Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-07
POLITICAL NOTES.

COMMITTEE has been appointed by the
Nebraska Legislature TO investigate charges
of cruelty preferred against the officers Of the
Lincoln Insane Asylum.
The Waterford Express, the only Green
back organ in the county, is no more; the
valedictory of Mr.. James M. Bright, its edi-
tor, appeared on Friday, the 10Th ultimo, the
date of the last issue of the paper.
SEVERAL retiring Congressman are making
arrangements to drop into "soft jobs" when
their term expires. Gen. Tom Young ia sup
posed 10 be booked for the Cincinnati collect
orship. Z. Errett is after the Pittsburg PEN
sion agency. Charles G. Williams, of Wis
consin, will plant himself in Dakota land
Office, and Mr.. Jergensen, of Virginia, will
expect to be similarly provided for. There
are others yet to hear from.
THE Grenada Sentinel says that some
learned genealogist is trying to prove that
M. T. Polk, the boss thief OF Tennessee, is
only graft upon the genuine Polk stalk.
1t won't do, because the Polk family are as
liable 10 have a black sheep in their stock as
Gen. WashiDgton's was, and it was only
short time ago that George Washington him
self was consigned to the penitentiary.
Greatness in this country has no patent right
TO honesty. Every tub stands on its own
bottom, except those which have none, like
Marshall T. Polk.
Mr.. RANDALL says he heartily indorses
the recommendation of the Tariff Commits
siop, but will be satisfied with the Senate
tariff bill. The Tariff Commissions recon-
mendatons were 30 palpably fraudulent that
the pretepse OF reducing taxation has been
early exposed. The Increase OF duties, re-
IN oil Uorafo1 eaads fnr in
stance, was forty per cent. The Senate bill
is Just as far from furnishing any relief from
tariff taxation, but that seems 10 be a very
agreeable feature of the measure 10 Pennsyl.
vania protectionists.
A CAPITAL story is told on Gov. Aleck
Stephens. A convict lately finished his term
of ten years, but on his return home-indeed
as he went home-stole a watch from a man
mediately indicted and sent back to the pen
itentiary. The soft-hearted old weasel OF a
governor, fumbling about through the old
papers of his new Office, came across petit
ton numerously signed for the pardon Of
this man dpring his first term. Being in a
good mood for pardoning, the little old scrap
of a governor Immediately filled up and
signed a pardon, and the watch thief went
free on the old petition.
JUDGE HoADLEY, one of the principal
owners of the Cincinnati Nevs, is the most
prominent Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio. The Columbus correspond
ent of the Ne1s, announcing this fact, also
says that now that the power OF signing
blank psrdous is to be wrested from the gov
ernor by Vallandigham's" Board Of Pardons,"
the governors duties will be confined chiefly
20 signing notary commissions for the SIM
pie fee of 81 each, and maintaining the
dignity of the State. Still, the Office is con-
sidered quite important, az the governor is
under the necessity of issuing a message
each year and following other customs
which have prevailed for long time. II the
governor wisely selects an intelligent private
secretary he has no difficulty in his messages
or his speeches Of welcome, holiday ad-
dresses, etc.
The Philadelphia Press characteriz.s the
verdict of the jury of the Criminal Court,
finding three OF the election judges Of that
city guilty Of making false election returns"
as a startling one. These men had been
tried once, but the jury had been msnipu-
lated, and there was no verdict. But the
Reform Committee OF One Hundred meant
business, and saw TO it that the prosecution
was pressed, with the result sisted above.
The extreme penalty of the ofense for which
the accused were convicted is one years i'm
prisonment, ine OF $500 and perpetual dis.
franchisemeni, and as the judge who is 70
impose the sentence is known TO be stern in
the administration of justice, the sentence
will doubtless be somewhat proportionate to
the enormiiy Of the crime. Philadelphia for
years has had an unenviable notoriety for its
devious election methods, but with public
sentiment aroused and honest judges and
juries to investigate and punish outrages on
the franchise, they viii doubtless become
less frequent and fsgrant.