The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-02-15
The Public Prfntipe

In copying the following from the Car
roll Conservative, we will simply state,
(as our able contemporary well knows
HE CLARION has never charged fraud
upon the Pilot for drawing the enormous
pay which was allowed the Public Printer
by the law enacted by the last Legisla-
ture any more than it charged the Elk
ecutive and Judicial Officers or the vari-
ods county officers with fraud in drawing
/ the extravagant salaries which were al
lowed them. Nor has it at any time
charged the late Leader with fraud in
pocketing during It's few months of Off
cial life under the same law between $50
OoO and $780, of the peoples money
But 1t has repeatedly stated that the law
was fraud and that Radical Legislators
had enacted it to fatten a partisan press
at the expense of the taxpayers. Under
that law the Pilot did The work and drew
pay until the Eminent Man removed
1t from office and brought into the world
his Own Organ and the Leader up to
the time of the election for Public Printer
under the same law did the public work
and drew pay to the tune of the amount
above named, and now the Pilot
IS again the ''official" paper
1t affords US pleasure to add that
steps have been taken (see Senator Dun
cans resolution in proceedings on Mon
day 5th) to reduce the pay Of the Public
Printer to fair and equitable standard
We assure the Conservative that THE
CLARION will continue in the future as in
the past, to urge the reduction of all sal
aries, that of Public Printer not excepted:
We may be permitted to add that it is
owing in great measure to the investi
cations of THE CLARION that the public
become aware Of the unjust rates prescrib-
in the printing law
From the Conservative |
We have seen numerous hints and inuen-
does in the Democratic papers, that the un-
expected vote of the Democrats for the Pr |
lot, in the election for public printer, means |
a partnership of the Pilot and Clarion. and |
the tone of some is, that the clarion is rep !
rehensibe May it not be that the Demo-
cratic members, knowing that they could |
not elect the Clarion, preferred the Pilot, |
which is self-su>taiHing, to the Leader.
which is supposed other wise, hoping thus to
get rid of one Radical paper. Already the
Leader has changed hands. and it is presum
ed that they who went out knew better
than they who come in. how much money
there was in the concern, minus the public
printing, and if there should be a partner
ship in the printing between the Pilot and
the Clarion, the Legislature will be apt to
fix a just rate, and we do not think that the
individual conviction or the public utter
ances of either party will suffer any change
on account of Il business partnership. AS
for as, IRE 1c0atId prefer THE CLARION should
h0Ue hair To the Pilot hd1aiRg IL all, and agoaId
Ike for neither Of them 10 hare 1t at any bat
rates We think the tenor OF the
remarks we have seen, are reflections some
what upon the Clarion, and are unmerited.
The late cam paign proved that paper be-
yond question, and it led the Democratic
press with a vim and an ability rarely
equalled We have no information that
there is any sharing of the work and profit
of the public printing. and if the matter
would Justify unfriendly COMMENT it will
be time enough when the fact is known.