The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
THE REPUBLICAN, STATE TICKET
WITHDRAWN.

N son gives substantially the VERT
D. cltion of our predictions and for,
shadowings in regard to the fini
Ii winding up of the Chalmers pol
cy, as planned from the beginnin
OF his state tactics, looking forwart
to his congressional contest ma
g neuyres /:
i The Republican State ExecuIiv,
Committee nc to consider the with
drawal of Chalmers from the head o
the ticket. Chalmers was not here
but It is understood that he wrote \
letter 10 the committee and he Is sup.
posed to be the author. or AT least ia
have inspired the resolutions passed.
Several of his party's friends frankly
acknowledge that he ACCOMPLISHED
his purpose when he secured The nom
%ihation and put himself in The light
of a martyr by quitting the race.
MeSsrs. Hill and Krrneghan. contes.
tahts for Catchings and IIookcris
seats, were conspicuously present to-
day, and doubtless expect the action
OF to-day To assist them in sCcuring
seats TO Inch they were never elect.
ed.
The address adopted is as follows:
"As Republicans of Mississippi we
are compelled to withdraw ou. State
ticket. We knew that our votes would
he tolen and our voters driven from
The polls, but we hoped in the larger
toWhsa and cities al least the semblamcc
OF free speech might still remain TO
nS, but Il candidates are not safely
allowed To discuss or protest. We de-
slred especially To go before the whole
proplG OF the State aud challenge the
Democracy to IA comparison of prilI.
clples and records. Orr course has
always been conservatives. When the
armed revolution Of 1873 wrestGd The
State rom rs, Mississippi was the
only Southern State ]unburdened
with a State debt. She has a Demo-
one to-day. The constitution
OF the United States guarantees 30
State republican form OF gov
ernmcnt Mississippi is governed bv
Il minority despotism and we appeal
TO our country for redress. The con- |
:tItnIion that we adopted is the only 7
IN the South so satisfactory that /
t has no been changed. Our laws =
substantially unchanged and =
Inr"pehIed, but we are Republicans, a
nd this is our Otfunsr. That we are IL
Iot acluatcd by cowardicc in with c.
fawing from the contest is shown Il
y our past. For fourteen years, ever @,
nee the Mississippi plan was adopt 81
Y, u path has been marked by the =
OF our slain. Not only the ~
'eIl-kno Vn leaders who braveIy died III
the Head of the column, but the u
followers known only in the he
IhinS of the lowly. We refer not tn
nv to such wcll-known slaughtGrs as in
rmper aud Copiah, Clinton aud Car m,
'IItou, Wahaluk and Vicksburg,
azoo City aud Lcflorc. but TO the
Imcless killing by creek and BAYOU, OH
highway and byway. These are Pc
c Democratic arguments that crush he
Z. We can do no more. We dare fac
lnngcrcarry 0urtattercd aud blood be,
'lned Republican flag. We appeal sb
the nation. Is national law and 49,
nor hut Il dcIusiOn and a snare? "" w.
hen we rely upon The guarantees of IL
, national constitution do we but tl5
N upon a broken reed? If so, an its
'nce the policy boldly and acuuit leci
of further effort. TO-,
The experienced white Demo gen
It OF Mississippi can read vol call
les between the lines of the van
we, false, malignant and in ~ 81
nmatOry bloody-shirt address. deot
s not only to aid Chalmers, Hill hon
| kernaghan in their congress mes
contest, but it has for its and
ect the shaping of Republican Jo.i
gressional legislation with re- imm
nee to this State want and hope skie.
a repetition of military ava,
.rference and through it black her
publican rule such as was over 40 p'
'wn by the so-called EARNED Nh
tuition Of 1875" The blacks EM.
increasing and these white rem II
les would fuist them upon us can
ugh military aid, regardless of orga
issues and its awful conse- Miss
ices. The above is also in The
ed as a fire brand to rekindle j. W
animositIes. Can any one the
Give of a lower or meaner oc that
ton for "A white man to be en- were
d in. Our train robber, Bunch, and
spectacle as compared with noml
renegades. John
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