The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-06

i f,rllnI,3r.eneral Of Geogt sng printing in
avFroge fos s. Of ta the 9sl an .. l eon,
t9 stat{, .d ioT s su9 55G Mark t sreraga.
trFst according to f.r;ating for I'M
The cost of the public pI .l,s<e=tyyo Yeas
,,eyerishet Mississippi r .ep tban the cost
WAS over eight times grfl'sa1b he same year
- ' the same work donea 1nO
for the State Of Georglgss:s s boiises Of Oh.
- ~, journals Of the tfo iio@n n,onnt OF
Legislator err1 T9 Worthless public ana
matter uss 5a,3ns bulk With supPlem,e civ
theIr eli ;h LIZ, veil cause he enquiry WY
added amy inrsm motten up-in that bulky lGI
if not to swell the promo - contrast two
printer. We cite for Ms me-. verify the
examples, and any one nay In the
fgures in our State Library. houses
wear 1856 the journals OF the wv n the
contained together |, l63paSes +oratber-
wear 1878 the journals contain e,,a zines
( 3o3 naoes-that is more than hee . +haeo
the number of pages contained III T Slo
two journals for the year 1896, lhose
Journals contain in full every little repol'
that certain bill do pass or 40 li0s p pass
a an'1' tbus tbnv are swelled with mass
of useless matter. Doubtless File el hJ;o
NOUS difference in the cost Tor pun
printing in Mississippi and Georgia ARISES
from the. fact that our Journals aie ~. that
bloated with useless matter, ana aiso ~ IL
official reports are printed anu Iii.ti
for more than once, and il part because
of exorbitant rates allowed 70 our 'o''''0
Printer. r -t
waste Of expenditure is pam. Le' 'lIo
Journals be greatly reduces III pun 80 ''S
to contain no matter not l's9Iul ~ tl1o
public in a legislative journal, hequire
the official reports to be so reduced ID .
bulk as to contain only ess'ntIaI matters,
and those to be stated in 1lc~Sest lhIe1A7
gible terms. Diminish bdl nuShbers and
Quantities. Let no doculent De prnted.
and paid for more than ore, ard reo ;3;
to moderate rates the pieces tor puoilc
printing. Apply like ruls Of economy ~:
and justice to the people to the puolic
printing Of counties, cities and towns. :,
In this connection it is proper to can
special attention to the District Printing
Bill, which was publicly advocated upon
the plea, most extraordinary IN free
government, that it is both just anu
proper to tax the general public to suSc
tain party newspapers. In the case OF
public sales, and in many Mothers, the
chief value of a newspaper p0b1ica f7tofss
consists in the fact that it gives notice to
the people of the particular county in
which the sale, ETC., is to be made. 1t
seems mere mockery, under a pretense
OF fairness, to advertise the property of
the citizen for sale under execution or for
taxes in distant part of the judicial dis
trlct, and at Il point remote from the
county in which the sale is to be made.
The same is true Of many other notices
required to be published. Ia very many
cases OF publications required to be made
under the law, the seeming notice can he
OF no possible use and yet the poor citi-
zen IS taxed with the co4s of such use
less publication,
The number Of circuit judges and
3hancellors IS far greater than the needs
Of the public service teqtire.
Before the present. constitution went
nto erect, there Were but ten circuit,
Judges IN the State, WHO not only dis
;har9ed all the duties imposed ON Tie s
thirteen circuit judges low provided for
'ut also performed neary all the duties
low imposed on twenty chancellors. and !.
here was no complaint ihat their numbor
vas insufficient BY The present system
and we believe in flat respect it is.s
ood one, most of the'business formerIv
one by The probate judges is now tran
acted by the chancqy clerks Th u
5 &C: are almost exclusively occu-
led IN what isstrictlychancery or cont
uslneSs' which, as before stated 1 WIS
;:ly within the jurisdiction Of the.
!rcu!t judges. !The litigation in the
Ircuit and chancery courts is now far
' s l., ID amount and and value than If If
: as when we had only ten circuit iuJ i'r
ne COT Constitutional amendment by Which
~ ! { alisactlon of justices of the peace
a. zen made to include all civil cases ~
~ exceeding IN amount $50 90, an
g &c poVerg OF our people by whicbI6,
IS ,s. 1ransatians are very myu.5 1;n q ~
,; value e have taken At IL least 'lt
ID of the civil business Of the teas ;ro,5t
'Tt ena ay courts. ''l0 9lrc"lt
.rtme u4P tense of the Legislative Ia
,nnaI io ap9 The sessions a ~ enoL