The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-09-14
THE SPEAKING SATURDAY.

IdE ofEAhlSt SATU SDAt.
Last SIturnay was tae day sp-
pointed for the republicans to meet
and hear talk from Mr.. j.. p. Mat.
thews. who Ia the leader OF that
faction in this county. BY agree.
uent. . division OF time was arran-
god and Me-. Miller, candidate for
district attorney, represented our
side In the discussion.
By twelve o'clock the courtroom
was pretty we'll filed, the colored
element largely prodominating in
numbers, and very'soon after that
hour the discussion began by Mr.
Matthew in a speech Of half an hour.
Il would be ussless task TO follow
him in his wild, vain and senscless
raviug, or TO try to enumerate tho
many foolish and groundless charges
hs made against tho party in power.
Suffice it to say, his talk on this
occasion was much more oouscrv o.
tive and lacked less OF indecency
than one he made two weeks previ.
Gus. 1t is possible that the presence
Of o number Of democrats purified
the surrounding atmosphere and
made him less viudictive.
A. the conclusion Of his opening
speech Mr.. Miller TOOK the the sian;
and reiutsd the many charges made,
showed how utterly incapable the
iudepsndcn. party is to accomplish.
ed any good for any boiy, ddmonstra-
ted by facts and figures how much
good the democratic party had done
for the State and county. and also
showed by the record that most OF
the legislation complained Of was
chIgable to King, Mcneil and
Bridewell. tbs two latter being now
on the mongrel ticket for reprssen-
tatiyes.
A. the conclusion of NJ. M'ller's
speech. Mr.. Matthews began his
rejoindsr, which was principally o
repetition Of his first feeble eff,rt.
Daring its progress he referred to
tho registration books anl charged
that quite a number Of names had
been left CT the poll book by the
clerk, and that Cap. e. w. Brown,
our eff :iont circuit clerk, as register,
was responsible i,r the omission. and
insinuatcd that tho "error" had been
made for party purposes. Cap.
Brown, the clerk and register. de-
string 10 protect his honor and the
good Of the party, appeared upon the
sceno and presented Mr.. Matthew's
q certificate from q reliable citizen,
purport Of which was 10 relieve him
Of the charges and TO show that he
used due diligence to have the regis.
trat.ou como up oil right. This car
tiHicate was read to the audience by
Mr.. Matthews aud pronounced to b
true. Capt. Brown then asked M,
Matthews II he imputed TO him any
thing impure or improper in said
matter, to which he replied, "Nath.
ing whatever" B,low is the certi6.
cate.
This is to certify that 1, in company with
j. =. Matthews, was present In 1881 when
Z. w. Brown, registrar OF the voters OF Co
piah county, turned the registi alton. books
over 10 tho commissioners Of election and that
I heard the said Z, w. Brown say to the
said board OF com nissioners that the regis
tration had been large, and that In conso.
quence thereofsome names might have been
inadvertently left of Of poll books, and
that be. In our presence, urged upon them
the necessity OF careful revision, In order
that every name registered should appear
on poll book. This was the time whom the
Hon. Ben King Was the independent candi.
date for q Jvenor.
This Aug. 22i, 1883.
A. J. wILcu
Il does seem that is sufficient ~
set the mater at rest and to honor
ably acqnit Capt. Brown Of NY 10.
territorial wrongiu this connection,
but beyond this We have q, abiding
faith in the fact that it would requi.e
Q great deal moro than the word Of
Print Matthews to induce tho people
OF Copiah county to believe that 81.
Brown would be guilty ola dishon-
orstls act, They would require
some evidences before they would be.
lieve II.
After this meeting WAS over the
evening was consumed in listening
to speeches from Mr.: Dickson. can
didate for the Senate, and Dr.. Row.
an and Mr.. Gaynes, candidates for
Representatives,. oil OF which were
very FINLEY and we'll received. Alto
gethsr we think We can score up the
work Of Saturday to the credit OF
our side. feeling that we lost nothing
and gained much during the transac-
ton.