans to beat the Bourbon Democracy.
| This proposition pleased the Republicans,
: and it was agreed to. He stated that the
chairman Of the county executive committee
would present the ticket agreed upon to the
convention which ticket, if ratified, would
| lead to success.
Captain S. S. Garrett said: "Please state
how far the Republicans are bound by the
action of the National committee.
| Mr.. Hill replied that the ticket was agreed
upon by the committee, and the convention
was not bound to adopt it unless 1t saw fit so
| to do. The convention could change it if
| deemed advisable; that they had gone into
| the combination with the Nationals to sue
coed, and the Nationals had gone into COM
bination with them for the same purpose.
| [Applause.
| REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
| Mr.. Edward Shaw, colOred, chairman of
| the county committee, made a statement as
| to the acts of the county committee and his
own stewardship. He denied many charges
| brought against him as to his position. In
| the conference held between the Republican
| and National committees to get up a ticket,
the National committee rejected the PROPOSE
| ton to put colored man on the ticket, their
| spokesman saying, ga colored man would
hurt the ticket" The Republican committee
insisted on having colored man on the tick.
ct. These Nationalist said: 1--WE cannot
| elect a ticket with a Niger on 1T" but he
[Shaw] asserted that they could not elect a
ticket In Shelby county without Niger on
| it. What impudence on the part OF the Ma
| tionalists! The devil, when he took Christ
up on the mountain, did have no more impu-
| dence than had these Nationalist. The COM
mittees had several conferences. The Ma
| tionalists said on the streets that he Shaw
| had asked them to put him on the ticket.
They lletl-that's all. The Worxingmen
came to the conference as white man par
ty, and did not intend to give the colored
lieve that they can influence the seven thou
| sand colored voters IN Shelby county to
vote their ticket without colored representa-
| tive on it. Mr.. Shaw then took the Acalanche
to task and it's editor, Colonel Kellar, for ad-
vising the colored people to do one thing, and
Colonel Kellar mad made out the report and
| the ticket for publication in the Ledger of
| Saturday last. What right had ne to inter-
fere with or to decide as to the colored peo-
| pie? The Aualanche had been one of the
strongest advocates of the "eolor-line" in
| Tennessee. The AUdlonche presumes to die
| tate to the Republicans of Tennessee, and
| why? Because Of the big mail contracts and
| the postoffice which it received. That paper
would do to-day what the APPEAL does if
| the spoils of Office did not prevent her from
| so doing. He would present the ticket as
agreed upon by the Republican committee.
Green Evans, colored, asked whether the
| Republican executive committee had asked
| the Nationalist to put more than one colored
| man on the National ticket?
| Mr.. Shawl will answer the gentleman if
| he states that he stands with the Republican
party. Applause
Mr.. Shaw then read the following ticket,
| and made comments on each nominee as he
| read
| REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Sheriff.. w. Anderson.
| Chancellor-Charles Kortrecht.
| Judge of Circuit Court. 0. Pierce.
Judge of Criminal Court. h. Bigelow.
| Judge of Probate Court. D. EldrIdge.
| Clerk of Circuit Court-W. t. Kennedy,
| colored.
Clerk of Criminal Court-A. J. Vaughan
| Clerk of County Court-O. Dryer.
| Clerk OF bartleCG d. OrenSndW.
Attorney General Criminal Court-G. P.
| M. Turner.
Attorney General Bartlett Court-W. j.
| Duval.
County Trustees. S. Garrett
Register-Fred Hunt, colored,
1.-The ticket was changed from that agreed
upon by the Republican committee on Satur-
| day last. That ticket dropped General
| Vaughan and had Mr.. J. H. Smith on for
clerk of the circuit court. The change from
Kennedy to Vaughan for clerk OF the criminal
| court was made at the suggestion of many
colored men who favored Vaughan, and by
| the National committee who agreed If such
change was made TO accept the ticket as their
| own. The Republican ticket as it now stands
has but three changes from the National
| ticket ratified at the Greenlaw Operahouse
meeting of last Saturday night. J. E. Big
low takes the place of Judge z. L: Scruggs as
| Judge of the criminal court. w. L. Kennedy,
| colored, takes the place of Joseph Uhl. Ger
| man, as clerk of the circuit court, and Cap
| tam S. S. Garrett takes the place of George
| B. Fleece as county trustee.
Mr.. Shaw continued by stating that he
would not take a ticket in his hand which
contained the name of Judge Scruggs, who
| had compared the colored race to the monkey
tribe. He [Shaw], and others, had heard
| him [Scruggs so state. The Nationalist
could not force that man on the colored Re-
publeans Even many white men were OPP
pose to Judge Scruggs beng on the ticket.
The committee put Owen Dwyer on the
ticket for many reasons, the principal reason
being that the Democrats In convention re-
pudiated the Irish people as foreigners, and
thereby displayed the spirit of knownothing-
ism which was intended, not only for the
Irish, but for the colored man also.
Mr.. Shaw complimented Good Alter
| noon" Turner, the Republican nominee for
encouragement of the criminal court: he
would be heard throughout the county IN be-
half of the colored man. He proceeded to
compliment the ticket in general, and ADVISED
the colored people to vote solid for It, lCheers
| and applause.
of nominees.
Green Evans, coiored, said he was satisfied
with the ticket; he and his friends Endorsed
it, He moved that the report be adopted.
Loud applause The putting of Genera
| Vaughan on the ticket satisfied Mr.. Green
! Evans and his friends, as well as many other
coIored men.
Mr.. Secretary Lott, colored, stated that he
understood that the ticket now before the
convention was satisfactory to the National
party committee.
Mr.. Edward Shaw arose and added that he
| had seen several members of the National
committee and they were satisfied if General
Yaughan's name was put on 1t as candidate
| for criminal court clerk.
Mr.. Lott continued, saying there must be no
scratching done on this ticket by the colored
| men, All parties are pledged to the support
of the ticket; the Nationalist are pledged,
the Irish stand pledged, all parties in the
| combination stand pledged, so there must be
| no scratching done by the colored Republi-
cans. Should the parties to the combination
scratch the ticket and not stand up to their
| pledges, there would be day of reckoning,
| and the color6o Republicans would pay them
back in their own coin In due time. APP
plause.l
THE TICKET RATIFIED.
On motion, the report of the committee
and the ticket were unanimously adopted
amid great applause.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
! Colonel L. b. Eaton moved that commit