Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-01
LAST WHOOP
or the shawnees at the Greenlaw Opera
House Last Night Before a Small
and Indifferent Crowd.
General "Spartackus' Turner Makes a
Windy Speech, EulOgiZing Shaw,
Chase and Himself.


bied at the GreenIaw Operahouse 10 ratily
the Shaw ticket The congregation was com
posed mostly OF negroes, with sprinkling
OF Germans thrown in, twenty boys or more
and a few citizens who had strayed to the
building at the sound Of the brass band,
thinking probably that some vOOdOo perform
ance was in order. At $50 the band went
into the operahouse and began TO play
something or other, and those present
gave a sort OF imitation OF a crowd
trying to be enthusiastic. When the Imlta-
ton OF a tune was done with, Judge I. W.
Brown, who looked rather out OF place in his
surroundings was called to preside, and he
made probably the worst speech he ever
made in his life. The two candidates,
Messrs. Chase and Scheibler, were on hand,
IN IMITATION OF MEN
who were proud to be Endorsed. General G.
T. NJ Turner was also there, and Dir. La
fayette Jennings was there. Ed Shaw could
MT be found, and il was considered policy 10
snow him under.
Judge Brown being flected chairman,
spoke substantially as follows: The inter
ests of the public should be preserved, and
if 1 find on next Thursday there is any N an
on this ticket who has a motive to be
elected 1 shall do some lively scratching.
tits all important that men be assigned TO
the District government who have no indi-
divuaI interests TO subserye at The expense Of
The public We want men who will not ever
burden the people with taxes. ] don't want
to be understood pointing at any previous
administration. You know that :
say what l mean, and stick to it.
We want men for commissioners
who understand the District, its interests and
ali the details of its government am glad
to see even so many people here as we have
tD-night. / did not expect it on this New
Years eve. Judge Brown then announced
that the first thing in order was the election
OF a secretary, and Mr.. Walter Jones was
chosen secretary.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
consisting of Messrs. H. Richmond, A. Kohl
bry, J. Maggie, J. Walter, J. Mendel, A lin
norman, ]. E. Mailer, Theo. Krekel, w. r.
Mcfarland, colored; f. Hoss, colored; Ed
Shaw, highly colored; G. w. Cooper, colored;
NJ. Settles, colored; T. Il. Morgan, colored,
aud NJ Strickland, colored, reported that they
had conferred with the citizens and there
fore presented for the consideration of those
present a ticket consisting Of D. P. Hadden,
John Scheih,er and w. J. Chase for Commits
sioners, and Henry james, c. w. West, James
Lee, Jr., r. Il. Church aud n. w. Speers,
for the Board OF Public Works. When the
committee had finished loud calls were made
for Turner. The general accordingly stepped
upon the stage, carefully took off his coat as
if he intended
To PARALYZE THE UNIVERSE,
then came forward, and assumed an atti-
tude like Spsrtacus addressing the Roman
gIadiators The audience expected him
to say, 81 am a villain, ha" after the
the style of Willie Edouin, but he didn't
He remarked that was an adjourned meeting;
that it was there to ratify, jollify and justify.
Il
and Scheibler was an appeal to every
interest, to the effect that good
men might be selected. The general
then very cheerfully admitted that
When Friday morning next came he expec-
ted to read in the APPEAL headline, 90,
Pshaw" He said the ticket had no gold,
lad no iron-horse snorting through the streets,
and was not interested in any corporation,
1ut it was honest. As for himself, said
'Spartackus," he knew it would render him
Unpopular to
OPPOSE THE BoN-ToN.
Chase, Hadden and Scheibler represented no
clique, cabal or corporation, but the white
)eople of the Taxing District. There was
rot a man in the District who could not vote
Or these men conscien,iously. He said he
lad noticed that the APPEAL called their
icket the "Pshaw ticket" He would !
-enture to say that the "great and |
pod" had been honeyfuggling Shaw
II along to get him to carry the |
olored vote for the Burke ticket. |
lie was born with his shirt-tail sticking |
ut, and not with silver spoon in his mouth. !
The speaker forgot himself for a few min |
ties, eulogized "Bill Chase" as young man
7ho had lived in Memphis from his child
ood, had nothing against his character, and |
Tho in 1873 was postmaster without bond.
The general gave here an imitation OF
man trying to be pathetic, and brought
n the yellow-fever as a reason Tor the cleo
ion of Chase. There was no blot or stain
n Bill Chase. He spoke also OF Scheibler,
nd then paid high tribute to Mr.. d. P.
Iadden. The general then said the men on
ne Citizens ticket were all honorable men,
ut ii was a known fact that there
nat was to the Tennessee depot,
nd however honorable they might
?, said the speaker, in his fine metaphoric
.yle; there was little singing lizard of
uman nature that would come up. The
reat and good APPEAL would no doubt call
ne meeting the last wheop of the Pshaw
cket, but it would find out how
ably it was mistaken next Thursday.
Ie had heard it remarked that If certain
len were elected to cfiice the old city debt
ould be saddled upon the people, but this
DNSEniASLL A4dh Az +SE Inv
,eaker then said that the Front street men
roposed to use money, but they could not
Nv off the Chase and Scheibler men. he
new that he often brought down
Ie curses and damns of The rich upon him
r advocating tie rights of the people. His
lcket was oyer the well, he carried the
ack flag, and he was ready to say, "ilay on,
-acduf, and damned be he who first cries
uff said" The general intimated that he
as a hard citizen land don't you forget it,,
ID he proposed to see the thing through.
Loud calls we're made then
FOR CHASE
id that gentleman came to the footlights and
id; "My fellow citizens, thank you for
e honor you have conferred upon me,
I'd, if elected, / will never do any
ing that will be dishonoEable. l am
much representative man as any one On
e Citizens ticket. / am not speaker or
,litician. ! am only small retail dealer,
ID not one of them big cotton men on Front
rect. Here the voice of the speaker de-
rted him, and the band swooped into his
scue.
MIR. sCHEIBLER
en- came out. He said he would do as {
I'll as he knew how if elected. He appre {
ated the honor conferred upon him.
Calls were made for Richmond, and en-
her "Richmond" appeared in the field, and /,
gan sort of school-boy Grafton. He in {
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