The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-20
EDITORIAL. NOTES.

make President of
The Mississippi Conference will
meet at Canton Dnseml,er 18th.
Mr., viii &. Cameron, Il respected
citiseh OF Jefferson county, is dead.
Grover Cleveland is one American
statesman who is bigger than his
party.
Hooker's vote in the entire district
was 62S+ Matthews vote, POPS.
HOoker's majority, 1856.
Grover Cleveland will he the next
President of the United States. At
least he ought to be, and the signs all
point that way.
Mr.. James l.. Clemens has become
editor of the Mac6fi Sun. His future
writings may discover how much kin
he is to Mark Twain.
There were sixty business houses
represented I'm the trades display at
the State Fair last week. That speaks
well for Jackson's enterprise:
Gen. Geo. c. Mckee, one of the most
noted Republicans. of this State and
Receiver of Public Moneys Mt Jack
son, died last Monday of heart dis
ease.
The forty four States, in the late
elections, gave Democratic plurality
of 7S0,e50, and Republican plurality
of LOG, 500; net Democratic plurality
625, $50.
Rube Smith, the last of RUDE Bur-
rows partners, was convicted in the
United States court at Jackson last
week and sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for lite.
Notwithstanding the little furry in
Wall Street and London last week,
this paper refuses to grow panicky.
We are still paying one hundred cents
on the dollar.
Yazoo City had a grand Democratic
.iOllification meeting Saturday night.
Speeches were made by Hon. E. Banks
dale, Hon. C. f. Hooker, Maj. W. d.
Gibbs and Hon. JnO. Williams.
The Commercial Herald gives Chas-
mers' political address as follows
"Gonetoell, Salt River" By the way,
shat seems to be the address of the
whole Republican party since Nov.
4th.
Col. Hemingway is described by the
reporters as appearing at his trial before
the Supreme Court last week in good
spirits and looking hopeful. Wonder
if his bondsmen are in the same hope
full moodf
W. T. Baggett, of Coreyell, Texas,
the original organizer of the Alliance
movement, according to Morgan, the
historian, was Democrat, and the
county in which he lived had large
Democratic majority.
After six years of inaction, during
which nOn-partisan administrations
have governed the city, the Democrats
of Vicksburg have decided to nomi-
nate a white ticket from top to bot
tom and elect it. That's right.
Who will be speaker of the new
COngress7 is now the Astounding
questions IN political circles. There
will be many candidates, including
Mills of Texas, Crisp of Georgia,
Breckenridge of Kentucky, Bynum of
Indiana and others.
On account of i'll health. Judge
Ralph North has rendered his resigna-
ton as Judge of the 9Th Judicial dis
trict, to take effect December 1st
Hon. w. p. Cassidy of Summit and
Capt. J. J. Whitney of Fayette are
spoken of to succeed him.
Tho Mississippi Enterprise, publish
ed at Summit, has been changed from
an eight page FIVE column to a four
page seven column paper. 1t presents
a much handsOmer appearance in it's
new form, aud if it's readers do not
like it better they ought to.
As the people of Mississippi called
Honest John Marshall Stone back to
the Governors chair after a season of
retirement, so the people of this great
Union will call honest Grover Cleyc-
hlath back to the Presidents chair.
Merit brings its own reward.
august Post, secretary of the Ma
r'ansl Farmers Alliance, writing to
the NewSYork Voice from Mouton, To-
Wa. advises farmers to vote for Prohi-
hition. He Says: al base this upon
practical results we have gained in
Iowa from proHibitory law"
Sam Jones' meeting at Meridian was
agreat suceess. Mr.. Jones has agreed
Ia visit Jackson IN April or May, pro-
N'si%d suitable tabernacle is built for
hss services, one that will hold from
s.x I" eight Thousand people. The
Siasion-i4rdger says this win be done