Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-08-25
The Democratic Pow-wow at Mesdville
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The Democratic Pow-wow at Ncsdville.
Rdk1 Mississippi Loader:
The 18th has come and gone, and
the grand old democratic party's love
feast" at Meadville, Franklin Co. Miss,
must be numbered with the years be-
yond the flood Twas grand effort
on the part of the leaders to make
display Of the great strength Of the
party In the Free State Of Franklin,
and am satisfied the brayest OF them
felt that at the twang of the Rams
horn the walls around the strong hold
of the Peoples party here would crum-
BILE. leave the readers to imagine the
chagrin of those most deeply interest
ed when by order of the Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee,
that all for the party, or even friends
to the cause, would meet the Band at
the Church (which is about two hundred
yards west Of the public square) and
form in procession and march to the
Court House, the grand procession ex
elusive Of the band numbered all told
the enormous sum of $50 men and
boys. ] can say of truth, that even
the walls Of the old brick court house
are standing as IL they experienced
no jar from the African blast which
headed the procession in at least
three bold efforts that very much ridi-
culed Dixie, Yankeedodle, and Home,
Sweet Home.
The Silver-tongued Orator and the
Honorable Geo. Dodds were the speak
ers of the day, the only contention be-
ing in their own camp, over the bone
Of Office The Col. looked to one mot a
member of the Democratic party how
ever as if he realized the fact that he
is getting old, and perhaps toothless,
but by vigorous effort from power
full pair of jaws, made such by long and
continued use, he will be able to gum,
and suck the honors from the Con-
gressional bone once more IL rendered
him by the party.
My admired friend Dodds, with an
aching appetite for office or honors,
would be pleased to play the game Of
rotating; and if he uses the Col. up as
badly all over the district as he did
here, I am satisfied so far as true merit
is concerned, he will rotate him out of
| the nomination / consider them very
| ignorant indeed of the size and inten-
tion of thePeople's Party. Col. Hooker
assumed the ground that it could do
no possible good for us to vote for a
party that Is in every particular
pledged to support and enact into
laws, the demands of the laboring peo-
pie against the party that is in a::putri-
fed state, and swayed, stayed, and
propelled by one man.
He claims that the Peoples Party In
the South can only further the inter
est of the Republican party and to
which it's leaders are allied, thereby
making dupes Of the working people
(who dare to do their own reading and
thinking, and who have learned to
scorn the thought of having to call in
a Captain, Colonel or General to tell
them what they may do) to Republican
shrewdness. His position is so redi- |
culously false that itwould not have |
been mentioned by me only to show
to my fellow working men what low |
estimate the ungrateful man, perhaps
we have all delighted to honor with |
the highest trust we could bestow on |
him. has put on DUR intelligence. Dodds |
gets off the best advertisement for !
pure ond unadulterated ignorance for !
a citizen Of his own county that I /
ever knew smart man to get off. He 1
says he has a citizen che may have
citizens for all know in Copiah, that /
belongs to the Peoples party because
he thinks when IL gets In power, it is |
going to give him, his wife, and all the
the childrrn fifty dollars each, that
the poor man went on to- tell what |
great things he anticipated doing with
so much money. III had not been I
afraid, / would disturb the dignity Of /
the public meeting or be called to or
der by 81 mebody's pet toad, would
have asked, IL the citizen was q noted /
fused to divide time with us I held
my mouth. The Col told us when he
spoke In this county the time before
this, that he had known for ten years
back that the laboring people were in /
depressed condition and that II had
gradually grown worse and worse; q
silver spray of eloquence was flung
from his lips as he dwelt on the infar
nous Mckinley tariff act, but this
time, he forgot to tell us how the ma
jority of 148 of his kind made peace
with it. take it granted that 3sthey
did not have chance He had little
to tell us this time of the billion dol
lar Congress run by Reid. Iguess IL
is because the Democrats have beaten
Reid's record 100000, on the first !
half of the term. He never told us of
a single reduction on our taxes by the
work OF this last Congress. I know
he was sober, but he did not have
chance to 90 into more details.
Dr. I