The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-20
THE VOTE or THE soU7H

numcrously murlere whenever they atteiDp. IA
vote.
Now free ballot and fair count are matters Of
! prime importance In this country, md those Two
rights should be guired ns carefully as We would
guard the honor oi an only daughter,
! The principle Of freedom and hlrness, however
should have national, not q sectional upplioI-
ton, and the man who throws stones SHOULD move
out Of HIS glass house before he iudulses in that
/ pas,ime
| Political immortality IL Just ms immoral In New
| England aud New York "a itia Ia New orleans.
| The injunction ~ pull the beam out OF your own
/ eyc because II will give you clcaruess Of vision,
WHOM you attempt 10 pull the mote out Of your
brothers eye, seems 10 be regarded as part of the
Apocppha by many Republican leaders.
! II they mrs really anxious 10 purify American
! polite, they may pronlably study the example Of
tho preacher who announced hi- Intention II going
on mission To the hathcn. and then allaycd the
disappointment OF his audience by adding that he
| ala not propose ioloaye town
for example The man who, on the eve Of an
| election, uotlNcs hls employees that These works
VIII shut down II Harrison j. defeated, shows bad
taste when hc pinic, about the Soulhornot who nc
! complishr' ~ same end by different means
! ivau when thl gldcr of n party which Is nm.
| bituul Cor suorcH lnglruct his cutcuiuti la In.
! diana 10 divide tc pnrchassbe voter. into "blncka
Of i've AMI 10 keen them In view until they hive
! deposited the ballots which have hccl paid for It
would cm entirely unne'c.ary 10 20 out IT town
Ia order b. nnd hin,hcn who need Ia he converted.
And when on saturday hciorl election s'1U1J
Is received to d. applied a. au emergency fund
Tat s g. iy fnr 'ho corruption OF The wayrt.ug NJ
| thc last moment wunral not be- surprised II the
South 'ufu. ON ug with quotation from Carlisle.
7 "Nlikr yourself good man, and then you will De
sur there Is one rtsHl les In the WORLD
Agluc' 40 thr oil.l1l returns Tor is'i will per
h1ls throw "a stuls ighi on ihi, subject Tury
.hoW-Whlt muy surprise some OF our Republican
road.t,-ihat he many scrtun, NJ the south the
rpiorrl man ha. thc rgbt II way AT IN, pyll, -,u.
tIr, control OF IosiInHtIr.
Iu Wet VirfInA nineteen countlc, gave a white
AMI b,eg ns,,ibi,.,p m,t,.It,.. In yi,,iut, t.,i,
seven c1unils. followed mir H. Texas. twenty.
two. La Tennessee tn'.tf..rycn. In s,ntb Csr,IIua
thDv On Nuuh Cir..ina. twenty seven Coulr.ss.
iund pi.frire On Missouri, o Republican m,jpr.
ity, while ani black, wns returned in thIriy mine
o oI n, w. ''' !, ,, ie,'', 's va T., ''e
tom Ia pconn. Il was done In Nix Congressional
,, ,o 'D ''' In ~ ,'' ", ava ANA III "'"'
These figure srcm 10 show u,tta nrsr, Q, not
sul,',y ,n' ''' , Tin, ~ 10 inole u.1 l ,onn,,'s
southern sa,.,s rulsci Rcpuhlirin m ,Jorlty oi
nl .,a, a"N whites Is ''un'ed Z, j. al' to conclude
villa ,ior.c, !, not d, prevalent a, .ome poliIrai
nuncoinoe monrei' would have u' believe. o. ia
r,..s of gl,l..,,, sn,. alder NH ,,ss M, a.o
r'ganl believe in hi.plV
''ogI.' ,,.,o q, ,loil " r,'I,.i ., ,,'' ,,''
Chat some thing Reform srraty u,'l.i ln the
u.r.',",iV,'. .i's. ra, D., t ,''', Iu' W.
object uan o. dunn 90, south ani lsl the Norih
nids.i'. .i.m rri d.,lt-r' ''''''' +" y '''''"
II thc Republican. 'ayo platform oi pr'n-iplg,
"lb,r lso '''''' ''''''' ' " WIZ o.
Nlsfr.mnile, ar burnt out anil iocund day
n.,,,,,.,. ~. ..s '.'..' ",' ,,. .'i,.
moD comil1Iant ol, iar ihs Nor.l. ,aa, i hypoo
'''' ""' patriotism
lhi'' irom if' No' Tori Hod'd, contains
a great deal OF truth. " the Republican
party is inioni on electoral reform they
must begin at home. They must begin
10y turning ont ihe rscals. some Of whom
managed their Presidential campaign, and
Who openly advocated the use Of money
TO corrupt No'cu, and as a last resort
urged the game OF blocks Of five" In the
State Of The now Prsidcni-clcct. That
electoral reform il needed there can bo
no doubt The simple methods that pro.
vailed during the better days Of the Re.
public, when everything wa. done 10 pre-.
serve the purity Of the ballot. anl nothing
WIS done 10 pcyent free ballot anl a
fair count these methods are no longer
.aic Tho machine men" aud their
agents. 'hc strikers" aud "hccl-
os. easily Overcome them. They have
no respect iIr ilic balloi-box because they
have hitherto flr some years, been able
10 bleed ID u- stur nj viii or pleasure AS
supposed party czIr ucy might sur,.i.
That they "soi M .heIr work" AT the last
election there can be no doubt. The CON.
yiciiou IN punishment " the b,llot.box
thieves or suffers In Indiana and Ohm
/ had no scomine effect 10 deter ib,n.
From cyrry par Ut The country nlm,,, IA,
cry come. up 10. tamp.un, with ia, b,llo,.
box,. in every place lot that wh.pc, tho
cry comes. Tho crime and IA, criminal.