The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-10-27
EDITORIAL ITEMS.


King and Yellowly are to speak
at Liberty, November 4th.
King is no better than Ames or
Alcorn, and should be defeated.
Ballot-box stuffing is an old cry
that has no effect. There is nothing
in it.
A vote for King is vote to rein
state the old, rotten Republican
. party.
Ii some counties in the State the
Circuit Clerks are going around to
register voters.
Stand by the Democratic ticket,
unlcss you want to see a return Of
the days Of Republicanism.
The question is asked, Who is
Mrs. Spoopendyke? She exists on
lv in the brain Of weak authors.
Don't fail to go to the polls on the
Sth of November and vote for Lowry
and the balance Of the Dem ocratic
ticket.
The White House is undergoing
extensive repairs, and will not be
occupied by the President before De-
cember.
Arthur FAINT, one Of the most
prominent lawyers at Holly Springs,
died in that town, on the 16sh inst,
of malarial fever. He was an esti-
mable gentleman.
1t isnow pretty generally conce-
ded that Hargrave will be elected
Sheriff of Copiah county, as he has
two Republican opponents, Mat
thews and Catchings,
It is stated that Mr.. Tilden has
written letter in which he asserts
that he will not be q candidate for
Governor, and thai he is taking no
present interest in politics.
We learn that Matthews and
Judge Millsaps denounced each
other at public speaking in Copiah
county few days since. Millsaps
tavors Catching5 for Sheriff.
The best argument that can be
offered why every white man and
Democrat should vote for Lowry is,
that the negroes are going almost
sol;d!y for King. They regard him
a, good man as Amcs.
John Kelly and his crowd &C
kioHledge that the Tildcn men
dictated them at the New York
Democratic State Convention. The
0 man will do that every time. He
will make no truce with Kelly.
Mrs CORTLAND is charging that
: son Of DR.. Bliss furnished regular
reports Of the condition of the
President to stock spectators. He
has published some of the dispatch
IS. Another case of biacAmail We
imagine
Remember, that if Ben King is
elected it will he by negro votes, as
sisted by few white men ready TO
follow every new movement. If
elected he will be surrounded by
c'owd of greedy Republicans and
will be governed by them.
Gossip is rife, we may say raging,
relative to Cabinet changes, star
route investigations, proposed In
vestigations 10 the Treasury De
partment aimed at the late Secretary
Sherman, and thousand other
probabilities and possibilities that
follow in the wake Of the new adj
ministration.
DR.. j, c. Beard, Coroner of New
Orleans, was indicted for accepting
brides and removed from office by
the Governor. DR.. A. B. Miles has
been appointed in his stead. Lou
isiana law seems different from that
of Mississippi. In this State it is
one thing to indict an officer, but
quite another to convict and remove
him.
When Senator Edmunds was ur-
ging the election of Anthony as
President of the Senate, he said /
That to elect Bayard would, in the
event of the death of Arthur, be
thwarting the will Of the people.
That gentleman is now asked, how
the will of the people who elected
Garfield has been carried out by
electing man who supported Han
cock as President Of the Senate ?
Contrary to all expectation, there
are indications that the star route
Investigations are to be prosecuted
with increased vigor aud rigor. 1t
had been supposed that the politi-
cal antecedents and relations Of the
new President would dispose him to
deal lenicntly with Dorsey, Brady,
and other high otfeaders, but the
very fact that public suspicion is
charged with this idea will compel
President Arthur to continue the
Investigation regardless Of conse-
qaences.