Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-08

| Independents. Now they are all hePuDli-
cans. We just pity their embrace.
GOVERNOR HAwKINs's jeans pants are q
fraud. They are genuine cashmere, and he
has been fooling the old farmers up in Cooke
and Hawkins with this cheap trick.
The Hon. A. n. STEPHENS denies having
given the definition of the term Bourbon"
which is going the rounds of the press as
having been made by him 10 visitor.
THE CHANCES of General Chalmers's cleo
ton against Colonel Manning are not at all
| fattering. He has found it impossible 10
command other than Republican support.
/ The coLoRED man who votes Tor Van ID.
Alarming only proves that he is for economy
in the administration OF our government.
and for "peace and good will" between the
races.
EXIT THE combination" says the Little
Rock Gazette, Democracy made clean sweep
| in Ouachita county, and yesterday the boys
! in Camden were jubilsting over their great
victory.
JOHN SwINToN, who made himself quite
conspicuous at the labor demonstration in
New York City on Tuesday, is one OF the
| leading editorial writer's on the Sun. Mr..
| Swinton is the workingman's friend.
CHARLES LYNN, of Wythe, and r. Fl.
| Sherrod, of Fayette, are mentioned as good
| men to represent Fayette and Upton coun-
ties in the next State Senate as the foterial
senator. Either will satisfy the people.
ANY VOTER in Pennsylvania challenged
for not paying the poll tax is promptly re-
jected by the election judges. What howl
the carpetbaggsrs and Republican papers
would raise over such law in the South.
COLONEL J. K. JONES, congressman for
the Second district of Arkansas, has been
renominated and will be reelected. The
Arkansas City Journal says that his opponent
will be either w. P. Parks or John Will
lians.
THERE IS great danger of confusion in the
Democratic ranks in Shelby county in the
matter of selecting legislative representatives,
if the farmers, the workingmen, the High
and Low-taxers, and the Greenbackers put
out candidates. "United we stand, divided
we falIn
A CONFERENCE between Secretary of the
navy OuduQlcI anu -0CAoA al A|hCWo-
ter, in regard to the appointment of Southern
deputy arshals, will be had upon the re-
turn of the former to Washington. Chand-
Ter does the political cumming business OF
the administration.
HAWKINS admits that the forty cents
scaled by his party is an equity, but fails to
state why the bondholders-Rod Butler, Por-
ter and Jackson-should be allowed to de-
termine the amount of it when it is a mutual
matter, and is as much concern of the peo-
pie as of the bondholder.
The LITTLE Rock Gazette asks: SIS r. K.
Garland TO be the combination candidate for
congressm an at-large? 1t will be remem.
bered Powell Clayton explained to Northern
interviewer that with the view of giving Col
onel Garland chance, the Republican State
convention made ns nomination"
DESPITE THE governors proclamation, the
in Iowa openly carry on their
business. The Prohibitionists doubt whether
they can prosecute successfully, since the
failed to enact penalty. A test
case at Missouri Valley on Thursday resulted
in a complete victory for the saloon interest.
THE SoMERvILLE Reporter thinks it posi-
BILE that if Governor Hawkins, who is now
advocating honesty, State credit, etc, go
would refund the money he ex-
torted from the people of West Tennessee
while he was United States district attorney
in 1865, they would have some confidence in
his sincerity.
THE KNoxvILLE Tribune says "Fussell
says he is not temperance man, but that
when he was good little boy he and his
papa got down on their knees and swore of,
and he has never touched the stuff since;
that Mrs. Kent Mason tells little story like
that, but 'tother day somebody caught her
getting punch"
The New YORK Tribune makes the follow
ing humiliating confession apropos of the
Virginia canvass and its quondam pet Ma
hone: "The campaign in Virginia is not
lacking in spirit if the frequent use of the |
terms 1iar,' traitor ETC., is an indication.
Senator Mahone's domineering course has
weakened him."
A VETERAN Democrat estimates a majority
of thirIy-three Democrats In the next Con-
gress. In reaching this conclusion he draws
only three Democrats from New England
and gives only three Independents to the
South, while he comedies six Republicans
from the latter section. he counts on
seven Democrats and one Independent from
Alabama. rH
THE PROPAGATE Republican Congress at
he late session created 1880 new Offices, /
among which several were revived, like the /
assistant secretaries of war and OF the navy, |
thathad been abolished as superfuous at the
close of the rebellion. This enormous in
crease of patronage was made principally 10
satisfy the constant and pressing demands of
politicians.
THURLow WEED, in q recent letter on
,iviI service reform, complains that the
academies and colleges contribute very
arpe contingent to the army OF ONCE
eekers." Mr.. Weed expresses the belief
hat there is too much liberal education" in
his country, which produces idleness and
ice-beggars-men who resort to ofice-seek |
ng as means of living, and who get to
lating hard work.
THE KNOXVILLE Tribune says: Jefferson
county has only 900 Democrats and twice as
many Republicans, yet on Monday last
Vhen Bate spoke at cambridge and Hawkins
md his coadjutors spoke at Noisy Greek,
here were 800 people at Dandridge and only |
20 at Messy Creek TO hear the respective
Then when Bate came to NOISY l
rack in the evening he had larger hearing
here for an hour than all three Of the others
ad during the day"
TIE POLICY of nominating Ex-Governor
rancis I. Nichols as the Democratic candi-
ate for governor of Louisiana in 1854 lie adj
ocated by the Colfax Chronicle, Greensburs | I
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