The sun., 1889-12-29
RED HOT POLITICS Nv Jackson. M1ss.
A Seathlnr ArraIEnnent OF MeGII, the
Lender OF . Negro FACTION.

A eJenthlnr ArraIEnnent OF MeGnI, the
Leader OF Negro Faction.
JACKSON. Miss, Dec. 49, The city cam
paign has reached q white heat. and 10 grow
ing hotter. There was an immense Demo-
cratic meeting last night, at which speeches
were made by the Hon. +. Barksdale. Attorney
General Miller the Hon. Robert Powell Of
Canton and others. A special committee re-
ported the following. which were adopted by @
rising vote:
Mr. Cha RsIH: Your committee, charged with the
duty Of reporting resolutions an adjourned meeting
Of the Executive Committee Of lH. would respectfully
submit that from vArouA quarters and from unques-
toned authority. have reported to threats which
have been and being made by the leaders OF tho
worst class OF the element Of this city threats
which are pregnant with meaning, far the inter
eats VI the intelligent taHpayinR iaw.abiding white
people of this city are concerned. knowing we do.
aud every citizen In the city jackson knowG that
the leader Of this hliterate ignorant and deprRyed
class OF negroes dt Ii we'll known that the best Gle
msut of the race is not in accord with htm) did for
fourteen yeas live and subsiSt-ho and hs- upon
revenue derived from the hard e1InnEa Of the tax.
SS 81 Sn
e. The seat seat Of our M national Sxernmsnt in an e.
70 the n S OF sai PssS:
81 $ p!S RII this San lost %
to every noble and d, mIaEn1nimSu1 nag impulse at!smps
!hs city by maSFnE in his support the lowest class of
colored voters III OF whom paw taxes,
ignorHHnt and wholly .irreSPo1iiblS This man
an h:rsn. right 70 Office ana knowing as ho Gcss that
be will be again beaten by his own people. expects TO
pose a. martyr-a strong ruddy healthy. wsltfed 10y
the pubteS money mRrtyr-Rnd trusts to nSo the iRno
rant and. perhaps npocent neEro to restore him 70
E: SfiS% SS.ao q ef aud to " '' which he
A. DO need evidence that this Is iruot The candi
'dAteB on both tickets are white mon. There N afRo
Nhte majority in the city. The AcG leaders bORBted
khat they could be elected by the white The offer
k1s made them TO leave it to primary ~ white regis
pace and qustude OF the city. Democratic white
NtorA law abiding laboring ctzenE your overture
s rejected. and instead they have hersded forth In
oery quarter of the city their defiance and their
Mssis OF boodshed 10 the event pf trouble
rsA honest labor that this man has done Oatside Of
ofe For fourteen years the recipient OF your hard
earned money several weeks At Wilmington trying 10
pvNye the hest class OF our people n trouble since
ou ne ignorant negro with his lAton OF police author
lMr.UhairmAn VIC have NO resolution to offer and no
Are1s TO make We are Determined that white people
Aall continue to rule the city OF Jackson
Th{ committee OF one hundred to-day pro-
nhlRSted an address which refers to threats Of
Whence made by the opposition. It charges
tb(t if4hese threats mean anything 1t 10 the
pup1ae Of certain supporters OF Mctiill to COM
mitmuFder Tho committe avows It's purpose
TO We, n murder Il committed or attempted.
thatthe perpetrators are dealt with a. the law
directs. Hanging the add, esB snys. would be
amid punishment for the originatorB OF this
diabtlical scheme.