Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-10-04

The County CluEt, which mco's IT,
morrow, viii have great many important
matters to corsider AMI great many i'm
portsnt thing 20 DO. Among them vii.
be the consideration al the report of the
last grand jury toucb the mismana age-
meut OF the Work House and the in.
efficiency Of Superintendent Mason. 1t is
to be hoped they will be more than OF
diharily careful and prudent, as whatever
they do and what they do will be taken
as measure Of their purpose in January,
when, il they are disposed, as We believe
they are, TO meet the wishes of the people,
they can secure the services OF the most
capable men for all the offices in their
gift, and thus do much to dispel the feel
ing Of distrus of their count that has for
some years been growing, and that
is intensified whenever com
pa'ison is Instituted between its
management and that Of the Tsxin
District government. The people Of Mem
phis, forming more than two-thirds Of the
population of Shelby county. J. ave learned
from what the Taxing Distri has accom-
plished that the management of public
affairs means business, and ncthing more.
1t means the proper, &c >nomicsl and hon
est expenditure of the peoples money for
legitimate purposes, and it does not mean
favoritism, ths division Of offices among
cliques or rings, or the squandeling of the
public funds in aid Of worn out politicians
and their friends. The people of Shelby
county ought at the eud of each year to b
able to see something in the way of
permanent Improvements for the money
they pay in taxes, just as
those of the Taxing District do. And
their 6duciary sgsnts should be able at
any time, at any hour, 10 show a clean
and clear bAlance.sheet with steady de,
crease of the public debt With such p
man Is Coleman, or Galloway OF Slaughte.
at the head ct airs this is what might
he reasonably expected, We have only tc
recall the history OF the PooI-House and it,
mslsdni abstraction TO real ~ the value o.
intelligence and persistence ia right wayt
and what might, what can be done by the
County Court for the people. Coleman
and Galloway uncovered, in connection
with the management of the Poor-House
before DR.. Duncan was placed in charge
an amount of rottenness and corruption
that amszsd and shocked the public. Bu
they soon removed that rottenness, snt
this done, at once set about con
structing the present building and putting
that best of our eleemosynary institutions
on fair and just bssis-fair and Just &
the INDECENT and the utfJFtunate imbecil
of the county and to the taxpayers VIII
Coleman at the head of the County Court
the same measure ot reform would be in
duced in every other department, an
the people would be satisfied that he woulC
be n that place just Whist DR.. Porter an,
Mr.. Hadden have been at the head of th
District government. The justices have
in their power to work q needed reform
and satisfy clsmorous and long-suffer
ing public. Can they rise superie
to the claims of the political bosses, thr
rings aud the cliques by which they ar
beset7 Can they rise to an equality will
the demands of the people to pu. no ma
Aback into office who has in the least dsgre
hailed of his duty, or whose cuaidity ha
led him to encroach beyond his legitimst
rights 60 the strong box of the people