Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-08-13
Democratic Ticket in Mississippi.

UeIuOCTiCiC IVhtI Ill A0iSSiSSIpvl'
The spirited contest That has been
going on between the warm support srs
of Stone and Balksdalc, as the lead
ing candidates for Governor, and a
few as Jealous supporters of Feather
stone and CalhOon, for some months
past and caused deadlock for a while
in the Democratic ST ate Conyen, ION of
Mississippi, was ended last Friday by
the nomination of Gen. Robert Lew
cry, OF Rankin county for Governor (;
&. D. Shand for Lieutenant Governor,
ii. C. Myers for Secretary of STATE
and w. l.. Hemingway for Treasurer.
Gen. Lowerv had not been a can
dida,e, had scarcely been spoken of
in connection with ,he position preyi-
GUS to the day on which be was NOM
mated; but sill the Convention could
hardly have made a wiser selection
from among her noble sons, for we
regard him as a nan preeminenlly
ftlcd for the position. He is an able,
eloquent, noble man and very popular
wilb,he masses.
Tue Vicksburg Commercial pays a
very high but u.erited compliment TO
Gen. LowcIv and heartily endorses
the ii, het, although ii was warm
supporter of Bal kodale, just o, ii stood
pledged 10 do aud just as all good
dem ocraiic papers should; ut The
Herald objects 10 ,he manner winch
Gen. Lowery vas nominated, because
be was endorsed in caucus and sup
ported in the convention by he Bark
sdale, FcalLerslone and CalhOOn men.
In other words, it does not like The
ticket because it is not headed by Gov.
Stone; objects 10 lhe plan Of naming
the candidate in caucus, which We
consider both wise and just one;
and we doubt very much if it supports
the ,icke;-bardly exp C. that it will
and if it does il will be in a very
IuLe.wolm manner, which will amount
10 no support at ALL
We do no, 6ud fault With the Her
aid for Being warm supporter Of
Gov. Stone while be was candidate
for non,;na ion-1ba' IVES its undispu'
ed ,ighi-nor 20 It's Independent course
in copdenning in any mau or party
any Thing it conseives to be wrong
VIC admire and commend such course
but if it is really democratic, we
cannot see why it should not endorse
the ticket nominated aud use what in
Huence it has in uniting all clements
Of the parry in lis support; and If it
is no, democratic it should say So,
and take lis position on The Other side.
Governor Stone is in duty bound to
support he ticket, because when be
defeated Gen. Lowery in the conven-
ton four years ago. Ger. Lowery gave
him his hearty support; and we are
sa,i. fed that he will do the same
thing.
The He aid is strong advocate OF
the reelection of Senate. Lamar. Ii
it and the other friends of Lamar re-
fuse to support the ticket they will
render bis election impossible; and
whether bis other friends do or not,
it's recalci,ration will do Lamar no
good. :,
As we have previously remarked
while we cannot fully endorse every.
thing that Lamar has done as U. 5.
Senator, from our point of view, still
we think be is a statesman, who is an
honor TO Mississippi, and that it would
be the part of wisdom for the Legis'
lature to re-elect him. But if be is
reelected it will be done by ner
elected upon the ticket nominated last
Friday, and bis friends should recos
nize this fact and work for its triumph