The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Barksdalc and Lewis arc Gin it fol
the Senate.
Mrs. Fairman is now postmistress
at Monticello.
The Greenville Democrat is one OF
our most readable exchanges.
The last Copiah Signal contained
the announcements of 81 candidates.
Coy. Stone has re-appointed Hon.
Sylvanus Evans Chancellor of the
I'd district.
The State Press boys met at Yazoo
City yesterday and are having Il
glorious time.
Gen. Vests letter to the Alliance
men of MARSHALL county is Il regular
ripsaw to Senator George and other
opponents of the Sub Treasury.
The LEADER is going to stand up
for the Alliance and its principles i'll
this fight and not against them. as
some of their professcd friends are do
ing.
"Sub-Treasury lunatics," is the
convincing and persuasive terms i'll
which the Natchez Democrat refers
to the supporters of the Alliance plat
form
The county Alliances of Scott and
Laudcrdale are the latest additions to
the Barksdale column, both having
endorsed him for the United States
Senate.
In response to call of the Clay
County Leader on the white voters of
West Point to show where they stand
on the saloon question, 100 have en-
rolled their names against the iniqui-
ty.
Gen. \. NJ. West, of Holly Springs,
has written long and able letter to
the Marshall County Alliance in which
he takes the position that Land Loan
and Treasury bills are constitu-
tional.
Mr. II. Sidney King has severed his
editorial connection with the Meridian
News. Mr.. d. b. Harris, who has
been associate editor for the past four
years, will assume the duties of editor
in chief.
The Choctaw county Alliance, COM
posed exclusively of Democrats, has
endorsed Hon. +. Bark dale and Hon.
Clarke Lewis for the United States
Senate as the successors of Senators
George and Walthall.
The Executive Committee of Clai-
borne county has invited Gen. George,
Maj. Barksdale and Capt. Burkitt to
address the people of Claiborne coun-
ty on the political issues of the day,
at time convenient to all parties.
1t took our enterprising Nicksburg
contemporaries, the Post and CONNER
cial- Herald, each of which had re-
porter attending the meeting of the
Warren county Alliance, four days to
learn that that body endorsed Banks
dale and the Sub Treasury plan.
The New Orleans grand jury refus-
ed to indict the mob that broke open
the prison gates and killed the Da-
goes. The report says six or eight
thousand people were concerned in the
work and that their action was en-
dOrsed by the people of New Orleans.
Senator George has quit harping SO
strongly on the uncOnstitutiOnality of
the Sub-Treasury bill since it was
shown that he has voted to loan gov
eminent money for which there was no
more specific constitutional authority
than there is for the farmers measure.
1t is lamentable fact that too often
in the political affairs of this country
the people are forced of necessity in
their choice of officials, to decide be-
tween "rotten eggs" There is a case
in point in this State at the present
time, which might be mentioned were
it not useless.
If any one is inclined to gloat over
the apparent, but not real reverse to
Barksdale's candidacy in this county
last Monday, let him remember that
on the same day aud near about the
same hour, Senator George addressed
large mass meeting at Houston,
Chickasaw county, and was followed
in speech by State Lecturer Burkitt
and the adoption of resolutions ell
dorsing the Alliance platform.