Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
QUESTIONS OF FAITH AND FACT.

on that subject when they read his ed
itorials and see his littleness in at
to lay the responsibility for
the present distics on the Democratic
party. "Fdlsus ia purUWm, fd!SSS an
omnibus" is a maxim that may be apt
ly applied to Bro. Hobbs Ccpidh Sig
nal.
Ii is the mean and unworthy way of
some men. when they cannot success
fully assail the position of an oppo-
nent with facts and arguments, to
shift the issue by resorting to personal
detraction and impugning the motives
of that opponent, and we observe with
regret that the new editor of the Signal
appears to belong to this reprehensi-
BILE class.
If the Signal will give us the name
of any Prohibitionist who says he dis
trusts the sincerity of Editor Hobbs
touching Prohibition, we will point
out to him instanter Prohibitionist
who cares more for one or the other of
the old whisky licensing parties than
he does for either Prohibition or the
truth.
Hobbs has never anywhere charged
that the Democratic party is any
more responsible for the present finan-
cial distress, than their running mates,
the Republicans, and the editor of the
hi,,c..lf ,InxN-n
thy of belief when he says so. We
challenge him to produce an editorial
from THE LEADER that will sustain his
charge.
What Hobbs has said and does say
is, that the Democratic party, through
its platform, speakers and editors. de-
ceivedand misled the people last year
when they said, elect us and we will
proceed TO carry out cur pledges and
give the country relief as soon as we
get into power. The fellow who lies
is responsible for his lies. isn't he. Mr..
Ramsey? If not. who is?
We know it has been and will be said
that the Democrats are not RESPONSE
BILE for what has been done by Repub-
lican Congresses, and that they haven't
had "a chance yet to correct Republican
abuses; but every Informed person
knows that Democrats in Congress
were pdrticeps criminis in much of the
evil legislation which is charged to the
Republicans knows that the House of
the Sind Congress with its big Demo
cratic majority, repudiated silver and
unblushingly followed in the eXtrava-
CANT footsteps of the Reed Congress
knows that the present Democratic adj
ministratiOn has followed without the
slightest deviation, the tracks of the
Harrison administration in handling
the government finances knows that
u Republican Senate last February
tried to repeal the Sherman law which
is now accused by the President of
bringing on the financial stringency,
and was prevented by Democratic OPP
position in that body.
And after all. there is some Congress
sional legislation we are devoutly
thankful. as Prohibitionist. the Dem
ocrats are no. responsible for. For
instance, we are thankful they didn't
have the strength to defeat the Wilson
bill i'll the 51st Congress, but for which
every square mile of Prohibition terri
tory III Lincoln, Copiah and every 9th
er Prohibition county in Mississippi
would have been exposed to the sale
of liquor without the power to prevent
it.
If the editor of the Signal doesn't
care to take our word for it, if he will
refer to the official proceedings of the
5lst Congress, pages 8217 and 82lS of the
Congressional Record, he will lind that
nearly all the Democratic members of
the House, voted on the side of the
original package saloons. He will also
find that our own and only ''silver
tongued," whom we suppose some OF
those ''honest Prohibitionists" he re,
fers to were guilty of the folly of vot-
ing for last fall, was paired on the side
of the saloon.
And, let us add as a parting word
Bro. Ramsey. if this is the kind of
''honest Prohibitionists" who are to sit
in judgment on our sincerity, you must
not only prove that they are honest
but, having done that. you must also
prove by some competent authority
that they are sane.