The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-27
HE SMOKES and SPEAKS.
OLD WAR HORSE AFTER THE
INDIFFERENT CLASS.
Mistakes OF Others Besides Moses
An Analysis Of the Political
situation.

DaAA OAA W. aA0AaS A11N 3AAaN - AO
roo ted on a loose paving stone on the
bluff sucking awayst his OLD briarpipe.
"Four million dollars is a big pile OF
money" he continued, pc nting out
another stray rock to the APPEAL man.
Brush your cost tails, sit down there
andlet's have 9 talk about the future OF
the CITY,"
Suppose we discuss the present and
let the future wait until after the
August election" the APPEAL man
suggested.
"Well, now, i like that. Itgives me
an idea. 1t moves me to Say that
while IL is out Of this power Of any
set Of men to prevent the growth OF
the city, it is plain that a lot of blame
fools or dishonest officials might do q
greatdeal to Ietsrd it,"
What do you think of the out
look ?"
"Blsme me II know. les going to
take a mighty careful hand to hold
her steady, / can tell you. Any
MODELLING ON THE GUDGEoN
will lose the day to the fe'f-respeciing
element, which is another name in
this part of the country for Demo.
arats. When we come 10 think OF it.,
most OF our elections here, when lost,
ara lost not 80 muchon account Of bad
management on the part of those who
run the machine as upon the large
clsss Of noncommittal, goody goody
idiots who think ihqir bands too soft
ard clean to be spoiled by having any
thing to do with the selection OF pub
lie officials. They lay around home
aud play with the babies, read the
Revised Testament or dive into Henry
George and old Adam Smith, and let
the gang not only run the ma
chine but depend upon them 10
do all the working and voting.
II the result ia not what they
desire they set up a howl, the I'M
auo nted pollywogs. They ought to
be tied head and heels, and pitched
over this ERE bluff. / notice the AP-
PEAL has bten preaching a few good,
wholesome strmons, and / hope they
will do come g)od, but l wouldn't bet
on l.,
THE PREACHERS
will adopt the suggestion, l suppose,
bot a regular galvanizing process will
be necessary to get the class to
which l have alluded out to the polls
and to the convention. Do they
think it a sin to go to a convention ?
ATethey afra d OF personal violence, or
do they think it would be useless ?
The man VITO would make the last
admission is a coward, a poltroon, un-
worthy OF the respect OF his wife and
children, a drone and IA imbscile. If
the selection Of men who are to sit es
judges in our courts; to collect and
distribute our taxes and to act as
guardians Of the public peace
is not the sacred duty of
Christians, law-abiding citizens
aud property holders, whose
ia it? Crack that nut fer me, will,you?
OF course il they turn everything over
to the tougbs and to lhote who make
money by the non enforcement of tho
law, they ought TO keep their mouths
shut, no matter what comes OF it. If
there should be a slip up thistime and
any Of those cauting drones should
c,me any Of his means in my presence
l mean to slap him in the mouth.
You hear some OF them pretending
that they don't know law.
Let them learn. The Executive
Committee has yielded to demand
and fixed the houls for holding the
primaries in daylight. In every ward
there will be
A HOT FIGHT.
Let the law abiding rasidents OF each
Ward aud Distri,t get together. throw
their backwardness to the winds, agree
upon a ticket among themselves and
put it through. Too little Importance
attaches to the primaries. This time
they ere all important, because unless
such delegates are chosen as will
nominate q good ticket the day
will be lost. With a good
ticket it viii be grandly won.
county when the decent element had
rasson to exert itself il is the present.
They have a champion in Greer, who
ssks election TO the p-st OF Attorney
Genera, the highCsI peace officer in
the county. They know exactly what
he lie, and in vo ing and working ior
him labor not only for a man but for a
pine pie. And, by the way, don't
you let anybody bamboczle you
into the belief that he
will be q weak nan in the
convention. He will have a positive
st,eugth, and not join the stioklers for
morality altogether either. Take, for
instance, the piopIietors of the hun
dreds OF licensed saloons. l heard
julie Pollock, OF the VIII to House, say
the other day when / went in to get a
asa of bultsrmilk-no smiling, young
maI-that he was for Greer FIRST, last
and all the time, aud he gave q good
reason. He said he kept
A REGULAR SALOON
aud paid a high tax. He expected to
continue doing 80, no matter who
Hhould be elected, but, he added, II
Greer gets there he will carry out the
Law under his solemn cath, which will
force the hundreds OF little unlicensed
groceries all over the city who do the
bAmc Uubluoto w. W OAOSO wv VI PoJs.
You just let 'em nominate Greer and
he will make q campaign that will
make this county ring fSom one end
10 the other. How many candidates
are there for that office who will have
the same courage he hes d~isplayed2 p
con, give us a rest on GIeerl'
mo back talk, now. I'm toe
much In EARNEST 10 stand any
fooling. 1 don't feel that ! am talk
ing for an individual when / am talk
ing for him, but for an important prin'
cipls. There is too lit g Of that feel
ing among public men. They are toe
self,b, hoping for personal gain ant
working for il, whether they are help
ing the psrty ut the zane time or not
hope, for The sake Of the party. thaI
the Executive Committee will MOI
permit anything which savoys of ma
chire work. The ugliest thing they
o. Md possibly do would be TO attend