The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-17
OUR REPUBLICAN BRETHREN.
n Child that Came Very Near Being
StrangIed at Its Birth

StranSIed ut Its Birth.
n 1t is known to limited few of
= jackson and contiguous country, that
: a Republican meeting-so-called-was
! held in our City Hall one Friday
q night some weeks ago. We were not
| present, and unfortunately had no re-
, porter there, but it was very amia-
BILE and lovable reunion of the faithful
, in hogs eye-as we learn from
official sources on both sides. The
main object of the meeting was to get
an official expression, from the focus,
of the choice of Mississippi for Presi-
ident. 1t is an easy thing to fix the
Republican vote of Mississippi for
President in the National Republican
Convention. All that is necessary
to be done is to get the office
holders straight. And they arc gen
orally very orthodox set. They may
be ignorant on general principles, but
they comprehend the principle of
bread and butter. They may make
mistakes about the wants of "the
people," but you can't catch them t
mapping as to which side the bread |
is buttered. They know thing or $
two from instinct. J.
At the meeting referred to, which il
was rather an obscure affair and failed a
to attract general attention, there was p
a regular tug between the Sherman a
ties and the GRANTEES. Judge Alcorn,
our excellent old Greeley fugitive, in Sc
days gone by, took it into his head to al
assert himself and to show that he v
was sill a whale in the camp Of the
faithful. 1t so happens that Judge
AlcOrn was the elected Editor-in-chief
of the Republican organ of this city .,
when the brilliant thought of estab- q, q,
fishing an organ first dawned on the p
mind of Mississippi But 81
as that organ began to take root and %
to rally the clans and threaten to be- hi
come a power in the land, under the ca
able editorial guidance of Judge dc
Alcorn, difficulty arose between n n
him and the Management who furnish Fl
ed the muscle, the direction and the ar
,inews of war. 1t was case, III
W Judge .Alcorn esteemed it, of We
/ clash between the brain power and wi
he steam engine of the concern, ha
md having proper respect for intel oc
ect the Judge determined that he VI; ,,ii
would not prostitute this God-like see
uality to a mere matter of steam. up
lie wanted to be the Mogul, the guild by
lg star Of the Republican, but the ~ f1o
ther party also saw an advantage in del
he Mogulship of the engine. The \
IAN who had the strongest grip held say
II, and the brain power succumbed- arr
ne Judge retired with dignity in his ext
ep and flea in his ear. slit
Tt ,vos +bo ;n+on+ion of Tudre Alcorn tiOl
} turn the whole power of the Repub- his
can into the third term groove, and as
ihaust its blast in the Grant boom, Min
1t the other man said, "no sir! Sher- tno, tne
al = lIlC lellON lOI tlllS nuSlGs adm
At the meeting under review, Judge erel
lcorn was on hand, and so were his the
others, his uncles and his aunts. He fnr,,
led himself close to the President, Tha
formed Greenbacker, determined mir'
at the meeting should speak for eo,.l erci
rant. He held in his hand conden- Hai
ton of political gospel in the shape She
n series of Grant resolutions, and lane
moved that the Chairman appoint W ~.
of five to retire, and re- A 81
rt back in five minutes, resolutions nOyc
Dressive of the sense of the attel
citing. Maj. Gibbs, one of the tha ti,,'', p,
time lights, moved an amendment, trout
'viding for the appointment by the tianc
o;r of a committee of ona and for than
It committee to be Judge Alcorn, Iegat
that the time should be shortened
five seconds. and that the COM \
-, ,,r,ooo,5 e., roo5 tI,o rosol,,t;ors trict
- He al
ich he held in his hand. dav-
he amendment was lost, and Judge "Wel
orn's programme prevailed. but 1
-. -. -, :, ,,,,,,., ,,;ei riz, a
u' iiO" "iOS' them
ty never before perceived by the
mphant rantfactionists. II never as,
lrred to them that the organ would the cl
yo 70 nubIisb those ,r,ve and there
- - - e. splitt
V! Proo'eiiiisS' anu pio'''' " tramp
ok under as it ought to do. But
organ did refuse. The organ IL is
,ted to consider the whole thing as tba 4,
t and dried farce, and refused to are d,
Y its types with it. Occupying
position Of the neutral woman I'M CHi
fight between her husband and the Mrs.
and not caring a darn which will b