The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-20
STATE AND NATIONAL ]
SUES.

. " NO
Under the above heading the
able editor of the Yazoo City Herr
ale throws few barrels of ice coid
water on the proposition to elipl.
nate national issues from the com
ing state campaign, and insists that
a mans fitness for state Office be
measured by his Is to luug pow.
der. Brother Mcclure says:
eve cannot see why national
questions should not be discussed
iu the campaign. The year follow.
ing a president and congress will
be elected, and discussions should
be had to educate the people. The
to be elected in Missis-
sippi in 1899 will elect Senator
Walthall's successor, ard the peos
pie will have perfect right to
know of the candidates for the leg.
islature how they stand upon GER
tain national issues that are of inn
terest to every man, woman and
child. The discussion of the gold
and silver question can do harm,
even in state campaign, and the
Herald is in favor of making every
candidate, especially for state Of.
fees and legislature, tell how they
stand"
OF course this settles it. We
can make as much free silver noise
az any one man on earth, and when
we turn ourselves loose just watch
the gold bugs wlther up and blow
away. Brother Mcclure, however,
kindly consents to the discussion
of limited number Of state issues.
We suggest that the following list
of burning state issues be presents
ed to each candidate, from govern.
or down TO constable, and that
their claimes be not considered un~
less they possess the happy faculty
of getting upon the right side of
each issue:
We're you ever drunk
Have you had the mumpss
Do you believe In burning hell1
Do you favor a national quaran~
tinef
How much will you contribute to
the campaign funds
Will you accept free railroad
transportation if elected.
Did Gov. McLaurin g cook ever
wash for any member of your fam
ilyf
Do you favor the building Of a
$750,0O0 capitol at q cost of g.
100000?
Do you believe whiskey an anti.
dote for yellow fever ? IT so, how
much whiskeyf
Do you believe in government
by Injunction, or an injection for
the government
In your opinion, should A. j
McLaurin b. hanged or sent to the
penitentiary for lifef
Do you favor the purchasing of
the entire Yazoo. Mississippi Delta
for state convict farm?
VIII you do all in your power to
disfranchise every McLaurln sup
porter in the state?
Did Capt. Burkitt wreck the pop.
ulist party or did the populist par
ty wreck Capt. Burkitt?
Don't you believe it about time
to remove the Goddess of Liberty
from a "debased" currency
Do you favor the public lynching
of single gold standard advocates,
or should they only BIZ buried a.
live
DO you believe the school book
debauched the Legislature, or that
the legislature debauched the
school book trust7
Do you favor the intermingling
of the white and black races other
than at necktie parties /? If so,
please explain fully.
Do you favor the issuing of new
state stamps Ifso. should Rankin
county (tbe home Of Gov. McLaur~
in) be placed thereon?
Do you favor the present school
laws, or do you believe that the
white people should pay all the
taxes and the negro schools get all
the money!
Do you believe the Vicksburg
Herald and Post should be classed
as Republican newspapers without
waiting for the consent of any oth-
or nation on earth?
Are you subject. either by ATTN.
ity or consanguinity. to consump.
toni If so, do you believe your
Lungs sufficiently strong to enable
you to yell "16 to u for four long
years?
If elected, will you use your in.
fiuence toward securing the election
of the best man IN the state to the
United States Senate, or will you
work for the man who can yell "16
to L" the loudest?
Do you favor the free and unlim.
tied coinage of gold and silver, and