Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-23
THE LINCOLN POPUI.ISTS.
Hon. Frank Burkitt Speaks and Dele
gates Are Appointed TO the state,
Senatorial and FIoa.oriaI Con-

Agreeably to announcement, Hon.
Frank Burkitt was here last Saturday
morning TO speak at the county mass
meeting of the Peoples party. At the
appointed hour the court house was
well-filled with an expectant audi.
ence in which the Populists largely
preponderated, and Capt. Burkitt was
introduced to his audience by Hon.
h. f. Brennan, in a few well chosen
words, as "a soldier, statesman and re-
former of reformers.'
The LEADER regrets that it cannot
give full report of Capt. Burkitt's
speech. 1t was conservative in tone
and consisted mainly of review of
the unfulfilled pledges of the National
Democratic party on the tariff and
money question, and the utter folly of
any man who longer looks for reform
through the trust and Wall-street
dominated Democracy. AS to the
matter of State issues which some
Democrats are contending so loudly
should be given attention instead of
national questions, he said they would
be given their fill of State issues when
the Populists get their State ticket in
the field; and the empty State treasu-
ry, the Hemingway and other defalca-
tions, the squandering of the public
domain among land syndicates, ex-
travagant appropriations and the rails
ing of taXes-all under Democratic
Observation-Disclosures cited as some
the Estate issues" the Denis. would
hear discussed quite enough before the
campaign ends.
The speaker was frequently applaud
ed and closed with patriotic and elo-
quent peroration.
When Capt. Burkitt closed, Chair
man j. NJ. May called the meeting to
order, and delegates and alternates
were elected to the State, Senatorial
and Floatorial Conventions as fol-
lows:
TO STATE CONVENTION.
Delegates p. Smith, John w.
Boone, Geo. Vernon.
Alternates Wiley Prestridge, J. 0.
Fairman, Il. n. Ellzey, G. w. Maxwell.
TO SENATORIAL CONVENTION.
John NJ. May, Wiley Prestridge, w.
d. Sutton.
Alternates-J. +. White, Sam Bris-
ter, M. F. Little
TO FLOATORIAL CONVENTION.
Delegates w. A. Hodges, A. X.
Smith, r. n, Ellzey.
Alternates - David Moak, a. w.
Smith, Dave Scarborough.
A motion to instruct the delegates
to the State convention for Burkitt
for Governor, was withdrawn at Capt.
Burkitt's urgent request.
On motion, E. A. Brennan, of Brook
haven, was endorsed as the choice of
the Peoples party of Lincoln county
for district attorney of this district,
and the delegates to the State Con
vention were instructed to unite in
convention at jackson with the dele
gates from Copiah, Kinds, Madison
and Yazoo, and work and vote for his
nomination. No other instructions
were given.
Mr.. Brennan, who, while chairman
of the Republican county executive
committee three years ago, helped to
organize the Lincoln Democracy and
enjoyed the distinction of going as a
Hooker delegate to Jackson, and who
by the way, has been an important fac
tor in local Democratic councils ever
since, was called upon for an express
sion before the meeting, and declared
his willingness to accept the nomina-
ton if rendered, and announced his
adhesion in future to the Peoples par
ty. He said the issue with which the
people are confronted to- day, strip
ped of all DISCUSSES, is the contest
between combined capital and labor
AS for himself, he chose to take his
stand and fight it out on the side OF
the laboring masses, which neither old
party could be trusted to do.
Both Capt. Burkitt and Mr.. Bren.
nan in their speeches advised fusion
of the Prohibitionistsa and Populists in
this county and senatorial and fioatori-
al districts as the best means of assur-
ing victory for the reform forces in No
vember.
Similo was named as the place and
Friday, Aug. 23d, as the time for the
Peoples party Floatorial Convention