Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-11


Stale Legislature has yet struggled with the
toy pistol"
THE stsge direction for the tired members
at the close of the session of Congress should
have been: Slow music-quick curtsin.
The motto of the Georgia Major is; "Never
in war, always at peace, and anxious to be
in the pockets Of his countrymen." sold SIP
is the editor of the Major.
PRECEDENT ARTHUR will make trip to
Florida at no distant day, and may possibly
stop over a day in Savannah. The exact
date OF his departure has not been positive.
y determined upon.
EXPERIENCE and observation convince The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette that the people
were never more jealous and never mere
alive to their interests aud institutions than
now, and never better qualified BY iutslli-
gence and capacity to defend them than now.
The Montgomery Advertiser says: at was
most probably Mr. Stephens's highest smbi-
ton 10 close his career as senator of the
United States, an Office OF which he had been
wrongfully deprived in 1866. But to our
mind it was more fitting that the Great
Commoner' OF Georgia should die as he did,
the governor Of his native State"
NEXT TO Sessinghaus, who received S15 900
for failing to get into Congress-. the most for
tunate man in politics is the unknown
nephew of Keller, who is now drawing
congressman's pay as stenographer for the
Congress which adjourned on the day he
was appointed. Mr.. Keifer's lessons in
statesmanship were learned at the feet OF
R)beson.
MORE nominations were sent in by Mr..
Arthur during this session than at any short
session sirce the war. There were 872 mes
ssges. The President has been getting in
his work in spite of the complaints Of his
slowness. According TO the prevailing idea
the President has been lolling away the
time in idleness aud devotipg his hours to
dining and winning, but instead OF going slow
he has made more political appointments
than any other president ever did in the
came space OF time since the war.
Mr. STEPHENS had a dog named Rio,
which was q great favorite with the old
commoner. Rio was dog of remarkable
intelligence, and had caught up many Curl
Gus tricks, such as shutting the door and
fetching canes and umbrellas. While his
master was in Congress Rio remained with
Judge Linton Stephens. The dog seemed TO
and when the time came he would go to the
depot and run through the coaches attached
to every train. Rio finally went blind, and
he was most faithfully nursed by his M ster.
SENATOR EDMUNDs, OF Vermont, is now
acting vice-president of the United States.
If by any calamity President Arthur should
be taken away or rendered incapable Of per-
forming the duties of his great Office, the
foIl l.
fed for the position. Like tbs President,
Mr.. Edmuuds is a native of the Green
Mountain State. His unimpassioned states
manship, coupled with a tireless energy, has
won fer him the front rank in the Senate,
which body he entered in April, 1855, as the
successor OF Solomon Foot His present
term of Office will expire with the present
presidential term.
Mr.. THoMAN, the Democratic member OF
the Civil Service Commission, having sc-
cepted the place, that body will now be sble
to organize and get to work at an early day.
No man has yet been found to accept the
position of chief examiner, but this vacancy
can no doubt be filed by the time the COM
mission is fairly organized and has adopted
the rules by which it will be governed.
When the members of the next Congress go
down to Washington, they will find them
selves relieved OF the necessity of making
daily trsmps TO the various departments in
order TO secure places for needy and clamor-
Gus workers at home, so that they will have
much more leisure TO devote to that study OF
elementary principles in government which
many oil them 80 much need.
THE New York Evening Post, reviewing
the recent elections in that State, Gays: "The
November tidal wave has not wholly
spent its force, judging from the results
of some of the local elections in this
State recently. 10 Utica the Democratic
candidate for mayor was elected BY an IN.
creased vote, and the Oneida County Board
of Supervisors il Democratic by fifteen ma
iority' In Rochester the Democrats elect
the mayor and hold their own in the board
of supervisors. In Erie county the Demo-
Gratis have gaiaed Eve towns and the Repub-
licans three-a net gain of two for the
former. In Celumbis county fourteen
Democratic and seven Republican supervi.
sors are chosen. Last year there were
eleven Democrats and eleven Republicans.
In Nswberg the Democrats elected
most of their candidates. In Elmira
the Democrats lost 40 in the mayor
atty canvass, but secured a majority
of aldermen and supervisors. In Osyego the
Republicans elected the mayor and the
Democrats a majority of the Common Coun-
ell and of the county supervisors. Upon the
whole, the results of these local elections
must be added to many other signs that the
Republican party will scarcely recover its
lost ground BY the mere reaction 10 which
some of its leaders have been trusting. The
reaction does not seem TO be setting in as yet,
and if the Republicans wish to succeed, they
must furnish the voters with substantial
r. II. Al - H. -. III
was so emnhatieallV expressed at the polls
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