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THURSDAY. April 2-S, 1R1W.
ADDRESS nil business letters to Mis
sissippi Lender. Jackson. Miss. Mon
ey may be sent by registered letter,
jiostal note, itostoffier money order or
enclosed in letter at nor risk.
CALL FOR A STATIC PROHIBITION
PARTY CONVENTION.
A State Convention of the Prohibi
tion party of Mississippi is hereby call
ed to meet in the House of Represen
tatives in Jackson, at 11 a. m.. Tues
day. May 17. 18P2, to elect delegates to
the National Convention of the Prohi
bition party which meets in Cincin
nati June 25>. 1802. Also to nominate
candidates for Presidential Electors,
and to transact such other business as
the interests of the party in this State
may demand.
Each county will be entitled to double
the number of voters in the Conven
tion that it has Representatives in the
Lower House of the Legislature.
All citizens of Mississippi, without
regard to their past political opinions
and affiliations, who are opposed to the
continued legalization of the liquor
traffic in State and Nation, and who
desire to secure those moral, political
and financial reforms in government
of which our country stands so much in
need, are cordially invited and earnest
ly urged to attend.
HENRY’ WARE,
Chairman State Ex. Com.
W. H. Patton, Secretary.
DISTRICT ALLIANCE MEETING.
A meeting of the District Alliance of
the Seventh Congressional District of
Mississippi, is hereby called to meet in
in the city of Jackson at 12 o’clock m.
on Tuesday. May 17, 1892. A full at
tendance is earnestly urged, as busi
ness of importance is to lie considered.
Each county Alliance of the District
is entitled to three delegates, and the
delegates who served at the last meet
ing are the Constitutional representa
tives of their respective counties.
T. J. MILES APS,
President.
E. Fleming, Sec'y.
Harrison’s prospects for renomina
tion are waning. 1
The State W. C. T. U. meets at Cor
inth next Thursday, May 5th.
Judge Gresham is mentioned as the
candidate of the People's party.
Vice-President Morton is said to
favor the old party ticket. Likely.
The operatives in the Wesson Mills
resent being called “factory’ hands.”
Dr. Geo. K. Bircliett. a prominent
and well-known Vicksburger, is dead.
A copy of the Chickasaw Messenger
has not reached this office in three
weeks.
Send two dollars and get the Leader
one year, with Neely's Great Histori
cal Chart.
Gladstone has decided that at his
time of life, he cannot become a
champion of woman suffrage.
The reform forces the Party Prohi
bitionists and People's Party men -
must get together in Mississippi.
A machine politician hates anything
like morality in politics worse than the
devil is supposed to hate holy water.
The Leader wants 1,000 new sub
scribers in the next thirty days. Won't
the friends of reform help us to get
them ?
The Pascagoula Democrat Star says :
“A tack points heavenward when it
means mischief. It has many human
imitators.”
We have been looking, but looked in
vain, for a declaration by some of the
old party State conventions against the
National Bank monopoly.
Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, the Demo
cratic Civil Service Commissioner, has
tendered his resignation to Mr. Harri
son to take effect May 15.
Again the report comes that Mr.
Blaine will accept the nomination, if
tendered to him with any degree of
unanimity at the Minneapolis Conven
tion
The Madison County Alliance will
meet at Canton on Wednesday, May
18th. The State and District Lect
urer's have been invited ot attend and
deliver addresses.
The Bolivar County Democrat re
joices to note that the sentiment
throughout the Delta in favor of the
renomination of General. T. C. Catch
iugs for Congress is practically unani
mous.
Senator Teller has warned the Re
publicans that the silver States are
likely to jump the Republican party,
on account of the unfriendly attitude
of the administration toward free
coinage.
Mr. Watterson has sobered up long
enough to say he doesn't think either
Cleveland or Hill is the man. 8enator
Carlisle, who it frequently requires an
attendant to keep out of the Washing
ton gutters, is more to his liking.
Mr. T. B. Dudley, late editor of the
Walthall Warden, and eldest son of
Hon. G. W. Dudley, has become associ
ated with his father in the publication
of the Winona Times. The Times will
doubtless be improved by this acquisi
tion as it last issue showed.
MlmiHHirn AV.LIAItt'K l.KAOV.HS. 1
( miimlltni * l*«»lir> Thnt will Summlrr
iHr \Ut»fM-e Urnmiiri* to Willi Strvrt
rifitwrrmtH.
Tr> say nothing of sentiment. if Mi*
sippians were to go off on third party
linos on the eve of the most momentous
contest pending with the old enemy,
they would forfeit their welt establish |
ed reputation for sagacity. This truth
is well conveyed in the following ex
pressions of lion. Frank Burkitt, State
Alliance lecturer, to the Affpeal-Ava
lanche correspondent here. The same
conviction he expresses has been pro
nouuoed with equal emphasis l>y the
Hon. E. Barksdale in the Ledger Alli
ance colnmns:
Cninmentltig on the IVmneralie Kveenllve
Committee rail. Hen Frank Ihirkitt. siy* "In
my .bstament the sensible anil emiervirtlve
roups* taken by the roininittec In calling the con
ventlnn gives every man who is emlmed with
Democratic Ideas, a fair showing and leaves no
room for n third party movement In Mississippi.
If those- of us who are demanding eertain re
forms. cannot get them Inside the Democratic or
ganization, I see no hope of doing so liy separate
action, for It is not probable that a stronger fol
lowing eonhl be obtained outside of the party of
onr fathers If our brethren inshle the party of
Jefferson will not make such concessions as we
ask. It Is lm|Hissil)le to nlvtaln them by division of
mir household."
Hon It, C. Casey, chairman of the State All!
ance executiveentnmittee, was shown that above
utteranee of Mr Ihirkitt He said that he
"heartily indorsed and concurred in the views
therein set forth. There Is no Altianee leader
of any note in this State who is not a Democrat,
and ii Is believed that the effort at a third party
here will prove abortive
The alrove is copied from the last is
sue of the Weekly Clarion. The Lead
er has no criticism to offer here on
what is said by that paper. It is a par
tisan Democratic journal, avowedly
opposed to the chief demands of the
Ocala platform, and it is to Ire expect
ed that while occupying that position,
it should at the same time desire to
secure all the Alliance support it can
for its own party and candidates. What
is said will be directed chiefly to the
position of the -minent Alliance lead
ers which it quotes.
It is natural that men who have long
been leading lights in the Democratic
organization and devoted to its princi
ples like Major Barksdale, Capt.
Burkitt and Mr. Casey, should be
loath to sever old party ties and asso
ciations, and accept the true logic of
their position. The Mississippian. the
Memphis Commercial, the Vicksburg
Herald and other extreme anti-Sub
Treasury papers were right last year
when they said the Alliance leaders
would soon have to choose between al
legience to the Democratic party and
the Alliance demands. The fork in
the political road was then only a
year ahead, and now it has been nearly
reached and the choice, if they are
consistent and loyal to the Alliance
principles, will have to be made.
As the Leader pointed out iu a for
mer issue, the difficulty of the situa
tion does not consist so much in the
opposition here in Mississippi to the
Alliance demands, though that is not
to be ignored, as it does in the fact that
the Democratic party' of Mississippi,
whether controlled by what is known
as the party machine or by Alliance
men headed by Major Barksdale, Capt.
Burkitt and others, will have practi
cally no voice in choosing the nominee
of the National Democratic party, or in
shaping its platform on any of the vital
issues for which the Alliance and other
sincere financial reformers contend.
In the National Democratic organiza
tion. New York is the mistress of the
situation, and it is the thralldom of
New Y’ork plutocrats which finds
both old parties, from which the people
are struggling to free themselves. No
calculation of Democratic success is
made that does not take New Y'ork into
the account. On this point, the Vick
burg Commercial Herald, the leading
Anti-Sub-Treasury paper of Mississip
pi, say s:
"The Southern Delegates should co
operate with the New Y'ork Delegates.
We have claimed all along, that no
Democrat ought to be nominated, or
can be nominated, who is not accept
able to the New Y'ork Delegates.”
The State Lodger, Major Barksdale’s
chosen forum, says editorially in its
Anti-Sub-Treasury department:
"The Democrats cannot win success
without New Y’ork. and even with the
electorial votes of that State it will re
quire a hard fight to win .victory.”
lnese are both ardent liiu papers,
but the Cleveland papers everywhere
are all equally pronounced in their
declarations that New York holds the
key to the Democratic situation.
The Natchez Banner, an ardent
Cleveland paper and an uncompro
mising opponent of the Ocala platform,
declares, with apparent satisfaction
that with Alliancemen “it is a choice
between Democracy, without Oealaism
and Republicanism without Oealaism;”
and then it naively asks, “which horn,
of the dilemma wiU they take ?”
This, in brief, is the sum and sub
stance of the whole matter. Ne w York's
vote is claimed to be indispensable to
Democratic success. The only way to
secure that vote is to placate her money
lords,National bankers and monopolists
by letting them dictate who the party
candidate shall be and formulate the
financial plank in the platform, they
consulting in the premises Tam
many, the New York exponent of the
National whisky monopoly.
This much must be conceded by
Southern and Western Democrats at
the outset as the price of the support to
be expected from New York and other
doubtful Eastern States, and the Ocala
demands, the Alliance and all other fi
nancial reformers may go to Halifax,
because it is assumed that the solid
South will remain “solid” under all
circumstances.
If AUianoemen go into a combination
of this sort, it is bound to be on the
terms dictated, and there will be no
change in the financial policy of the
government, worthy the name, even if
the Democracy should win.
There will be one political party at
least, in the coming campaign, which
will espouse and champion the princi
ples of the Ocala platform—the Peopled
party. It would be an unseemly sight
to witness Alliance men of Mississippi
standing shoulder to shoulder once
more in a party where Wall street in
i
k
Alienees prevail and dictate the party !
policy and candidate, and arrayed j
against the only party that had the j
courage and independence to endorse
and Aght for the triumph of Alliance
principles; yet that is what the position
assumed hy the distinguished Alliance
lenders named will almost inevitably
lead to.
A few observations on the declara
tion of t'npt. llurkitl that “If those of
ns who arc demanding certain reforms
cannot get them inside the Democratic
organization, I see no hope of doing so
hy separate action."
Political parties do not often reform
themselves. Once had, the tendency is
to go from lmd to worse. The Republi
can party is a striking Illustration of
this, and the chief indictment Alliance
men and other reformers bring against
the Democratic party is that it has
grown too much like its old antagonist.
The independent voters of the country
the men who enthrone patriotism
and the common weal far above the
success of any party are the ones who
must be relied upon for reformation in
all times of real political corruption
and emergency. If It were not for the
patriots who have the independence to
sever party ties when the public good
demands it, a party once entrenched in
power, would always remain in power.
No fact in politics is more generally
recognized than that the minority party
must always look to this element for
its hope of success. The Democratic
party is doing so at this time. To the
much abased independent Mugwumps,
the Democrats owe the election of the
only Democratic president they have
j had in 30 years.
Another fact equally as patent is,
that political parties, especially after
they havo become perverted and cor
rupt, are guided by expediency rather
i than principle. Therefore, for Alli
ancemeu and other reformers to go into
a new party in large numbers this year
would result in one of two things in
the near future. It would compel one
: of the old parties, as a matter of party
expediency, to cut loose from the mon
! eyed influence of the Eastern States,
which now dominates them both to the
j hurt of the masses, or it would force a
consolidation of the two. and the build
ing up of a great and powerful new
party which would soon be a match for
both combined.
There is something, but not every
thing in a name. True democratic
principles are not dependent upon the
organization which bears and prostitut
i ed the name, for their vitality or their
! perpetuation.
While we dislike to take issue with
the distinguished Alliance leaders
above named, and do so most reluctant
ly, we feel constrained, as an Alliance
man. to speak our honest convictions.
The time has come to serve notice on
the National Democratic party that it
cannot longer train with Wall street
and the Alliance at tho same time.
Hence, we reiterate that Alliaucemen
and all others who desire a change in
the financial system of this govern
ment. ought to refrain from all further
participation with that party until
there is substantial proof that it has
divorced itself from tho Eastern plu
tocracy.
INDIANA IIKMOIRATS.
Indiana, like New York, is one of the
pivotal States, whose electoral vote is
necessary to Democratic success. Her
Democratic State Convention, which
endorsed Mr. Cleveland for renomina
tiou, adopted the following which has
been construed, rightly we think, as a
declaration against both the Ocala de
mands and Prohibition:
It is uncompromisingly opposed to
the enlargement and concentration of
i Federal powers and usurpation of the
functions of the State, to subsidies in
every form, to every species of class
legislation* and government partner
ship with private enterprises and the
whole theory of paternalism. We be
lieve that in a free country the curtail
ment of obsolute rights of the indi
! vidual should only be such as is essen
tial to the peace and good order of the
community, and we regard all legisla
tion looking to the infriugmeut of lib
erty of person or conscience, not ubso
lut ely necessary to the maintenance of
public order, as vicious in principal
and demoralizing in practice.
The financial plank, which the Clar
ion warmly endorses and says the Na
tional Convention itself might well
adopt, is as follows.
We believe that there should be
kept in constant circulation a full and
sufficient volume of money, consisting
of gold, silver and legal tender paper
currency at par with each other.
This on its face appears very fair and
plausible, but in fact it is a straddle on
the great currency question, and may
be construed to mean much or little
according to the faith and earnestness
of the reader. When it is remember
ed that the annual product of gold and
silver, over and above what is consum
ed in the arts, does not keep pace in
proportionate ratio with the demand
for an increased volume of circulating
medium, and that most of the “legal
tender paper currency,” may continue,
as heretofore, to be issued through the
odious national banking system, in
stead of by the government direct, the
plank may mean very little in the way
* of cheap money and financial relief to
the people.
It is significant that neither this nor
any other Democratic Convention
which has met to appoint delegates to
the National Convention, has uttered
a clear-cut declaration against the out
rageous national bank monopoly, and
that this financial plank which the
Clarion now commends for adoption
to the National Convention, doesn't
go even far enough to say the “legal
, tender paper currency” for which the
necessity is recognized, should be is
sued by the government instead of the
banks.
Rev. George Inge is conducting a re*
vival at Columbus.
M
TO ALL! ANCKWKN.
Ad original Alliance man who luis
long read the Leader and appreciates
it for its independence, candor and
courage In lierusslug men, measures
and jmrties. has furnished ns the names
of many Alliance brethren he would i
like to have sample copies of the paper
sent to. If yon are an Alliancemnn
and receive a sample copy this week,
understand that is why it was sent, |
and that yon are requested to read the
paper, and if you like it become a sub
scriber. It will be sent one year for
one dollar ; six month* for 50 cents, or '•
three month for 25 cents. Any broth
er who sends us a club of five yearly
subscribers and five dollars, will get an
extra copy one year; or any one sending
ns a club of ten subscribers at 50 cents
each, will get the paper himself one
year free.
The Leader claims that it is the only
jmper published at Jackson that will
give the plain facts about men nud
parties without fear or favor. Read it
awhile, and yon will be convinced Its
claims are Just.
A VICTORY OVER THK SALOON.
The Flora XV. C. T. II. Drfratn Tltrer Whlnky
PrtMMM.
A fresh illustration of what a few
active, earnest W, C. T. U. women can
accomplish in the way of suppressing
the saloons, comes from Flora, Miss.,
where Miss Belle Kearney, the valiant
young loader of the Y.’s, Mrs. Anna
Goodloe, President of the Flora Union,
and a few other ladies, succeeded in
defeating three saloon petitions. Miss
Belle, in writing of the way the victory
was won. says:
A few weeks before I left home for
Louisiana, I heard that three men
Hutson, Clark and Nichols had filled
out their petitions to set up saloons
just outside of Flora. They could not
secure 25 real estate owners inside the
corporate limits, as required under the
old local option law. and so obtained
them in the supervisors district out
side, and proposed to set up their de
basing dram-shops on the outskirts of
the town. Hutson's was to extend his
license, really, for he had had a saloon
for some time. I saw the petitions
published in the Canton papers and
called a meeting of our Union aud
asked if they would allow me the pri
vilege of securing a lawyer to fight the
petitions before the Board of Supervi
sors, which was to meet soon in Canton.
They gave a hearty assent, agreeing to
pay the lawyer his price.
1 went to nearly every lawyer in Can
ton of any standing, but found that
every one I approached was counsel
for the saloon men. Finally I went to
Capt. B. F. Pratt, an anti-Prohibitionist
and a Republican, but a fine lawyer,
and he gladly took the case, charging
us 850.00, and promising to do his best
to defeat the three petitions mentioned
on a technical flaw discovered.
When the contest came on before
the Board of Supervisors the board
failed to ace any flaw, and the saloon
ists triumphed for awhile, but Capt.
Pratt took an appeal to the circuit
court, and there the victory was docid
in our favor and the saloonists defeat
ed. There is great rejoicing here
among the white ribboners. Mr. Wm.
Powell, the saloonists’ lawyer, has
taken an appeal to the Supreme Court,
but we arc not borrowing any trouble
on that account.
Another correspondent informs the
Leader that the applications were con
tested before the Board of Supervisors
on the ground that the petitioners
were not recommended as men of
“good moral character.” In place of
these words in the petition, and which
are prescribed by statute, the petition
ers certified the applicants to be of
“good reputation." The argument for
the petitioners was that “good reputa
tion" was equivalent to, and synony
mous with, the words, “good moral
character.” The Board of Supervisors
so held and granted the license.
It is probable that the Board took
the view that the “moral character"
required was not to be strictly con
strued, because, as every body knows,
it is morally wrong to keep a dramshop.
No moral man would persistently and
continuously violate the moral law.
So that the language of the law was to
be taken in a “Pickwickian” sense. To
hold otherwise, would be to abolish all
dramshops. The Board was perfectly
logical, and the “pint” is so nice and so
original, that the circuit court, as we
understand, took the matter under ad
visement, but finally declared that
“good reputation," as certified by the
petitioners, might mean the standing
of the applicant for “mixing drinks,”
and thereupon reversed the order of
the board granting license and dismiss
ed the petition.
Since an appeal has been taken to
the Supreme Court, it will be interest
ing to observe the opinion of that
august tribunal on the delicate point
raised. We should say, in view of the
wonderful legal acumen the court has
heretofore displayed in deciding some
other whisky cases, that John L. Sul
livan vs. the State ought to be good au
thority for the petitioners in this case.
Meanwhile the Leader congrat
ulates the Flora W. C. T. U. on their
victory and commends their zeal to
others, though at the same time
we cannot suppress a blush for the
manhood of Mississippi that shirts its
duty and leaves snch uncongenial work
for refined, shrinking womanhood to
do.
Magruder and Smith will have “a
walk over” for the endorsement of this
county—the first as a candidate for
District delegate to the National Dem
ocratic Convention, and the other as
candidate for delegate from the State
at large. — Vicksburg Post.
Messrs. Magruder and Smith would
make ideal delegates, to a National
Democratic Convention. They are
both capital politicians. The former
is an uncompromising anti-Prohibi
tiouist and a hard-money man, and
the latter is a big corporation lawyer
and religiously believes “personal lib
erty” would take her overlasting flight
if the American dram-shop were
closed. Send ’em as delegates by' all
means.
THK PK()Pl,H»S PAHTY,
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A Meeting; Culled ni KiUtelusk**
Frldny, Mny 13, to Kf»V; t
Mtfttu Orgr.nl/.ation.
All llpfnnnei H, Includin' RpprrxflilitHrfg
of the Prohibition l’Mity. Invited
H|*vl*| to Mlss|s«<ip|»| I hitler. |
Carthage, Miss., April 2k At a
meeting of the Executive Committee
of the People's party today, the fol
lowing business was transacted:
We, the Executive Committee of the
People’s party, recognizing the fact
that there is no State organization of
the People's party, we hereby <*011 for
a mass meeting of the reform people
and request each county in this State
to send a representation to said meet
ing, to be held in the city of Kos
ciusko, Miss., on Friday, the 13th day
of May, 1892, for fhe purpose of per
fecting a State organization of the
People's party, and the transaction of
any other business that may come lie
fore us. All reformers should lie rep
resented. We also invite a representa
tion from the Prohibition party of this
State to meet with us on that day.
C. E. IIENDRIX,
Chairman.
W. H. Allsup, Sec’y.
The White I.lner* of Yimoo Going Into
the New Party
Mecuanicsbi bo, Yazoo Co., Miss.,
April 9th, 1892.
At a meeting of the People’s Party
Club of Mechauicsburg precinct, or
ganized pursuant to a call from the
National Executive Committee of the
People's party,
It was Resolved : That a committee
of three be appointed to prepare a let
ter of address to the citizens of Yazoo
county, and endorse the platform of
principles, enunciated by the St. Louis
conference, and who are in favor of
electing delegates the National Con
vention of the People's party to be
held July 4th, 1892, at Omaha, Neb., to
nominate Candidates for President and
Vice-president, of the United States, to
meet at their voting precincts aud or
ganize People's Party Clubs and confer
with us as soon as practicable, for the
purpose of electing n county executive
committee and fixing basis of repre
sentation from the precincts; also all
counties in the 4tli Congressional dis
trict that have organized or intend to
do so; to confer with the different
counties in the district preparatory to
organizing a district convention.
Further, that the Yazoo Sentinel and
Jackson Leader lie furnished with a
copy with request to publish same aud
all other papers friendly please copy.
J. S. Lr.MBLEY, J
L. H. Taylor. - Com.
H. L. Scarborough, 1
Address replies to L. H. Taylor,
Meclianiesburg, Miss.
OK. SMITH’S I,K< Tl’KK.
The Leader wishes every one of its j
readers to read and thoughtfully con- J
sider Dr. Smith's lecture on the
‘‘Fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man in government,.’’ It pre- '•
sonts the moral and political side of
Prohibition in its strongest light. The
| first section is published today. Next
I week we will give the concluding por
I tion, embracing the author's views on
| local option and the financial problem,
j The latter will be especially interest
ing to Alliancemen.
This lecture, in its entirety, is the
ablest aud most, profound treatment of
living issues that has ever come within
our notice, and in broad and lofty
statesmanship its author towers as far
above the time-serving politicians of
the day as Olympus above a mole-hill.
The Rockwell-Noyes contested elec
tion case in the House was decided in
favor of Rockwell by a vote of 128 to
106. This result was reached after
three days of stormy debate, and the
contest, for bitterness of feeling and
personal collisions, has not been
equalled in the house for many years.
Rockwell’s success is hailed as a Hill
victory, because Rockwell is Hill’s
townman, and the senator from New
York has done everything in his power
to save him. It was on account of his
zeal in Rockwell’s behalf that Mr.
Hill had a tilt with Chairman O’Fer
rall, of the elections committee, a few
weeks ago, the result being a personal
dispute which attracted general atten
tion.
In his speech against the seating of
Senator Hill's man Rockwell, chairman
O'Ferral, of the House Election's Com
mittee, fired this shot at Senator Hill:
“My loyalty has never been of that
quality which requires me to go
through the country with a label in my
lapel, stating: ‘I am a Democrat.’ ’’
There was vociferous cheering at this,
and it became tumultuous when a little
later he declared : “They say I have a
preference for the presidency. They are
right. I prefer a big-hearted man to a
small one. I prefer a lion to a fox, and
his name is Grover Cleveland.”
The heavy ruin in South Mississippi
last Wednesday night caused a break
in the Illinois Central Railroad by the
overflow of the Tangipahoa river near
Chatawa, and through trains were sus
pended from Thursday until Saturday,
wheu the break was closed. Tike Mag
nolia Gazette says the rain was the
heaviest ever known in that locality.
The water came down ih torrents,
flooding the streets, aud raising the
streams thirty inches higher than the
highest water mark.
The Mississippi State Medical Asso
ciation which met in Natchez last week
elected the following officers; Presi
dent -W. G. Kiger, of Warren county;
first vice-president J. D. Sinythe, of
Greenville; second vice-president —A.
J. Hall, of Natchez; treasurer- J. R
Hunter, of Jackson; recording secre
tary —H. H. Haralson, of Forest; assist
ant secretary—W. R Harper, of Roll
ing Fork; corresponding secretary -P,
W. Rowland, of Coffeeville.
Three members of the Lauderdale
County Democratic Executive Commit
tee have refused to obligate themselves
to support the party further.
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' <>nv Lend* rs Have Failed
<41 LfUld.”
KrlH'.r Mi- Tftnlor:
As predicted by this writer iii i» little ,
communication of recent (late, our
leaders have failed to lead.
The Farmer's Alliance is rapidly
leaving the rauks of tho Democratic |
party and as rapidly sottirlg up a shop !
of its own.
You see it is this way. The Demo j
eratic party said, “wait and you will see
that your demands will be met and
grauted by this newly elected Congress
as far as their ability to do so will al
low.”
Now the Democrats say, “We don't
want fro® coinage of silver no how, as
it would ruin you (meaniug tho Alli
ance) and we don't wont to ruin you."
Of course the Democratic party does
not want the government control or
ownership of Railroads, % Telegraphs,
etc. Nor does it want tho Sub-Treas
ury, nor an economical administration
of the government, nor any of the other
demands known os "Ocalaism.'’ Then
if the Alliance means anything, by on
dorsing and re-endorsing the demands
set forth at Ocala and reaffirmed at St.
Louis, it naturally follows thut, the
body will quietly, but firmly leave
Messrs. Burkitt, Barksdale, Jamison
and such like to do their own waiting,
and light out for a party that will do
what is wanted.
What does it require to constitute a
party ? A platform is one adjunct.
The St. Louis Demands fill that place
admirably and in the opinion of many
it cannot be improved upon. Voters '
come in as an ingredient, and the Alii- j
auce with its allies in the shape of
Knights of Labor of every description
and all the weak and timid outsiders
that they can beg into line or bulldoze
will make up an array of voters that
will command respect. The Demo
crats and Republicans may then join
hands as they threaten to do, but the I
tight is on and let them go it, Macduff. J
This writer has been a bloody, bull
dozing Democrat of Mississippi like!
you all. but he is bound to “jme” the I
band. You all told us to wait, and we '
waited, but. gentlemen, the time for |
foolishness is up. The Presidential i
contest is in our midst. Conventions .
are being called to nominate. ^ Do you
want us to go into your Conventions to
defeat our Demands? Shame on such J
duplicity ! No. thank you ; wo propose j
to do a little of this convention busi
ness ourselves and we will clear our
skirts by keeping out of yours, and wo ;
hope that you will do your whole duty .
and read us out in language of no uu
certain sound. Our Demands are true |
Democrat’*, itnetriue. but we will not j
quibble over a name, ignore them and
the shade of difference between Dem
ocratic and Republican platforms van-,
islics and Cleveland and Harrison cm
brace each other.
We have fought. Republicans for
twenty odd years, until we have found
that the leaders of both old parties are
“particeps criminis’” in causing our
woes, and when we ask for bread they
give ns a stone. And now must we
stultify ourselves and “wait.” No ! not
one moment, and he who hesitates will
be under the law of suspicion. Let
every one buckle on his armor and be
ready for the fray. A Democratic vic
tory means no good to the Farmers
Alliance. The way out of the wilder
ness for us may be long and wrearisome,
but at the end is the Promised Land.
We have no Moses, but our Demunds
shall lie our cloud by day and our pil
lar of fire by night to guide us on to
victory.
Let us not be afraid or mistrust each
other, but close ranks and take the
step. The gold-bug devils may howl,
but if we are true to ourselves, and
stand by our Demands we will succeed.
It may be long and it may be short,
Imt it behooves us to be faithful and
patient. Our principles are immortal
and must succeed even if baptizod with
blood. Fraternally,
Rcsticcs.
Madison County, Miss.
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Referring to a report that the New
York Democratic factions might unite
on Hon. W. C. Whitney, Cleveland's
ex-Secretary of the Navy, the State
Ledger, in its anti-Sub-Treasury de
partment, while not crediting the re
port, says “it is true that Whitney
would rtiake a most excellent Presi
dent.” Mr. Whitney is a New York
millionaire and a son-in-law of the
Standard Oil Trust.
Mr. Samuel Rowan, father of Drs. E.
A. and J. A. Rowan, of Copiah county,
died at his home near Crystal Spriugs
recently, in his 87th year. He leaves
his worthy sons a noble Christian ex
ample, worthy of all emulation, and a
pure, unsullied name.
The Board of Supervisors of Lowndes
county has petitioned Hon. L. E. Hous
ton, not to hold the June term of the
Circuit Cour£ this year. This is done
on account oif the backward condition
of the farmers, caused by the recent
disastrous overflow.
The Surpeme Court l>egan the call
of the docket of the Northern district
on last Monday, aud a large number of
leading attorneys of the State were in
attendance. ■ • it
The jury that acquitted Defaulting
Treasurer Woodruff, of Arkansas, spent
forty-two hours in deliberation, before
reaching A’ decision, the first vote
standing " to Sjfor acquittal. (
, Major R. Walpole, for years one of
the most prominent' members of the
Mississippi press, died at) ■ Orange,
Florida, last week. "
»n . -Ja-*.-i -"i
1 h - > ' T» TT” <
■ Ww. Astor, the great New York mil
lion&ire, died in Paris Tuesday. He j
was the third richest man in the United i
States.
NOTH K.
Tol U. Treasurers of our Ixtc.ii cnlmis
De.ui Suiters Our financial year „,)W
I logins in January and your State Kx
©ciitivo Committee ask that y„„ will',
once collect and forward to State ti e
im* MIks Zello McLaurin, Meridi™,
y mr State dues.
4!• j jjra I* S. Mount,
President Miss. W.C.T r
Vic. Gambrell, Cor. 8ec'y.
TWO I'AUTIKR WITHOUT lHM;K,tT()
• i£r WHITK BUPKKMACT
!K« believe irr have one of the l,f,,
Constitutions in the United Slates, ,y
no, the very beet for our peculiar eonili.
lions. We can how hare two eomjwtim/
parties in the State as safely as any
SUtte iu the Union, and we are in aeon
dition tofo protect and yuard onr local
'fairs, that the Federal Government
cannot interfere with us to our detriment,
any more than it could with any North
ern SUite. Our dedication is safe, for
white sapremacy is yuaranUrd forerer.
— Vicksburg Commercial Herald.
I>c morest Medal Contest lit Crystal
Springs
Crystal Springs, Miss., April £!. Mi
Editor Mississippi Leader:
On the evening of April 11th. we
held our second Demurest Silver Med
I al Contest. The weather was hnpm
pitious. for the rain which had fallen
I steadily all day continued throughout
I tho evening. Notwithstanding this in
I clemency, Kendall Hal! held a large
j and enthusiastic audience; composed,
j uojt of citizens only, but, of visitors
from neigboring towns as well; lor our
contests are creating a wide spread in
terest. They are under the efficient
management of that whole smiled \V.
C. T. U. woman, Mrs. J. G, Soibe. The
I seven bright girls who competed for
the medal ull did their level best and
I did well. A marked improvement over
| the last contest was observed in each
reciter. The judges awarded the med
al to Miss Annie Minims. Miss Aileeu
Howell was tho successful competitor
before. This class can compete hut
once more as three medals are all that
are allowed to one class.
These contests are arousing quite an
enthusiasm in our community. Aside
from the great value to the competi
tors and the literary treat afforded the
audience once every month, the good
accomplished for the Prohibit ion cause
is incalculable. Numbers who will
not read Temperance literature will
gladly listen to it when well recited.
Unions all over the State would do
well to get up these contests, for the
troii'-le of- them is as nothing compared
to ib" ",.r»l they may accomplish.
L
All Old Farmer’* <i<Ml-S|M'«‘d lo )Un» llflle
Kearney.
An old farmer of Madison county
says in a letter to the Leader: "It does
make a Mississippian proud to see how
Miss Belle Kearney is working in Louis
iana to stir up and help the poor Lot
tery and whisky ridden inhabitants of
our sister State, even if ho does, once
in a while sneak in behind the screen
and take a Uthiu'’ one himself. There
are a very few women, or meu either
for that matter, in Mississippi who have
the courage and endurance of Miss
Belle, and who would lay aside the
pleasing luxuries of a splendid home
and go out to fight the monster Drunk
enness in an unfriendly country as she
has done and our, sympathies are with
her and we wish her God-speed. God
bless Miss Belle, and every other faith
ful, earnest helper of poor, cowardly
mankind in the South."
OffendM tli** Lejfihlatur**.
Quite h number of our esteemed eon
temporaries are criticizing the late
Legislature very severely, and, as we
think, unjustly. The members of the
Legislature were representative of
their constituents, and as a body they
correctly represented the wisdom ami
virtue of the mass of the people of the
State. Had our Legislators all been
wise and good a great many of our fel
low-citizens would have been unrepre
sented, and every patriotic Mississip
pian resents the idea of taxation with
out representation. Bolivar louuty
Dentocrat.
i .JdJWill f;i^:—
The following is the official vote le
ceived by the different candidates f"i
Governor of Louisiana: _ t
Foster,,.., .. 79,170
McErfery *...4!,’a),,
Leonard.
Breaux.
Tannehill.8’4,L
John Fitzpatrick, the man who acted
as umpire when John L. Sullivan an
Jake Ingrain came into Mississippi to
fight in defiance of her laws, is no"
Mayor af jfett Orleans, and the Cres
cent city bids fair to become once
more the hoodlum's heaven.
' ‘"You may hive the stars in a■
keg, hang the ocean on a rail fen
dot put the sky to soak in a goun
butfkle the surcingle of ^
lecthe sun and moon out, but
thfnk you can escape theplac
lies on the otherside of China if >0,1
don’t bay the printer”—£*•
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Rockwell does not regard K^tim.’
his seat a victory of Hill over fl
land. He says he was supported
both Cleveland and Hill men
The New Delta well remarks that
indiscriminate and undeserved cr
ciam carries no weight and has no <
feet, nor should it have.
The Senate passed a substitute tor
the House Chinese exclusion *
simply re-enacts existing l»wa
Some specimens of fine st('“e
have been lately discovered in 108
county.