Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-29
The mississippi SenatOrship--.
Judge JarnRgin.

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Macon SUM-
An article in tbs Aberdeen Exam
iner suggests Honorable II. l..
Jarnagin for United States Senator.
So far we have indicated no preference
for any of the aspirants for that posi-
ton. At the risk Of being miscon.
strued, in heretofore deprecating any
sectional feeling as an issue in the
choice of a Senator, we assert there is
no me2 in the State who combines all
the qualifications for that position in a
greater degree than our townsman.
Knowing him as we do, we should hail
his election with pleasure, whether he
resided in Noxubee or any other
county. He would be one of the safest
custodians of the interests Of the
State that could be found in its bor-
ders, and would rank in the Senate OF
the United States, among the leading
minds of that body. So far as he IS
concerned, the honor is unsought, nor
would he make any effort Inconsistent
with his record to attain it.
Cofeeville Times.[
The following named gentlemen
have been spoken of in connection
with the u. S. Senatorship
General h. G. Walthall, General w.
S. Featherston, General James r.
Chalmers, Governor Stone, Hon. L..
E. Houston, Major Il. Barksdale,
Colonel Jarnigan, Hon. 0, r. Single
ton, ex-Speaker Percy.
St. Louis Republican lDem.l
Among other candidates for the
United States Senate to succeed Mr..
Bruce in Mississippi are named the
Hon. Locke 4. Houston Of Aberdeen
and Hon. Hampton L. Jarnagin Of
Macon. These gentlemen are East
Tennesseeans by birth, and Of prom
inent personal and political connec-
tons in both states.
Aberdeen Examiner,l
Judge Jarnigan, of Noxubee, will,
it is said, be brought before the eau
Gus by many admirers andappreciative
friends, and may prove a formidable
candidate.
A correspondent of the LEDGER,
writing from Central Mississippi, says:
Judge H. L. Jarnagin is becoming
quite prominent as a probable candi-
date for the United States senate
before our next legislature. He has
been favorably mentioned by the press
of this and other States. Judge Jar
nagin was born in Jefferson county,
East Tennessee, in 1872, was mainly
educated at the old Greenville college,
and was graduated at the East Tennes-
see university, and is the youngest
brother of Spencer Jarnagin, who was
formerly a United States senator from
Tennessee. He is also a nephew of
Senator Barton, Of Missouri, and a
cousin of Judge r. W. Barton, Of
Chattanooga, and Of Colonel Milton ?.
Jarnagin, of Memphis. He has min
gled comparatively little III public life
for a man of his abilities and opportu-
mites; having never aspired to politi-
cal preferment, though having been
obliged to serve many times in the
legislature of his adopted State where
he became identified many years ago.
He is at present a member Of the state
senate. As a lawyer he stands at the
head Of his profession. AS a citizen
and christian gentleman he is above
reproaeh and the peer of any mar in
the state. In the United States SEN
ate he would make a worthy repre-
sentative of a state which has pro-
duced so many grand men, and would
command the respect Of the whole
country. We hope that the LEDGER,
which takes so much interest and de-
votes such a large space to Mississippi
affairs, will not omit to mention the
peculiar claims and fitness of Judge
Jarnagin. COUNTRYMAN.