The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-31
NOTEMBER FOURTH.

II State. Probably there never wa
d campaign in this State so badl.
mixed as the present one, and W,
+ hope never to see such another car
ried on in Mississippi. In lookin!
over the field we find four ditferen
J. parties o@rfactiOns represented, eacl
!. and all claiming to be laboring foI
the peoples interest, and the party
to carry the people safely through
Yet such cannot be the case. First
we have the old and tried demo
cratic party, the most powerful
party in the State, and the only one
to which the people can look fol-
relief from burdensome taxation,
dishonest officials and corruption
in office, and the only party that is
pledged to reduce taxation, admin
lister affairs of State on an equita-
Bile and just basis, and to enact
laws that will give every citizen, be
he rich or poor, equal rights. 70
these measures the democratic
party is pledged, and its history iii
this State for the past four years
proves that it has not been recre.
ant to its pledges, and is an earnest
of what it will do in the future
should it continue in the control of
State affairs. To show the differ
ence in the expenses of carrying on
the State government under radi-
cal and democratic rule 1t is only
necessary to submit the following
figures, which speak for themselves.
In 1874, when the republicans were
in control of the State, the expen,
SEES of running the government
amounted to $S53,711 16; in 1878,
under democratic rule it cost only
S329,7S4 SO to carry on the State
government, which shows a saving
to the people as compared by the
two administrations of Sj23,9 26 80
in favor of democratic or home
rule. Under radical rule the taxes
were IA mills on the dollar, while
now, under a democratic govern.
ment the taxes are only 30 mills on
the dollar. These are facts that
cannot be denied or diSprovcd, and
stand out in bold relief in vindica-
ton of the party that pledged the
people relief from the %ruinous and
eXtravagant rule of the republican
The next party which claims our
attention, and the one which prOba-
bly, is calculated to create more dis
affection in the democratic ranks
than any other is the greenback,
So-called labor party. This party (
is composed of the rag.tag, flag end t
Of the republican and democratic |
parties heads and disappoint- '
ed office-seekers. In q few coun- |
les in the State they have a some G
What respectable following, but as J
hey propose no measures of relief o
hat the democratic party does not l.
tand pledged to accomplish, it is il
cry questionable whether they |,
1iil be enabled to elect any of their b
andidates. Their great idea seems
o be to gull the laboring people n
nth the delusion of imitation of the il
urrency-high prices, high wages \
nd a fiat money. They are Il a
elusiOn and a snare, and cannot t
oSslbly win a single county i'll the
tate.
Next in order is the old serpent
f the devil, the hydra-headed II
adical party-a party conceived in il
ate and born in corruption. Its {
blowing, however, is very small, C
nd only i'll Kinds and Il or two IA
Their counties where there are a C
wv intelligent white men, has this t
arty been regularly organized. I
he greenbackers and independ- f
nts have drawn largely from its t
lnks leaving the serpent almost Il
armless, and scarcely able to make a
respectable crawl. Its doom is C
ealed forever in this State, but it t
till has life enough to crawl out O
'om under the grass whenever q
mother party rises up in opposition v
the democrats. n
The independents are aspiring to b
ecome a party in a few counties, t
oticeably in Warren, Rankin, to S
ny nothing of "a feeble effort on t
he part of two or three candidates
l our sister county of Harrison. t
'hese independent offshoots of the G
ne democratic and republican par p
es are not creating much OF a t