Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-08-09
WIEN Is,xT JEFFERSON CouN-
 NILL SEE IN THE AND
veo ;. NTY COURT HOUSE.
aciple Seat of War-candi- .t to.be Candidates Not-to.
 To be or Not to be.

sba 4e bext Jefferson county elec- o;r ;fl be a corker. It is already Pn and the boys are throwing ona 51sl' K plenty of fuel so as to make Ere under the boilers when vea 8m paign advances.
 of .. o TOW things are getting in r.. I Eion for the battle, notwith- = s9' ao aipg it is several months of o. ~ The manlpulators of affairs " - cast ting about for candidates a.oa 5Aea fbe boys down the line are dis
 eo og the chances of different in = 'ae ausls who are men tioned for the u1a - . l uo oas places.
 .e @ele $ well understood now that --leo. opeosing forces in this fight ,~,-. be the office holders, commonly II iilLtHwa as the court house ring, :"
 lnst all corners. 1t appears that po.., een ter of political disturbance
 s' lne Bluff for some time to come Eay Lat be at the court house That
 ding is now the official home of |t, t,age 6lreat many of tbe controlling
 most j#i6uals in local politics. 1t is F citizaEa known fact that several of |stern Officials will re-appear for
 ors at the next election.
 one Me idea has prevailed quite gen.
 
 s and .hY over this city that MT. l.. T. Eesneelee, the present deputy county bad g would be candidate for i'm 3 Inty clerk. It has also been i, tbo se6 about that Mir. E. B. Bloom, re cb, present deputy sheriff, would Iont pose him.
 ME Jesse R, Core, of Plum Bayou, fo,r be a candidate for county ,,wr lasprer. Mr. J. A. Bain, of Red q tb.M, will be his opponent aud MT. r. Q Alexander will enter the race. ,iod unty Treasurer J. Y. Saunders, 7, has served the county faithful ,itr Sad we'll, has declared publicly oo.. Rthe would not seek re election
 that office.
 Copnty Judge Jones ard Circuit RE erk Langford have not given out
 Iyword as 10 their intentions. In ct, Judge Jones never tells any n0' 5dg what he means to do until he SaEss ne it. He doesn't say much
 any subject, keeps his tongue pro ell within the picket lines of hls bsb1I Iouth and marks and makes notes. fin County Assessor Harris is mute |l wal nd motionless concerning his ln HI 6on He may run again.
 Sa H- A. Mccoy, the present sheriff, Wl certainly be a candidate for re-
 Aeetion. This is not official but it
 th general opinion everywhere. Nhether he runs again or not, the Hapces are that MT. T M Phillips, M Altheimer, will enter the race to IT. secpre this plum. There will be oth
 er Candidates and there won't be any Ebo zy AS9 AdHS lbR OA OHS ohClliA , "O'3 |u' eitber.
 Pps Rhe year 1900 will be so much of
 2 political year that even thoughts P0 ot the coming can n-paign cause the Waters in the county political pot to
 sim mer and sizzle.
 Ihere will be other candidates, 1t predicted, for each of these offices. |sp 1obe sure, there will be an a0und- 4 ance of candidates They will be by nolquitous and ready to take a1y cc Rolg office in sight.
 + With the national election, the neated campaign for State offices, anu the contests for seats in the e eoprt house, it looks certain that F residents of Pine B uff and Jefferson eonnty will get an ample sufficien-
 eY of politics during the year DOW !. Wawing close.
 DeWeV MpnkR the year-Old son