The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-30

date in the State, aud in the general
election received the greatest msjority,
and it will indeed be a pity il he has
lost bis grip.
Aberdeen Miss Examiner Hon. /.
G. Catchings on Friday, the 30lh OF
April, delivered in the House Of Rep
+, sentatives the bsst speech that hss
been delivered in this Congress in de.
tense and advocacy OF the policy Of
improving the Nil sissippi river in &C
coTdance with the p ans submitted by
the co71mis sion now in charge OF the
work. II was also a grand visdication
of our valley country aud people. We
shall endeavor to publish il hereafter.
jackson TENN Tribune and Sun:
The discussion o! tax assessment re-
form should set our people to think
ing. Il requires but a moments
thought TO understand the unfair
working of the present system. The
properly holders me allowed to name
the Iats of a'set sment, and with few
exceptions the property is rated at
minimum figuTes. Bat ii the prop
erfy is subsequently sold, note the dis
parity between the assessment and the
amount received in the sale. Ano her
notable practice in vogue is that tax
assessors copy the reports of the pre-
vious year, or maybe only slight alter
atoms are made. Will the people con-
nivs at this injustice OF the pressing
reforms none are more urgent than a
reformation in tax assst Sun snts, and
the people stand in their own light
when they permit inequalities to coz
tlnue.
TAYLOR aud Num- for Governor.
wouldn't the fur fly? Brownsville
States and Bee No. For tue reason
that there would be Num- lelt.-Shel.
byrM Commercial OF course there
would b. Num- TO begin with.
Winona Miss Advance: The Hon.
Charles +. Hooker, the "silver
t)ngued orator" of Missi' ppi, is ma
king some p lwerful political speeches
down in the Seventh District, and as
candidate il growing in strength
every day. In his 81 eeches he makes
NJ reference TO the views or actions Of
his competitor, nor scarcely allu1es to
the Cauva s, more than to merely an
nounce the act OF his Ca1dit lacy.
Coumbus, Miss, Dispatch: And
now, by way OF txtsDuAlioD, II is aid
that the Hon. j. M. Allen voted
against the river and harbor bill Tim
ply because he couldn't get the appro-
priation for tie 1ombigbee river in
creased. We do not consider this a
good excuse; on the principle that a
half loaf Ia be ter than no bread he
should have supported the mta;u'e,
especially when he knew that the APP
pIopriat ons for other streams in
which this State is interested-notably
the MissiHsippi-were acceptable in
amount to his cole yues in the House.
Mr.. Aliens exhibition Of fpeen in
this mst.er does him no credit.
Chattanooga Times The piimsrles
to choose delegates to the county con-
vention OF Monday meet tonight. The
convent on will name delegates to the
State Democratic Jude al Convention.
The best men OF the party in the va
rious wards should be at these prima-
ries. II any political occasion should
at ract the good citizen when it is
when the bench Of justice iC the OBJ.
jeCt OF consultation and action. II
we have bad or weak judges it is main
ly because they are nomir ated by and
represent the mere polit clans when
they ought to be creatures OF all that
is best in the community.
The Democrats OF LaudeIdale coun.
ty, Ala, in convention on the 22d in-
slant, elected the bar of Florence dele
pa'es to attend the convention to be
hsld to nominate candidates for Cir
cult Judge. The Hons, r O. Pickett
and Hiram Richardson were unani-
mously elected as candidates for re-
election 10 the legislature. The
present Democratic Executive Com
mittee for the county was continued
in office, and wi hout an opp )sing
vo.e the Congre sional : delep alton
were instructed TO cast Their vote at
Decatur for the Hon. J lose ph Wheeler.
Johntou City Tenn Comet: Hon.
r. l.. Taylor is inquest onably the
choice OF the Demcc acy of the First
District, aud especially OF Washington
county, for Governor.
Johnson City Tenn COMET: Do the
Republicans OF East Tennessee know
that the Republicans of Hawkins
county actually instructed for Judge
Hacker for reelection. Yet he got
one or two out of ten delegates from
that county. The full extent of the
trickery, treachery, fraud, bargain, 10
tigue and corruption by which the
Jon esboro convention was packed
against the choice of the people,
Hacker and Fsiu, has not yet coms to
light
Pargould Ark.) Pres: The Agricul-
tural Wheel has bad one or two pol
ihcal revolutions, and there is no tell
ing what one or two more will evolve,
Our esteemed contemporary, the
arkansas Gazette, is agitated, Rube Car
Lee is happy, and there is no telling
what is goingto bappen. II we knew
which side of the Wheel was hot We d
know how to take bold Of il, but in
common with many Of cur contempt
Iarits and two thirds OF the politi.
CisnS, we'll not take hold until we feel
little further. The Press is decidedly
for the Wheel as long az it remsius an
agricultural institution, but as q pol
itit al institution we'll have to see g
little further intoIt before assuming g
position.
A Multitude of Ailments.