The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.


The amy frUm $1,000 to 10000 was
defeated.
Congressman Catchirgs will repre-
sent Mississippi on the Congress
soinaI Campaign Committee.
TO avoid conflict with the vicks.
burg drill the date Of the Press
Convention has been changed from
May l2ih 10 May 18th.
Last year the county tax OF
Kinds, was s23, on the thousand.
This isn't far behind the palmv
days Of earl-et-bsggery, but this is .
Democratic administration all the
same, IN name.
The Canton Citizen says Mrs.
Senator Z {. WAltbalL, Of our State,
10 said 70 be the habdsomest lady
in Washington society, while the
Senator himself is the best looking
member OF tie Senate.
In the course OF q lengthy edi.
torial the Columbus Democrat says
The Democratic party OF Missis
sippi is more corrupt TO day, con.
sidering it's advantages, than any
State perhaps in the South
The Mississippi delegation voted
on The bill TO provide for the free
coinsge Of silver as follow IL
favor Of, Messrs. Barry, Barksdale,
Singleton, and Van Eaton. Against
Messrs. Cstchings and Morgan Mr..
Allen was no, present
The whisky men OF Adams county
are circulating a petition asking the
Board OF Supervisors 70 order an
election under the recent Local OPP
uon" Act They have been used up
50 badly under the old law they re,
sort to The new in sheer despair.
Papers in this State which are
running the doubie-c olu mn adrer-
tisement sent out by F.. l. Blake d
Co, Of ST. Louis, should make sure
Of their pay in advance il they ever
expect to receive any. Our expe-
rieDce with that firm leads Us 10 class
it as 8 sWiudling concern Of the first
water.
The Port Gibson News in answer
ing the Clarion's argument that the
taxpayers shouldn't grumble at az
Increase Of taxes for the benefit OF
our educational and benevolent
Institutions, says If taxes were not
SO exotbitant we would not have %
much need for them and particularly
the Insane Asylum.
The w. c. T. L. column In The
Columbus Democrat has been with
drawn, as its editors say ''in order
10 use better tactics. and in order TO
carry out the new plans recently de-
vised." They further say that
should the liqnor ring take this
Withdrawal as q sign Of weakening
CT retreat, they will End that the
supposed corpse has a vitality and
energy which is sufficiently strong
10 battle with free whisky, threats.
money aud lax scarces, with q
power even greater than that which
made the cause OF morality and
right victorious last fall"
On the 2Dd inst. Gov. Lowry com
muted The death sentence OF Luke
Miller 10 Imprisonment in the Peni-
Tertiary for lite Miller murdered
8 white man named F. Graves in
CoPiah county in 1884 He was
coArcte,l Of the crime at Hazie-
hurst, and his case appealed TO the
Supreme Court which affirmed the
sentence ard verdict OF The lower
court, and fixed April 81 for the
hanging. II We mistake not, be is
the same negro who made bis &c
cape for time after the murder.
and being eupsured ard brought
back, it re4nired Sheriff Hargrave
and an extra posse To prevent bis
being taken from the Hszleharst
jail and modified by The neighbors Of
the man ne murdered. But it 10 not
likely that the respect OF these men
for the law will be in any wise in
creased BY this last act Of the Gov
ernor, especially when IL is q no
sorinps Tact that just such felons,
after having been seat TO the peDi
t,ntarr, sre allowed TO parade the
f--'s "f Jackson In citizens
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