Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-02-15

may DC asked, " III Inc counties lllat
contain intellectual material choose
SUch to be used in the convention. or
viii they take up some popular farm.
er. or doctor or politician instead? II
is to be expected that anumbcr of del.
cgatcs will be there representing this
or that faction, and will contend that
their side be recognized. II is TO be
hoped, however, that the convention
will be composed of
~MIsslssIpPl's ATHEIST SONS
and | doubt not but that il will, At
least there will be enough strong tim
Der in it to break down the ~saplings
when they rub up against them.
The leader in that convention will
likely be Judge Wiley Z. Harris of
jackson, Miss. He is IL lawyer of great
learning. lie possesses a knowledge
of constitutional law which has placed
him ahead of anybody in the South.
lie is n thinker, and nothing will slip
into the organic laws OF Mississippi
which woSld be detrimental or harm.
iul TO her interests rs long lis his eagle
eye is within range. Gov. Lowry will
be n delegate, as will. in all probabili,
ty, Judge S. 5. Calhoun and the Hon.
Ethel B~arksdale. There is no man
who has studied the various questions
now before the State to deal with than
Maj Barksdale. lie never lets Il sub.
jert which is at all attractive be dis.
missed from his mind until he has dis
'scctcl evcryrtibcr and muscle in it. As
Mr.. Justice Lamar said to me last sum-
mcr: There is none ADLER. He is any
mans peer" Gov. Lowry and Judge
Calhoun belong to that class OF men.
They were within the shadows OF the
Capital building when the present
Constitution was thrust down the
Threats of the people, They know its
defects. They have seen the glaring
wrongs which that Constitution has
made.
joel P. Walker of Laudcrdale Coun-
ty will be another delegate, and a good
delegate he will make. Capt. Walker
was born and raised in Lauderdale,
and his people have great confidence
in hihl. lie has represented that couh,
ty continually for eight years in the
Senate. lie has fought for a constilu.
tional convention a long time and
when, altcra desperate struggle in 1887
the bill was passed, Walker was hap
Ply. II was due TO his efforts that it
wentthrough, Three days afterwards
he was furious. His anger knew no
limits. Lowry had vetoed il? But I'M
dalnted by the failure of one house TO
pass it, and then, when it did pass, the
Governor to veto it, he has continued
on until his labors have been crowncd
with success. Good for Walker,
Col. W. II. Street, from that county
will also be 4 delegate. lie is ono of
the best parlimcutarians in the State.
GOV. Stone thinks he is the greatest,
besides that, he has n great head on
him. lie is Il broad-gauged fellow.
Capt. John W. Fewcll, an attorney
at Meridian, will also, perhaps 90 to
he convention. lie is u one.leggcd
veteran OF the Lost Cause. IIe is n
native Nirginian. Twenty years ago
he hobblcd into Meridian, peunilcss
he is the foremost lawyer of
The State-a great man. and rich. The
yer there love him.
And what a pity That elegant, high
'oned, learned scholar aud Christian
gentleman, Chief Justice Thomas II.
Woods, is not in the position to occu-
py a delegates chair in that coming
great meeting. But he will be there
o give advice.
Up IL Noxubec County lives the
Ion. r. G. Patty. lie will be sure to
20. llc.is the broad-mindcd leader
the Farmers Alliance of. this State.
Coming on into Lowndes we find
'x.Gov... Simms. DIR. Lipscomb, j. A.
-cigli, Gen. Sharp and II dozen other
men to draw from who would be ac-
.cptublc. Judge Arnold has just left
he State, lie would have made az
EXCELLENT delegate.
Monroe has Judge Houston aud Gen.
Judge Houston is a man of
treat character, a true type Of South
IN chivalry aud = just judge. Gen.
though advanced in years, still
'etains that brightness OF mind that
made him famous years ago.
Clay County will likewise send eX-
Congressman Barry, Fred Bcall and
Judge Bickuc,
Oktibbeha will shine as bright as
of them. Gen. S. ID. Lee, of course
will be there, as will also the Hon. II.
:. Muldrow. ex-First Assistant Secro-
AIRY of the Interior under Cleveland.
Chickasaw will send Frank Burkitt,
o n dead certainty.
From Marshall there will be Gen.
Vest and Gen, Fcatherston.
Pamela, Bob Taylor and cx.Gov.
Yalobusha, Col. Galliday and Capt.
!. II. Lester.
Lafayette, Prot. Mays,
Grenada, Col. Whitfield and lovable
i'm Longstrect.
Montgomery, ex-Colgrcssman Mon
" and DIR, b +. Ward.
Madison, John II. Cameron.
Holmes, Hon. S. Gwin and George
Wilson.
The Delta has material and plenty
If il. The Ycrgcis and the Srotls
there will have n voice, and j. s.
icNeilly, the a0le editor of The Green
lille Times, n man who, perhaps, has
,ivcn this stupendous negro question
attention than any one, should
~ no means be left out.
Warren will be represented by Ma.
rs one, tor certain. with lots
If other good men 10 pick from to 20
With him. j. NJ. Gibson lives there
90. lie is an able, bright fellow.
And so on. all over in that part of
Mississippi we have serious, sturdy.
.obcr. thoughtful and learned men.
The people ought moi 10 he deceived.
they should and will send tho men
hey know. No clap.trap nor personal
ipucals should cause them to bctray
heir sense of doing right.
With such men us named above.
who is the man that wo,li dare say
he State Is in danger from any at
cmpt 10 change the laws given us by
he aliens Of 1868? Ale they less COM.
than were those carpet baggcrs
hen? That question will be answered
~ the voice of...vcry whilo man and
~ the ballot of every honest man.