The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-30
THE FACTS.

The facts are be endorsed him in
g an interview April 4, 3 weeks before
= the Greenyllle Convention, refused tC
run as a candidate against him, or to
support Judge LongIno, on the
grounds Of Mr.. Catchings' leree abili-
ty, which was the greatest interest to
the people Of this district.
This is untre, as by looking In Con-
grossional record Of January 81, 1898,
page 1872, they will find MI. Catchings
voting AYE.
Every member of the executive
committee favored q primary, and /
heard Mr.. Catchlngs remark that
morning, u want q primary, and let
every Democrat vote and will besat-
isfed. No convention was men
toned.
Mr.. Catchings In a letter says he
regards the Chicago platform of 1896
as the law of the party, andif elected
considers himself bound by il. This
letter was dated April Ith, 1898.
The same papers which say this, if
he were here would say he had better
be in congress st his post of duty in
times like this, no doubt his staying
there will make him votes. His rec
ord is before the people.
We claim to be as good a free silver
man as Is in the district to-day. We
not only advocated silver before the
Chicago convention, but afterwards,
and will continue to do so until it is.
triumphant; and there are hundreds
OF others in the district like us who.
favor Catchings, If we are gold bugs
for supporting Catchings, Henry is.
and Geometry teaches, "things equal
to same thing are equal to each 9TH
err"
But he paired in favor of Carmack
before leaving for the river commits
sion, which was in session in New
York, and by a mistake of the pairing
clerk he was paired with two men,
thus killing two opposing vote, Con
gresham Carmack expressed himself
In a letter afterwards as well pleased
with Catchings' course in the matter.
We cannot deny this, as we do not
live there, but if he did not pay a
cent his interest in his constituents
Is proved by his untiring work in the
district leyee interests.
Mr.. Catchings has been an advocate
of the gold standard, but not repre-
senting his interest in congress, but
that Of his constituents, and as they
advocated silver he accepted, and has
since voted for It., He is a man who
never stopped to do a little act IN his
whole political career, and il defeated
this time will bear no Ill viii against
any man who opposed him. Such
men are not traitors.
Such may be true to those Of the
gang, but we are honest to confess
that we knew nothing of the Clarks-
dale meeting until the next day, and
I believe l can get p voters, silver
men too, in Greenwood, who viii
say the same thing. This is a new
rule Of our party, If a silver conven-
tion had been called to select d man,
and Pat Henry was chosen, he would
have been our man, but selecting IN
secret. barring outall others, we are
against. Twecdism, PIattism and Nc.
Laurlnism are dead issues.
The facts are they got SO, ISL, $50
less, and on combining it to this dis
trict they got 81, 52S, 300 less during
their term than Mr.. Catoaings did
during his.
Mississippi, with 3OS muesof leveeg
has received 81, 9Ss, 300 and Louisiana
and Arkansas with $50 miles Of Icvees
have received SIS, 1853, $50; or Missis.
has received sl,1S9 a mile more than
both Arkansas and Louisiana.
The figures Of the last appropria-
ton show Mississippi has received
Sl,235,55O While Louisiana and Ar
kansaw, which have 3 miles Of leyess
to cur l have only received sI.sO6,-
1850.