The Brookhaven leader., 1891-01-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

dleu Oh the lJtn.
Judge Il. +. TrimbIe died at Car
rollton on the 18th.
Mr.. Cleveland declines to he inter
viewed ON the silver question.
Senator Faulkner "killcdn twelve
hours time speaking on the Force
bill.
Powderly favors new party, and.
like the sensible man he is, believes
in Prohibition.
The Confederate Veterans of Adams
county celebrated Gen. II. +. Lees
birthday at Natchez last Monday.
Let whisky alone and it will let you
alone, is one of the blacklist lies Satan
ever invented or his imps peddlcd.
Gen George has spoken longer
against the Force bill than any other
Senator, and at last accounts still had
the floor.
Honest Billy" Woodruff, State
Treasurer of Arkansas, has turned
out to be dcfaulter, as WAS reported
some time ago.
J. X. Cato, well known jackson
druggist, died on the 18th. lie'wa
Il clever man, and we learn of his
death with regret.
DIR. Geo. A. Trunison, the new Pres
idcnt of the State Farmers Alliance,
is receiving lots of nice compliments
from the press, and the best of il is,
they are all richly deserved.
Emma Abbott leaves 5000 to each
church where she enjoyed Worship.
The Nashville church, where she re-
piled to the preacher for denouncing
the theatre, is not on the list.
The White Ribbon, the State organ
of the W. e. Il. L.. is doing some fine
work for the cansc of Prohibition. Its
bright and brave little editor deserves
ten times the support she is receiving
The Yaz0o Sentinel is one of the
papers that refuses to stultify itself by
praiSing the understanding clause"
simply hecaufc it has been made the
subject of attack Ivy the Republicans
in Congress, and the Sentinel is right.
\ reliable Jackson newspaper cor
respondent has figured it out, that un-
der the provisions Of the new Consti-
tuition, the Legislature chosen this
fall will have to elect two L. S. Scna-
tors instead of only one, as had been
commonly supposed.
The executive committee has issued
call for meeting Of the stockhOld-
crs in the Canton Alliance Bagging
factory at Canton on February 18th.
Business of great Importance will be
considered, prominent among which
will he the ACCESSIBILITY of departing
from the original purpose as set forth
in its charter.
The sectional fight between the two
old parties goes bravely on. Mr.
Dolph, Republican from Oregon
wants Mississippi investigated by Con
gress to see if she has Constitution
al form of government, and Mr.
Blanchard, Democrat from Louisiana,
wants New Hampshire investigate,
for the same reason.
The Natchez Democrat observe
that ''for the first time in man,
months" the law forbidding the open
ing of saloons on Sunday is being Ell
forced in Natchez. And yet, to hea
some of the whisky organs, one woul
imagine that laws regarding the liquo
traffic are never violated except i
Prohibition territory.
The Kinds county grand jury says
.'wc visited the Penitentiary an
found everything in good order, tn
prisoners being we'll fed and clothe
and humanely treated" What a con
trast to the report made by the gran
jury, composed in part of the sam
men, three years ago, when the Peni
Tertiary was in charge of lessees!
Senator Reagan gave expression
the following noble and patriotic sen
timent while making a speech on til
Force bill last week: 81 suppose m
life is as dear to me as most people
but, Mr.. President, as God is m
judge, would willingly and cheer
fully give it to save the people of thi
country from the enactment of thi
measure"
The Tupelo Journal characterize
the Prohibition party movement il
Mississippi as IA scheme of Noither
Republicans to break the solid Sout
under the guiSe of prohibition.
That's good start; go it, boys. i
the North the Republican papers ar
denouncing it as a mean Democrat
kide-shOw, designed to break up tn
great and good ~ Republican party
Don't you see?
When Robt. Crawford, colored, wa