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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-09
AdiOurncd.

The tax payers will breathe. easier for {,
season. The Legislature has adjourned
after session which is chiefly noted for
having squandered the public monies
and increased the burden.a The people.
The Legislature, on lis oyyst account, did
not spend less than from one hundred
and twenty to one hundred and forty thous-
and dollars, besides increasing the bur-
dens of the State in the shape of inter-
est on debt which ought never to have
been created, and engaging in various
schemes of profigate expenditure little
short Of downright robbery The Con-
servatives stood their ground manfulIy-
those of them who remained in their seats
contested every inch with their OPP
ponents, and, besides, were reinforced
in nearly every contest by Independent
Republicans, but they were generally
outvoted. If the people Of the counties
In which the Conservatives have a
clearly ascertained majority, had not
staid away from the polls and permitted
the election to go by default, many a
thousand dollars would have been saved
to the overburdened taxpayers.
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Labor and Capital.

At meeting of the farmers of 10 Da-
viess county, Illinois, Mr.. S. X. Smith,
secretary of the Illinois State Farmers
Association, spoke as follows:
Mr.. Smith first spoke of the irregular
ity of reward between labor and capital
in the distribution of wealth. Labor was
now seeking some way by which to retain
u larger share. Hence this sO-called far
mers' movement. 1t is our duty to right
this wrong by legislation, If it can be
done. Ii We degrade lator we degrade
the nation. In danger We turn to labor.
Educated laborers are the best defenders
Of nation There should be no quarrel
between capital and labor, but capital
invested in farms, manufactures and
workshops, should have an equal share
in aggregate profits with unproductive
capital in the shape of money loaned
1t ought not TO be possible in a republic
thata man like Vanderbilt can accumulate
500, 900, 900 in less than twenty years.
He would assert that this was mons
frosty that cannot be repeated. We
have got the last Vanderbilt we shall ev-
er have. Applause. Labor-saving
machinery ought to lessen or shorten the
toll of the people, but it does not do it,
and never can do so, as long as it is pos
sible for Vanderbilts to be produced.
Defraud labor of its reward, and you
weaken the foundation of the republic
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HOUSE HILLS.

MONDAY. April is.

MoNpAY, April o. ls,t.
THE AFFILIATED BuL.-KEroRr on coNMu.
TIE.
Mr.. President: Your Special Commute.
10 whom wa referred She mutUtfIHH ..
the Fee and Salary hill bog leave rr-u...
ully GO report tuJt they have dis NHI..N
their duty, and find Che following io Zee ...
facts connected with the Act to regulate I..
fees aud salaries 90 public tihrrl-. IS N..
bearing THAT tide WIS pt-~cI ply tur I.H.
laturc &c the regular term huId january IrlN.
and passed into tine bands of the Enroll.
Clerk. Dut was never lawfully or CORRECTLY
enrolled. After ir was Incorrectly enrolled.
was handed To the Committee ui thr @rI...
on E1rollc4 Bills discovered tho gro-- nI'-
take, md inaccuracic- in said pretended ...
aud tNctrupOu Immediately u1ll NtI .|.
Governor that the bin -u handed ta Nlm
not the bill ia fact pt-S.d b} tht l.g'....
turp. and requested the Governor iur I"IN.
To examine 10 and correct the mruY .lIH.
contained iu IT, This request Whe srlN....
but when the committee commenced ....
work OF examination, % question: Mn- I...
as To their right Co do 30 Iif,rit uHI H...
submitted to tue Governor for DIS approval.
Th.- question. it was agreed hF a.l ua.."..
should be- submitted tu thr Attorney D.....
ul tor hi- opinion. anu pending such submits
sion. IL WAS distinctly understood i.'I. ~.
bill should be held by thc Governor nil||".
his action. Thercuppu th' chairman u' -H.|
G. muIttge informed the Irr-l TENT uI .U.
senate, then tu session, JIHr atrrr said H..
bad been enrolled and signed 10y tHr lI....
dcuf uf the senate and Speaker OF ii.c lI"....
10 Na- discovered TO have N.ru incorrect.
enrolled. and asked for Iu-fuguNU-. I....
iug the report ct said committee, i.n N.".
OF All purumeut hHyIu2 arrived, prayer "..
offered by Mr.. Watt, Iud tuH @tuuI" "..
adjourned sine die. AMOR these hrO. .I.
pear ou the face ct thr enrolled hilI lN ON.
Office DIT the Secretary al State, aHd Nu..
e. Journals of the senate. No upuI"U ".
ihc -uhjecr was ever given by tho Atruu..
General. and the bill o. rOu~iit utUuHlIN. III.
least not vet disposed COZ. The errors U..
tanned ia b. are OF tlp most fIFrJuf C.Hr|..
ter. Whole sections are -iIl.I,uu QUIT HI"
line after linr. Besides fh,-. 90. figures .I.
dicatiug the fees OF public officers I'h'
nothing O.. .huN Wurlhrr duIiHfrg mill. ~.
cents are Intended and Ir would brtAtItuW.
~ difficult. b. not lmp'--i .l"t iI H-rrI'H|.
~ hat pare of the bill, u- approved uE I..
Governor. are iucludrd iu tur blI really
passed by the Legislature, and What uu'.
Your committee therefore respectfully
suggest that the question originally tu'.u..
cd To be -ubm itr,d 90 the Atturuet Genera.
De- now referred 90 him -o that Intelligent
action Ia the premises may Doc uaol You.
committee are further ot lhe opinion iNHI
Tie Legislature has NOT tl" power tn i"au'.
w an illegal act as Is contemplated b| t.0
provision of 5. y. No. 90. referred VI iII.
committee for examination, but would eng
gc,t the proper course 90 Doe. rD- cuHc.ns, n'
-aid fee and salary bill.
Respectfully,
". n. PARKER
Chairman.
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The women's whisky war has curious
analogy to the pre- ctice well known in In
dia Of sitting, as it Is called dhtTna. The
nature Of this process is that if man
thinks that he has cause to complain of
another's conduct, he will seat himself in
front of his enemy's door and starve him
self to death, by way of causing the ven
geance of the gods total upon him. This
curious practice is forbidden, and pun
ished by the fifty eighth section of the In
dian Penal Code. It is singular illus
tration of the force of law that the prohi-
bition of the practice of sitting dh,upa,
has nearly put an end to it.
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. landmark

TO show how parties who claim to wear
the mantle OF Jefferson ana jackson,
have wandered away from the teachings
Of The apostles Of Democracy, we need
only cite the advocacy by the Virginia
Conservatives OF the payment of the Vir-
ginia debt Of $40, 10000 by the ma
tioual government. IN former times, the
scheme of the assumption of the debts of
the State by the Federal Government,
was regarded as the most dangerous con
solilation measure ever advocated by the
old federal party (For history of this
agitation. see Benton's Thirty Years in
the United States Senate. 1t is now
urged with vehement ardor 10y men who
claim to be lineal representatives OF the
Oh Democracy. Though we are firm be-
levers in progress, we are decidedly in
favor Of keeping this old landmark in
view
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Mr.. SPEAKER: The undersigned mem
beers of the House of Representatives would
| respectfully present the folIOwingprotest to
The action of the majority of the House in
passing II. B. No. 230. an Act to repeal a
part OF section D, or an act amendat0ry of
an Act to provide for the election of State
Printer, etc. and ask that this our solemn
protest be spread upon the Journals of the
House.
i. BY the first proviso 10 section of an
Act amendatory of the Act 10 provide for the
election of State Printer and TO reduce the
compensation for executing the duties of
said office which amendment WAS aDproved
April 5, 1872 the Public Printer In express
terms is prohibited from printing the an
nual reports of the various State officers or
the reports OF the superntendents of the
charitable institutions of the State as az ap-
pendiX TO the Journal of the House.
BY second proviso to said section of
said Act nothing shall be printed as al ap-
pendix to the Journal of the Senate or the
House until the publication of the same
shall be ordered by the Governor
'-In constituting a statute the object is tn
get at its spirit and meaning, its design and
import. And that construction Will be
Justified which evidently embraces the
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-09

A bill is before Congress granting pub
lie lands in Florida and Alabama to aid
in the construction Of railroads. 1t
grants the right Of way through the pub
Tic lands in the States named, to Daniel
Holland, proprietor of the Jacksonville,
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, for the
construction of road from the present
terminus of the said road, at the Chatta-
hootchee, to the city of Mobile, Ala, and
The city of Pensacola, Fla, and from the
St. Johns River to St. Augustine, Fla. i,
together with the right to take from the
public land adjacent to the line of road,
material for the construction, and grants
public lands to the road to an extent not
exceeding twenty acres for each ten
miles in length on the line OF the main
road.
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- eIinqucms s.eSi>IaGOrs-

1t is deeply to be regretted that
citizens have permitted themselves TO be
voted for as candidates for the Legisla-
ture, who could not devote the entire time
Of the session to the public service Some
of the worst measures Of the late session,
could have been defeated, or Invested of
their obnoxious features, if members who
were elected as Conservatives had not been
absent. In several Of the test votes on the
Equalization Infamy, the majority was
but only from two to four, though twelve
or fifteen members opposed to the bill
were away from their posts. In almost
every instance of the passage of plumber
schemes, a sufficient number of Repub-
licans were found voting with the Con-
servatives to defeat them if all the latter
had been in their seats When persons
consent TO be candidates for the Legisla-
ture and to accept the honor and pay of
the office, they enter into a solemn pledge
to devote their whole time TO the public
service. When they are no longer able
TO perform this service, there is failure
Of consideration, and they ought to re-
sign.
Hereafter when the taxpayers come to
select men to represent them in either
branch of the Legislature, the question
ought to be: Is he honest, is he capable,
will he remain at his post and perform
his duty?
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Civil EGghts--a'racfIce Vs. E'rOfe--
sion.

There is a great deal Of interesting mat
ter in the Washington communication to
the ST. Louis Republican, which We have
copied on our first page. 1t explains one
Of the chief reasons why Kellogg, the
usurping &c. b. Governor Of Louisiana, is
permitted to hold his ill-gotten Office with
its honors and emoluments, while Pinch
back, whose claims to a seat in the Uni
ted States Senate, rests on precisely the
same basis of facts, Is not admitted to a
seat in the United States Senate. 1t is
all a question of color. The wives Of the
respectable demagogues, who have prated
so loudly about the civil rights of the
colored people, and who constitute a
charmed circle among themselves, have
risen in arms against what they consider
the intrusion of the wife of a colored
Senator, albeit a man and brother. Net
withstanding the good looks, good educa-
ton, and refinement of Mrs. Pinchback,
not only is she tabooed by the "circle, J"
because her veins are supposed to contain
one-eighth IF the African ingredient, but
her husband is deprived of a seat in the
United States Senate, and the sovereign
STATE Of Louisiana is deprived of her con
stitutional right of representation in that
august body.
Thus have the pestiferous demagogues
who have clamored lOudest about civil
rights, actually affixed disabilities to a
truly loyal citizen, and not only to the
citizen himself, but to the State which he
claims the right to represent in the Uni
ted States Senate
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VicksburS ~ Canton Railroad.

Work has again commenced on the
above road, twelve mile southwest of
Canton, where operations were dlscontin-
ued some months since. Messrs. Mon
roe d Pratt, sub contractors for FIVE miles
grading, are working a force of from
seventy-tive to hundred cOnvicts from
our State Penitentiary. Messrs. McCool
& Schencks, sub-contractors for eight
miles grading, are working large force
Of free laborers- The laying Of the rail
for construction trains is expected inside
OF three weeks-CAnton Citizen.
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indebtedness.

Fund, seems to he the wcrd Of the
hour. The counties are funding" and
Of necessity the State must fund. >
This thing Of funding" is the new way
of paying old debts. 1t is taking up prom
notes, carrying interest, that will not be
due for some years to come. 1t is a mod
ern invention--was brought into Missis-
sippi by the carpet-baggers-never being
necessary before the State and counties
were plundered by the northern robbers.
A State funding bill has been found
necessary, the millions collected by taxa
ton not furnishing sufficient money to
grease the wheels at Jackson. Kinds
County GaZette.
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'Ea.e E6eary-SGanson ApprOprisi-
GiOn.

The appropriation of SO, 900 to the
Lunatic Asylum contractors in the lats
days ofthe session just closed, was prob
ably the most indefensible act committed
by that body. 1t was supplement to an
appropriation of $50, 900 which had al
ready been made at a previous session to
indemnify them for losses alleged
to have been suffered in the fulfill
ment of a contract which they had
made with the State, and that they had
received in preference to other bidders.
In their protest, Messrs. Tiyon and John
son Conservative of Itawamba said:
We vote against this bill for the reason
that there has not been presented to this
House one scintilla OF legal evidence
showing that the State is indebted to these
contractors, Messrs. Keary q Stanton,
one cent.
Mr.. n. G. Gill (Republican Of Mar
shalI said:
| voted against this bill because it gives
Keary Il Stanton S23, 900 for work for
which they have already been paid by the
State S29, 900 more than they agreed and
contracted to do the work in question for.
Mr.. Ford Republican o: Lauderdale)
said:
l voted against this bill to pay the pre-
tended claim of Keary q Stanton for
the plain reason that there is not even I
semblance of justice or merit in it. 1t is
bold, naked demand Of twenty-three
thousand dollars, without stating even
one fact, SO far as we have heard to show
that the claim against the State has any
foundation.
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THE STATE INSTITUTIONS.
of Trustees by Gh e
Governor.

Trustees of Deaf and Dumb Asylum
H. NJ Taylor, John Galbreath, B. H.
4otthelf, Charles Caldwell, and DR..
Fred. Barrett.
State Normal School G. w. AL
bright, E. P Hatch, II. J. Harding and
n. q. Gill.
Lunatic Asylum-W. L. Nugent, T.
Fl. Whipple, j. w. Hough, NJ. D., Isaiah
Mitchell, H. B. Mcclure
Blind AsyIum-W. C. Crane, Jas
Hall, G. S. Lee, Marion Campbell, and
Writ johnson, NJ d.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-09

La the District of Columbia investiga-
ton, which is progressing, one of the
witnesses swore to paying one thousand
dollars to member of the Legislature for
procuring certain contract, and of offer
ing in all three thousand dollars to the
same man and another Councilman. The
proceedings are developing, amid mass
of conflicting matter, many facts which
establish the general truth of the charges
of corruption, right under the drippings
of the sanctuary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-09

THE paper with the foreign reputation
affects to sneer at live Democratic papers
The paper with the good reputation away
from home occupies what may be consid-
cred higher sphere" in journalism, e. !,
it scars away above such earthly questions
as politics The truth of the business is,
that this pink of perfection bankers after
the District printing, and while it wishes
US to believe that butter would not melt
In its mouth, it is crazy to get public
money in its Observation-Disclosures.
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a=zB - -S
The agricultural Lien laws

In answer to several correspondents,
and as am item Of general interest, we
viii state THAT the bill to repeal all laws
creating liens and mortgages for supplies
in this state, which passed both houses
Of the Legislature, and which was pre-
sauted to the Governor during the closing
hours Of the session, did not receive his
signature up TO the hour of adjournment /;
and inasmueh as Gov. Ames takes the
ground thatit is improper to approve bills
during vacation, the agricultural lien laws
Of the State remain as they stood at the
beginning Of the late session of the Leg
islature.
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IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED to their
credit that Republican Senators, J. F..
Everett, Chas. +. FurIong and Jos.
Bennett, united with the Conservatives
in protesting against the State Equaliza-
ton viiIiany which takes from the proper
owner any voice whatever in the valua-
ton Of his property, and places it en-
tirelyin the hands Of incompetent and ir-
raepou-ibEa rs4rtin-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-09

In the preliminary trial of A. I. Nor.
gan, before Judge Walton, charged with
killing Col. F. P. Hil!iard in January
last, Col. Andrews, w. L. Nugent, Judge
Bowman and Col. w. FL. Luse, were
counsel for defense, and Judge Robert
S. Hudson and j. E. Gwin for the State.
The public have been informed that the
accused was admitted to bail in the sum
Of %, 900.
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The Iowa Reformer..

Last year the Reformers Of Iowa were
without organization or the prestige Of a
single viltory Or any agency to help
them win success at the polls, except the
Inspiration OF good cause They went
into the contest with nothing more than
the hope Of laying the foundation for flu
ture successful operations For eighteen
years the Republican, bad carried the
State BY inajorities ranging from thirty TO
sixty-fve thousand. The leaders OF that
party. therefore, looked with no favor on
a movement to displaee, or even to cor
rect the abuses of an organization which
had given them office and wealth. The
Democrats were welded to the party Of
which they had been members through
its successive defeats, and were endeared
TO 1t. apparently, all the more from its
having in It's weakness become an object
of derision aud contempt by It's adversa-
ries
Under these circumstances, the Re
formers took the field The result sur
prised them. The only foe they encount-
cred worth considering, was the tepub-
lican party This, they came within
a few thousand votes OF defeating in
the election for State officers. and in the
election Of members of the Legislature.
they come out even with the, lversa-
ries, from whom they extorted esmp pro-
mise by which they obtained equ4 con
troll in the organization OF that body
Now, in the year of 1874, these iowa
Reformers having gained knowledge Of
their power, are preparing to exercise it
in the coming election. They have
adopted an unexceptionable platform Of
principles, and in the concluding resolu-
ton Of the series, they have declared
their independence of both the old par
ties--one Of which, (the Democratic),
has quietly succumbed, and the other re-
mains to be conquered by it:
H. That in the corrupt treasury
steal, the Credit Mobilier and official en-
bezzlements, and the hundreds of other
combinations, steals, frauds and swindles,
by which Democratic and Republican
Legislators, Congressman and office-hold-
ers have enriched themselves, detrauded
the country and impoverished the people
we find The necessity OF Independent ac-
ton and the importance Of united
effort, and cordially invite all men of
whatever calling, trade or vocation, re
garlIes= Of past political views, to join Us
in removing the evils that so seriously
affect Us
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Mississippi Legislature.
SENATE.
SATURDAY. April !, 1874.
SENATE BILLS.

%AflkDAI- n FiAt - fSf1"
SENATE Bills.
To provide. for the efficient arrangein. Mt
Of the preIiminaTies u The Centennial EX-
hihitiau and Ia create State Board - Man
To authorize the Board OF Supervisors to
appoint ComiSsioners. 81 passed
HOUSE BILLS.
Prescribing punishment for running
trains or locomotives across the railroad
crossings without stopping. aud 10 prevent
carelessness and accidents on railroads ;
passed.
Making appropriations to defray the ex-
penSes of he investigation of the CHARGES
of bribery ia the passage OF Ii. b No. 2o9
passed
A large number of local and private bills
passed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
4 number of bills were introduced and re-
ferred.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Mr.. President: l am directed by the
Governor. To inform the senate that he has
approved the following bill:
An Act explanatory of an Act entitled
an Act making an appropriation to deiray
the tx penses of the State Governmr nt. passed
nc the present session of the Legislature.
An Act TO prohibit the sale of vinons and
sniyiruouS liquors, within five miles of Lou
lsville. Winston county Mississippi.
Governors Private Secretary.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
Mr.. PRESIDENT: The undersigned mem
beers at the Committee, to whom was refer
red the charges against the Hon Z. &
ShackIeford. Judge of the Eleventh judi
cial District ask leave OF the senate AMI
House of Representatives TO make the fol-
lowing additional report:
That at the conclusion of the testimony
for the prosecution, the Committee dismissed
the following charges:
l. That he neglected the duties of his Of
flee To attend to his private affairs
y That he has permitted "A party charged
with murder to plead guilty OF manslaugh-
ter.
g. That lie has sentenced a prisoner to
seven years i'm the penitentiary for the crime
Of larceny
T. That in State cases he does not give
detendeutS a fair trial.
} That he has used his Office to eXtort
money from officers under him.
The Committee being at opinion that
there was no sufficient testimony on any
of the above charges 70 reflect on Judge
ShacklefOrd. we deem it due to Judge Shack
lefori To ask that this additional report be
spread upon the journals,
respectfully.
;. a ID. steele.
Chairman.
J. Z. Everett.
VIM. IL. Parker,
Jno. j. Smith.
Report received.
SENATE BILLS.
To enlarge the Penitentiarv grounds, etc.
House amendment coucurred ia.
HOUSE BILLS.
TO change the time of holding the Cir
| cult Court of the Ninth Judicial district;
passed.
An Act entitled ar Act in relation to the
Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes :;
passed.
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The Canton Consulship on which we
have been congratulating our friend Dr.
Tindall seems to be muddled affair.
Here i something more on the subject,
showing that somebody is deluded:
WAsHISGToN, March 9th, 1874.
]. \. CRooKER ESQ. Ed. Summit Times,
DEAR SRI trust you will 90 me the
favor to correct several misstatements
in the brief article relative to my broth
er, Judge r. G. w. Jewell, published in
your paper of the 18th instant have
been in regular correspondence with him
since he took charge of the Consulate at
Canton, and know that he has not resign
ed, is not on his way back to Summit, is
not in Ill health, and that DIR. TindalI
has not been appointed to succeed him.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN NJ. JEW ELL.
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The particulars of case of lynching
which recently occurred in the land of
civilization and morals, are published on
cur first page. Occasionally crimes of
a more aggravated degree than this are
committed in this State and are left to
be punished by law.