Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-11
Demorest, the Philanthroplst.

| EaitOr OF the MISSISSIPPI Leader:
It is nearing the time when the polit
ical parties will begin to centre theiI
forces upon the men who can poll for
them the largest vote. The Prohibition
party will find more friends in the
South during the next campaign than
ever before. The South is the real
battle ground where on the Home Pro
lection party shall find the greatest
victories.
The Prohibitionists of the North in
thinking of the men who will be the
strongest leaders of the party will have
to consider the Southern vote, and give
us the names of men who can carry the
largest vote in the Southern States.
In all the lists of names, there is none
so acceptable to Southern Prohibi-
tionists as that of W. Jennings Demo
rest of New York, the great patriot and
philanthropist. / found the enclosed
article in prominent paper this week
and it so thoroughly comedies with
what consider the need of Southern
Prohibitionists to consider, that / wish
you would print it and ask all the pa
pers friendly to our cause to place it in
their columns, that we may get point
ing of thought in this direction.
MARY MCGEE SMELL.
California temperance people have
the breeziest way of foreshadowing flu
ture events, and for over year they
have flung proudly their colors for
standard bearer for the campaign of
1892 for the name of w. Jennings Demo
rest for President. Their choice is
sagacious one, for there is no man in
the United States who will poll larger
vote on the Prohibition ticket than
this generous philanthropist. He has
ever been unswervingly loyal to the
party by voice and pen, and well de-
serves this honor at their hands.
"His Demorest medal contests, by
which 10000 contests, with eight times
as many contestants learning temper
ance speeches, have made his name a
household word in thousands upon
thousands of homes, and these myriads
of little ones who love him with such
devotion will get papa for once to vote
for his candidate, and papa will do 1T
most willingly. for no one can resist
the man whom their children love, and
who loves their children.
"As the editor of Demorest's Family
Magazine he has wide fame, as well as
his genial and talented wife, and thous-
ands will vote for him all over the
country for the personal regard they
feel for the man whose magazine has
been constant visitor in their homes
for years.
He will, too, receive the votes of the
farmers, for he has been one and knows
their needs, and of the laboring men,
for he is a skilled mechanic, and deeply
sympathizes with them in their struggle
for right. At the same time he is an
example and inspiration to them as to
what a workingman can achieve, for his
money has all been earned honestly, by
strict attention to business and intense
industry.
Last but not least he has no enemies
| While a devoted patriot, he has never
been prominent as an officer-holder in
either of the old-parties. and therefore
has no political foes. His record as a
business man. a husband and father
is absolutely clean, and no part of the
campaign would have to be devoted tc
explaining away unpleasant allusion'
and charges, as is necessary in old par
ty politics.
"All in all, he is the one man wht
could poll the million votes for which
the Prohibition party is so heroicallJ
struggling.
His success in the national canvass
is foreshadowed by his success when a:
nominee for lieutenant governor o1
New York he ran 1000 ahead of his tick
ct, and nearly doubled the Prohibition
vote when he was nominated for mayor
of New York city.
/ '.Hurrah for Demorest California
starts the cry, and every State in the
| Union echoes it."