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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1895

Page

2

Prohibition Committee Call Meets in Brookhaven

County Prohibition Executive Committee of Lincoln County is called to meet at the Court House in Brookhaven on Thursday October 24 1895 at 10 a m Membership lists Beat 1 Vernon Smith Beat 2 John D Bailey Beat 3 H A Kinchens Beat 4 H T Reed Beat 5 B F Anding County at Large L H White W H Allen E P Douglass Obed Rollins All committee members and party nominees urged to attend for important campaign business.

Prohibition Executive Committee Prohibition Party Lincoln County Court House Brookhaven Vernon Smith John D. Bailey H. A. Kinchens H. T. Reed B. F. Anding L. H. White Wh, Allen E. P. Douglass Obed Rollins

Thompson Speech Sparks Brookhaven Debate on Parties

A Brookhaven Democratic club speech by Hon. R. H. Thompson is criticized for inconsistencies. The Leaver argues his defense of states rights and local self government clashes with actions by Democrats in Congress and state leadership, ending with a critique of denying morality a place in politics versus Webster’s definition of politics.

R. H. Thompson Brookhaven Democratic Club Leapra Thompson Brookhaven Democratic Club House of the 51 Congress U. S Democratic Party Prohibitionists Mr. Thompson Webster Republican Party The Leaver

Prohibition Debates Feature Brookhaven Editorials

In Brookhaven Mississippi editorials condemn Prohibition as a political issue, accuse leaders of mobilizing liquor interests, and call for voters to reject whisky-backed candidates while praising reformers and denouncing graft and larceny linked to the liquor traffic. The piece cites Webster and argues for anti liquor party momentum despite partisan noise.

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