Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
THEIR REWARD


sistently discussed Congressman Catch
ings' endorsement of Mr.. Groome for
postmaster at Vicksburg. 1t has
offered much advice and many sug-
gestions to President Cleveland, the
man whom it did not hesitate to stab
at every opportunity last fall, when
the Democratic party was straining
every nerve to elect him. 1t greatly
admired Mr.. Kelley, because it did not
think he was giving Mr.. Cleveland
hearty support, and referred to the
Democratic standard bearer as
an accidental nobody. 1t absolutely
disgusted many, very many tried
Democrats of Vicksburg, with
its sly and treacherous attacks
on the Democratic party and
the candidates for president and
vice-president. For long time itlost
no opportunity to belittle Democratic
effort, and when it thought the party
might get enough electoral votes with
those of New York, it did not hesitate
to state that the North would not sub
nit to such a decision. After all of
its miserable failures to iT-auence
popular sentiment, it has joined eight
or ten young kickers, in their efforts to
annoy Gen. Catchings for simply doing
his duty as he understands it. 1t does
this, right in the face of its refusal to
define it's position when asked to do so
by county Democrats in con-
vention assembled, and when it
is evident to all that it in-
tends to oppose the Democratic
party Of Warren county in the COM
ing campaign. 1t even goes so far as
to threaten the President with the Re-
publican majority in the Senate, if he
should dare appoint Mr.. Groome. We
presume it has as much right to speak
for the Republican party as any paper
in the South, but its threats are as vain
as those it made, when it thought Mr..
Cleveland would only receive slender
majority Of electoral votes. If the
President decides to be advised by a
Democratic Congressman instead Of a
little hypocritical Republican paper,
and appoints Mr.. Groome, the Senators
from Mississippi will probably
have enough influence to secure the
confirmation, Notwithstanding the
effort of the sly, little tricky sheet in
Vicksburg, called the Evening Post.
In the mean time, we ask the Demo.
Gratis who have continually supported
the little Radical sheet, what do they
think of its unjustifable attack OF
Gen. Catchings, to say nothing Of Its
past mean record? If Gen. CatchingI
is properly sustained by our people
he can be, and will be, Of vast beneli
to Vicksburg and the Mississippi Val
lev. Tt strikes lis that Democrats
who support sheet, that is opposed tt
Democratic effort, shows submission
to Radical boss, and persistently mis-
represents and belabors our Democrat
ic Congressman, are not true t
themselves. The Post is nov
and has been ever sine
it started living off Democrat
patronage, and at the same time doing
all it can to cripple the Democrati
party and prevent Democratic success
1t is true the Radical boss, who boast
of his money, gives it his patronag
and countenance, and helps it YER
, much, but good Democrats in Warrel
{ county have been its principal SUP
porters. And their reward is to rea,
daily fierce onslaughts on the Demo
cratic Congressman of the District 70
: following practice that custom ha
almost made a prerogatiVe, and t
witness it while it slanders Democrat
and snarls at the Democratic party,