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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
Afternoon Session.

The convention re.assembled at 2 80
o'clock sharp, and the report OF the
Committee on Oredentia showed that
every county in the State except De-
catur was represented, and that there
were 1888 delegates in attendance.
There we're majority and minority
reports on the basis of representation.
Both provided that the basis Of repre-
seniation should be one vote
for every 100 or fraction over
fifty Of the Cleveland vote
The majority report favored the
admission of proxies where county
hsd no delegatss on the hoor. The
minority report, signed by H.W. Har-
Iis, delegated the question to the
respective counties present,
The minority report was lac on the
table.
Mcneil Of Hardeman moved to
amend the majority report by Say ing
that no proxies be allowed except by
appointment cf the county itself.
The question of proxies was warmly
discussed by the Hon. A. I. Mcneil
and the Hon. s. F. Wilson and
Young of Monroe, the latter two ia
voring them hotly.
The amendment was finally adopted
and the amended majority report
adopted.
Chairman 7. H. Malone Of David
son, from the Committee on PeIma-
nent Organization, submitted a ma
joyity report recommending @. ".
Ewing OF Giles for permanent chair
man and r. M. Mckay Of Maury, h.
]. Lynn of Shelby, I. @. Long OF
Madison, and ]. Helms of Hamblen
aud all members of the press for Sec
retaries.
The minority report which was
signed by W. D. Spears, R, 2. Nc
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
Night Session,

At,he night session it only remained
to select a nominee from East Tennes-
see. All of the candi ates withdrew
excep, Ingersoll and SDodgrass, and
on The ballot lngersoll received 6049,
May field and Sn0dgrass 7204. Before
the ballet was announced the Coun.
ties OF SEWER, Washington and Ander-
son withdrew from tae convention on
the ground that Snodgrass was not
really an East Tennessee man. He has
lived in Hamilton county three years,
but previously in Middle Tennessee.
He was elected by Middle and West
Tennessee v ties.
The action of these three counties
did not create much excitement.
All of the nominations were, on
motion, made unanimous.
Caldwell and Turney were sp
pointed nomiDets from the State at
Large, Folkes from West Tennessee,
Lur on from Middle Tennessee and
Snodgrass from East Tennessee.
MR.. KRATIEG INDoRsED FOR PUBLIC
PRINTER.
The Convention unanimously
adopted the following resolu ion intro
duced by James Phelan OF Memphis:
Resolued, That we, the Democratic
party of Tennessee, in convention as
sembled, do most earnestly urge upon
President Grover Cleveland the name
of Mr.. ]. NJ. Heating of Memphis,
Tenn, for the position Of Public
Printer Of the United States.
His thorough competency, execu-
tive ability and pure character
Joined TO the service OF lifetime de-
voted to the advancement of Demo
Craio principles, render him peeu-
lia,ly fitted for this difficult aud deli
cate trust. His appointment would
be in the line Of the highest phase OF
civil service reform.
The convention then adjourned. The
nominations are regarded as very
strong and a feeling Of harmony and
satisfaction prevails The Snodgrass
detection is but trife.
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ESTABLISHED 1910

TEE Judicial Convention, which
met yesterday at Nashville, made up
q very strong ticket, Notwithstanding
they selected Judge Turney,
who is q member Of the
present court. suodgrsss of Chat
tanooga, the nominee from East
Tennessee, is an excellent lawyer,
and as a member of the Referee Court
in this division OF the State gave
practical proof Of his industry
and ability. He defeated Iuger-
sall Of Knoxville after a long con-
test. Lurlon is the nominee from
Middle and Folkes from West Ten
neeses. The candidates for the State
ct large are Caldwell OF Gibson county
and Turney OF Davidson. All the candi-
datessave Turney are young men and,
as the biographical sketches We have
already printed of them show, ire
lawyers OF high standing and in every
way qualified for the high and inn
portant trust that will doubtless be
con6ded to them in few weeks.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

MIss ANNA L. DAWES, in Lend a
Hand, gives a description of the
United States prison at Fort Smith
that is sickening to degree, and she
concludes that it is all the more dis
graceful that it is known to the Fed
eral authorities in Arkansas. 1t is
very disheartsning in view Of the per-
sistent laborS of prison reformers to
read a report like this which we pub
lish on another page, and it proves
the truth Of remark frequently made
in connection with prisons and prison.
keepers that the tendency to lapse
into a brutal and barbsric indiffer-
ence as to the comfort and care Of
prisoners is something that most men
thus intrusted have reason TO pray to
be delivered from, as all men and
women have from temptation. But
now that the attention OF the authori-
ties at Washington has been called TO
this black hole, rivaling in it's horrors
that of Calcutta, is it too much to
hope that Attorney. General Garland
will order the construction of new
prison on humanitarian plans and go
remove the Disgrace of go gross and
offensive a brutslism from our doors I?
We hope not.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
Democratic Senatorial Business
CHucma

WASHINGTON, June 0.-The Demo-
cratic Senators held an order of busl.
ness caucus to-day. An order of busi-
ness comprising twelve OF Fl teen meas
ures agreed upon by the Republicans
was laid before ths caucus by Senator
Beck. II was decided to get up O
counter set OF measures for submission
to the Republicans. Tut the work was
not finished this morning. Among
the measures which the d mocrals
will ask to have included in the order
are the Mexican pension and the Hot
Springs bills. The Democrats will
seek to have excluded from the list
the bill introduced by Senator Hoar
known as the national inquest
bill. The bill is designed to give the
authority to United States courts to
investigate political outrages. The
caucus appointed committee consist
ing OF Senators Beck, Harris and Cock
rell to complete the order Of business
on their part, aud confer with the Re-
publican committee which consists OF
Senators Edmunds, Allison and Con-
ger, in order that the differences, ii
any, between the two sides may be
harmonious. The following order is
agreed upon by both sides: Railroad
forfeiture bill, bankruptcy bill, repeal
OF pre.emption, timber culture and
desert land act, DesMoines veto, and
open session resolutions.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

NOTWITHSTANDING Mr.. Blaine claims
to be knight OF Labor, he cannot
get the vote of that organization for
President. A correspondent of the
New York Herald, who knows what
he Is saying to be true, says the
Knights have no faith in Blaine, and
will make every effort to defeat him
for the P. esidency should he be nomi-
mated. The Knights OF Labor claim
to have an autograph letter in cafe
deposit vault which is in Blaine's own
handwriting. This letter, they claim,
will prevent Blaine's election 80 long
as the woI kingmen remain united. 1t
is said to be letter from Mr.. Blaine
to his workingmen during one of the
labor conflicts, in which he defined
his views on the labor question, and
in rega d to the rights of his own men
particularly. The Knights claim that
Mr.. Blaine'a letter is so unjust, 80
narrow, so dictaiorial that, reproduced
and circulated as a campaign docu-
ment, it would destroy his chances for
election on any ticket. This letter,
they say, they will print and circulate
broadcast if he becomes a candidate
-, 1900
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

TIE sensational story tslegraphed by
our Washington correspondent to-day
bears upon KS face the stamp of an in
famous fslsehood. Ranuey's indoIss-
ment of it proves that his selection as
a member OF the committee to investi-
gate the Pan-Electric scandal was a
grave mistake. He is bitter partisan,
and governed by his preiudices and
his implacable hate ofsouthern Demo
Gratis especially, he could not be fair
and impartial judge. His minority
report may prove effective with Re-
publicaus of his stripe, but with fair
and candid men of both parties it will
have no weight.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

EX-SENATOR HENRY g. DAVIS of
West Virginia, who is mentioned as
likely to succeed Secretary Manning,
has been at the head of great
business enterprise for many years,
and has amassed a fortune of S7000,-
600 or sS,OCO,OOO. He has been presi-
dent of q national bank for fifteen
years, and in his private affairs has
shown himself to be a shrewd, bread
minded, fsI-seeing, yet conservative
man. When he was in the Senate he
won the confidence and respect of his
fellow Senators Of both political creeds.
He has for bisintimate personal friends
such men as Allen G. Thurman, Ste
venson of Kentucky, Harrison of In
diana, Bayard, VOORHEES,, Cameron
and others Of equal standing. He
made no pretensions to being an orator
or debater, but when he spoke he had
something to say, which he expressed
clearly and pointedly. He took great
interest in national financial affairs
and in questions affecting tie business
interests of the couAtry. He was con.
suited frequently by his brother Sena-
tors on business matters, public and
private. His figures and facts attracted
attention ard were found 10 be cor
rectly stated. He won a great deal of
fame aud much Republican criticism
by his attack, in 1875, upon the sys-
tenn Of bookkeeping in the Treasury
Department, and no doubt will, if ap-
pointed by President Cleveland, en-
force the reforms in that respect which
the Democratic party was pledged to
at Chicago, and which Mr.. Manning's
illness has prevented him from carry
ing out.
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DIED.

CONN suddenly, of heart disease, at his
late Tesidenea l39 Madison street, Wednes-
day, June 9, 1886, c. +. CONN, in the sixty
fifth year of his age. lSt. Louis Globe
Democrat, jacksonville (lll) and keokuk
Ua.) papers please copy.l
Funeral from the residence this CTHURs-
DAY. afternoon at 4 o'clock.
McPHERSON-Wed ednesday, June 9, 1886,
of heart disease, CLARA COLEMAN, aged
twenty-fOur years.
ENGELBRECHT-At her residence No.
lO3 Iowa avenue, Wednesday afternoon,
June 3, 1886, ANNIE ESGELBREoHri aged
seventy-fve years.
Funeral will take place from her late resi-
dence this (THURSDAY) afternoon at 8
o'clock. Friends Of the deceased and OF
Jacob Meyer are invited to attend
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
The Presidents Reception.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The PTesi-
dent held his usual reception at the
White.House this afternoon and shook
hands with about 200 persons, includ-
ing a de e'egstion from the st. Vincent
de Paul Society. Mr.. Mclaughlin
made short speech on behalf OF the
society, aud in reply the President
said he knew something OF the chari-
table objects OF the organization and
was pleased TO see its representatives.
The Rev. Mr.. Cleveland Miss Cleve-
land left Washington this morning for
New York
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
French HpoIIatIon ClaIms.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-In a com
munication laid before the House to-
day the Secretary Of State requests
that an appropriation OF $4,000 be
inserted in the sundry civil appropria-
lion bill for the purpose Of procuring
evidence relating to the French spoli-
ton claims. He expresses the opin-
ion that it behooves the United States
to have full and accurate Information
which may be adduced in evidence to
resist exaggerated claims under the
present law.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
The Public Lands.

WASHINGTON, June 9--The House
Committee on Territories sgreed to
report a bill extending the operations
of the general homestead laws over
Alaska. A favorable report was also
directed on the bill authorizing the
expenditure OF $4,000 in sinking ar
tesisn wells for irrigation purposes in
the Territory OF Montana.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
state Reception by the President
and mrs Cleveland.

WAsBINGToN, June "a State re-
ception will be given by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland on Tuesday
evening next, to which the Cabinet,
the diplomatic corps, the Judiciary,
the Congress, the officers of the army
and navy, the heads of certain bureaus
and the ladies of their families will be
invited. The hours Of the reception
will be from 8 until IL O'Clock. A
general reception to which the public
ia invited without cards will be given
on the following Friday evening, June
18th, from 8 until IL o'clock. Mrs.
Cleveland will not be at home to
callers until after the receptions.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
A GOOD Thing for New orleans.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-Sena'or Eus.
tis to day introduced in the Senate a
bill 70 donate the grounds and build
ings known as the Marine Hospital at
New Orleans to the city OF New Or
leans for the purpose Of establishing
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10
Lottery Advertisements In the Mails

WASHINGTON, June 9.-senator Will
son OF Iowa, fIom the Committee on
Postoflices and Postroads, reported
favorably the bill to prohibit the trans
mitsio through. the mails of lottery
and other ike circulars.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

ST. johns, N. f., June 9.-Bread
riots are threatened in Conception
Bay. Crowds OF unemployed men are
paradng the streets. The police,
with rifles ond fixed bayonet', so far
have prevented loo-i ing.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

LuNDBoRe's perfume, Edenis
Lundborg's perfume, Alpine Violet.
Lundborgs perfume, Lily Of the
Valley.
Lundborgs perfume, MaEchsl Mel
Rose.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

free school to teach youths all the va.
rious branches OF mechanics, the
school to be supported by the city,
and the property to be held by il so
long ss used for eduCatious purposes.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

Bread Riots Threatened in New.
fOundIand

A sample of Simmons Liver Regulator
for trial. Be sure you get the genuine.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-10

W. @. Baird, Cha tanooga, Tenn.
Chas. r. Stone, Chattanooga, Tenn. ;
Exile Burkett, Nashville, Tenn; F.
Holberp, Macon, Mis-. j. S. Meigs,
Admission.
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Dante.
DlnaK unn1

OF all tho poets that ever were born
he was perhaps the most favorably cir
cumstanced in his birth and in his sur
roundings. OF good family and with
sufficient fortune, Durante Alighieri
las be was christened in 1869 was
educated by Brunette Latini, one Of
the most learned men Of that time.
Guido Cavalcanti, then the chief
poet in Italy, was his elder by
thirteen years, and the first among
bis friends. When, at the age Of
eighteen, the rising star writes his first
sonnet, be sends it round to all the
sonneteers Of the day, and is at once
received and welcomed rs a poet among
poets. There is no early struggle with
self.educstion, with chill perjury, or
with an unsympathetic environment.
From the age Of nine be has made Bea-
trice Portinari bis idol and his ideal,
and has received that highest education
which pure young love can best give.
For indeed I know
or no more subtle master under heaven
Than IL q maiden passion for maid
She dies when he is twenty-five years
cid. He is disconsolate takes his part
in military service, and wo have his
own account of his sensation on two or
three occasions when there were en-
gagements Of some importance. Alto
Of them-the battle Of Campoldino--
it is interesting to know that Bernard
inc, q brother of Francesca de Rimini,
was one Of his companions ia arms.
Afterward he marries Madonna Comma,
of the family of the Donati, and
five sons and one or two daughters
are born to him. Having entered
public life in those stormy times OF
feud and faction, he becomes one Of the
Priors or chief officers Of the republic {;
is sent many times on embassies by his
Government Zone of them giving occa-
sion for the famous and very charac-
teristic remark: "Se 10 'vo, chi RI
name? Sc 10 rimango, chi va Pc" II
! 60, who is to remain and if | remain,
, who is to go?'') From his last embas-
sy to Pope Boniface VIII. he never
returned to Florence, the party op-
posed to him having attained power
and in his absence decreed his Danish
ment, with the unusually severe sddi-
tion to the sentence that he should be
burned alive if ever he returned to his
native city. For the last nineteen years
Of his life he was wanderor. In
exile he died, even as in exile
he had been conceived. BOccac-
clio describes him as Of medium
height, the face long, the nose aqui-
line, tho jaw large, and the under-lip
protruding considerably over the upper,
shoulders rather bsnt, eyes larger than
ordinary, an olive complexion, hair and
beard thick, crisp, and black; most
temperate in eating and drinking, and
most jealous in study or in any other
pursuit, and he went along with the air
Of a melancholy man and dreamer.
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'rur p1cHMoyD DIspATcH.-sUNDAY. JULY IS. 1886

Nv Jsffsrson. the comedian, and .
three. quarter iifs-siss portrait Of White
law Reid by the eminent English artist
Hubert Ecrkomer, which, II the sub
iect perseyerss in his sensational aspirs.
tons, will probably be reproduced in oil
the illustrated papers.
The University Club feels rich enough
with its enlarged membership to stop
renting its little theatre, and will next
season use it for its own exhibitions and
entertainments, proposing the innova-
ton of a series Of soirses ddnsante
which will doubtless prove very at
trsctiye to the ladies. The dudish ele-
ment is largely represented in tho Unit
yersity, but the genus is Anericanized.
The English dude blossoms in the win
doys OF the Knickerbocker, but the
genuine slim dude, with the smoke
stake collar, the toothpick polished
CATER, is to be found at the Calumet.
4 here are no dudes to be found in the
other clubs, but to use the expression,
i" toughs."
SPORTING GOSSIP.
The sensation Of the week IN sport
ing circles was the raid made upon
Phil Daly's Pennsylvania Club" at
Long Branch. 1t is unquestionably the
bcst.appointed and squarest gambling
house on this continent. There is no
free lunch or free drinking going on
there. The restaurant, as well as the
bar, is conducted on regular club prin-
ciples, which means that the best OBJ
tainable article is supplied at a rate
which leaves just margin enough to
cover the expenses Of the kitchen and
the pantry. Nobody was enticed to gam
BILE there, and Daily took good care never
to allow any one to play whom ne did
not know as being a man of sufficient
means to allow himself little gam
bling luxury. Mono Of the villagers OF
Long Branch were ever allowed to put
a dollar on any game. The Club was
established for well-to-do New York
and Philadelphia people who spend the
summer season at Long Branch. To
mention the names of any of the visitors
at the Club would be to give almost the
whole list of the leading New York aud
Philadelphia stock. brokers and bank
ers residing at Long Branch. Who
ever initiated this anti-gamoling
movement could certainly have
not meant to do any good to Long
Branch, for tho Club was the only re-
sort where rich men could go to spend
an hour or SO after their wives and
children retired at the close of the hop
or the concert. The stopping of betting
on races has killed Jerome Park; the
restrictions put on it at Sheepshead
Bay and Monmouth Park are affecting
these two institutions, and the inter-
ference with the gambling procllyiEles
of tho summer residents of Long Branch
is sure to seriously affect the pros
perity of this popular watering-place.
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slight ridge Of trees ana houses .sss
had dvindled down to an irregular
line. The river Merwece, respecta.
Div broad at this point was studded
with small, lazy sails, and . group
Of more pretentious craft vas anchored
below our windows, and formed mex.
t,icable clusters Of masts and rigging.
Then the ubiquitous windmill, with
defiant. restless arms popping up be-
hind the low, red-tiled gabled roofs
and motionless trees and the Dutch
atmosphere round it all-tho deep blue
Of the sky and the silvery Wilderness OF
the fleecy clouds. We thought this
same atmosphere much more agreeable
10 look at than to bresthe, for through
all our stay in Holland II went jag.
gipg through us like doublo-cdgsd
saw that lacked every artistic or plea
surable element. Dordtretch is con-
tinued succession OF picturesque bits,
and seems as il it had been growing
and developing for years in that quality.
In some spots the houses 90 straight
down into the canals, and cast various
reflections on the water with force
suggestive of Venetian coloring.
A SLEEPY TOWN.
There IS more repose at Dordstrecht
than in any northern town we saw, but
il was rather the repose of sleepiness
and sluggishness than Of southern en-
ioyraent. The milk-women carried
their huge, shining brass and copper
Jars with the solemnity Of biblical
print, and the sailors lounged away
their leisure with an air OF endurance
that betokened q capsbility of going
stoically through the worst evils that
could meet them.
The Dutch language is nuisance to
the traveller, because he never gives a
thought to it till he is in Holland.
Then it sounds so much like German
that he is deluded into believing that
he may make German do duty for it.
Sometimes he can and sometimes he
cannot, and under the latter circum-
stances be is apt to be exasperated. 1t
seems q haphazard sort of arrange
ment, due to the close kinship Of the two
languages, which prevents them always
agreeing on every point. The educated
classes in Holland are in general good
lipguists, for, as so few foreigners speak
Dutch, it is an absolute necessity for
them to learn other languages. In
almost every museum in Holland keys
of the town are preserved that were
made in order to be presented to Napo-
leon 1. They are kept lying on the
cushions on which they were given to
the conqueror as he entered in triumph.
Having succeeded in getting down
stairs and out of our hotel through
pals and brooms and scrubbing-
maids, we spent our last few
hours in Dordtrecht wandering up aud
down and amusing ourselves in finding
out subjects and objects for pictures
that would fascinate other people if
transferred to canvas as the realities
charmed us. Then we started by train
and arrived safely at Antwerp.
MILDRED RUSSELL.
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A Change or COoIts.
fD.as NJ ~. /.

A negro, with an axe in his hand,
stood beside the highway skirting a
Mississippi swamp, and as we came up
he said
Gem'len, he run'd right up dat ar
gum tree"
"What did?"
IA econ, sab. If you has got pis-
tolls mebbe you kin fotch him down fur
me. De family am powerful hard up
fur meat jist now"
We dismounted and took o survey.
An animal of some sort could be dimly
made out hugging limb high up. We
popped away, but without doing any
damage, and as it moved along the limb
the Colonel observed
THAT may be coon, but I don't
believe it. I'd sooner think it was o
'possum."
"Hu ! but if dat amt coon you
kin call dis chile crazy /"
We rode away, leaving him to chop
the tree down. 1t was about three
hours before we returned, and then we
found him seated on the fallen trunk.
Beginning ct the top of his head and
extending to his ankle bones were
bloody scratches. His garments were
rent and tattered, his hands were COW
cred with blood, and he was trying to
bind some leaves on q bad wound on
his left arm.
"For the lands sake, but did the
tree fall on your" exclaimed the Col
onel.
"No, sab; I war fell on by de ana
nile."
(which was it-a coon or pos
um? ?"
"Neithsr one, sab; II happened to
% q Wildcat 5"