Daily Republican., 1886-09-24
Mi.aIsaIpu, Hul,doxIug.


A correspondent of the New, York
Tribune thus telegraphs from Washing
ton; The first open threat that the cleo
ton of q Congressman is TO 90 declared
In defiance of the wishes Of Z majority OF
the voters comes from th old "Shoe-
string" District, Mifsise' mi Secretary
Mop nerson, of the Rep Ibiican Congress
sional Committee, 10 Dr. - received q copy
OF the Commercial he fsid, of vicksburg,
which contains an editorial calling on
Judge Slmrall, the Rspublican candidate
for Congress In dc Third District, to
" .thdraw from he contest, W hich 1t warns
him will be q ncpciess one. Judge Sim
rail- 10 inform cd that he shas allowed him
self TO be laced in false POSITION" and
that 1.-THE Assumption that he is the can
didate OF the Republican party is false
and mi schievous," because there is no
organized Republican party In the dis
trict." II appears that Sin most of the
counti"s there is ar arrangement Of the
local affairs which works admirably and
which the colored voters have no desire to
modest and that to the extent that Judge
Simrsil's candidacy threatens those ar.
rangcments II 10 mischievous and irritat-
ing and therefore the Judge is clearly in
false position" Again It is argued that
Judge Simrali and Gen. CatchinaS, the
Demc cratic candidate, "occupy precisely
the same ground on the one question for
,, which the district selects . Congressman,
| that Is, the improvement and control OF
! | the Mississippi river" and that as Gen
eral Catchings SIS the choice OF those who
! ought 10 select the Congressman, Judge
simrall does himself an Injustice and out
RACES the best sentiment Of the valley In
leading the opposition"
> Having thus fran kly stated his PROPOSE.
lions, the editor plainly informed Judge
Simra that he can never have seat In
c ngress, and that If hs persists In hit
. candidacy he will rue 1t. The following
. extract from the editorial is commended
4 to the thoughtful consideration OF al
!. men who believe In q free ballot and an
+ honest count:
J, Under the present circumstances thu
party cannot permit its nominee to be de
D feated, and Judge Simrall is making I
q serious blunder in declaring his purpos'
to try and demoralize the Democratic
9 forces in every county. He has declared
r his purpose to canvass every county In thu
district. He has the unQuestionsd RICH
TO do that, but the people who have thu
: good of the district at heart and the wei
! fare and progress of both races, have thu
7 unquestioned right not to couDtenanc'
+. such q canvass and not to encou age
}. mischievous decentralization. We fee
sure that will be their decisions, and !
Y would be probably well for Judge Simral
v to ask himselft 1t would not be the wis
{. course on his part not TO attempt to fore
himself on the Intelligent people to tn
:. manifest contempt of their wishes. The.
d have enthusiastically and almost uBant
J. mously decided upon General Catchings
A. L.. uf,vx n
N :. the one great interest that General Catch
= ings has 90 ably battled for and there cal
,e be no earthly reason for any attempt &
arouse the lsboring classes In the busies
~ season of the year.
y Now who is Judge Simrall. who Is thu
\. warned by the leading Democratic news
paperi In his district that he Withdrew
- from Q candidacy TO which he was calle
s. by the unanimous voice of represents
y tive convention Of his partyi He Is
native of Mississippi; he is a man of pre-
~ perry, of high reputation and irreproach
4. able character. who enjoys the respee
n and confidence of all respectable ard law
abiding citizens; he is q lawyer of grea
!. ability who has for years adorned tn
~ bench of the highest judicial tribunal 1
IL bis native State. But he is Republican
ID and he lives in q district which with
lair ana Tree elecuOn WOulu give ~
= publican majority OF at least 1890 vote
" According TO the classification adopted b
10 the Missie sippi editor the district contain
= ed In 1880 about IS 0C0 people" an
, 104, 600 members OF the "laboring elias
ri es.' The number Of Democrats who al
VI voters is about 5000, and the number
voters who are Republicans is abo'
200, but large majority of the latt,
at are not 'people;" they belong to Il
at "laboring classes" whom It would
~, utterly unreasonable to "attempt
" arouse In the busiest season OF the year.
es, II should not be forgotten that the Dem
ey cratic Legislature of Mississippi arrange
es the Third District so as to throw into
,ot as large proportion as possible of u
en- collred vote in order to make the 9th
districts Democratic, or nearly enoue
Democratic so that they might be stol'
without much difficulty. The State
divided into seven districts. The Thi
District contains one-sixth of the emit
colored population of the State, and OF
for one nineteenth OF the white populatio
SO.