Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-16
THE STATE SENATORSHIP.

even II there was such Il rule Perry coun- |
" could lay al equally strong claim for
the privilege.
The matter OF rotation has never been
observed in the Second senatorial dis
trict, however, the counties oil Jones and
Wayne having alternately furnished the
representation in the seuase since the for
nation of the district as it now exists,
and neither Perry nor Greene have named
q senator.
Perry county has not had the honor of
furnishing state sc lator since 1877,
when the Hon. j. p. Carter represented
the First senatorial district, which was
composed of the equities OF Hancock.
Harrison, Greene, Jackson, Marion snd
Perry-an entirely different district from
our present one, the Second.
The legislature of 1892 re -districted the
STATE, putting the counties, of Green,
Jones. Perry and Wayne in one district
known as the Thirty seventh. Prior to
this time, the counties of Jones and
Wayne We're in the Ninth district with
Clarke and Jasper. Under the same act
Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties
were made TO form the Thirty-frst
district.
The constitution of 1890 changed the
number of our district, but the counties
composing il remained as they were,
merely changing from the Thirty seventh
to tie Second senatorial district.
We hope that our Greene county friends
will not allow the impression that they
have a superior right to name tbs senator
become too deeply imbeJded in their
minds for it 1T is an erroneous idea
They are no more entitled to furnish the
state senator than we are, and we will
put out a candidate IN Il short while who
will be in every way qualified to re
present the whole district ana who will.
| if elected, reflect credit upon his CON
stituency. This is n time when we need
capable and honest men in our legislative
coolies, and the people Of the district may
rest assured that Ferry county will do
her whole dutyn putting out such a.man.
American Citiz n.
Oh, get ont mans viewed from your
point of argument Perry would have an
equal right with Greene to contend for
the State Senatorship. We prove con-
clusively by the following data that
Greene has superior right, aud believe
that the good people of Perry will admit
that such is the case after a careful peru
points that we bring forward. Greene
and Perry have always been in the same
di triet, yet no record can be found to
show that Greene has ever had the honor
Perry has, despite your statement to the
contrary even as late as 1rS0, AS You can
see by reference to the Senate Journal,
| Mr.. j. p. Carter, of Perry comfy. was in
the State Senate in 1850, which is three
years later than 1877 Greene has never
1,sssPtapded for her rights before rhis year,
but has quietly acgmesced in the .9gst3hta
counties psttine, sssiss ssls .ssadulat,o, sv,.,l
helped elect them. Has Perry done thiss
No Indeed She hld candidate out Ii st
time and hotely contested the race. Yet
when Greene begins to agitate the matter
this year of putting ont man. Perry
quickly comes to the front and challenges
MS The right claiming an equal prestige.
As it seems the people over that way are
not correctly posted in this matter, we
make the above explanation and feel con-
hdent that they will as soon as reading
this and carefully weighing it in their
minds, be the first to assure us of their
cooperation and support and that their
candidate Will admit the justice of our
claims and drop out of the race. AS the
Citizen says, there is no recogniz-
ed rule of rotation in this district about
putting out the candidates from the
counties for State Senator. We propose
to establish this precedent this election
and were depending OH Perry's support
as it is to Greene's and Perry's interest to
do this--they are weak counties and their
chances would thus be wonderfully i'm
proved for electing their men. AS the
matter now stands, this should be the
order IN which the counties come. Jone7
| Wayne, Greene and Perry. AS we have
| the right this time we do most positively
| insist that Greene come next in order as
Jones and Wayne have had the honor
several times. If this precedent is estab
lished during this campaign, old Greene
will Join in with the other counties in the
next campaign and help Perry elect her
man. OF course Perry will give us her
undivided support with this promise be-
fore her. We have already put out a
candidate in the person of Mr.. }. r..
Alderman, who is we'll calculated to
make good run, as he has an extensive
acquaintance in this district, and who
if elected will 90 honor to his dis
trlct. His qualifications are enumerat-
ed in the comment which appears.ln this
ISSUE If the citizens of Perry desire
any additional data ana reference from
the records in regard to Greene county's
superior rights to this privilege, we will
| for their benefit cheerfully produce same
in our columns, aud vouch for theil
correctness.
"And still they come" Mr.. B. G.
O'Danels enters the race for sheriff and
taxcollector this week as will be seen in