Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-10
FOR CONGRESS.

pecially for candidates is rapidly
filling up. One of the first papers
in the field with a candidate, was
the Morehouse Clarion with Judge
Gunbv. The Clarion doomed
Gunby, Dragged on him, put down
Morehouse as dead sure for him,
and claimed that he was the one
man able to beat King. Alas ! the
Gunby boom has petcred out,
curled up, and died natural death.
For now, the Morehouse Sentinel
is authorized to bet 500, that
Gunby will not carry a single ward
in Morehouse parish, Che never
had a chance TO carry anything
anywhere else and the Clarion, is
d.syruntled.
Here are some extracts from the
last issue of the Clarion.
The hypocrisy or indiscretion. of
| those who pretend to. desire the Gen
eral displaced is plainly visible in the
blind attempt tO.have every respectable
lawyer in the District become Il candi-
date. With a great number of parish
pride candidates before the convention,
the General is as sure to receive the
nomination as one is made.
We say ifG en-. kingis to he defeated,
I Ia IL. 4 IL
brainier and more efficient man than
himself. Had we such a man in More
house, we would cheerfully and gladly
support him for all he is worth. For
the position of Congressman we do not
believe-and we say it with all due de-
ference to every man in the parish
that Morehouse can produce q man su
| periOr To Gen. King for that honorable
and all-important position. Therefore,
We have selected from the District
man whom we do regard as Kings
superior, and we advocate his nomi-
nation upon upon the sole ground that
he is such. This is, and has been, our
platform from the start.
1t is high time that the Fifth District
get rid of the ridicule which is begot-
ten by the presence in Congress of a
man tterly unfit to be there; and, TO
that end, we have begged the people of
our parish to cooperate with those of
other parishes. BY cooperation such
end can be obtained; but if parish
pride 'istC be the incentive, parishs shame
will he our portion two more years, by
the reelection of man TO Congress
who has no ability to fill the position.
Yet We say, Let's improve or stick to
King. That our platform.
Now, all this sounds very nice.
But why should the Clarion, be-
cause it jumped first into the ring
and threw its hat in the air with
the usual cheerful "here we are"
monopOlize the naming of candi-
dates. Because the Clarion thinks
Morehouse contains no superior to
King-which is not the opinion of
the TINES, is that any reason other
parishes may not have a number of
gentlemen infinitely ADLER than
King. You can throw brick, at
random, into any crowd in Madison,
and hit a man ADLER than King, in
the opinion of the TIMES. The
editor of the TINES is proud to be
able to say that he was never
King man. Never thought him an
able man; always considered him
mountebank, and has therefore no
past record to excuse, and apologize
for. The TIMES, on the other
hand, never violently opposed
King, never expressed any special
anxiety to have him displaced, and
never joined the anything to
beat King" crowd.
Therefore it is that the TIMES
dominates man that towers above
King, in ability, and every other
desirable quality, as does noun
tain above a mole hill, who sits
securely enthroned upon plane
forever unatainable by King, and
who, whether in or out, of Con-
gress, is a man of influence and
power, in marked and painful COLI
trast to King, who out of congress,
would sink, or rather plunge at
once, into lasting and utter obliv-
ion. The name of Capt. John B.
Stone is nailed to the masthead of
the TIMES, and his candidacy will
be advocated up to the day of
holding the nominating conven-
ton.