The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-17

]. +. BURKs was nominated for Con-
stable in the Twelfth Civil District.
The Fifteenth Civil District selected
]. r. Miller as its candidate for consta-
BILE.
]. GOULD was a candidate for Regis.
ter-a proof Of the richness of the Of
fee.
THE prediction that Oapars would
get it on the first ballot was not veri-
fed.
BRADLEY came up smiling a little
after the convention met, as genial as
ever.
Moss dropped in to see the engine
which hurled Dubose at his devoted
head.
COUNTY and city seemed to be even.
ly divided in the contest for County
Clerk.
The "Bloody First" was not solid in
any fight except the Attorney Gener-
alship.
THE scrapping match at midnight
was the first disturbance in the con-
vention.
PETERS was the only candidate who
got bis nomination under the two
thirds rule.
The complexion of the convention
yes erdsylwss very different from that
of the day before.
0DLuM had little positive strength
which was used very effectively to
whipslw the convention.
Mr.. MARTIN thought he possessed
the key to the reported deadlock in
the name OF Sid Douglass
THE contest for Clerk OF the Circuit
Court narrowed down to Hanson and
Schloss after the fourth ballot.
NJ. 7. GARvIN aud Thomas Garvey
are the Democratic nominees for Con-
stable in the Fifth Civil District.
THERE is a snug little sum in the
shape Of waste paper ballots waiting
on the floor OF the Exposition building,
GEORGE b. PETERS, the next Attor-
ney General of Shelby county, beamed
upon the unterrified most Of the day.
The "Song of the Shirt" was sung
with various variations when the nom
tons for Circuit Coutt Clerk were be-
ing made.
ScHLoss said il nominated he would
work as hard for the ticket as il some
other man had been chosen by the
convention.
The fight over the Registers office
was even hotter than it was supposed
it would be. took nearly all day to
reach conclusion.
Mr.. WALDRAN says he did not ex,
pect TO be nominated until the fl.
teenth ballot, and thinks the conven.
ton did not understand.
OLD man Coopwo3d lost his voice
Thursday night yelling for Dubose, but
he hauled in his delegate with the
crook of his cane whenever the time
came to vote.
THE Eighth Ward, when the fight
over the Registers Office became
warm, made jack pot Of II, giving II
solid to the candidate receiving the
largest number OF votes.
JUDGE GREER was on deck again
Yesterday. He smiled blaudly when
his friends tried to explain just how il
was done. He went down with his
martial cloak around him.
IT WAS the unanimous vote of the
convention that Col, John Overton,
jr., makes the best chairman Shelby
county ever saw. This was about the
only thing 1t was unanimous on.
THE rule dropping the lowest man
in the race for Register after each bal.
lot was a good one if it had carried
with il the condition that no man once
dropped should again be taken up.
ALL the candidates caught the bust
ness spirit Of the convention and nc
long speeches were attempted, no
matter how great the temptation.
WORDS are inadequate, ETC."
CAMPBELL, one OF the best clerks in
Shelby county, relied too much upon
his friends aud made no canvass. In
thess days CT our Lord man has 10
hustle for a nomination, and afterwsrd
for an election.
A FEW words from Webster culled
for the especial benefit Of candidates
are given in this column. They will
strike the reader as being original. No
one in the habit OF attending conven.
tions ever heard them before.
The Democrats OF the Second
Fourth and Seventeenth Districts
through Mr.. L. J. Wendell, extended
an Invita- on TO the convention to at
tend a grand Democratic barbecue
and rally at Big Springs next Sat
urday.
WHEN the lock occurred between
Harrison and McCallum the friends Of
the latter proposed to leave II 10 the
country to cay which was its choice
"This Convention cannot compromise
itself in that way" Chairman 0verton
said, and he was sustained.
Mr.. JOHN A. GARRETT insisted upon
nominating Mr.. +. j. Wendell fol
County Clerk. Mr.. Wendell wa:
forced to the stand, and as soon as or.
der could be restored he said: Seen
tlemen OF the convention, withdraw
my name. am BY am for Win
tiers"