The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-06-26

Thursday, June 26, 1884.
Four Representative Men.

The delegates-at-large to te Chicago
Convention, which meets Next month.
are four well Enown and distinguished
names, and in them Mississippi will
hove a splendid set of representatives.
Their names are:
Gen, E. G. Walthall, of Grenada.
Col. G. II. Hooker, of Kinds.
DIR. W. l.. KERN, of Holmes.
Col. r. o. Reynolds, OF Monroe.
Gen. Walthall il one OF the first men
in the State, man of brilliant attain
ments as a lawyer, and is as much dis
tinguished III the ways of peace MS lie
was in the rugged paths OF war. Ii he
made glorious reputation on the mar
tial field III doing his best degoirS in de-
fence OF what he believed to he n righte
Gus cause, be has since gentle-eyed peace
RESUMED her ancient sway, been equally
conspicuous rs a Il fender OF the right,
MS an uphoder Of the constitution and
the laws. A drawer, truer knigh'lier
man Mississippi never had i'll all her
wide borders.
Col. Hooker, the courtly gentleman,
the eloquent speaker and polished law
yer, is also rs before stated, Il delegate,
and 1t may he safely assumed that he
will be hea1u firm Mt the convention that
is to name the next President Of the
United States. When Col. Hooker spoke
upon any subject during the term he
served in Congress from his District, the
House was arr ciis atribuS, as it drank
in the melodious iow OF his eloquence,
and it has Il yer been ours to hear that
any draft Of his upon the bank of th'
Kings English was ever dishonOred.
AS our readers well know, Col. Hooker
was gallant soldier during the late war,
and that he lost his good right arm al
che siege of Vicksburg.
DIR. W. l.. Kern, OF Holmes, another
delegate from the State-at large, is q
large Honey Island planter, and he l,
noted for his excellent good sense, hi,
general information and the patriotism
that has always pervaded his heart wher
the exercise of that virtue was necessary
to the well being OF the commonwealth.
He is one of Mississippi's best and most
enlightened citizens. The character and
example of such men as Dr. Kern hold
society together, and their influence is
the salt which saves the mass from utter
corruption.
We now come to speak of Col. r. O.
Reynolds, the sagacious, enlightened
lawyer, the forcIble, captivating speaker
and the patriotic Mississippiln-onf
who has the confidence Of the Suite and
the love of all who have the pleasure Of
his acquaintance. When we make the
Statement that this gentleman has as
Senator from his district, )na more t.
shape legislation since Democratic su
premacy than any other citizen swhos-
name is known to the writer, We presume
the assertion viii go unchallenged. He
has been conspicuous for yelrs as a
leader OF the Senate, and if he ever prov
ed unequal to the occasion i'll the midst
of any exciting controversy, the fact
failed to reach us. All concede his abIli.
ty, a1d all acknowledge the purity of his
convictions, He, too, wore the gray in
the war between the States, and truer,
drawer soldier never set a squadron in
The field.
Take our delegates from the State at
large TO the Chicago Convention, all IL
all, and you may look in vain tor then
superiors Indeed we greatly doubt il
any state will have a delegation on the
hoor of the convention that can measure
up to their record and intellectual stand
ard. The MIssIssPpIAN IS proud Of
them, and the state regards them among
her cherished jewels II Jackson Missis.
sippian.