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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-02-04
HOUSE.

THE House went into Committee of tht
Whole to consider the Senate salary bill, but
did nothing, and through their Chairman
Mr.. Street, reported without recommends
ton. Mr. Truehart, (col) moved the
further consideration of the bill be post
poned until tomorrow at IL O'Clock. Mr.
Avery moved to recommit the bill to the
Committee of the Whole. Mr.. Street moved
to table; lost; and the bill was recommitted
Mr.. APPLEwHITE presented petition OF
the citizens of Lincoln county against the
proposed change of the boundary lines OF
Lincoln and Franklin counties. Referred.
Mr. HARRIS (coI entered motion to re-
consider the vote, whereby the joint resolu-
ton amending the constitution, providing
for biennial sessions of the Legislature, was
lost.
TIE Committee on Military Affairs report
ed the Metropolitan Police bill, with the rec
ommendation that it do pass with amend
ments. The bill was taken up, and the hour
for the special order having Arrived, Mr..
Rogers (col.) of Marshall moved to postpone
the special order, to consider the Metropoli-
tan Police bill; Mr.. Street NOV ed to table /;
lost, and Mr.. Rogers (eol J motion carried !;
yeas AZ, nays 10.
The hill was read. Mr.. Harris, (col.)
moved to place the bill upon the calendar,
$50 copies be printed, and made the special
order for Friday at II o'clock Mr.. Street
called for a division of the question, and
the motions to place on the calendar and
have printed: carried. The motion to make
it special order was lost; yeas, AZ, nays, 50,
two-thirds vote required. Mr.. Harris, (col.)
moved that the bill be postponed until
Friday. Mr.. Cessor, (col.) said that If the
minority were opposed to making the bill
the special order, he would take it off the
calendar and pass it right now. Mr.. Street
said he would like to see him pass it to-day.
if he thought he could, he had better try it,
and Harris motion prevailed.
THE bill appropriating 5000 for the pen
itentiary was passed; yeas, 80, nays, none.
THE Senatebill to abolish the Office clerk
to the Attorney General passed.
Mr.. MCCAIN (col, of DeSoto, introduced
a bill to amend the Code of "a in relation
to the exemption laws, providing for the
exemption of two horses or mules and $50
bushels ofcorn, and said it was but little
bit of a small bin, and only provided for
"a resumption of a little mo- for the POI man,
and it was de same bill what the House
passed last year and was sent over to de
Senate, and was lost over dar." Mr.. Street
moved to amend by adding 800 bundles of
fodder; adopted. General confusion and
many mOtions.) Mr.. Champlin offered
proviso that all personal property be ex-
empted; Mr.. Mccain didn't want any git
ting under the cover, and moved to lay the
amendment on the table. and the passage of
the bill and the previous question; which |
was Strengthened out By the Speaker aud
carried.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY.

THURSDAY. Jan. 2S, 1875.
THE privilege tax bill was taken up and
finally passed.
THE militia bin tthe substitute for the
State Police bill,l requiring the Governor to
organize and equip two regiments OF infant
~, and to purchase four Gatlin guns, if he
sees fit, to be used in connection with the
infantry, came up as the special order.
Mr.. STONE rose to point of order, that
the bill was not read but once; point sus-
tanned and rules suspended, and the bill read
twice.
the substit ute for the original blu; carried.
Mr.. GRAY, lcOl. offered an additional
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.HOITSE.

THE following local bills were passed
To authorize the Board of Supervisors OF
Adams county to employ roadmaster al
a salary of 81 400 per annum to change the
boundary lines of Jackson and Harrison
counties; to amend the charter of Bogue
Chitto; I'D Natchez bill) to submit the
question Of limits to the citizens; to change
the name of Davis Mills, Benton county, to
Michigan city; to incorporate Huntsville,
Montgomery Co.; to incorporate State Line,
Wayne and Green counties; to authorize
the Board of Supervisors of Benton county
to sell the temporary Courthouse and
several private bills.
A BILL to make the cotton weigher of
Claiborne elective, was such a lovely bill
that the members ratified In their various
counties right lively for about half an hour,
amid much confusion +; the rap! rap! rap!!.
of the gavel, and cries of t.Mr. Speaker
"Mr. Speaker, !" "previous question" 81 want
my county in" etc, when the bill was finally
recommitted to special committee to give
every member chance; Committee:
Messrs Kendrick, tcol.), Spight Trueheart
(col. }, Feemster and Thompson of Greene.
A BILL taking certain powers from the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Natchez
came up. 1t produced a great deal Of
excitement, and was finally passed.
A RESOLUTION to again supply the House
with ink stands was adopted. The ques-
ti0ns are what becomes of the ink stands
and how many times the House win have
to be supplied this year? 49,.
THE House was acting under suspension
of the rules for the introduction of bills.
Mr., Cessor (col. made the point of order
that the rules were only suspended to act
upon the bill just referred; said he wished
to go TO the regular order 60 as to take up
the Metropolitan Police bill that was post
poned until to-day. The Speaker (Mr.
Clover) ruled the point not well taken.
Mr.. Cessor appealed from the decision. RI
Mr. STREET moved to adjourn lost ,a'i'
Mr.. CHAMPLIN moved to table the appeal
Mr.. CEssoR tcol.) said that the ruling was
done to kill time, so that the bin could not
be taken up. resi- s.
THK SPEAKER (Mr. Clover9 said it was not
done for that purpose. The Journal was
read. The motion to table was carried yeas
46, nays AZ. Pending theivete, Mr.. Gayles
(col.) asked if Mr.. Peal ,(cof) Of Marshall, !
bad voted. Mr.. Peal said he had not but he |
was never afraid to be recorded; he voted |
Ayea.n ss1< ~
Mn. GILMER moved to adjourn
Mr. benson moved that the House adj
onrn until Monday. SO that the. members
might attend Circuit Court to-morrows ttFi- |
Il of Speaker Shadd.) Ruled out Of order; /
DURING the skirmlshing 70 keep of the
bill several white Republicans retired to the
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HOUSE.

THE Committee on Registration reported
favorably the Act to provide copies of the
election law for the use of the different
counties In the State. The bill requires the
printing in Pamphlet form OF 1000 copies OF
the election articles in chapter 6, of the Re-
vised Code 1871, to be distributed tQ Boar DIS
OF Registrars and to election Judges. Mr..
Street said that it would be better and
cheaper to furnish the Revised Code as there
were three thousand copies still in the hands
of the State unsold. Mr.. Avery said that
especially rs the Code was so handy to carry
around. Mr.. Street said the judges could
carry a jug of whiskey in one side of their
saddle bags and the Code in the other. He
moved the bill be recommitted, SO that the
committee might ascertain if it would
not be cheaper to furnish the Code.
Mr.. Shorter, (col } moved to table, carried ;
Mr.. benson said that the bill could do no
earthly good, rs none of the pamphlets
would be in existence by the time the cleo
ton came off, and moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill; lost. Mr. Feemster
said the bill would answer no purpose, but
furnish the State Printer another job and
moved to recommit. Mr.. Gill favored the
bill, but said it did not go far enough and
wanted it recommitted. The Speaker ruled
the motion out of order, having been made
once and lost. Mr.. Avery favored the bill :
Mr.. Southworth opposed; Mr.. Kendrick
(col.) moved the previous question; and the
bill passed.
THE bill to amend the registration laws
so far as they relate to the counties ofSimp-
son, Smith, Covington, Jones, Wayne. Jas
per, Neshoba, Greene, Perry, Jackson, Har-
rison, Hancock, Pearl, Lawrence, Pike, AL
corn, Tishomingo and Prentiss. i
IT provides tina. the registrars of said
counties shall only be required to keep their
books open for five days for revision. Mr. |
C. Byrd moved to add franklin. A general
discussion upon the merits of the bill. |
Messrs. Gill and Avery favored the princi-
pal, but wanted a general bill, classify ing1
the counties. Messrs. Lynch (col) and Ces-
sor (col.) opposed the principal. Mr.. Clo-
yer moved to recommit to bring in a gener-
al bill carried.
THE Senate Joint Resolution making an
of s312 90 to defray the ex-i
penses of Jno. Smith for investigating
JIG ~NoeShSS AAoSPlSoA Nos COHSlOCA cu Al
the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Clover
n the chair; Mr. Campbell wanted 10 know
4 the committee had learned if he was the
light John Smith; Mr.. Archer wanted to-
know John Smith: Mr.. Clover proposed to
introduce him to Senator j J. Smith.
rhe committee reported favorably on thei'
bill. A general talk all round, and the bill
passed; yeas, 49, nays 81.
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From the Cincinnati Commercial, (Rep)I
The Northern and better class of Re-
publicans are beginning to rebel against
the course of Southern (Carpet-bag)
Congressman, who dominate, and have,
during this session, ruled with high
hand. 1t is complained that the South
ern Republicans are controlling the Re
publican party. just as the Southern
Democrats controlled the Democratic
party before the war, against the best
interests of not only the party, but the
country. They have no limits to the
demands they make In the name of the
party, to serve their own ends. They
propose to deny the minority all the
rights, few as they are, that they have
They propose to put the entire South I'M
der the control of the army, and to that
end they propose to appropriate, for the
support of the army and the United
States Marshals for two years, instead of
one, so as to prevent the incoming Dem
ocratic House from Withdrawing the
troops for want of supplies. In brief,
they demand that they shall be kept in
tfice at all hazards, by fair means or
foul. ~ -r.H. THg
There are symptoms of rebellion
against this state of affairs, and the re-
bellion is headed by some of the bestmen
of the party. A great many absented
themselves from the caucus tonight be-
cause of a strong feeling of disgust. May
nard is Chairman of the caucus, and
calls meeting whenever he and White,
of Alabama, and other extreme agita-
tors, deem it necessary. In turn, the
Southern Republicans denounce all those /.
who are tardy in coming squarely up to
their support. At recent caucus,
exclusively of Southern Re- =
publicans, Mr.. Maynard charged that
Speaker Blaine was no longer Republi.
can; that his selection of the men on the
Louisiana committee was an evidence of
the fact.
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fcoxr1xuED ON FIRST rAcE.l
SEN ATE-TwENTY-THIRD DAY.
SATURDAY, Jan. 30, 1876.
No Session to-day.
HOUSE.


THIS being local bin day the most of the
session was occupied upon bills of that ma
ture among others the following were in
troduced and referred:
By Mr.. LYNCH (col.) '-in relation TO the
fees of justices, sherifs and cOnstables :" by
Mr.. Campbell, "to amend the laws and
practice in the Supreme Court by Mr..
Rogers of Yalabusha, fFor the relief of
G. M. & E. F. Gordon;' by Mr.. Atkins ITO
authorize the Secretary of State to furnish
Reports to the county clerks Of Sumner and
Choctaw countless" by Mr.. Byrd of Frank
lin, 'tO amend the act to secure the payment
of fines collected by justices so far as relates
to Franklin;" by Mr.. Johnson of Itawamba.
'ttO compel Judges and Chancellors to hold
their courts at the time prescribed by law
sKIRMIsHING ON THE POLICE BILL.
Mr. EDWARDS (col.) asked permission to
call up a 'locar' bill, which turned out to
be the Metropolitan Police bill. Mr.. Street
objected; Messrs. Edwards (col.) and Ces-
sor (col were very anxious to prove Mr..
Street had no right to object then; that it
only took majority to take it up. all of
which points of order failed in their objects.
NEXT regular order of business was Senate
messages. First bill taken up Mr..
Street called for its reading. While
it was being read, it was agreed that the
Metropolitan Police bill should be made the
special order for Wednesday at 1O1S o'clock,
and the reading of the bill, (the Senate
license billy was dispensed with.
THE Speaker announced Mr.. Street IS
pro tenn. Speaker for Monday, and the
House adjourned.
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clerks Office. It was then discovered that
the bill 10 decrease the expenses OF o.
Judiciary" was the special order. Several
points of order against the bill being the
proper one, all of which was made after Mr..
Street had called for the reading of the bill,
and the clerk had begun TO read. The
Speaker, (Mr. Shadd) ruled that the points
were made too late as the bill was before the
House and being read.
Mr.. AVERY asked Mr. Street to withdraw
his call, so that he might make motion 70
adjourn; Mr.. Street withdrew his call; Mr..
Avery moved to adjourn; said it was inn
possible to get up the other bill.
Mr.. CEssoR, (eol.) before the vote was
announced, said he hoped there would be no
fight on taking up the Metropolitan bill;
knew there would be fight on the bill;
didn't want any time wasted; said he would
not vote for any bill until it was taken upand
considered.
. THE motion to adjourn; carried; yeas 81
nays 2S.
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| He did not know what the White League
wanted, but he wanted the Governor to
have power and means to meet them
Mr. CuLLENs favored the bill, and would
vote for it as great peace measure.
| Mr.. EVERETT offered an amendment to
| strike out that part of the bill empowering
the Go vernon to organize two regiments.
He was opposed TO giving one man so much
power. 1t was peryersion of Republican,
| ism. The State already had ample militia
law; let the law stand as it is, no other is
required. If the Governor had acted
upon his manhood, no troubles would have
occurred in Mississippi He would have
forced the Judges to have performed their
duties, or have found some legal means of
getting rid of them. The militia could do
| nothing if the race line Is drawn, which he
opposes every man knew upon which side
each belonged. He asked that feeling be
layed aside and the matter be considered
dispassionately.
Mr.. GRAY, (cOl.) read long speech. He
hung out the bloody shirt and aired it ex-
| tcnsively. He of course favored the bill !;
said it was In the interest of peace. Mr..
constitutional grounds. He said that such
measures were driving the people upon the
color line. He hoped to God he would
never see the day when the white and
eolored men were in arms against each
| other; but if the colored men wished the
Issue he was not, nor was his people, afraid
to meet it. He appealed to Senators not to
pass such bill as the one proposed. Mr..
Gray moved to table Mr.. Everett's motion !;
carried. Mr.. Prices amendment was adopt
ed.
Mr.. GRAY, (col.) moved to strike ont the
final ''e'' which appeared in the word
'sCorpee" where ever it occurred in the
bill.
Mr.. FURLoNG opposed the motion. He said
that if they sent such a body into his coun-
ty, ''corpse" would be the proper word for
1t. He said that all the Gatlin guns in the
country, in the hands of State militia would
not make the present administration strong
er than it is. He said such bill would be
the death knell to the Republican party in
Mississippi; and II it passed it, it would de-
serve to be killed. He opposed the bill.
Nh. EVERETT again opposed the blu on
principle; said it would kill the Republican
party.
Mr.. SMITH of Claiborne advocated the
bill in long speech.
Mr.. CALDWELL (col.) moved the previous
question, and tho bill passed; yeas Is, nays
Is.
The yeas and nays will appear in the pro-
ceedings in THE CLARION of Tomorrow.
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sENATE-TwENTY-sECo DAY

FRIDAY, Jan. Goth. 1875. a.
BILL to abolish the Office of Inspectors
OF the Penitentiary was discussed at length
and finally passed, but the title was killed.
A RESOLUTION to appoint an additional
clerk was indefinitely postponed.
Adjourned until Monday.
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1t is reported that a man went home
at about o'clock Wednesday morning,
and, using his umbrella as q billiard cue,
smote his sleeping wife in the short nib,
crying tn1pOoll r and sunk into a sweet
slumbeElq He has since explained TO his
wife that women can have NO idea how
the cares of business will sometimes affect
mans brains.
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7 NH O1A-hA EH AnVHpU % WuIOuAH' Z
Mr. benson moved that the House adj
jonrn until Monday, so that the. members
might attend Circuit Court to-morrows ttri-
aliof Speaker Shadd.l Ruled out Of order;
DURrsG the skirmishing to keep of the
bill several white Republicans retired to the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05
For the vermont FARMER.
Independence Of the Press.

One of the most hopeful political signs Of
the present time is the independence Of
large portion of the press. 1t requires no
great effort Of memory to recall the time
when each editor was expected to support,
through thick and thin. the men and meas
ures of his own political party.
To know that the party leaders and wire
pullers demanded certain course Of action
was enough obedience was promptly rem
dered, though thereby the professions of a
lifetime were ignored aud reversed. This
was the almost universal rule, the exceptions
being easily counted, but now in this period
Of personal politics, venality and cOrrup.
ton, after a good deal Of investigation
and withdrawing, when neither party seems
to advocate any distinctive principles Of
its own, but each is striving to live on
the faults and errors Of the other, there is a
growing tendency towards independence
among political newspapers. This is true
not only of those papers which profess to be
independent, belonging to neither party, but
also of many Of those who do in the main
support one party or the other. Thus, in the
late Ohio canvass. while Thurman and Others
went upon the stump and advocated course
at variance with their long professional prin'
ciples, the New York World maintained an
honorable Independence, wisely Preferriug the
defeat of its own party in this case to thu
defeat Of principle.
With the much good resulting from thu
war there was also q legacy Of evils
The measures and practices which were nee
essary in carrying on that struggle wer'
carried forward to the time of peace. A
desire was exhibited by many occupying
places of trust to make the most of their posi-
tions. The country came to be ruled by
rings. There was extravaganza in the ex'
penditure Of money, coupled with reckless
ness as 10 the means of obtaining it.
Whenever the light has been thrown upol
these dark places of corruption and the evi
corrected, it has been done by the press. Il
the growing Independence Of the intelligen
voters Of our country, educated and guided
by an increasingly independent press, W
are to look for sure, though it may b,
slow, solution Of eur present political evils.
j. II. p.
Grafton, VI.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05

EDITOR FARMER IL DO not wish TO take
up your space with political or other sub.
jects distasteful to you, but think you have
misunderstood and 90 misrepresented me on
the Ohio Catholic question. l did not claim
that the school issue was not brought 10 bear
IN the Ohio campaign, but that IL was not
brought up by the democrats, as you claimed,
you having censurcd the democratic party of
Ohio for siding with the Catholics, when
the fact was that the republicans had raised
the issue to hide the currency issue, which
they we're afraid would turn against them in
that state, SO that your quotation in the
last FARMER, from the democratic chairman,
simply confirms my position. As for tho
quotation from the Toledo Catholic Review,
il simply proves that the Review is as
bigoted aud unreasonable on the one side as
Harpers Weekly is on the other "Only this
and nothing more"
That there are Catholics who wish to
break down the public school system and
have the public money given to secta'
riaE schools is undisputed and they labor
in vain, for they can never succeed in this
free America. Our civil aud religious lib
erty has been toe dearly bought and is too
highly priced to be sacrificed to Catholi'
bigotry any more than TO that of Protes
tants. But while Protestants have statute
on the books Of New Hampshire prohibit
ing Catholics from holding any state Office
thus denying religious liberty, l think Prot
estauts 10 that vicinity could End occupation
in casting beams out Of their own eyes which
would be more profitable than looking 70
the mote in the eye Of their Catholic brothe
in Ohio who opposed tho repeal Of tn,
Ghegan bill allowing Catholic prisoners tn
privilege Of receiving the ministrations Of a
ecclesiastic Of their own faith.
WM II. WHEELER.
Mauch Chunk, Pa, Noe l, 1875.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05

And now an earnest appeal is made by
Mr. Henry f. Durant, the founder of Welles-
ley College for women, and It's trustees, for
large donations The public will be sur
prised by the announcement that said col
lege, built at 80 great an expense, and so
recently started, is now in pressing need of
a hundred Thousand dollars" to procure the
"tOols to work with" and pay the running
expenses, when they are told that there are
800 pupils who are charged $3.50 per year,
fer board and ordinary tuition. Could they
not dispose of some part of the 300 acres
of ground which are now occupied for SEM
mary purposes without detriment to the in
stitution, and thus establish a reserve fund
for necessary purposes? The people are
becoming tired of the constant begging Of
public institutions. The impression prevails
that an institution which has liberal outfit
and patronage ought to be self-sustaining
and can be, II properly and economically
managed. No doubt Mr. Duraut has done
nobly and expended money very literally in
building the college, but the question is, has
he expended this money in a manner best
suited to the wants of the college and the
interests of the community Would it mol
have been better to have invested much less
in buildings and lands, so as to have had Q
reserve fund 2