The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-07-20
THE CHARGES BOLDLY MADE.


Thomas r. Stockdale, the present
Congressional incumbent from this
district and candidate for renomi-
nation, have persistently ignored the
charges that have been made against
their principal and endeavored to
COunteract their force by making
vague cOunter-chargcs against his 0p-
ponents for the nomination. Such a
course in grave and mOmentous
political campaign as Is the present is
childish, and If they cannot bring
actual, existing proofs to refute these
charges, or proofs to sustain the
charges they hint at among his COM
| petitorS, they should remain silent.
Groundless assertions and charges are
not arguments, and such unsustaIned
shafts cannot prove effective against
those at whom they are aimed.
The charges as to Colonel Stock
dale's political turpitude are these,
categorically put, and the weight OF
proof fully sustains them:
| Up to 1872, when he ran for presi-
Dental electOr, the record shows that
he was aflil,ating with the Democracy
of the State, and aspired to leader
ship.
In 1875, but couple Of months be-
fore the revolution in the State, Colo
mel Stockdale entered the Republican
convention at Brookhaven and gave
in his adhesion to the party, saying on
= the floor of that gathering that he
"would defend Republican principles
whenever the people wished to listen
to him."
Just after this Stockdale openly
and earnestly supported one Garland
: a radical Republican, of Pike county
> for the State Senate, against the able
v and dashing Hon. Robert II. Thomp
II son, giving as his only reason for 81
/ doing that he was under obligations
+ to Garland (whO may have possessed
Stockdale's letters).
Later when Connolly bOlted tn
1t regular convention of Lawrence
lie county and ran as an independen
n. candidate for the State Senate agains
d, the talented and gifted Hon. A. II
le Longino, the regular Democratic nom
n inee. Stockdale ardcntly advocate
er and canvassed for the bolting cand
date.
In 1878 Stockdale wrote his famou
r. Hull letters that have only come {
US light within the past few months
he wherein he showed the malevOlen
nd purpose Of trying to organize thir
of or independent party toOverthrow n
to Democracy Of the State, which ha
h been in power less than three year
m and which was then rapidly rest0rln
he peace, tranquility and prosperit.
which had been almost totally d
: stroyed by carpet-bag, scallawag an
" negro domination.
to In 1891, when the great senators
ois campaign was pending, Colonel Stoc'
raj dale was solicited toenter the canva
Of and speak against the suh-treasu
he heresy, and absolutely refused becau
he he said the people of his district W
ICY divided on the question, and he won
crt not meddle in the matter.
en- In 1892 Colonel Stockdale did ma
Of sub-treasury and Populistic speech
en- in some parts of this district frc
be- one stump and Democratic speech
from another in other parts of t
|. district.
M This is Colonel Stockdale's polite
ons record, as elegantly and elaborate
re. spotted as the skin of a leopard. The
ing charges are made categorically, and
nsi- and his friends are challenged to
$50 fute them, and substantiate the
tell refutation with solid proof. Color
it's Stockdale's reputation as a straigl
it's forward, square Democrat is at stal
mob and it is his duty to. disproye I
his above charges IL he can.
rti- Now, let the friends of the dough
the but badly tatooed colonel make tn
charges as boldly and as plail
/. against his competitors in the @
of gressional race as the above are ma
$ a and the burden of proof will not
in placed upon those making the charg
i'm but the friends of the other gentlen
few will proceed to prove their falls
the with induoltaole evidence