Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-09-25
PROHIBITION NOMINEES.
short Biographies of the Con-
grcssiOna! Candidates piedg-
cd 10 Fight the Liquor
Traffic.
Men Who are slI-round Political Re-
formers.
DIR. John a. Brown,

of Columbus, Miss, nominee of the
Peoples party for Congress in the first
district and endorsed afterward by the
Prohibitionists as their candidate, was
born in Marion county, Ala, March %,
1888. consequently he is in his 56th
year. Being of robust constitution,
having been blessed with good health
aud temperate in his habits, he weighs
225 pounds, and is in prime and vigor
of mental and physical manhood.
When the war came on DIR. Brown
was in the beginning of his young man
hood He enlisted in the 10th Alabama
Infantry, was with the gallant Zolli-
Golfer at Fishing Creek, and was Sc
vercty wounded at the battle of Perry
vile, Ky. After having served two
years i'll infantry he was elected Cap
tain of Co. II, of the 10th Alabama cav
airy. which position he held with hon
or till the close of the war, when he re-
turned like most of the Southern sol
diers to his home, nothing left save
honor and conscious manhood. The
first year he spent in school, teaching
part Of the year and as a pupil the 9th
Ell part, wheu he was offered and &C
cepted situation in the extensive dry
goods house of Merritt & Vaughn in
Columbus. Here he spent tire eyears,
devoting all his spare time to the study
of physic. At this time he met and
won the heart and hand of Miss Rober-
ia Hogan, who still lives and reigns
queen of his comfortable home, and is
the mother of their two lovely daugh-
tiers.
After his marriage DR.. Brown COM
pleted his medical education at Tulane
University, New Orleans, and then
practiced his profession and farmed
several years in Alabama, his native
State. In 1882 he returned to Column
bus, Miss, where he has resided since,
practicing his profession and merchan-
dising, and where he is highly esteem
ed as man of honor, integrity and I'M
blemished moral and Christian charac-
ter. He has host Of friends wherever
known. For many years he has been
an active member of the NJ. E. church,
for 80 years Mason and for several
years "a member of the /. 0. O. F.,
The Doctor is in no sense a time
server or demagogue. Nor does he
profess to be an orator, but he possess
es sound practical common sense to a
remarkable degree and the courage of
his convictions on all questions.
lie inherited from his ancestry the
principles of pure democracy and he
stands today upon the utterance of the
great commoner, Equal rights to all,
and special privileges to none" Upto
the time of the last Presidential cleo
ton he lad never voted outside of the
Democratic party nor questioned its
wisdom, integrity and patriotism, but
when Grover Cleveland was nominated
at Chicago, after his uttcrance upon
the silver question DR.. Brown said:
"Cleveland is q gold-bug, and if
elected will force tho party
to worship at the shrine of Wall
Street or lead it into the Re
publican camp" Subsequently he
took the stump for Weaver and Field
and did effective service in the cam
paign of 1892 for the Peoples party
ticket.
DR.. Brown has long been bold and
outspoken advocate of Prohibition, and
it was largely through his influence
that the congressional convention of
the Peoples party which nominated
him as their standard bearer declared
themselves in line With the Prohibi-
ton party on the llquor question. He
says his opposition to the drink traffic
cannot be expressed in language too
strong.