Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-10-17
State Organizer POsey Gives an
Account of His Visit.
The Peoples Party Loyal to
Prohibition.
They Nominate n Strong Candidate for
State Senator-wm. NJ. kethley
the Man.
EDITOR MISSISSIPPI LEADER:

EDITOR MISSISSIPPI LEADER:
Permit me, through your paper to
give a sketch of my work and observa-
tons while in Copiah county. My work
upon a whole has been pleasant and ]
hope profitable. Upon every hand /
have been kindly received and enter
tanned. / have made four lectures and
two short public talks. In every in
stance, except one, have had the I'M
divided attention of the people; and in
the one excepted l would rather attrib-
ute the cause to the time of day and
joy over the Democratic nomination
for State Senator than to intentional
disrespect. | was present at the Copi-
all Association, which proved interest
ing and instructive. l presume that
the last session was one of It's best
meetings. The people of Gallman know
exactly how to take care of visitors.
Since the Association i have been
nearly all the time in the country and
find that the people have very good
crops. Copiah's citizenship is compos-
ed of thoroughly wide awake and
progressive people.
Politically, most of the laborers are
Peoples party and Prohlbitionists. |
was at the Peoples party mass meet
ing, held in Hazlehurst,,on Thursday,
Oct. - The meeting was called to or
der by Mr. J. ID. Miller, Chairman of
the Peoples party executive commit
tee, and on motion he was made per
manent chairman of the meeting. Mr..
N. T. Nichols was elected Secretary, af-
ter which nominations for candidate
for the State Senate, were declared in
order. Mr. William NJ. Kethley was
nominated and received the unanimous
vote of the house.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed to show the sentiments of the Peo-
pies party upon some particular ques-
tions:
Resolved, That we reaffirm our allie
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as formulated at Omaha, July 4th, 1892
Resolved That we denounce the
pre- sent Democratic Administration as
being false to its promises, and con-
trolled by the money powers of the ma
ton. regardless of the disastrous effect
it is having upon the laboring class of
people.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
the sale of all intoxicating liquors as
beverages, and will use all lawful means
within our power to suppress the same;
further, that we invite all Prohibition
lists to join us in our efforts for the
right.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves
to the execution of the election laws of
our State during the holding of future
elections in our county.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
submitted for publication by all papers
friendly to our cause, and especially
the MISSISSIPPI LEADER.
On motion adjourned.
J. d. MILLER, Chairman.
N. T. NICHOLS, Sec'y.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, you may depend up.
on the mass of the people in Copiah
county voting as they pray, and they
are not afraid to let the world know it.
And bat is more impressive is, that
they have very serious doubts about
the sincerely of man who prays for
one thing and votes for another. With
the Peoples party and Prohibition
party combined in that county they
feel quite sure of a victory.
Hurrah for Copiah
L. ID. PoSEY.