Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-15
About Statesman OF the Name OF Shaw
Chattanooga Timesl

lOnatIanooga Hines.
The Democratic ~ Executive Committee,
OF Shelby county, vigorously protested
against Governor Bates appointment Of Mr..
Rhea as coal oil inspector OF the Memphis
district. II is a fat and soft place, with con.
siderable opportunities in the office for irreg.
ular money making. The committee and
Senator Harris insisted that Ed. Shaw should
have the appointment, pursuant to bar
gain with him during the late State canvas. for
governor and Legislature. The professionals
go into details. They say Shaw was ptom-
ised the place if he would bring his negro
followers up TO the polls and vote for The
goth OF June ticket, Legislature and all.
Shaw, cay these cheerful patriots, car.
| RED out his side Of the bargain faithfully.
He gave Bate and the rest over 1000
negro votes, and they hint that even the SORT
| OF honor that prevails among thieves and
ward politicians would give the dusky states
man his reward-a salary of $4,000 per year,
TO be paid out OF the peoples revenues.
| Who ia Ed Shaw? He is the notorious and
mischievous fomenter of strife between black
and white people in Memphis; has been con.
nected with many corrupt iohs about the
| city; was formerly foremost, loudest and
most radical In Republican State and local
conventions; on one occasion I'D vised great
mass meeting OF negroes that they were sole
| creators OF wealth 10 The South; we're entitled
| to at least an equal share of the goods and
! chattels, lands and tenements of the section
that the negroes should demand "their
rights" on the basis of "a fair divide y
and il the demands were not com.
piled with take that which was "their
own" at any cost OF life and capital. "We
will ride in blood up to our bride.
bits" exclaimed Statesman Shaw, shut we
/ vutll hara Al.
| haransae, meaning BIZ "our own half the
| wealth in the land al least. Ga that occasion
Senator Harris and the members of the
| Democratic q? Executive Committee of
Shelby county did not applaud Statesman
| Shaw, but rather the reverse. Failing to
| secure as much of Office and spoil as he de-
sired from the Republicans, Statesman Shaw
became, by easy stsges, a Greenbacker, slow
ta1er," repudiator. He and his gang at
tempted to convert the Memphis postofice
| into headquarters-a sort of breeding den
OF the rischiesors herssiss and devilish
plots their fertile brains could conceive or
borrow from professional sgitators. The
Postofice Department gave the entire
gang the grand bounce, and thereupon
Shaw opened negotiations with the lo:al
clique of Low-Tax Republicans He failed
10 that enterprise to secure standing ground,
he and his crew being refused admittance 10
the State Convention. As last resort, Shaw
bargained his influence with the negro vote
to the Democratic ~ committee of the coun-
ty, and has had his services recognized-ever
the left II is insisted that this dirty deal
with Shaw was open and notorious; that Gov
Bate was fully aware of the fact; that he
went on and reaped the usufruct of the
trade; and that, whether directly party to
it or not, knowledge and benefits received
bound him to carry out the understand
ing" We have no means of sscertainipg
how these allegations square with the truth;
but good men of all parties will commend
the governors refusal to. pay Shaw with a
fat Office for his ward work. 1t may be
further said that had the hackers of the
Memphis statesman any proof that Bate was
a party, in any sense, TO the shameful bar
gain, it would, now that they are thoroughly
angry over their discontinue, be laid before
the public. Shsw's friends should put up or
shut nm.