Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-10-09
Cheap Goods, and 10 Money to
Buy Them, Makes a Man
Feel Mean.
The Democratic Party Weigh
ed and Found Wanting.
PrOhibitioniStS Must Cease NOt-
ing for Whisky Parties.
The Frank, Honest Words of Il
Sincere Man.
JACKSON. Miss. Sept 2sth. 1891.

JACKSON, MISS. Sept 18Th. 1871.
TO the Voters of the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict Of Mississippi:
accept the nomination of the Pro
hibition party for congress from this
district, because without a nomination
we have no one to bear our standard,
and no one who should receive our
votes. The national Democratic party
is outspoken in its opposition to Pro
hibition The Populites in this dis
trict have straddled the fence, and the
Republicans are simply mot in it."
Therefore we are forced to make a
nomination. Now as to my stand:
1st. | will say | am a merchant and
not politician. am not a seeker af-
ter office. | take this standard that
the people may be taught sense of
duty. | recognize the fact that we have
a great many friends to our cause who
are Democrats. but | believe the time
is fast coming when these men will find
that they are in the wrong party.
I'd. As far as "home rule" is con-
cerned, am a white line Democrat to
the core.
Sd. | believe in the coinage of silver
at ratio of 16 to l. Down with the
idea of low prices and no money. No
money brings stagnation and stagna-
ton brings death. I would rather pay
ten dollars for a barrel of flour and
have twenty dollars to buy it with, than
to have flour at four dollars, and only
have two dollars to buy it with. For
the cheaper goods are the meaner and
more degraded it makes a man feel, if
he has not the money to get them. ]
believe the agricultural classes of our
country, both South and West, are
most unjustly oppressed at this time,
and ] believe it is due largely to ma
tional legislation There has not been
enough money to move the crops, hence
the low prices. Give us plenty of money
and | will show you activity; | will
show you life; I will SHOW you pros
perity
The greatest mistake the Democrat
ic party made during the session Of
congress just closed was the repeal of
the SHERMAN law" They should have
caught the crumbling walls of the Re
publican party, and have scotched it
right there, and by using this, the only
law on the statute books friendly to
silver, as foundation, they should
have built something better, and not
have killed the only friend that silver
had. I believe if this had been done
our country would have been better
off; and long would have been the life
of National Democracy. But alas for
the country, alas for Democracy! THE
hand writing is on the wall" Her name
is ''Ichabod."
4th AS to local matters: Pearl riv-
er has been declared q navigable
stream, and yet Jackson, situated on
the Pearl, is unjustly Disseminated
against in freight rates, because OF
river rates to other points. | believe
an appropriation sufficiently large
could be gotten for Pearl river to make
her navigable from here to New Or
leans during the entire fall and winter
months. If this were done, it would
benefit a people who have been impos-
ed on by the railroads too long.
9Th. believe the principles of the
National Prohibition party will event
ually succeed. Why Because then
are right. And as sure as there is q
God ruling over the destiny of the ma
tons of the world, right will finally
prevail. am out for Congress in a
district that is prohibition in scnti-
ment and if am not elected, it will be
because our friends are under the par
ty lash of the Democratic party. Men
who believe in the right, are voting
with the party that is most outspoken
against our principles. The laws we
have today favorable to prohibition we
got by electing those friendly to us, tc
the Legislature. We will never accom-
plish anything in a national way until
we elect Prohibitionists to congress
Some tell me that the Democratic nom
inee in this district is a Prohibition
ist doubt not that he is an excellent
Christian gentleman, but if he is {
Prohibitionist he cannot afford to en-
dorse the platform of his party.
There are a great many Prohibition
, lists who are voting with the Demo
cratic party. They were cemented tt
this party under the Republican mis-
rule in Mississippi; and the cause tina
united them was sufficient to bind al
true men together. But that cause
has been removed, and yet they seen
not to know how to break loose from
;. the party that is most outspokei