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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
2
A Brookhaven based weekly notes a move of Tar Leader to Jackson with a new management, offers to honor existing subscriptions and ad contracts, and keeps books with B T Hobbs until further notice. It also reports local politics, Prohibition sentiment, and historical Capitol facts.
The piece discusses potential property transfer to the Mississippi and North Mississippi Conferences and relocation to Jackson for a Methodist Church and Prohibition organ. It notes ongoing obligations to honor ads and subscriptions and reflects on Duke of Douglas and Bruce in a moralizing historical anecdote. It also covers election results, a Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion, state officer timelines for 1896, and Brookhaven telegraph service needs with local staff.
A national reform conference on Staten Island spurred a move to unite reform forces across the Populist Prohibition and Socialist parties. A letter signed by about 100 reform figures requests each party appoint a three member committee to plan a joint conference in Chicago or another central site before March 1, 1896.
An excerpt from Bishop Galloway’s Prohibition oration railing against liquor influence on elections. It denounces whisky as the “prince of ballot bung stuffing” and warns it corrupts votes and betrays citizenship. The piece argues to uphold free ballots by banning saloon power in politics.
Dr J B Gambrell blasts the 1892 letter from The Leader noting the Democratic Party in convention endorses liquor traffic. He argues no Democratic leader should ask Christian men to vote for a saloon dominated party, labeling opposition as foolish and Visionist.
Election Commissioner R N Elizey alleges serious violations of the election law at Adams Camp Ground precinct on election day. He cites reinstatement of four black voters erased for non payment of taxes and votes cast for the Democratic ticket despite his protests. He urges grand jury investigation amid calls for honesty in elections and reform shaped by the 1890 constitutional convention. Shaker Cordial promotion follows, touting a new restorative tonic aiding digestion and appetite. Franklin county Populists elected Calcote as sheriff and Scott as county superintendent by small margins. other ticket totals challenged with Butler defeating Calafor for representative. Smith beats Mloshar by 216 votes. Hawthornes and Gammas results noted.
A fiery address denounces Republican bosses as barriers to ending liquor traffic. Speaker urges unity among temperance factions, cites Foraker and party platforms, and argues a third party is needed to defeat saloons. Clashes with party loyalty are framed as obstacles to victory.
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