The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-24
Not This Time.

Rut now we NAV be excused for express
inc surprise at THE CLARION calling us to
account. or doubling our Democracy, for
not supporting q regular Democratic
nominee for Mayor, when we cali to mind
TuE CLARIoS's course in somewhat
Though not altogether1 similar election
SIT seems to us but yesterday, nor scarce
so long ago. (it was only last January |
that THE CLARION failed TO support in lis
columns the regularly nominated candidate
Of tie Democrats of The city Of jackson /
for Mayor OF the important capital city Of /
the State-Vicksburg Post.
A few facts will show that the Post
cannot sustain its course in the recent |
contest for the office of Mayor of Nicks-
burg. by alleging that The CLARION has
done likewise.
Preceding the last election of city
officers in Jackson, which occurred In
January of this year, in obedience to a
call for all voters who were opposed TO
the election of the then incumbents, a
number of voters assembled and nomi
nated.a citizens candidate for the office
of Mayor. Its true that the gentleman
nominated was Democrat of the strictest
sort and we'll qualified in every way for
the position to which he aspired.
Concerning MIN The CLARION in its
issue Of Dec. %, 1888, said:
Those who are opposed to continuance
Of the present administration have centered
upon one Of the most available aud popu-
lar gentlemen in the CO.. nunity, Capt.
JoHT w. CAINGAS, who has bid some ex-
perience in city matters, and who will, il
elected, bring to the discharge OF his official
duties an answering purpose to do equal
and exact justice to all, ana to bring the
expenses Of the city down to the very lowest
point consistent with efficient local govern
ment The manner OF his nomination was
high compliment, and his friends are sup
, porting hlm with an enthusiasm seldom
equalled and never surpassed.
, While it is true that Mr.. CLINGAN
was Democrat, it is none the less true
> that he did not offer himself for the
; office of Mayor as a Democrat, and that
5 the convention of which he was the
J nominee was not Democratic conven
e ton. 1t is a fact that the convention
was composed largely of Republicans
z both white and colored that Mr.. CLIN
GAN was nominated and accepted the
G nomination as a citizen, and that the ex
2 ecutive committee, appointed to conduc
] the campaign in his interest, was com
: posed of six Republicans and three
a Democrats, four Of the Republicans be
b ing coIored men. The West Ward
l. where Mr.. CLrNGAN lived and which i
e the stronghold of the Republicans il
: the city, was represented in the executive
D committee by three Republicans and NJ
. Democrat. To make it still palmer tina
: Mr. CLINGAN was not a Democratic
nominee, we recall the fact that a few
e DAYS before the election he issued cir
E cular in which, over his own signature
e he reiterated the fact that he was not
4 Democratic candidate but a candidate
e of the people without reference t,
= party.
: In Vicksburg the case was altogethe
C different 1t was determined that thert
should be a nomination by the Demo
! cratic party, and according to the usage
and customs of the party, nomination
2 was made-fsirly made. We say fairly
e made, because while there have beer
charges, or rather insinuations of un
fairness, we have yet to hear of any spe
! citic acts of unfairness. 1t was in Vicks
burg as in every other locality-thC
candidate who had the most votes il
the convention received the nomination
and this is all of it. There, the MAI
! who voted against Mr.. TRowBRIDGE
voted against the nominee of the Demo
, cratic party. Here, the man who voted
, against Mr.. CLINGAN, voted against :
person whose hope of election depended
upon the fact that he was not the nomi
} nee of the Democratic party. There, il
| was the duty of party men to support
r TRowBRIDGE as a Democratic nominee
Here, such a course would have beer
: fatal to Mr. CLINGAN's prospects, ard
he so understood it.
We doubt not, it would be exceeding
: ly gratifying to our erratic contempt
rary to be able to justify its inexplica
bic wanderings by fastening upon TIL
CLARION a like course under similar
circumstances. Its effort to do so now
must fail.