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yet anything Of I growing affection for the
party IN power is, Of course, not to Be expect.
ed. Nor can they be said TO manifest much ol
respect cEen for power that At best il but
typical OF the military it has 80 1stely sup
/ planted save, At least, such sespec. ~ is en-
gendered BY mere power alone. There is still,
however, feeling Of evident relief that the
fnAl strife is over
More than this. thare is general admission
Of sAtisfaction with the result. Here, for the
do ! hear prominent bemec1s.ic eiiie Politicians
admitting themselves as satisfied With their
OWE defeat. And yet 50 much do they admit
themselves to hare been humiliated through
then aa esn1adA.e for Governor, in ,he person of
o,e1whelming rejection. All old party AMI
mostties aside, and one OF the strongest
and hitherto most bitter preintliccs Of tho
Southern people operated and still operates,
in favor Of General .Acorn. 1tvas ! direct
natiEe Mississippian. That they ex-
hibit much compl.cencv IN thrir
own defeat, therefore, is but natural. The
Aepubilcan party. il is tins seen, .t.nds in .
from enjoying the confidence OF the people,
IT'S rule is accepted AZ at least Al Improvement
IN the past, md in the person Of It's repre-
sentative, it is accepted with IN evident will to
extend a! proper support.
While Governor Ncorn, however, hzs thus
glorious opportunity to not only redeem his
state from the etTofs, follies, and surerings Of
the past. but to also found powerful ,arty to
the honor and credit Of himself, he has, At the
same time, seemingly Almost insnrnonntable
eitSan. sasu.'es ~'tn which to s contend: head
government; With poor machinery, and
| worse materiAl out Of which to construct;
without money. without law. or court 70 en-
1ofce II everything IN chaotic state eoufu-
sion wo1se eonfounded, md you have Misais-
sipPi Certainly not very d4ttering picture,
and yet but fair and impartial one.
ihe new constitution provides for q COM
pieto revision Of the judiciary system OF the
State. To be sure, old lava are 70 remain in
force until repealed, and ali officers in power
until others are appointed and qualified in
their stead. At the same time, the constitu-
ton literally wipes ont the whole from the dag
Of !ts adoption. In calling for a complete re-
vacant. from certain dato every Office,
dependant only upon the action OF the
Legislature, and the consequent appointing
power Of the Governor, it practically deprived
the State at Law aud officers At one and tho
same time. Until such tins, therefore, ~ the
Legislature shall put the wheels in motion,
there is literally no government in Mississippi.
Everything, it Is thus seen, h1nGs upon tho
2ctson Of the Legislative body now in session.
u h1s, truly, herru1e7n task before it. Nor
hour. The men. in the main, I give \ credit for
honesty and disposition to do al that lies in
their power for the benefit Of the State. They
are, moreover, respectable body OF men in
ever want OF Legislative experience, md IN
evident groping in the dark for something,
they know not what, that speaks but poorly for
the future.
Though having eome little Of experience in
Legislative bodies, must confess m yseH at
loss in forming anything Of an estimate or
prediction as to what may be expected Of this.
In ita apparently blind, not to Say fatal. igno-
sance o. the true wants Of the State, it has
funered itself 70 fritter away several weeks OF
session in accomplishment of-nothing. So
lar, not single bill Of any importance has
passed, save one, and that through the supe-
11oF wisdom or discretion Of ita nanipulatota
contains q provision literally destructive Of
propsisting the sum Of a50,0o for the use
q the Governor n \ secret service fund.
There could be hut one intention in regard
to The disposition OF this money. It Was TO be
tective fore, With which, and through such
other agencies as might bc NECESSARY, to fer
ret out and bring TO Justice the outlaws and
murdereEs that tnfest certain localities in the
State Such, at least, w.s the understanding
Of the Governor in ths premises, Though SET
enough it is made obligatory On the Governor
TO report In full TO the Legislature the exact
disposition mAde OF the same. HID the bill
been framed By kn-Kln1 representative,
shielding his patriotic ass,ssins, it
conld not h.vs been more ingeniously done.
Every man employed By tho Governor and
paid from this fund for fezesing out and bring
simply be doomed At tho hands Of the Cover
nor himself, 10 secret assassination by sotno
one OF those he w1s employed to hunt The
bill thus becomes q nulEty. and the Governor
neither can nor will e1pend dollar under its
The ti1 Of al others the most important to
the state has been entirely overlooked Not
the s'ightest move, so far rs hAya been able
to learn. has so far been made In the way Of
framing ltamihg even reFenne bill by which to
it wonld seem that even the dullest compre-
henslou would have taken in the necessity,
- paramount TO al others, Of employing tha
d1ss Days Of the session in forging the al in
OF state n motion. At best, months and
nonths Will be required. even after it's pas-
sage, ere the collection OF taxes under the
laE can afford any relief to the Treasury. De
eEte an THE the measure is entirely overlook
ed, and members so on voting appropriations,
TO meet which the Auditor his no other re-
source but to Issue his warrants, which must
euner = shave Of forty cents on the
oollar. EFen at this rate, from present |
Mississippi credit. as well known, Is certainlv
none OF the beet. To be sure ahe has had in
the past prompt and edectral WAY OF paving
her deosa to her own il not to the satisfaction
Of be! creditors. Her present debt il conse-
lsast, it Is one that may prove somewhat un-
manageable. From recent report Of the |
Auditors, I g1ean the amount Of outstanding |
warrants, other than hose issued by the Con- |
sasusional Convention, to be S22a0, 7l21a- To
this amount must be aided the warrants Issued |
for the convention, Amounting to Si7,2sl.62,
aud the amount OF al57 ,9l755 issued 10 cer-
TAN counties II interest upon what is known
- the ChickAsav School Fund, tins making |
sum totAn outstanding warrants Of e439. 81 81,
agree upon their Per iien, and mileage, sud
consequently aa yet have not drawn upon the
Auditor, to the nLose sum must 10 added not
lees than e100, 900 for these items alone, which,
with appropriations made, Vim axeh the
troduced looking to the funding Of these var-
fanta. It proposes to issue $1,000. 600 IN 8
per cent bonds. parable in two. three. four,
and hve years, IN sums OF two hundred thou
sand doilsrs each year For payment special
ment Of Any one clnss Of the bonds. Holders |
Of Anditor's warrants nay convert them into |
these bonds It any time within n1ty d8vs If !
ter the paesage Of The act After the exrira- /
And the wauauts remsininR outstanding are
to be paid OF It par in cash from the prpceeds-
OF oourse. under this bill no one VIII be IN
sophisticated enough to exchange = warrant
> i
bend he ruust sell for Whist it win bring. The
bill. therefore, if it becomes = law, amounts
to simply throwing upon the market million
Of bonds upon such terms ~ Can be nads. and
applying the p1oceeds to paving the warrants
In the meantime, the current expenses Of the
Legislature alone amount to, say, 5l25, 900. to
eaE little Of appropriations to be r.de. The
bonds thrown upon the New Yorx market net.
ray, 50 cents, OF s50o. 900. 1he Oldest issue Of
warrants paid OF, and s50o, 900 are thus re-
tired, with million Of bonds while the |
fo.tiug debt stiQ remains, with its ac:u-
mutations, Al fully its originL figures,
For this: In turn, at course, new Issue OF
tonds ard 20 on cd tnanitum. This is fu.n-
eaeanG with vengeance. And yet it is the
want Of sEztern, II tie Legislation Of AIisais-
hpPl- Unless = complete change Of front bs
made, and that soon, can but predict dead
lock IN the machinery Of State 1t would be
fsf better we're Auditors warrants issu.l in
sutEs Of Sc, los, and 2os. drawing s per cent
interest, and receivable for all State, county,
and corporation taxes. as also by All en-
p!oyes Of the State With proper ravenue
oil put upon the carpet At once, and the ms
ct1nesy for its enforcement put m motion.
there would be chance for large amount OF
the people, and the .Anditor would At least .
have something OF \ showing for himself
AZ it is, there Is 3 fAi, prospect thas our ]
Legislative Eolons viii some morning awAks to
the dissg1eeabEe fact that they have not the !
whetewith to pay for their grub,
The next al.importan. subject Of legislation |
is the Judici.ry biz, nov in process Of lnsnipu-
l1tion N the Senate As upon this hangs much .
of the future OF the State, well 1s OF the t
nerublicau party in Mississippi. md it Is prob
al its vadous details, I reserve the subject
fer future lettez. RxSo
From Pulpit 10 Bar-Room-A Ha1u.