The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15

was powerful-poweriul long and
powerful thin. As TO his falling to
get the Lincoln county Prohibition
bill through the Legislature, accept
ing his own explanation Of that, IL
Was bad enough. ANY man who
has any influence in the Legis'
Isture can work local bill through
both houses. IT he can't do that he
is the wrong boy to send to mill,
and the idea is, if the psople Of Lin
coin county want any thing done by
the Legislature this time, they had
better send somebody there who car
attend 10 1t.
IN BENNETT.
also Q candidate for the Legislature
vas here introduced. and said that he
had not expected tn speak, and onl,
wanted to make Q few explanatory
remarks. 1t had been charged that
he was brought out as the candidate
If one Of the w,ll-known factions OF
the Democratic party 10 this county
Others charged that he vas the can
didate of the other faction, and il
they kept on, they would probably
agree after awhile that he is the can
didste of both. What he wanted TO
say was, that be had come out as
the candidate of no faction, man or
clique, bat wholly on his own re
sponsib;lity, and because he thought
he could serve the people acceptably
If they elected him. However, with
in the last 4S hours he had learned
there was another candidate in the
feld-the Hon. Z. R.Applewhite. DIR.
Applewhlte had not consulted him,
and he did not know until he saw
his announcement that he would be
a candidate. As it was, he regard.
ed DR.. Applewhite as strong man
before the people-one that both
factions Of the Democratic party
can tremendously unite upon-One
who, unlike himself, had not taker
an active part in the Prohibition
contest,-and that under the cir
cumstan ces, not wishing to divide
up the vote, he expected in a few
DAYS to withdraw from the field.
| DIR. C. B. GALLOWAY
was next introduced. He was no
there to discuss purely politica
questions. such as the Lien Law
Railroad Supervision, etc.-that wa
not expected Of him, albeit he ha'
some very decided views on thes
Subjects but what he was there t
discuss was Prohibition, the grea
moral reform movement whic'
should enlist every lover of his Eel
bowman. With him ProhibiLio
and Temperance are synonymou
terms, and to-day was the first tim
he had ever heard man say he wa
, IAN i-Prohibitionist on prime
Pile" DR.. G. continued 10 his usus
eloquent style for an hour, explair
, ing the fairness Of Local Option b
counties, maintaining that it
: democratic in principle-that ms
, joritics should govern--and that if
Local Option law is passed and a
election held in the county on tn
question of license or no license, h
and every other fair-minded ma
will be willing to bow to- the will {
the majority, even though 1t shoul
be in favor of license. The ma
who is not willing to allow the pee
pie to vote on this question. denie
, them the exercise OF one Of the
sovereign rights, and is himself M
to he trusted. He is opposed to th
present liquor law because it is il
sufficient and does not place tn
question fairly before the voters o
its naked merits.
After DR.. G's address dinner, pr.
pared by the hands of the ladie
who we're present in goodly number
was soon announced, and all EMO,
ed a bountiful repast. 1t was tn
good fortune OF the writer to ia
into the h"spitable hands Of thos
excellent ladies', Mrs. $ +. St"rl
and Mrs. J. @ Byrd. and to say ths
we fsrad sumDtuOusly does NJ
half express il.
After dinner
THE EDITOR OF THE LEADER,
who was on the committee to pre-
sent the Lincoln county Prohibitio
petitions TO the Legislature, too
the stand and gave a history c
what he knew of the Lincoln count
Prohibition bill from its introdut
ton in the House until it's defeat i
the Senate, which account was b
no means complimentary to the ir
telligence, influence or fidelity Of tn
Hon. V. b. Watts. He also touche
up the Hon. " B. on his demagos
uery in appealing to the prejudices q
the DEMONSTRATING to pull woo
over their eyes by giving them taft
and said that he has one speec
J for the country people and anothe
for the merchants.
All in all, it was big day for th
cause of Prohibition.