The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-16
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THERE YVES no gush.
Elicit sgainst Smith.
PROXIES were plentiful.
YERGER was short lived.
CANNON against Cannon.
HARRIS opposed to Ramsey.
ELEVEN good men and true.
THE country wanted Dubose.
IT was be yu.ti-ful, be-yu.tl-ful.
The bar did a thriving business.
THE two-thirds rule vas a desdener.
LEMAsTER's strength was only eight
votes.
BRADLEY went down with his colors
flying.
YoUNa's modesty cost him the nomi-
nation.
BRADLEY's principal strength Yves in
the city.
THE crowd stuck with wonderful
~tenacity.
THE sweetest morsel was saved for
the last.
Mosr OF the Republican bosses were
on hand.
PALMETTO fans and straw hats we're
plentiful.
HARRIS nearly doubled Bradley from
the start,
RED and white badges were worn by
delegates.
BRADLEY's greatest strength was sew
enty.four.
A REPRESENTATIVE convention in
every sense.
DUBosE led on the first ballot, Doug
lass second.
THE ham sandwich man rsked in
the shekels.
JUDGE WIN. M. SMITH was a locker
on in Vienna.
EVERY delegate or proxy had to cast
his own vote.
A NUMBER OF ladies attended the
night session.
ESTES led Goodloe twenty votes on
the first ballot.
ScRUees polled % out of 1856 votes on
the first ballot.
CAPT. JOHN T. HnLsMAN lowered
on the outskirts.
GEN. WILLIAMSON came down to in
spect the battery.
ONE HUNDRED and ninety delegates
in the convention.
Four candidates developed for the
Probate Judgeship.
THERE we're nearly 1000 people in
the hall at 8 o'clock.
THERE we're 500 people on the floor
and 200 in the galleries,
THE delegates drank little, but the
! outsiders made up for 1t.
Coz. HARRY HILL's rubicund face
Was seen over the b%anisters.
No MAN knows or Gao guets who will
be the nominee Tor Register.
HARRIS captured the convention
and his party will elect him.
IT was after l2 o'clock before con-
vention got down to business.
ScRudas said he would administer
the law t~emperstely and fairly.
THE convention was particularly
fortunate in its choice Of tellers.
The strength developed by Judge
Douglas, was a general surprise.
JUDGE BIGELow psersd through his
speciacles at the gathersd hosts.
SEVERAL foul ballots we're cast with
out the slightest excuso Tor them.
CHANCELLOR, Sheriff Trustee, Cir
cult Judge, Probate J~rdge-chaos.
JUST half an hour was required to
take, count and announce a ballot.
wCAPERs and Collier will make a
straight fight for Criminal Court Clerk.
RYAN said he would 10 his duty as
he understood the law TO point it out.
The rule against long speeches was
a good one Business was the motto.
DUBosE developed a great deal Of
strengthened a great deal OF bitterness.
CHAIRMAN 0vERroE rushed it
through it fine style. Ballots were
quickly taken.
lHE uOu0luctb NdhuObJ
Elicit, Harris, Estes, Galloway, Du.
bose and Peters.
The crowd swelled from 1000 at 8
o'clock to nearly double that number
before midnight.
ELECTRIC lights were put in early in
the morning in anticipation OF dead
locks and a night session..
A FRIEND OF Maj J. Q. Msccabe
Withdrew his name before 1t had been
put before the convention.
CHAIRMAN OvERroE collAred a ham
sandwich at 6 o'clock and didn't care
whether school kept or not.
Gibson is unfortunate. He always
has enough strength t. make a good,
stiff fight but never enough fora nom.
ination.
The hoodlum element did not de-
velop until alter 10 o'clock, when it
began 10 show up on the outside Of
the railing.
JUDGR FLIPPIN remarked before the
convention met that the fellows would
be surprised after the first ballot foI
Circuit Judge.
THE air was full OF rumors just be