Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-04-29
cong, atulAtIns Villas and Bragg.

remember the local elections Of the
spring of 1886 in this State. Since
the inauguration of Mr.. Cleveland
they have assumed u prominence
in relation to Wisconsin politics
which neither Of .nem ever enjoyed
before, AMI tho result mas been as
thorough Generalization Of their
party rs was over witnessed. vi.
las Is most disliked, though Bragg
has little to boast OF in the way OF
popularity.
both men have studiously ignor.
ed the Democratic party and scarce.
IL an appointment in the State has
| been satisfactory to anybody ont.
side of the nominee and n few IN
terested persons. The more dubi.
Gus mans party record might be,
or the more recent conversion 10
Democratic principles, the better
was his chance of preferment.
When IL is remarked that only a
few changes in political offices have
been made here, aud that nearly
all tina; have been made have been
for the purpose of putting forward
men who do not enjoy the conf.
dence of the party,-it will be easy
| to understand why the Democrats
of the six principal cities OF the
State concluded to give the Mug
wumps mt Washington a fOretaste
of what Is to come next fall and
some time after that. All Of these
cities but one are naturally Demo-
cratic. They this year elected lie.
publican mayors by rousinS ma.
ierities for the fun of the thing, and
from every town ironlcal congratu-
lations were telcgraphed to Villas
and Bragg. In two cases tho issues
were such that, decided as they
were, the result was nothing else
than u personal atiront to these
gentlemen.
In Gen. Bragg's home, Fond du
Lac, the generosity of the Demo.
Gratis was particularly noticeable.
A well.known and highly respect
ed Democrat. DR.. Mayham, was
Pension Examiner, but Bragg could
not use him, and he had him re-
moved. This made the party mad,
and 1t nominated and elected him
MAYOR by a rousins majority. boz
ems of dispatches, many OF them
haunting in their nature, were sent
to Bragg, and he has come home to
0ucll the disturbance. In this city,
u town always good for II big Dem
ocratic majority, where the mem.
bors of the party are thoroughly
disgusted with the preference
shown by Villas for Mugwumps and
Republicans, the notorious Boss
Keyes was elected mayor OH the
Republican ticket by a majority OF
400, hundreds of Democrats voting
for him, and score or more OF
them taking pains after the polls
closed to telegraph the result to the
Postmaster General.
fnMtlwaukce, city which used
to bs,good for 5000 or 1000 Demo
catic majority, the Republicans cl.
ected their candidate for mayor Of
or one of the best known Democrats
OF the place, John y. Hiusey. This
is not specially significant, as Mil.
waukee has lately been very uncer.
tain in local contests, but the belief
entertained by Mr.. Hinsey is that
his defeat was u f0regone conclu.
sion, by reason ofthc disgust, dis.
organization, and lack of purpose
displayed by his party. He com.
plains that it was an impossl0llity
to arouse any interest among Dem.
Ocrats, who, he declares, now have
neither offices nor principles to
fight for; while among Republicans
the certainty that success will lead
to the full fruits Of it made them
jealous and untiring in their
labOrs for their ticket.
In the whole State of Wisconsin
there is not a single Democratic
daily of prominence. Several OF
the interior cities have creditable
newspapers of limited circulation
which are thoroughly imbued with
the Mugwumpian IDEA, but MilwauA
kee no longer possesses a journal
devoted to Democratic party inter-
ests and principles. The men who
sold out the old State organ Of the
party TO Republican capitalists,w who
suppressed it, are now running tho
Post Office in Milwaukee, having
been appointed by this administra.
ton. The Democratic organ here,
edited of late by Republicans, some
OF whom are III Office, is well salts.
fled with the way things are going,
but the mass of the party Is so anx.
ious to get n crack at somebody
that it could not let the opportuni.
ty of local election pass by unim.
proved. These voters will DO heard
from again and again as long as
they arc misrepresented by Villas
and Bragg, neither of whom could
come within $4,000 votes of carry.
inc State which came within 5000
votes of giving Its electoral vote to
lillian