Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-11-18
Wants n Clean Sweep.
R,,uo>p. Miss. Oct. 10, 1856.

RAYMOND. MISS. Vet. 10, scoo.
Editor Of the State Ledger:
A gentlemen oi Jackson. n well
known and patriotic and influential
citizen. and by no means nh applicant
for public favor or position. asked me.
some days ago, what inference he was
To draw from the voice In Hind, roiin-
", - cmphatically spoken, some
wc.ks ago. in favor Of Col. Hooker
and in opposition TO Major Baresdalc,
for Congress. lie could not draw the
conclusion that the overwhelming
verdict was To bc charged To Major
Bark >duie's account or that the rer-
diet was To he credited entirely To tic
strength Of Col. Hooker or To the pop
ularity Of his peculiar views upon GER
tam questions. in which, a. n whole,
the people feel but little interest.
As II calm. dispa.sionatc and prac.
teal lookcr-on upon the polite OF
lIindS and the adjacent conniics--not
presuming, however. to take person
ally any part or special interest III
them pre- umcd To answer my
friend. giving him, H. considered.
the true inwardncs. of the Hooker
Barkstlale contest. - far n Kinds
county was involved, and Kinds c"un-
", as YOU are aware, decided the
contest. When ! got through, my
Jackson friend suggested that ] was
no doubt honest In my convictions,
and that my convictions were plausa-
BILE, and he suggested that give
them To the public through the Ray
mond Gazette, the coanty paper. The
RAYMOND Gazette j. the county paper.
hut rs the question:. treated ot are
largely interviewer with State politics
| do not think that their consid-ra-
ton should be- confined to the columns
Of II mere county paper.
The voice of Kinds county in the
recent congressional! contest meant
this: Nothing less, a complete ana
radical change in the public offices,
county district. State and Federal ,
regardless of all considerations and
all persons. The people with extra
ordinary unanimi,y, decided To make
complete aud radical change in their
public officers, at another opportum
", and for reasons satisfactory Ia
themselves and that determination
they will carry out regardless of con-
sequences right or wrong.
|, is alleged. Mr. Editor. and ] do
not pretend To decide whether the pco-
pie are right or wrong, that when Il
man hold, a public office for some
years he comes to think that he l. the
only man capable tn I'LL the Office. and
that he accommodates the people by hold
ing it--and that il !, charged. that. 81
far H. !lind> county Is concerned, the
men in office presume to dictate to the
people who shall I'LL NIL other Offices.
Thus il was, ~ To our late Congress
ional scramble. All the county DILL
GERS i'm Kinds sworc that Bnrks'lale
should he the mnn-thc supreme
Court at Jackson sworc that l'ark>-
dale should be- the man-l'ob Lowry
sworc that Bark ,dalc should be the
man-the Clarion sworc that Bark>-
dale should br the inan-but the pco-
pie mildly said that Hooker should bc
the man. Ii i against this thing of
an office holding ring, that the people
have rebcllcd. and against which the
people protest. They did il at the
recent congressional contest. AMI they
will continue il in the future. All the
county officers in Kinds, aud all the
State officers IL IL was understood.
were for my friend. Major Barh>-
dale in the late contest. but the pc0-
plc were not disposed To- he controlled
and ordered round 10y the county olli-
GERS. and they declared Tor Col.
Hooker. Notwithstanding they had
no objection to Major lIarksdalc, be-
vond the consideration that he j. con-
sidcrcd the father OF ring-po'itlc, IN
Mississippi.
And now. Mr.. Editor, YOU may
understand that the people o! Kinds
county. outside of Jackson, and one
or two other localities. are very fully
determined ~ To one thing, which -:
To turn every man out who l. now III
office: that il may be tested iia change
in public officers may not bring "a
change i'm public affairs. The people
appear to be decidedly in favor OF turn
in. ont George. Waltlall, Lowry,
Barks,lalc, every one on the Supreme
bench. Circuit Judges and Chanccl-
lors, and county officers and beat Of
iiccrs, and putting new mcn. from
the beginning TO the end. Federal,
State. District. County and Beat
The people are for II new deal. They
are wearcd Of rings, clique, and fam
ilic.. and family rule. and ~ far a>
Kinds county can control, al that
sort Of thing will bc sw;pi ohi II ,oon
IL the people can get chance M II.
a, an old citizen and tnX.prer.
and one who has been Il citizen for
half century and who asks nothing
of Office holders, | am with and for
the people. and against all rings,crS
and trickStcrs. Tie people cnll for n
new deal, and we are for il, let those
suffer VINO may.
OBSERVER.