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The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
NEW STAMPS.
Whisky Sellers not Licensed by
the Government to Sell I'm
Prohibition Territory.

Gen. Nettleton, Acting Secretary of
the Treasury, has issued circular let
ter, of which the following is the text,
announcing change in the form of
the special tax stamp for retail liquor
dealers
Sirs-Letters are frequently receiv-
ed Mt the department stating that in
many parts of the country retail Ii
quor dealers claim to hold a permit or
license from the United States for car
rying OH their business that in many
cases where local law prohibits public
drinking places the law is openly vio-
lated by persons who claim to do bus
mess under at least the moral sanction
of "federal license" and this fact,
together with belief common to many
good citizens that the United States
government does IN fact issue such Ii
censes, greatly retards the enforce
ment of wholesome restrictive laws and
promotes disorder.
1t should be unnecessary to state
that the United States government
does not issue license or permit oil
any nature to any person to carry on
the business of retailing liquor, and il
is difficult to understand how any in
telligent citizen can be imposed on by
the opposite claim.
Congress having levied revenue
stamp tax of $25 per annnm on the
business of retail liquor dealers, the
commissioner of internal revenue en-
deavors to collect this tax wherever
and by whOmsOever the business is
carried on; but no semblance of per-
mission express or implied is given by
the United States government in its
revenue laws, or otherwise, to begin
or continue such business in any place
contrary to local legislation. A
change has been made in the form OF
the United States stamps issued to re-
tail liquor dealers as evidence that
they had paid such tax. The new
form, which will go into use July /
next, reads as follows:
"U. S. stamp for special tax inter
nal revenue. Received from -
the sum of -- dollars for special
tax on the business of retail liquor
UeaIcT III ---- LOT IIt
scented by the coupon or coupons here
unto attached"
And across the face of the stamp is
inscribed the following statement, en-
bracing the substance of section 3243
of the Revised Statutes:
"This stamp is simply receipt for
tax paid the government and does
not exempt the holder from any pen
atty or punishment provided for by
the law of any State for carrying on
said business within said State, and
does not authorize the commencement
nor the continuance of such business
contrary to the laws of such State or
in places prohibited by municipal law.
see section 3243, Revised Statues,
United States"
1t is believed that this action will
leave no ground for further misappre-
hension. Respectfully,
A. B. NETTLETON,
Acting Secretary.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

In 1862 an Iowa man on his way to
join ms regiment stepped off log
while crossing stream and caught
cold. He never saw the regiment and
never did any service. But he got Il
pension of four dollars month, was
lcrated and got six, then eight, then
twenty-four, and at last, by h0cus po-
Gus, deception and COLLISION, fifty dol
lars. His business partner was exam
ming surgeon, and that is where the
hocuS pucus process came in. This Is
what the Republicans call showing
gratitude for the veterans who fought
for the flag. And on just snch rogucs
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
spent In the meantime the poor fell
low who faced death gets eight dol
lars per months, and have to divvy
with the pension sharks at Washing
ton.-Er.
Yes, but give the devil his due
The Republican party has very I'M
savory record on the pension bust
ness, but it is not the only sinner.
Cleveland was kept busy during his
term vetoing fraudulent and unjust
pension bills passed by Democratic
House of Representatives,.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
NOT IN INHERENT RIGHT.

I. NOT IN INHERENT RIGHT.
There is no inherent right in citi-
zen to sell Intoxicating liquors by re-
tail it is not a privilege of citizen
of State or of a citizen of the Unit
ed States.-U. s. Supreme Court, Cali
fornia as. Christensen.
II. C4N THE LEGISLATURE CON
FER THE RIGHT?
No Legislature can bargain away
the public health or the public morals.
The people themselves cannot do it,
much less their servants. Govern
ment is organized with view to their
preservation, and cannot divest itself
of the power to provide for them-U.
s. Supreme Court, Stone rs. Mississippi.
III. CAN THIS APPLY TO LICENSE !
For we cannot shut out of view the
fact, within the knowledge Of all
that the public health, the public
morals and the public safety may be
endangered by the general use of in
tOxicating drinks nor the fact, estab-
lished by statistics accessible to every
one, that the disorder, pauperism and
crime prevalent in the country are, i'll
some degree at least, traceable to this
evil.-U. S. Supreme Court in Kansas
Cases.
The statistics of every State show a
greater amount of crime and misery
attributable to the use of ardent spir-
its obtained at these retail liquor sa-
looms than to any other sOurce.-U. s.
Supreme Court, California as. Chris
Hansen.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
Personal.

The wholly unjustifable, not to say
gratnitOUs insult offered to the edi-
tor ef the LEADER 10y the Mississip-
plan in paragraph copied in anoth-
cr column by our correspondent cal
lance Man." is our apology for what
is here said.
The closing sentence of the Missis-
sipPian's paragraph is the more con
temptibly pusillanimous, because Ed
gar 5. Wilson, its author, was fully
aware when lie penned it that the ed.
itor of this paper was not in posi-
ton to resent the indiguity as its
staggering insolence deserves.
Mr.. Wilson ought to know that the
time is past in Mississippi when de
nunciation will take the place of
facts, and the staggering bullyism OF
the prize ring the place of rational
argument.
1t is Il well established rule among
newspaper men that the editor of n
newspaper is not responsible for the
statements and opinions of cores
pondents, unless he expressly en-
dorscs them, or refuses to disclose the
name of the author, if unknown and
demanded. Nobody knows this bet
ter than the editor of the Mississip-
plan, and if he regarded what was
written by the LEADERS correspond
ent as of sufficient Importance to be
rcfutcd and the author exposed. he
could have easily obtained his real
name by making the proper demand
on us. That no such demand was
made, that there was no pretense of
specifying wherein our correspondent
had made false statements, and that
clustering denunciatlon was resorted
to instead, will receive its proper cs-
innate from IL discriminating public,
with which We leave the subject.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

john G.. Ca Shman of the Nicksburg
Post, who killed Ernest IIardenstein
in street fight last week, waived a
preliminary trial and made applica-
ton for bail on writ of hebeas cor
pus, which was to be tried yesterday
AS journalist Mr.. eastman has al
ways been conservative, though fear
less, Il pronounced advocate of law
and order, fair and conSideratc in his
treatment Of men and measures, and
that such man should have at last
felt himself goaded or driven into tax
ing the life of a fellow man, is to us 4
thing inexpresslbly sad. The LEAD
Err earnestly hopes he may be able to
prove his complete justification and
restored to liberty.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
A Local Issue.

Gen. Hancock probably lost his
election to the Presidency by the un-
fortunate remark that "the tariff is a
local issue" Yet there is no more alb
solute truth that communities and in
dividuals have their views formed on
the question of protective tariff just
in accordance with their interests in
the article protected. The tariff is
not only local issue, but it may be
said to be an individual issue. We
will find as a general thing, that men
even in the highest positions vote
very much as they are interested.
They are willing to censure others for
things similar to what they have done
themselves, or in other words, for al
lowing their opinions and votes to be
influenced by their own interests
Matches Banner.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The Meridian News wants the Stat
Convention to nominate candidates
for the United States Senate, and says
"should the Convention nominate
Senators, it is more than likely that
the people at the polls i'll November
would confirm the action of the Con-
ventiOn in instructing members of the
Legislature to vote for the nominees
of the Convention" We like the
suggestion of the Clarion Ledger bet
er-that is, for the Convention sim
ply to provide for the people to choose
between the known candidates by bal
lot at the November election, the Leg
islature to ratify the peoples choice
when it meets by formal election.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
The Vicksburg Commercial Herald

The Vicksburg Commercial Herald
urges the committee appointed
by the State Democratic Executive
Committee to hurry up and is
sue an address, crack the par
ty lash with one of its loudest
cracks, and "whoop up the boys" in
regular old fashioned style before the
Sub-Treasury boys get too firmly fix
ed in the saddle. 1t also talks like it
would like to see all Alliance men
who do not throw up their hats and
holler hurrah when the committee
speaks, read out of the party. The
CHI. ought to know that the tail has
wagged the dog in this State about as
long as the people are going to allow
it.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The Mississippi State Medical Asso-
citation will meet at Meridian on the
18th of April, in it's Oath annual SEES
sion. Col. j. r. Mcintosh will deliv-
er the address of welcome, and DR.
Luther Sexton will respond. A valu-
able and interesting programme has
been arranged. The hotels of the city
will afford ample accommodations at
generous rates, and large attend
ance is anticipated. Information and
particulars will be cheerfully flemish
ed by DR.. w. E. Todd, Secretary,
jackson, Miss.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
Partisan Inconsistency.

The adverse criticism of Mr.. Cleve-
land, by Democratic papers and poll
ticians, is unaccountable and illogical
These are the same men and papers
that praised Mr.. Cleveland for his wise
and successful administration, which
they claimed reflected credit upon the
Democratic party and demonstrated
that it could safely be trusted with
the control of the Government
VicksburQ Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

U. S. senatorial timber is plentiful.
Maj. Barksdale, Gov. Stone, Ex-Gov.
Lowry, Ex-Gov. Sims, Gen. Feather
ston, Hons. Thos. r. Stockdale. C. E.
Hooker, Clarke Lewis, Frank Burkitt,
H. S. Van Eaton and a number of
others have been favorably mentiop-
ed as successors to George and Wal
thall.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Italy has withdrawn her minister
from this country, because of hasty
assumption that the U. s. government
will not render satisfactory account
for the killing of two Italian subjects
by the New Orleans lynchers. This
may mean war, but if so, it is fore
gone conclusion that Italy will get the
worst of it.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The LEADER is emphatically in fla
vor of Prohibitionists and Alliance
men acting this year inside the Demo
cratic party, in all State and county
matters, but while doing that, we do
not consider that they are any more
under obligation to side-track Prohi-
bition and the Alliance platform, than
the opponents of these measures are
under obligation to withdraw their OPP
position to them. 1t is a poor rule
that won't work both ways. If ALI
ance men and Prohibitionists act as
Democrats, they must be accorded
Democratic rights and privileges.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

1t is very contemplate for the Stat
to put every conceivable temptatior
in u State Treasurer's way, and tber
to main tain a statute to punish ill.,
for yielding to temptation.-lrempL;
Appeal ArdIdnche.
Yes, and yet that is exactly wba,
the state does when it licenses the 81
loon and then Furnishes its citizens fo
"yielding to the temptation and get
ting drunk, or for killing some on,
under the excitement of drink A.
sensible and patriotic citizens. let II
have an end of such "statesmanship
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The Masonic Grand Lodge has en-
tered upon the noble work of creating
fund for the establishment and en-
dowment of Masonic Widows and
Orphans Home. Past Grand Master
Barley is custodian of the fund until
a board of trustees shall be appointed
under an act of incorporation.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The Meridian Standard, finding it.
self out of accord with the Lauder
dale county Alliance on the Sub
Treasury and other matters, has ten
dered its resignation as the official or
gan of the order in that county.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Many darby who has made haste
to register will shoot wide of the mark
when it comes to voting under the
Australian ballot system and making
ont his own ticket, as all will have to
do hereafter.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The report of land sold for nOn-pay-
ment OF taxes was notably smaller
than i'll previous years, and this is the
case in all the counties that have made
final settlements.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Day after day wagons load IN
with oats, flour, meat, etc, which arc
hauled out to farms and adioipinr
towns. 1t needs no prophet to solve
this problem. Their smoke onses
are too far from their kitchens on5
they depend upon king cotton to foot
all the bills. Better live upon home
raised produce, if you possibly can
ChickaSaW Messenger.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

An effort is being made by State
Revenue Agent Writ Adams to collect
a large amount of State taxes due
from liquor dealers of Vicksburg and
Warren county, the delinquencles ex-
tending back as far as 1886. These
claims number several hundred and
aggregate hundreds of thousands of
dollars. A test case has been made
up and will be tried at the next term
of the Circuit Court the object being
toseeuTe a decision from the Supreme
Court: Warren is a license county,
where the liquor laws are not violat-
ed, you know.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Capt. Boyd is a candidate for re-
election as sheriff of Pike county
There are no better sheriffs in Missis-
sippi than Capt. Boyd, and the LEAD
Err hopes to see the people of Pike
honor him again as the faithful, eff
cient public servant deserves to be.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The Miller family has pretty well
absorbed the attorneyships of the
country. We have a District AttOr-
ney Miller, State Attorney General
Miller and. "a United States Attorney
General Miller.-C lari0n Ledger.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

KilraiIi has issued challenge to
fight any man in the world for S. 900.
Since whipping the negro in Califor-
MIA lie feels his importance again.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Our Fair River correspondent re-
quests us to say that Mrs. Mary KEGS
died after his report of last week was
closed.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

The fight between the Irish factions
continues with increasing bitterness,
the Parnell side slowly losing ground.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Chancery Clerk W. {. Vaught of
Pike county is candidate for cleo
tiOn.
Ex.-Gov. John McEnery of Louis
lana, died last Saturday with pneu-
mouia.
The Republicans of Maine don
want the Australian ballot. It's too
honest.
DR.. Howard Crosby, the great Pres
byterian divine of New York, died
last Sunday.
The Woodville Republican nomi-
mates Hon. ii. 5. Van Eaton for the
United States Senate.
A tramp named George Hill was
run over and killed 10y the ears at
Rolling Fork on the 9th.
State Lecturer Burkitt will visit
Jefferson, Claiborne, Franklin and
Amite counties this month.
The new Baptist church at Column
sia was dedicated last Sunday by Rev.
BID. GRAY of HazTrburst
VIM. Klein, a Young business man
of Nicksburg, accidently killed him
self last week with pistol.
Hon. Wiley y. Nash, Grand Master
of 10. o. F., is visiting the various
lodoas IN fills ro,t of tI,a Sto+a
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to sunnort for office any man unIosy no
favors tI,o o,t;ro ,Iotfnr,n of tho All
ance as auont.d IT oeolo
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wa
stores in New York opened at that
hour to meet the demands of the re-
tailcrs. The reduction is two cents
per pound.
Tho 1,sis of ,.,r.S.,to+io, IN tLo
Democratic s+,to Convention whinh
meets July 18th will be two delegates
for every member of the lower house
of the Legislature, as prescribed in the
new constitution.
Vincent. defaultinp Treasurer of
Alabama. sentenced to the penitep-
hary Tor fifteen years, has served four
years III the coal mines, and his health
Is SO bad petition has been started
praying Tor his pardon.
The ..conv" for thc history of Mis-.
sissippi by ex-Gov. Lowry and Col
NcCordlo is now in tho hands of tho
printers, MessrS. X. ii. Henry q Co.
The publication OF the work will be
awaited with interest.
Tho Ahe,doan Evomin.r n,nor
USUALLY we'll posted on noIiticol sinh
iects. thinks tbo silver oues+io, will
he settled hv Conoress and hocore
dead issue before time to nominate
presidential copdidot.S noxt voor
INC N"'iona' ECONOMIST says the
'en'er o' poPula'iop' as SHOWN ny the
east of Columb ms Indiana The con-
ter of corruntion. howevar hes ut tho
head of nav;o,tiop IN tha po+om..
Gam hich"l"Soi' ana owen NC
Vua'e cilalseu WIN compilclty IN the
hi''ils ol ii"roensteih oy eastman,
o"' MI o"si''''"n ifieh"S Stou'iy as
oeI' 'hdC inc charge cannot oe sus-
e',neo, anu tllaI lie VIII prove Justl-
hapie hoihiciue'
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Its Effort to Pocket the Whole Farmers
County Alliance Men Laugh Right
Out Loud"
ty.l
Inasmuch as we find that the Mis-
sssippian in several recent issues ha S
seen proper to attack one of the lead =
ing demands of the National Alliance,
viz The Sub-Treasury plan, and also
to publish every available extract
from papers tending to iniure the AL
lance cause, and notably to grant a
free use of its columns to cOmmunica
tions opposing Alliance measures
there fore he it
Resolved, That we emphatically de
nounce the Mississippian as anti-Alli.
ance in Its teachings, befriending, in
a covert manner, the capitalistic mo-
nopolies against which the Farmers
Alliance is contending, and we claim
that large majority of the people OF
the State. who properly understand
the purpose and intent are in favor OF
the Sub Treasury plan and we fur
ther
Re solve. That the utterances iii
truth fully given) of J. II. Beeman,
w. S. McAllister and others who in
sist that the SubTreasury plan is
"wrOng" and "impracticable," zeal
culated to produce ruin and disaster
if carried into effect" are not support
ed by logical arguments, but are cal
culated to deceive and mislead the
thoughtless and unwary inside the Or
der, and the readiness of these men
to be interviewed early and often in
dicates an earnest desire for the sup,
port of the friends of the monied oil
garchies whose letters now bind the
financial conditions of the country and
have reduced it to the present state of
depression and we further
Resolve, That we will stand by the
Alliance demands unto the bitter end,
and that we will not support for Leg
islative Office any one who will not
pledge himself to carry out to the ut
most of his ability the principles and
purposes of these demands and we
further
Resolve, That we will not support
for the State Legislature any man who
will not pledge himself to oppose the
election to the United States Senate
any one who arrays himself against
these demands as a whole or singly.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Mr.. Walter b. Barker of Macon is q
candidate for railroad commissioners
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
Resolutions adopted by Fair River Alliance
Lincoln County,

Resolved, That we regret to learn
the expressed opposition of Senators
George and Walthall to the Sub
Treasurer bill now before Congress,
and that we will not hereafter vote fol
any man for the Legislature of this
State who will not pledge himself to
use all fair means to enact laws foI
the laboring class of people.
Resolved, That we at once with
draw our support from the Mississip-
plan, the State organ, and all other
papers that are not in harmony with
the Alliance and its demands, aud
that we request the BRooKHAvEN
LEADER to publish the above resolu-
tions and all papers friendly to please
copy. OBED ROLLINS,
President.
PC. MULLEN, Sec'y.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
Resolutions by Fair Play Alliance, Kinds
County.

[Resolutons by Fair Play Alliance, Kinds
County,
Whereas, All the politicians and
political papers of the State are bit
terly opposed to the Sub-Treasury
plan, using very unfair means to
bring it into disrepute among the
masses of the people by giving ride
ulous prominence to the mere details
of the measure, losing sight of the
principles involved.
Whereas, All the farmers, as well
as the "me too" ignoramuses and po-
litical knaves, get their political edu-
cation almost altogether from the po-
litical press and
Whereas, The Ledger and
Raymond Gazette, although opposed
to this measure, have shown a decent
respect for the wishes and the inteli-
gence of their readers by educating
them on both sides of this question,
not arrOgating to themselves monop-
oily of intelligence and common sense;
therefore,
Resolved, BY Fair Play Farmers
Alliance that we heartily commend
tHCSV CNO phpClS W tilC AlIIuHCt
brotherhood throughout the State.
Resolved, That we have a contempt
for those politicians and political pa
pers- who attempt to use the party
lash on us, an organization far more
Democratic than they are.
Resolved, That we regard all So
called official journals that use their
influence solely against us as traitors
and unworthy our support.
Resolved. That the ridiculous spec
tacle presented by the Mississippian
i'll its effort to pocket the whole Far
mers' Alliance of Mississippi amuses
us, and makes us 'laugh right out
loud.n
Resolved. That we learn with regret
the attitude of Messrs. George and
Walthall towards the Sub-Treasury
bill, and that we have lost all faith in
their professions of sympathy for the
labOring man. Measures, not men, is
our motto, and we will use our infiu-
ence against the election of any man
to the next Legislature who is opposed
to the principles involved in this bill,
stripped of all Objectionable details.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02

Resolutions by Pearl Alliance, Madison county,
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this Alliance that the Mississippian
does not represent its sentiments, and
is not entitled to the confidence of the
Alliance, and that we publicly con-
denim its course and action.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
WILL STAND BY THE OCA-
LA PLATFORM.
The Assistant State Lecturer Re-
pudiatcd by His Own
COuntymen.
Think He is Too Fond of Being
interviewed Early and
Often"
The MissiSsippian ROundly De-
nOunced for It's DiSlOyalty.

Its Effort to Pocket the Whole Farmers
Alliance of Mississippi Makes Kinds
County Alliance Men Laugh Right
Out Loud"