The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
OUR NASHVILLE LETTER.
THE COMING CAMPAIGN AND
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Candidates for the Supreme Court
and the United States Senate
and Hon e.
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dates, are more plainly to be seer, We
there is enough doubt aud uncertain
ty bsclouding the mot popular Q
these mentioned to make anythip,
like review interesting. Beginning
with the beginning, l have inter
viewed number OF leading men il
all parts of the Stite : to the compo
sition Of the Supreme Couri, and find
upon careful summary Of my notes
that e majority Of them are agreed
that there should be two convent ue
and that none but the best men offer,
ing should be selected for seats in oul
highest court. Snodgrass is preseI ted
by East Tennessee, Turncy and
Cooper for Middle Tennessee, aad
Folkes and Lee for West Tennessee
and Judge Freeman has many friends
in all palts of the State Turney ia
the most popular If these gentlemen,
and is sure of his nomination. aud re-
election il he lives, and just now he
is in very good heath. Folkes OF
your city is better known to the law.
yers than the people, but backed by
the bar OF Memphis he has nothing
to fear before the convention. Lee ia
the present Attorney General, and is
a man Of mark and cha a:ter. His
ambition has always been confined
to the limits Of his profession,
and he las given abundant proof in
his present position that he would
maintain himself on the bench up to
his own high-water mark. Cooper's
great ability and his industry will
carry him through the convention.
Snodgrass ma 1e cl aracter as tiEeless
worker as a member OF the Referee
Court, OF which Dave Bright YVES the
animsting spirit. And, by the way,
what fine team TURKEY and Bright
would make! No two men in the
State can so ra1ily release them
selves from the drudgery OF the law
and adapt themselves to company"
Their social gifts are enviable, and /
would back them "agin the world"
fJr cleverness and aetuteness. Free
man will go before the convention
very strong, AID with record that it
will be hand to beat. But these are
not the only candidates for the Su-
preme bench. There is Tom Turley
of Memphis, wtO "can sweep the
board" His name is intimately ast o.
cist,d with the history of the Su-
preme Court, and his T atu a. gifts,
by = profoundly stu.
oio is habit, make him formidable
But will be run? have
not heard of him recently, and l can
not find out from any one here what
he is going to do about it." Col. B.
M. Estes Of Memphis is also spoken
of by lawyers here, and laughable as
It may seem to some, Gov. Bate has
been quietly spoken of for the Su-
preme Court on account of his ex-
tended knowledge If criminal law.
But the ticket is likely to be Turney,
Cooper, Lee, Folkes and Snodgrass.
II will either be this or new deal all
round. But then, again, an earth
quake is more likely than a new
zeal, such are the influences" at
work. Before the assembly OF the
convention shall shake up the dice
lgain with perhaps a better, II not a
closer, result. The truth is, the PEG.
Die con't take much interest in the
supreme Court, a1d most OF the ablest
awyers take less personal interest in
t than they do in the political offices.
because the salary OF the judges is
Iery beggarly and wholly inadequate.
dost OF those who are offering are
men OF Independent means who can
make the sacrifice of time involved in
be responsible duties in the appellate
curt.
HOWELL r. JACKSON, Fur SENATOR.
Now, about the United States Sem
toehip. l feel safe in predicting
bat there will be no such contest over |
rs has been arranged for by the op-
oRents of Howell Z. jackson. He is
he strongest man TO day before the
eople of Tennessee for that or any
ther Office to which he might aspire.
lis speech for public education has
1ade him master in the political
ED, and he has earned something
core than mere tcldt. He has won
is way to the hearts and consciences
the people. The gifts of eloquence
nd logic have never in these modern
mes in Tennessee carried a man as
II as thai speech has carried Jackfon n.
! placed him high above the reach Of
is enemies, and no man can stand
etween him and his re elet on to
he United Safes Senate. Indeed, I
N not oversanguine when say 1t is
OF beyond the bounds of probability
lat he will be reelected by
unanimous vote Of the Legis-
ture. The reasons for this
% mainly to be found in that speech
n public educstion, but many OF
lem are also to be found in career
lat is admirable for its integrity Of
1rpose at the bar, in the Legislature,
Ut particularly in the high place
hich he fills at present. Jackson is
honor to Tennessee, and no one Of |
10 men who have been named as his
'ponents can ford to run the risk
an overwbt lining defeat by stand
& in his way. Most certainly Gen. {
tkins, the present Commissioner of ]
dian Affairs, will not be among the
lmber. Neither Bate no- Marks nor .,
y OF the dozen named can do so. {
On. Whit.Eorne is not pronounced ! '
ndidate, nor is John F. House, the
ly man who comes anywhere near
ckson in point Of ability and equip
emit for the position. AS to Senator
arTis, he is too astute a politician to z
re any Fart against Jackson. l am .
ite confident, let me say sgain, that a
on a careful review of the whole a
Id and an analysis Of the claims Of
the candidates, that Senator Jack
will be his own successor. o.
THE GovERNoRsHIP. D
Coming TO the Governorship, 1 feel a
y much confused, and find it very 81
heult to resolve my doubts. Nearly =
sry county in East Tennessee has a
ldidate, but it is pretty generally o.
needed by the men from the mount =,
s that Bob Taylor, from Carter a
lnty, will fiddle his way through &
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