The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

head of this column.
Next Tuesday is election day
Give it to your country.
Hon. George Wilson leads the race
for Congress in the fifth district.
The Alliance of Alcorn county has
declared against an elective judiciary
Jefferson must have the next foatel
representative without bubble from
Lincoln.
The Niger Demas in the Louisiana
Legislature ought to be born again
He's for the Lottery.
A proposition has been made to re-
move the Christian Advocate from
New Orleans to Jackson.
There will be very few scrubs in
the Constitutional Convention. Such
fellows will feel lonesome.
Noxubee is going to send fine del
egation composed of Robt c. Patty,
Geo. G. billiard and j. H. Jamison.
The people, the delegates and the
candidates are to be congratulated that
there are to be no more floatorial con
ventions.
Judge Hill excludes from the petit
juries of the Federal court all per-
sons who are unable to read, write
and cipher.
The Constitutional Convention must
not overlook a clause forever prohib-
iting the internal Penitentiary leas-
ing system.
There will not be many good ga
loon patrons in the Constitutional
Convention. The people are not
electing that sort this time.
The Congressional contest in this
district has been transferred to Kinds
and Madison counties, where Hooker
and Barksdale are both making ar
active canvass.
With Chrisman and Thompson az
her representatives in the Constitu.
tional Convention, old Lincoln will
not take a back seat for any Other
county in the State.
The Republicans of Bolivar county
have nominated j. T. Montgomery
and G. P. Melchoir as delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, and will
make an effort to elect them.
Gen. S. D. Lee has been nominated
as one of the Oktibbeha county dele,
gates to the Constitutional Conven.
ton. The State is to be congratulate.
ed Oh his selection. DR.. j. w. Ed.
wards, another strong man, will be
his colleague.
The Union Church people were OK,
eeedingly clever and hospitable to the
delegates to the foatorial convention
Messrs. A. NJ. McCallum and r. H
Meter especially will always have {
warm place in the hearts of the Lin
coin delegates.
The Woodville Republican says i
is forced to the conclusion that Sena
tor Georges Democracy has becom,
tainted by the centralizing infiuencel
about Washington, and suggests tina
vacation spent in Mississippi nigh
happily restore his POLITICAL equilih
mum
The New Delta, the champion O.
the anti-Lottery forces in Louisiana
meets the plea of the Lottery people
for peace and quiet with the following
chunk of cold comfort: "The peace
the lottery will find from us is the
peace of death, and the quiet we viii
accord it will be the quiet of the
grave. The issue is joined, the bat
tie is arrayed, and the bugle note,
that sound peace will be the requiem
ofthe lottery, the death knell of lie.
galized gambling"
The whisky ring was badly whip.
ped ont in Lewndes county for dele.
gates to the Constitutional Conven
aos, where the issue was squared,
made. What was done in LOwndel
could have been done in nearly ever,
county in the State had the lines beer
drawn on the liquor question within
the Democratic party. Without tn
ana OF the negro vote, the white ga
soon henehmen in this State are a
his locks.