The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-19
The County Canvass.

The political canvass in this county
Is now beginning to assume definite
shape, and as was expected, num-
Der of independent candidates are
popping up in opposition to the reg
ular Democratic nominees. There
are already two avOwed independent
candidates for Representative, three
for County Superintendent of Educa-
ton, and others for other Offices will
no doubt loom up in the near flu
ture.
In view of this fact, it is none too
soon for all good and loyal Democrats
to prepare to rally as one man to the
support of the regular party NOM
inpes.
We are fully aware of the fact that
the action of the Alliance in cOncen-
trating on given set of candidates,
without regard to their past political
standing, and following mp that blum
der by placing a wellknown indie.
pendent over the Democratic COun-
ty Convention as Chairman, has
sOurCd many of the most faith
full Democrats of the county,
both in and ont of the ALI
lance; but rs one who has as much
right to complain as any body, the
LEADER respectfully submits that the
time has come for putting aside and
ignoring all such complaints as these
and uniting solidly in support of the
entire ticket.
Whatever any sore-head or grum-
bier may say about the political ante
cedents or qualifications of any of the
nominees, there is no question but
that they were all regularly nOmina-
ted in the manner provided 10y a
Simon-pure Democratic Executive
Committee, and by an overwhelming
majority ofthe primary voter. 1finde-
pendents and Republicans voted and
were voted for i'll that primary, it was
because the same Simou-pure DEM
ocratic Executive Committee laid the
way open for such a thing. The same
committee also superintended the
election, counted the votes and declar
ed the ticket at the head of our col
umns the regular Democratic nom
nees.
1t is too late now to talk about GO
ing behind the returns. Every voter
who participated in the primary, also
pledged himself to abide by the result
and support the nominees. Whatever
others may do, we are not one to go
back on a pledge like that, simply be-
cause we did not get our choice of
men, and this should be the position
and resolve of every man who took
part in the primary. Men are moth
ing, as compared to the preservation
and success of the party organization.
Some have said we have lo Demo-
cratic party and this cry has been
taken up by men who have always
been enemies to the party. This is
not true, but let the Democrats of
Lincoln fail or refuse to support their
party nominees and keep their
pledges, and it soon will he.
Disregard of a proper standard of
party integrity has brought things to
what they are in this county, and it is
time to call halt by supporting and
electing the ticket now before the peo-
pie. Let every man in the coun-
ty who processes to be Dem
ocrat, and every voter who took
part in the primary, go to work
and talk the ticket up. II
you can't say something good about
it, keep your lip. Above all, don't &c
whining around saying you are Dem
ocrat and are going to vote for il
on that account, but you know it is
going to be beaten and it ought to he.
If general had an army of hun
dred thousand such men as that, he
couldn't whip flock of geese.
Yes, mistakes have been made, but
it is not the time now to correct them.
Let us elect the ticket now, and we
can correct the mistakes afterward
by guarding against their recurrence.
If the 600 voters who participated in
the primary will vote for the ticket
and give it their influence and moral
support, all the combined opposition
in the county can't defeat a single
man on it.
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