The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-05
MISSISSIPPI PRESS.
DIVERS OPINIONS on CUR
RENT TOPICS TERSELI
EXPRESSED.
Pitb and Point.

were the slIolStSt dttdCti"h III '"S
prosperity of a town. Good schools,
like good newspapers, no mattcrwhere
located, will be sought outand patron
lied.
RrrLEY SENTINEL: 1t may be pos
sible that there exists meaner man
than the one who refuses to take his
local paper and then boTows it TO
to read. hut merciful Providence has
spared us the misfortune of his ac-
quaintanCc~
New MIssIssIrPIAN: Al the present
writing il is doubtful whether the
number of bales of cotton or the num-
Der of candidates for railroad COM
missioner raised in Mississippi will
he the greater this year. Both crops
are large and luxuriant.
KosCIUsKo STAR: If President
Clcvcland's message was not such "a
plain, straight forward, unequivocal
document, Gov. Lowry's endorsement
of it would cause the people of this
State to fear that there was seat in
a meal tub" in connection with it. 1t
was very kind in dear Bob to lend his
approval.
TUPEIo JoURNAL: The JOURNAL
has heretofore been disposed to re-
regard President Cleveland as some
what of mugwump, but since his
last message it recognizes him as fill
ing the full measure of a model Demo
cratic President. His bold stand
against the tariff robbers furnishes
striking illustration of the man and
the occasion meeting.
WEssoN ARGOsy: The better peo-
ple in the South have had patience
with the negro and are willing for
them to have equal rights as good
citizens. but when they arc, clearly
and above board, made mere cats
DAVIS by a low down class Ofbummers
and drunkards, to carry their infa-
nous ends. we feel that the patience
of the South will soon be frizzled
ont.
CoRINTH HERALD: There is n
strong feeling over the State in favor
of. VI. Stone for our next gov
ernor, and as he so conspicuously pos
sesses the characteristics demanded
by the situation, there is no reason
why lie should not at the proper time
be brought to the front If the people
are in earnest about ECONOMY and re
form" Stone is just the man to suit
! them.
TrpELo JOURNAL: Now that the
lines have been distinctly drawn on
the tariff question. the man or newspa-
per that remains in the Democratic
party. and advocates the Republican
doctrine of protection, does SO at the
risk of having his or its motives i'm
puoned. True Democracy and tariff
system which rOhs the many and en-
riches the few are inconsistent aud
cannot be recOnciled.
CoRINTH HERALD: We have watch
ed with much interest the controversy
between Prof. Mayes, Chancellor of
the University, and Senator George, jim
reference to the debt of the State
to the University. Thus far
we have refrained from express
ing any opinion az to the merits
of the case, hut, after carefully weigh
ing the evidence, We must say, that
in our opinion Senator George has
clearly won the case.
KOsCIUsKO STAR: The friends of
Col. Hamilton say they are satisfied
with the decision of the Supreme
court. The court doubtless feels graft
fed at this approval. At the risk Of
marriug the universal harmony, we
think some people are easily satisfied,
They remind us of the young physi-
clan who. on being asked how he sue
ceeded with his first experiment in OBJ
stetrics, replied: "Oh finely; the
mother and child are dead; but if
nothing happens l will manage to pull
the old man through
TUPELO LEDGER: We do not know
how Lee county's Representatives in
the Legislature stand on the much
needed reforms in our State, but we do
hope they will oppose the damnable
penitentiary leasing system. This
black stain has elOuded Mississippi's
fair name too long already, aud while
we do not propose to say what dispO-
sition should be, made of them, we are
satisfied that there will be i'll the next
Legislature men thoroughly competent
to devise practical means whereby the
convicts' services will be more profita-
BILE to the State than at present, be-
sides receiving humane treatment.
The leasing system must go.
VIcKsBURG PosT: 1t cannot he
said that the best taste characterized
the proposition of some of the people