The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The CLARIoN-L LEDGER,
jackson, Miss.

meeting at Meridian.
The new iron bridge at Monticello
is about half completed.
A company for building cars has
been organized at Hattiesburg.
There will be no contests in the
next Congress from Mississippi.
That was regular Kilgore kick the
Republican party received on the 4th.
Boss Reed brought great deal OF
the mischief on the Republicans with
his little mallet.
President Harrison will write his
Thanksgiving Proclamation this year
with much hcaviness of heart.
The State Fair which opened at
Jackson Tuesday, is said to be over
run with crooks and pick pockets.
The Office of Public Printer having
been permanently abolished, the Clar-
ion Ledger will hereafter express its
opinions.
Natchez and jackson gave n Demo
cratic majority in the Congressional
election for the first time since Recon
struction.
No, the next Congress will not raise
any question about Mississippis new
Constitution. Dictator Reed aud his
crowd are in the soup.
Mr.. Blaine was strongly opposed to
the Mckinley bill, and he is the only
great Republican figure that looms up
above the general wreck.
How can the Republicans enjoy
Thanksgiving dayG They hardly
have margin enough to thank God
that it is no worse with them than
it is.
Hon. R0dger Q. Mills of Texas de-
clares he will be candidate for the
Speakership. The Democratic victory
has given Mills bad case Of big
head.
Maj. Penn, the celebrated Texas
evangelist, will begin revival meet
ing at McComb City next Saturday
night. Rev. }. c. Gadd, pastor of the
McCOmb City Baptist church. invites
every body to come.
Messrs, 4. Ii. Henry & Co., Conven-
ton Printers, have our thanks for an
official copy of the new Constitution
III pamphlet form. Extra copies NAV
be had by sending fifty cents to the
publishers. See notice.
The Constitutional Convention was
in session IS days, including SUNDAYS,
and cost between $50, 900 and 500, 900.
Still money will be saved by shorten
ing the sessions of the Legislature and
reducing the number of elections.
The last Lawrence County Press
contained an explanation from Capt
Bird of his vote in the Convention to
perpetuate the saloon, which explana-
ton didn't explain worth cent, as
the editor of the Press very plainly
showed.
Suppose Col. Lynn Hemingway
had got in again and had his term ex-
tended to six years, making 20 years
altogether with his head in the public
crib. With that $4,000 of the peo-
pies money ahead wouldn't he have
been in clOver7
Republican candidates for congress
are now composing a dirge to be sung
over dead hopes this year and to be
twice sung in 1892. Democrats, how
ever, are singing songs of triumph,
aud Democratic ROSTERS are every.
where Growing over the defeat of the
g. o. p.
The Copiah Signal says Capt. II. |.
Bird, late delegate to the Constitu-
uonal Convention from Lawrence
county, will become citizen of Ha-
Zlehurst IN the future. Capt. Bird is
one of the men whose vote on the sa-
loon question and some others left
him without political future so far as
Lawrence county is concerned.
The only members of the Conven-
ZION who voted against the adoption
"i the Constitution as whole were
Martin of Adams, Boone, Burkitt,
Gore, MeLaurin of Rankin, McLaurin
"t Smith, MeLaurin of Sharkey.
street aud Turner. Messrs. Street
anu turner afterwards changed their
""s To yea. Capt. Burkitt, Gen.
Aai'in' Mr. Gore, and DR.. MeLaurin
:" smith refused TO sisu the new Con
. s'ha'i"n after adoption.