The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-08-19
A Eouss-to-House Canvass.

vi the counties Visited by
him, six have held conventions.
Madison, Simpson and Rankin have
been carried by Maj. Bsrksdale, and
Copiah and Kinds by Col. Hooker.
Claiborne county decided at it's con.
vention not 10 elect delegates, but TO
leave the matter of preference TO be
settled by q primary election TO be
beld on the 2lst; and as Col. Hook
er's friends have determined not TO
participate in the primary, there can
be no doubt that Maj. Barksdale
will carry Claiborne also.
Outside Of Kinds county, though
Col. Hooker's efforts have been con.
slant and unremitting, the results
show that he has made but little i'm
preston. The Madison county
convention instructed for his COM
petitor by a unanimous vote; in
Simpson county he bad next to no
following, and be lost Rankin coun-
ty by vote Of five to one. In fact,
at two Of the boxes in Rankin
county be did not receive q single
vote, and but for the colored votes
cast for him at Brandon, he would
have carried but one box in the
county and would have received but
five votes in the county convention
gu: Of fifty. AS it was, he only re-
ceived ten.
In Kinds county Col. Hooker has
prosecuted his convass with peril
nacity never before excelled. He
has formally visited most Of the
precincts in the county more than
once, making public speeches and
private appeals. Under such cir.
umstanccs it is not surprising that
he made some friends and excited
much sympathy. But his canvass
would have been as fruitless as that
in Madison, Simpson, Rankin and
Claiborne, but for the gross misrep
reservations which have been so
freely circulated by many of his
friends.
When the Prohibition election
was ordered in Kinds comfy, the
citizens of the community took sides
on the question without reference to
their preferences for Congressman.
AT that time it was claimed that
Col. Hooker would get the support,
of what is known as the whisky
influence in his race for Congress.
and it was specially claimed that
nearly every retail dealer in the city
would vote for him. His friends
here were jubilant over the prospect
1t so happened, however, that the
leader of the Anti Prohibiiionists
was known TO be q supporter Of
Major Barksdale, and it occurred TO
Col. Hooker's friends that this
would be strong card to play with
the Prohibitionists outside of Jack,
son, and they played it.
We shall not stop TO repeat the al.
most lncOnceivable and innumerable
falsehoods founded on the simple
truth that Col. Hamilton was sup,
porting Maj. Barksdale, that were
put IN circulation with q view to ex,
cite prejudice and revenge of thu
Prohlbitionists. Suffice il, tina,
when on F.iday night Major Barks
dale carried every ward in Jack
son, and captured the solid city
the fact was communi-
Gated to the country precincts and
was pointed to as proving all the
before that time concoct-
ed and circulated.
Had tue truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth concern
ing the preferences OF the Prohibit
tionists and Anti-Prohibitionists
been told, it is inconceivable that it
could have worked any harm to
Major Barksdale in this county, and
we propose to tell some things for
the benefit of his friends in other
which the friends of Col.
Hooker have most s,udiously con-
cealed.
We Offset the fact that Col. Ham
ilton who was not specially active
in Major Barksdale's interest, and
had nothing to do with the conduct
of his canvass, supported Major
Barksdale, with the fact that DR..
Byron Lemly, who was an active
Anti Prohibitionist and Chairman
of the Anti Prohibition committee.
and is the proprietor of a retail H.
quor license, was one of the leading
friends Of Col. Hooker at this place.
He was very much more active for
Col. Hooker than Col. Hamilton was
for Major Barksdale, and, in fact,
Col. Hooker's friends in
certain arrangements made with
Major Barksdale's friends concern
ing the conduct of the North Ward
More than this, many of
the leading Prohibitionists in this
part of tue county supported Major
We mention as fair
Rev. c. G. Andrews, Rev.
j. b. Gambrell, and Col. w. L. NJ
gent. We might mention many
more equally as Jealous Prohibition