Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-01-28

Mr.. II. n. King has assumed charge
Of the Journal. the Alliance paper al
Coffeeville.
Congressman Kyle, of this State, ha,
introduced a bill to repeal the import
duties on bagging and ties
Alliance men ask nothing but justice
and fair play. They will he content
with nothing less.
The Natchez Banner. which started
out few years ago on a high plane
has got to be pretty good whisky or
gan.
If the chapter on dramshops Goe:
through as it passed the Senate, saloons
will have to be run hereafter withou
screens
The Christian men of this State have
resolved and petitioned and memorial
lied on the liquor traffic long enough
The time has come for little sancti
fed voting.
Senator John Sherman is charged
with having purchased enough legisla
tors to secure his reelection to the L
S, Senate. If true, it is hoped there
are enough good men in Ohio to smoke
the old sinner out.
If your time for the Leader has expired
renew. If you are not a subscriber send
us one dollar and have your name enroll.
ed. How ma.y friends of the great re.
forms the paper champions will interest
themselves i'm extending its circulation?
And now comes Democratic Senator
Palmer and says he is opposed to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
What are the party leaders agreed
about, anyhow, except that they want
to get and hold all of the offices.
The Vicksburg saloon keeper is a
modest fellow. For instance. observe
with what diffidence he requests the
whole press of the State to support the
resolutions adopted by a meeting in
that city held in the interest of whisky
Col. Ananias j. Frantzy has our
special thanks for a left-handed com
pliment We had been expecting it.
and really would have felt disappointed
and that we had neglected our duty in
some way if it had not been forthcom-
ing.
When a good man does a praise
worthy thing. as Col w H. Tribette, of
Terry. has done by contributing $4,000
each to two leading institutions Of
learning of the State, it is unpardona-
BILE for a paper to spell his name wrong,
as the Crystal Springs Meteor did.
Are the saloons and whisky politi-
clans more potential with this Legis-
lature than the Woman's Christ
ian Temperance Union, the great reli-
giouS bodies of the State and the Pro-
hibition Convention representing all
parties and creeds? We shall see.
And if so, why so?
Hiram Cassidy, Jr., Private Secretary
to Governor Stone, has been granted Ii
cense to practice law. Mr.. Cassidy
comes of family noted for its able
lawyers, and brilliant future no
doubt awaits him. He is young gen
tleman of uneXceptionable character
and habits, and the LEADER feels that
he will achieve success in its highest
and noblest sense.
The Natchez Banner, commenting on
the action of the Senate in adopting
the chapter on dramshops, says it
would be far more honorable in the
Prohibitionists in that body who are
endeavoring to down the whisky bust
ness in the State, to attempt the adop-
ton of straight prohibition, than to en-
deavor to destroy it by indirection
There is force in the observation.
J. j. Armstead of Newton thinks if
some member of the present Legisla-
ture will secure the passage of law
to prohibit the manufacture and sale
of all species of Intoxicating liquors
within the borders of the State, ap-
pending proper pains and penalties fol
violation of the same, thousands of the
best men and women all over this
broad land would rise up and cali him
blessed. Right.
Senators McGehee, of Franklin, anC
Roane, of Grenada, declared in the
Senate Saturday evening, that they
were not only ready to vote to prohibit
licensed liquor sellers in wet counties
from shipping liquors into dry countie:
by the jug or otherwise, but that they
are ready to vote for prohibition stat
ute that will close every legalizeG
dramshop in the State. 1t is regretable
that the Senate does not contain more
McGehees and Roanes