The Brookhaven leader., 1891-08-13
THE BATTLE GROUND.
KINDS POLITICS RED HOT.
Barksdale First i'm the Hearts of
His COuntymcn.
An Accommodating Candidate \ Mem
Der of that Committee on Credentials
The BarksdaIe Candidates.

her of that Committee on Credentials
The BarksdaIe Candidates.
JACKSON, Aug. 10, 1891.
Editor Brookhavcn LEADER:
The situation in Kinds is quite in
tcresting just now and the coming
week promises to he an unusually
cvcntful one In Empire county poll
tics. Senator Georges campaign in
Carroll, his home, county having re-
suited IN n Waterloo for him without
parallel in the annals of Mississippi
politics. he and his faithful licutenants
will endeavOr to retrive their shatter-
ed fortunes by, as they say, turning
the tables in Kinds, the home county
of Major Barksdalc. In pursuance of
this purpose they will work with the
diligence of devils from now until the
18th INST, when for their pains they
will discover that grand old Ethel
Barksdale, unlike their candidate. is
first in the hearts of his cOuntymen.
The legislative candidates Oh the
George ticket are beginning to realize
that they are not Sin it." One who
had been perfectly appalled, at the
heresy of Major Barksdale four weeks
tago has evidently taken some power
full stomachc, for he is quoted as hay
ing assured the dear people in a re-
cent speech that he would not only
vote for blinds distinguished citizen,
but would work for his election" If
they so desired he would swallow him
hair, hide and heresy. 1t is said
there was an air of regret about this
candidate that Barksdalc had not
been more heretical-mOre unclean
politically that he might show what
he really could do in the way of obey
ing instructions.
Another George candidate, whose
election was at one time generally con-
ceded, after the executive committee
decided to submit the question of Sen
atorial preferences to IL direct vote of
the people, seems doomed to defeat
i'll spite of personal popularity and
the many favorable circumstances at
tending the earlier stages of his can
vass. He attended the State conven-
ton as a delegate from this county
and by the grace of packer Thompson
was put on the committee on ereden-
tials and voted with the majority to
Dust the Barksdale- Southworth or,
as they claim, the regular delegates.
The result of the recent primary in
Carroll county is regarded here as a
most emphatic rcbuke to the action of
majority of that committee, and in
deed to the convention, and without
imputing to him improper motives in
voting to fire Barksdale's friends out
of the convention, nevertheless the
Majors friends have their cutlery con-
venient and the raZOrs will be flying
in the air next Tuesday. The other
George candidates for the lower house
is by no means formidable and while
he is the head of the ticket, as para
doxical as it may appear, he is also
| the tail. AS to the senate, William
son, the young and brilliant incumb
ent, the idol of Kinds county dcmOc-
racy, will be reelected without OPP
position. AS to tlOtOrial, Senator Car
michael, will be the man our mutual
friend, the "Vicksburg Post" to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
j. A. p. Campbell, Jr., worthy son
of noble sire, as high n type of
American manhood, as good a Demo
crat and as practical a farmer as ever
honored Mississippi with citizenship,
tory in this end of Kinds while in
central and southern Kinds the ban
ners of the yeomanry will be held
aloft and carried to victory by such
sturdy Democrats as Puryear and
Wells. Curious enough, the State
House, from cellar to dome, is against
Barksdale. Indeed, it has been
shrewdly surmised that the course of
the late convention was shaped within
the historic walls of the capitol
months before the meeting of that
body. And why not ? Is not this an
age of reciprocity Did not Senator
George within these same walls add
two years to the official terms of each
of the favored few who draw princely
salaries from the State Treasury and
know naught of the struggles for
bread of the masses who foot the bill
Another unique feature of the stua-
ton is observable in Liberty Grove
precinct in which the State Lunatic
Asylum is located. By singular CO.
incidence the employees of this insti-
tuition, with few exceptions, are in
harmony with the State House on the
senatorial question, while the neigh
boring farmers are enthusiastic sup
pOrters of Major Barksdale. A quiet,
determined contest is Oh between the
opposing factions, the outcome of
which will be watched with interest
REGNANT PoPULI.
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