Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-20

ucceed. and the Republican nomioee'
artv was championing the temperance
ause. was defeated by 175 votes. FraeticSi
,oIitics.
TT ia evident that other causes besides the
iouor question led to Republican defeat IN
,hio for the Western Reserve, hitherto SOL
div Republican, gave Democratic major
~ and the Germans of the Western ne
e,vs form no considerable element oil Inc
vote.
TUE New York Tribune suggests thal
the Republicans will have to make large
,aius in congressman in the South II tney
IRE to keep control OF the House oil REPRE-
,eptatiyes.n Exactly; that is just what We
nave been saying, and our people "ouio 10
Iii a. he.r This statement Of the Tribune IN
mind.
Jusr about the time Simon Cameron ssio
Tilden should b ave1been given the.presldency' |
the prosecuting income-tax suits against INC
Sage of Gramercy Park we're WitnorS"n
Such paroxyism Of truth and justice COM
ing from the Republican ranks in 1876 wouio
ave been an admirable contribution to Inc
history of decency; to-day 1t ID as 'ne cfins
inc confession of a convicted felon-charac-
terless and without influence.
TUE Nashville Banner announces that o1e
or ,wo candid stes in that district for The
Legislature are not ayerse to the present ser
Element. This suggested to the Knoxville
Tribune this question: Suppose there are
enough such gentlemen elected to sustain tue
present settlement, how are we going 10 carry
n ont without changing the 'No-coercion
plank in the boilers platform IL some Oh inc
creditors should refuse to fund?
1.,r Dsmocrats of the Sixth Kentucky
District honored themselves when they
unanimously renominated last Saturday Jonh
G. Carlisle for congressman. This district
has great confidence in Mr.. Carlisle, and one
of the delegates predicted bis elevation 10
the presidency at no distant day. MIR. Car
Isle, in accepting the nomination, declared
himself decidedly sgainst the protective
tariff system, and in favor OF its essential
modification.
THE Little Rock Gazette says that the ad-
ministration programme in the South, ny
which Democratic soreheAds, Independents
and all other disconnected elements are being
exalted and old-time Republicans sent TO the
rear. proved one OF numerous powerful IN
auences which contributed to that party's
Waterloo in Ohio. The President, who be-
lieyes in the class OF contributions dear 10
the "machiue.D cannot understand this, but
il will be finally driven into his head.
THE indianapolis correspondent oil the
louisville Courier-J Journal writes that the Hon
Thomas A. Hendricks regrets that the Dem
ocrats should get control of the House ol
Representatives at this time. He thinks they
will he sure TO commit blunders, and these
blunders will hurt in 1884. If Mr.. Hendricks
did so express himself he might as well nave
| said that the Democrats could be relied upor
| IN commit blunders whenever intrusted will
| nower and Mr.. Hendricks should cease tt
speak for and vote with such party.
| THE honest old countryman who baset
| HIS admiration for his clergyman on tn
| ground that in his sermons he neither meo
| died with politics nor religion, would hardl.
say so to-day, SO far as the first OF these SUP
iects ia concerned. There is hardly sermon
| preached now during a political campalsi
| in which there is not TO be found som
reference to the duty Of voters, and IL Is
healthy sign Of the times that many OF tines
discourses are non-partisau, and treat poll
tics in their broadest and most general sense
THE Chattanooga Democrat explains tina
ON Saturday last the Democratic party
Hamilton county met in county convention
and. as they ought 10 have done, declare
Themselves in harmony with their State pia
form. and nominated their candidates Tor IL
Lepislature. They did not meet to secul
harmony. They could not afford to stultif
their convictions simply to placate lie
gentlemen. To have done SO would hay
baen To surrender to those who said by the
actions that if they could not rule they wou
: ruin.
E FIFTEEN prominent Republicans OF Ne
e York declined the invitation of the Rspu
a lican State Committee to run for congrei
1 mau-at-large, before Howard Carroll W
0 Nominated. Dispatches were present.
}, from every congressional district in L
a State. each giving discouraging view
: The situation. The Republican "availab
o tiles objected to being put up 10 be knock
K down, and in view of the fact that no
IL elss could be found TO accept the place, l
D. commitment 10 the metropolitan journal
~ was not very great.
= A WASHINGTON telegram, in presentI
!. the claims of the Hon. S. j. Randall
r. the speakership of the next House, and {
= elements of his strength, says; MANY oil
4 Southern Democrats, who were favored
n Randall with eligible committee CHARM:
!. sbips. will be in the next House, and ma
~ rally he can secure their votes upon
D. lint that past favors will be duplicate
:. We have an idea that Southern Den
Ia Gratis who give their votes to high la
q ca ndidate for Speaker, will lind trouble
ID home among their tax-ridden constltuen
a. They cannot afford TO take the risk.
"THE LIFE OF GEN. BEAVER" IN por
Is pampblet. or rather book form, is distr
|. uted all over the State of Pennsylvania
e' the Postofiice Department, with a once
stamp attached. This is insufficient pc
age, OF course, but then Beaver is the 81
30 wart candidate for governor OF the St'
N and the administration lends him a he
nc lug hand. The campaign documents
~ other political organizations are not C
rs ried unless stamped according TO law. B
% yer's book weighs ten ounces, and the pt
h age required by law is.ten cents. The s.
!, warts are stealing nine cents for each DC
~ from the postofice revenues.
it The New Orleans Times Democrat says
Is ballot question in New York is in the sa
ut confused condition as in Louisiana. 1t gr'
er ont of conflict between the act OF Cong
al and the State law relative to the election
o. congressmen. A congressman-at-large IL
as be elected. Under the United States law
m votes for congressman must be deposited
lie separate box. The State Law provides
ss- 'sthe names of al persons voted Tor by
eh elector in any election in whose election
ire Of the rioters of the State have right to 7
an ticipats, shall be upon one ballot and
in dorsed sState.n This would include
ne conyressman-at-large.@ The only solution
y. the difficulty in New York, as it is in l.
en- isiana, is to fellow the Law of Congress g
nj, erning the selection of congressman.
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