The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-05-27
oANABLE DEMOCRATIC rIoKEp

hutN libiu AiS wv hNiN NNitANANb el
of the few McLaurin pol, ticion.
of Washington Comfy and the
clan bosses from lssaouena and
boliVar, When people read the
head line and then the ticket they
! Just look at each other and laugh.
The editor evidently struggles
to strengthen the ticket in its
two weakest points, for, while its
ability can scarcely be said to be
unquestionable, neither can its
Democracy he SAID to be above
suspicion.
The head of the ticket, Joshua
Skinner, has not grown old in the
cause of Democracy. No laurel
wreaths crown his brow for vic
tories won under Democratic ban
ners. He comes not as one who
has toiled long in the ranks, seek
ing a well-earnedpromotion. True,
he has asked little of Democracy.
| In fact, since when, in verdant
youth, he hastily thought the
sheriffalty of Washington County
should be given to him by the
black and tan Republican party of
that day, up to the time of his APP
plying as a Republican to VIM.
Mckinley for the appointment as
post master at Greenville, he has
consorted but little with Demo-
Gratis, and has sought nothing OF
Democracy. 1t Is pity that his
first request is that he should be
selected to represent Washington
county in the Senate in preference
to h. b. Campbell, a lifelong
Democrat, a legislator of exper-
fence, one of the trainers of the
constitution of the state, and one of
the codifers of It's laws. 1t would
have been wiser and more seemly
for the "brave soldier boy" to
have tarried awhile longer in the
tents of Democracy. He is evident
Iy no believer in the maxim call
things come to him who warts.
That Mr.. B. +. WATSON sis a
young man., we concede; and one
who, by his pleasant address, has
made friends for himself. But we
hardly think the eneomium of
"brllIiant lawyer" yet earned.
His record and reputation as a
lawyer have yet to be made; and
considering his lack of either, 1t
can scarcely be a reflection upon
him to say that few citizens of the
could be found who would
entrust important litigation to him
IN preference to any one of the
lawyers named on the anti-Mc-
Laurin ticket--Cnmpbell, Thomas,
1r Larkin; and few, we dare say,
IAN be found who think that the |
legislative interests of the county
all for less experience or ability
han their private AFFAIRS.
And then Capt. j. NJ. Mont
is also on the ticket. "
This is hardly in the nature of a |
1t is necessitated by {
ommon loyalty to the clan Nc !,
In, whose chief appointed
.'uii" hoard over Mr. Il
i'm on the levee ~. -4an k
-oldstein (who has been placap,.
gainst the unanimous recommen- p
alton of the Board of Supervisors lie
nd the Executive Committee of pI
'ashington County, and the wishes OF
four-tifths of the taxpayers. OF
rom this appointment followed pc
e selection as Secretary and g
'easurer of the leyee hoard of tl'
h. Montgomery, whose books
We been so painfully in evidence CT
fore the public through the re- de
rt of the grand jury and the az
aminations of experts. And in De
IS connection we do not find that Ia
pit. Montgomery, either to VIM PIE
ate his brother or to protect o"
taxpayers, aided Mr.. Jayne in ct
effort to have the board accept 1hi
. Kellner's proposition to re- la'
tie the books of the board for tha
hing, only receiving twenty the
cent on shortages that he dis too
cred, in addition to the 81, 700 an'
lady reported, But he accept
she place contrary to the wishes
the taxpayers, and probably n
) no reason to heed their wishes a.
0 his conduct while there ha