The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-02-27
LETTER FROM MOBILE.
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From Our Special Correspondent.
MOBILE, Feb, "a, 1876.

OHlcefS toOk place IhSU
with the following result: Owen
5S1, Bragg 454, Rich 229, Roper
200. There is the usual amount Of
sore. headedneSs that always attend
these things. Yesterday the charge
was made that Roper was run only
to defeat Bragg, that the votes
which he would receive would
otherwise go to Bragg, and il you
will add Bragg's and Roper's vote
YOU will see it would defeat Owen
by so votes, and in consequence
there was last night, and still is
this morning, some pretty tall talk
about Roper, aud boiling the ticket
Owen was by no means the choice
of the people of Mobile for re elect
ion, for out of 1913 votes polled be
received only 5S1, leaving S91 votes
against lin, making him a minOri-
ty candidate by 81 more votes
than be received.
But Notwithstanding this | can
never believe that Roper would
lend hImself to such a scheme as
this, tor u %fairer, or more bOnora'
bly, dealing young man than Dick
Roper cannot, in my Judgment, be
found within the limits OF the Port.
Had he come out one week sooner
tor the position l think he would
have diStanced the whole field.
Oh, that terrible "if'! Well, he
didn't, aud the race is between
Owen and Duffee, aud the chances
largely in Duffee's favor. The
people feel that after Duffee was
fairly elected to Office he was
wrongfully leglslated out of it, and
by the clique that now runs Owen
and the feeling that actuated the
American people, when, in 1876,
Mr.. Tilden was cheated out of the
Presidency to which he was elect
ed, now moves the people of Mobile
in regard to Mr.. Duffee. 1t is one
of the gIandest principles in the
American character that, of their
own accord, they will accord JUS.
tice, even to their enemies, and i
have heard many people say that
although they opposed Duffee
when lie was elected Mayor, they
were satisfied be was most fOnllS
%wrOnged, and that they would sup
port him now, no matter who was
the nominee. We have no Repnb.
lican party here, aud this being u
purely local affair people have de.
tcrmined TO vote as they please,
aud nominations are not elections,
by II large majority. The Board Of
Commissioners is a fairly good one.
Notably good in the LIST, 2d, 9th
and Sih waTds-and, on the whole,
an Improvement on the old Board.
w. A. Shields received the nOmina.
ton for Tax Collector, az against
Savage, for which we rejoice, foI
our sympathies wer always With
the working men, but he has n
week of hard work before him If he
expects or hopes to beat the pres
ent incumbent, w. II. Sheffield,
who runs on his own merit and the
record OF past services. Before ]
write you again the tale will be
told, and quite will reign along
the liues again. The Register Is
very unfortunate III the splpc-
ton OF its time to apply the par
ty lash. 1t has since August
last been billing aud cooling like u
sucking dove TO all the people for
harmony, peace and good will, but
Sunday morning last it again un
covered its party clOven foot IN the
following words: "If any men 81
set of mel should calcnlIte upon
victory by joining a fragment OF
rotten Democrats to the Radical
forces, it will DO our duty to cut
them adrilt from the Democratic
party, Sc. &c" Time teaches the
Register very few lessons. 1t seem
ingly fOrgets there is no Radical
party here, and no candidates in
tue field of that nature, aud that
tor months past it has been licking
the very feet of these same rotten
Democrats 1t now attempts to whip
into party traces, but it chose a
very inaCspiciOus time. aud forgets
the same party management on the
Republican side lost them the Ma
tional campaign. Go SLOW, Mr..
Register, aud don't show your teeth
too plainly until you get into pow
er, for there are some of the Dem.
ocrats who have an independent
way Of thinking, aud who know
you inside aud outside.
Our town is full of amusements
of the ten cent order. Huntly has
tue Theatre, ten cents admission /;
Odd Fellows Hall, opera, same
price, and Shields (not the candi.
date) a circns with ten cents ad.
mission. This is the best enter.
tainment We have ever seen for
the money, in fact have paid seven
cents aud one dollar for a
much interior show. So for one
week we have politics aud fun in
abundance Eo~, /