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An advertisement in the former ''Jackson Daily News,'' now  ''The Clarion-Ledger,'' linked the Mississippi white Republicans with unpopular scalawags from the era of [[Reconstruction]], a term that Yerger found offensive, as he is a great-grandson of a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army officer.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

An advertisement in the former ''Jackson Daily News,'' now  ''The Clarion-Ledger,'' linked the Mississippi white Republicans with unpopular scalawags from the era of [[Reconstruction]], a term that Yerger found offensive, as he is a great-grandson of a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army officer.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

With Phillips' defeat, which Bidwell Adam termed an "electrocution", the Democrat telegraphed his state chairman counterpart Yerger to ask: "Will you please advise the date and place you will deliver the funeral oration?"<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 256-257.</ref>

With Phillips' defeat, which Bidwell Adam termed an "electrocution," the Democrat telegraphed his state chairman counterpart Yerger to ask: "Will you please advise the date and place you will deliver the funeral oration?"<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 256-257.</ref>

===Vacating the chairmanship===

===Vacating the chairmanship===