The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-03
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Thee Ke1llfnfH, apisaiHF n1H
dhlslsa ~ tIsiffi AitrnsTi bel Z
pint alseaalon IN W. aaifi
hare HaHdaY hlFbi effe HmFll
asalsnsa itth candidates bring
~ ms als fsiilIfs fTurd ufy
IiHe N fHs mmimFaffy lHe GiAs
thine diaHssfd having pftfhaa
rhienf r. mHlten purely IH%favnal
A. the speakers td fli10ffAl
bel lls opening speaki ng m
issf ifo flalmed ihai iho Dem !
party hnd NJ fight h. make
% domination IN District Attorney Z
IN The present attitude n affairs
the opposition having ~ cabdl
date and only lEO UmwmtH
Offering lhemsnlvos mf iho office
H. beld that IN mak Inv a NUM-
nntiun fut a hUh.prlitirnl Office III
yiew n ihu above facts The Demo
rfats had acted beyond their proper
p0wsf aud authority NY unfair
Is discriminating between "tw0
members of known fidelity b. the
party" thus seeking ~ name moi
The candidate but the 0iiirnr A.
m illustration " his position, the
Colonel cited the BnfkHdhe Thorn
IN contest for the District Attot
neyship IN the Ynlobushn district
In 1871 The opposition having q
large majority In the district, and
yet no candidate, Barksdale and
Thomas, both being Demo"Tets,
ran, each on his personal merits,
without seeking or desiring aparty
nomination; the former waA ~
, popular WITH ne upr-@iiinu that
|, they supported him in preference
to naming II candidate of their
own. This was evidently Col.
Fitz.Gerald's strongest point, for
hc dwclt on II nj great length.
!, claiming it as u parallel case TO thc
situation here and intimating that
u he was the Barksdalc Of this con.
f. test the latter having proved ne
Of ccptublc TO the opposition and beer
A. elected. AS m instance OF his own
:, popularity, the Colonel stated that
while running for Senator in Tai
IN lnhatchic county IN 1879, he re
be ccivcd every vota in the county
d. but one, though opposed by Col
no Jack Leilorc, The Republican nom
incc. Col. FtzGerald di-claimct
W any connection with or sympathy
r. for Gen. Chalmers, and m ",
n understood him, denied hayinl
h. spoken from the same stump Tn,
q, Colonel still claims TO be u Demo
crat, although he has dcfcd tn,
party and refused 10 abide it, reg
he ular action. We are willing u
grant that Col. FiLz.Gerald il
Al. very Independent Democrat, an,
h one more step will land him int
y the opposition camp BY the side q
" Gen Chalmers, who began his IN
* dependent Democratic course il
'erl the same wayand for the same pun
40. pose-sccking from the opposition
an Office that he had no chance
P'' receiving in his own party. Tw
To years ago, who would have dare
Of dream that Gen. Chalmers woul
Pa. be fighting the Democracy, bot
c,o State and National, to-day W
'" he ia doing that very thing. W
ne trust Col. Fitz.Gerald will retrac
OF his steps before IL il too late.
re-. Hon. Ira u. Oglcsby, the Dem,
ice cratic nominee, spoke an hour i
=, reply to his opponent. He bega
by stating II was the first politics
oi speech he had attempted to max
in four years; that he had endea'
ed ored to devote himself 10 the dutiC
80, Of his office and the interests 4,
=, the State, by enforcing the Law
io aud prosecuting criminals. II
~ doiicd any man TO say that he In
failed TO prosecute all alike, whetl
or friend or foe. Referring 10 h.
:. denomination, Mr.. Oglesby d,
~ clared that he had had no agcnc
mr. in enecting il; the Democrats ,
nd every county in the District ha
W. expressed their desire for a CONVEX
mi ton and their preference for hi
~ his own successor. lie elaine
W. .hot, having discharged the duti'
Of his Office faithfully and II
ccptably to the people, in conform
ity to IA timc.hOlorcd custom,
was entitled to a second term. NJ
ING Oglcsby seasoned his speech wit
90 amusing and witty remarks at Il
expense Of his opponent. lie on
'ch claimed to be popular with Il
ny women, and withthem he was q
M most popular msn u Mississippi
the (By way Of p%ar.nthesl, we wou
.uu eAnluln, tillt wv W. ~" stTikll
ing and remarkable personal b,auty
o Of But he sid he had too little c.c,
The and to- much modcsty to discl,
the his own popularity before a crow
all Reterring tn Col. Fitz.Gcrald,
said thm he was somewhat post
on the colonel's popularity; III
'nu Col. Leilore had informed him III
ush by some ttickcry his name h
tell been left of the Republican tick,
ans. and as his party friends could n,
,dIv Their read nor write, they voted (
Col. Fitz-Gcrald in blissful ion
''eS rance Of the fact, and thus the Ia
ter carried every vote in the COZ,
and ty Of Tallahatchic, save one N
ing ogleshy held that the oppositi,
ha, were undcr no obligations 10 sn
por, Col. Fitz.Gerald, for while
' the state Senate, he had oppos
the all the measures that they iay,
The lie asserted that only one time h
cry he failed tn appear promptly
,u,. the opening of court in attendan
on his duties, and that was nm :