Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-08
THE WISE MEMS wRANeLE.


Jim CBrien Glass spalIy wtested the
floor from him and said: snow, M=. Chair.
man, see that we are bound to have row
here, and l wants TO make few observations
in de,spirit of harmony"
A Voioe-ff you want harmony, why aoti't
you close your trap?
Glsss-Well, 1 won't until 1 get through.
l don't object TO the chairman, but ! say that
Mr.. Ramsey hasn't eo' no right TO dictate to
this Convention who shall be chairman. The
delegates must select a chairman.
DR.. Peyton-Dat's it; hear de people. /
say hear de people.
Glass then moved that the Contention
elect a chairman.
DR.. Peyton wanted 10 know il the Conven-
lion would not hear him.
The following remarks look like one of
Walt Whitmau's poems, but they are the ut
terances OF different delegates, whom the re-
porter couldn't identify:
MOSAIC OF CAB.
81 make de point OBJ order"
sit down, Doc"
seconds de move"
"Shut up"
You amt de Chairman"
Ramsey has the rig hit 10 call a delegate
10 his chair when he vacates it."
Mr.. Bsrnum: "The Chair decides the
point well taken.n
Il sppeal.n
81 move to lay on de table"
DIR. Peytoa--fs dA; uudeb atabl.7
The Chsir-You are out of order.
DIR. Peyton-Well, if l am out Of order
you can set down on me.
81 nominate William Porter for chair
man.
"Hurrah for saiIors"
lsT ohjaof -
''Whoai Mr.. Chairman, say ="
"Shut up"
Barnum was elected chairman after an
OF her earthquake.
Garibaldi Houston arose and spoke as fol-
lows: awe never come here to bulldoze. We
came here to act as men. We came here TO
candidates, and l want to do
it hoporably, and not to have people say that
we are crowd of drunken men. / move
that we go into an election for senators and
representatives, and that we vote on each
name separately"
AN INCENDIARY MOTION.
A motion was made TO appoint tellers by
the CHI air.
This motion occasioned small tefipest:
DIR. Peyton rushed wildly to the front. He
regarded this motion as au effort 10 enslave
The Convention. 1t was an outage on free
people. mo, no. no; dc people must ne
heard and must elect de tellers. There must
be no bulldozing of de convention"
Jim OBrien Glass said he wanted ito say
that would be satisfaction to the
A Voice-Sit down, Jim; dat will be sat
sfactiou to de convention
Jim resumed and said he would talk Just
rs long as he pleased. He went on talking
while the chair was authorized to appoint
ellers, and accordingly chose Fred Hunt
and ] Harikari Sailor.
The chair then announced that nomiua-
ions were in order. This statement was
regarded as an incendiary utter
ance, and every negro saw in it an effort to
'tifie his freedom. During this stage of the
the following persons were
nominated:
FOR SENATOR.
For the Senate--L. B. Eaton 1.-THE "South-
,rn Democracy }, J. G. Hook and 7. A. Hamil-
.on. The latter WAS nominated by Jim
OBrien Glass. Rise u D. Gordon, who was
as usual loaded with old rye, said Mr.. Hook
didn't have de time to waste on little
office like this and there was no use to nomi-
nate him."
DR.. Esculspius Coriolanus Peyton having
1IgniIy, and proceeded 10 make fresh break.
He said: 81 want 10 know if you will hear
me. 1t Is quite interesting that you should
hear me for just about three minutes. We
wants Mr.. Hooks for de Senate. He is de
friend of de workiugmcn. / move we elect
him by reclamation"