The Brookhaven leader., 1891-03-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

sons on It's pay roll.
Blaine'S friends stoat}y deny that
he is a candidate for the presidency
Gov. Stone has to fill IL number t
minor Offices by appointments every
week.
The Chickasaw Messenger is the
rhleSt champion of the Alliance in the
STATE.
congressman Stockdalc aud Clarke
Lewis stand fiat footed on the Alliance
platform.
Nearly half of the last issue of the
Meridian Standard was devoted to
Frank Burkitt.
The Mississippian is catching it from
alliance men and Alliance meeting.
all around the circle.
Moody Price killed lily Shedd in
sclf-defcnse at Meridian last Saturday
Liquor was at the bottom Of it.
About 1900 voters were disfranchis.
ed in Lowndes by failure to pay THEN
taxes all but about so being colored
Since Senator Walthall declines to
stand for c-clcction, the MissiSsippial
comes out for Gov. stone It's his sue
cessOr
The time has passed when the PEG
pie are going to stand 10y Il party right
or wrong. If the Democratic party
wants to be saved, it must do right.
The George and Walthall letters in
opposition to the &uh- Treasury scheme
have suddenly brought to the front an
unusually lar&" crops Of me-too cdi-
tors.
Hon. j. II. Brcman and DR.. b. +.
PaSsm0rc, members of the State Ali
ancc Executive Committee, have unit
ed with the 1Ii>~issippiau in fighting
the Snb-Treasury plan.
Sheriff d. VI. Lee of Lawrence made
vcry satisfactory settlement with the
Auditor last week. Mr.. Lee is most
excellent gentleman and one of the
best Shcrltis in the State.
The Clarion Ledger says cx-(iov.
Lowry has received letters and tele-
grams from many gentlemen in differ
ent parts of the state urging him to
become Il candidate for the Senate.
The Magnolia Gazette, no doubt in
tending +" be complimentary. refers
TO a certain candidate as "a gentle
man of uHScIWpHI0uS integrity,
Rather Doubtful compliment that
Some of the George and Waltball
organs are trying to impeach Frank
Burkitt's Democracy. Burkitt has
been the salt of the Democratic party
i'll this State when it required lots of
salt to save it.
The LEADER makes this prediction :
That no man will go to the Legisla-
tufe from Lincoln county who is in
favor of electing men to the United
States Senate opposed to the Ocala Al
lance platform.
The President Of the Landerdalc
county Alliance repudiates the Meri-
dian Standard as the official organ of
the Alliance of that county because of
its opposition to the Ocala platform
and its support of Senators George
and Walthall.
The murderous Malta society has
threatened the lives of Mayor Shak-
speare of New Orleans and MesSrs.
Patterson and Wickliffc, the leaders
of the citizens who lynched the Ital-
iaus. The Malta had better profit by
It's late experience.
Prohibitionists will make Il mistake
if they try to elect Prohibitionists to
the Legislature by "still hunt" pol
icy. Liquor men can beat you to
death at that. The candidate who is
afraid to say openly exactly where he
stands on this question won't do to
irnSt.
Secretary K. +. Wilson has called a
meeting of the State Democratic Ex-
rcutive Committee to be held March
23rd, at i p. m, at the Capitol, in the
city of jackson, for the purpose of
olecting a chairman, and for the trans
action of such other business as may
come before the Committee.
Under the new law the President
has the appointment of five Land
Court Judges and nine Circuit Court
Judges. Gen. Chalmers is a candi-
date for the new Circuit Court district
comprising Texas, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Alabama. There will be
lively fight for these places.
senator Walthall has written let
t.! announcing his determination not
10 lie candidate for. re election, but
at the close of his present term TO re-
tire from public life. The letter is a
graceful acknowledgement of his APP
probation of the confidence repOsed
In him by the peoDle in the past, a