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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-29
HoUsE-sIxTYFoURTH DAY.

THURSDAY, March 25 ls7G.
! Mr. Speaker street in the CHAIR Present
/ -. absent 3l. Leave of absence was grant
| ca ~ Mr.. Cochran.
/ BY Mr.. Blrksdale: That the House of
! Representatives in "a body, preceded 5y the
/ speaker and clerk OF the House. ON uotiu-
cation bY the Senate. sitting iu thc imuplph-
meut trial of Alexander Is. Davis, Iiouteu-
ant Governor Of Mississippi, proceed to the
bar oftGe Senate, 80 sitting for said im-
peachment trial rs aforesaid, ARID hy che
managers demand Judgment against said
Alexander Is. Davis; adopted.
REPORT or A SELECT COMMITTED.
Messrs. Han aud FLOYD. of.hc select come
mittee. reported the bin 10 divide Pamela
county into two court districts with cine
recommendation chat 10 do NOT pass.
Mr. Vaughn presented minority report
OF the committee recommending it- uIs-
sage.
Mr.. Vaughan moved To adopt tine miuori-
~ report
Mr. Hall moved 10 indefinitely postpone
the bin, Pending which thc House proc
ceeded 40 the bar of the Senate. Upon their
return, Mr.. AWacker moved to table Nr
Halls motion; carried. MIR. Guthrie moved
20 table the bin: lost. Mr.. Amackcr moved
to pass the bill, and the Din passed.
LAWS by APPROVAL.
The Governor informed the House that
he has approved the following House bills.
viz: To require Union county topay to lee
county certain school funds 90 logaliIe the
assessment in Neshoba county for 1876
and 10 extend the time for paying taxes tO
amend the act providing for the election of
an additional Justice OF the Peace iu
Marshall county Go provide FOR the pay
meut of indebtedness ON teachers fund Iu
Lee county 20 amend section 1921, code of
ISL, in relation Co dover; to repeal the
road tax law of SuuhoWcr county, 90 uu-
thoriZe Boards ot Supervisors ID ascertain
the outstanding iudebteduc-s OF the several
counties; To- provide for thrcolrctiUA of tho
taxes for 1870 Ia Marion county % amend
the last charter act of Water Valley. to
amend the act to provide tor the assessment
Of taxes In Wilkinson county, approved
July 3lst. 1879, and Cd authorize NoNubee
county To employ "a person to make -cJtle-
ment- between the late tIN collector and
late Treasurer of that county.
The special order, the Agricultural Lien
bills, were postponed, and Tire Court Disc
tret bin was taken up. The House refused
60 concur in the Senate amendments. Mr
Bark~dale moved 90 reconsider.
Adjourned.
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Wauted-A Relief Measure.

'Granger" publishes a ringing appeal
HE Legislature for a practical meas
| Of relief to the taxpayers. He
lsls forcibIy on the fact that though
assures have been passed curtall-
expenditures, there has been no
actually reducing taxes, and that
la,s this is done the tax-collector will
his rounds the present year making
same exorbitant demands upon the
bile. Reduction of expenditures and
EHction Of taxes must go hand in hand
order that the people may realize the
hsfts ola change of rulers. 1t is only
this way that property can be relieved
the stagnating pressure that now
Hsaes out its value and confidence
kored. The burden must be raised
Im the shoulders of the people so that
~ can stand erect once more and take
] lew start in the race Of life.
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~. j" IN theSe landmarks to guide them. our
/-e1eis ad2pfed Constitution uadsr trh Oh IL
LII "'4.f edsdhcs and i4oRfeas.ttce and ia ; a. 2
st HtaSf e1s05tce- aaag b. the subj ect Of I'M
Psa6effDseht, although NOT made criminal Ig act
=, - cohgFess, Or 80 recognized hv the g m
II - IN Jaw o. England or of any State of the
onioh. They adopte impeachment as a
.',tS 2, rem lrtilg men from ofice chose mis-
.I.1atct .D4perfis The public safety and renters
''e"' ""Rt 10 occupy 4pfcjal position
All this is supported 10y the elementary
writers, both English aud American, on
"a listiiiehttfy and Common law: hy the
i-hgilsii ana American usage in eases of
Impeachment: BIZ the opinions OF the fran
erS OF ne Constitute by contemporaneot .
construction, all uncontradicted bY any au
tnof' authority, case, or iuriSt for more
t'iah lhree- quarters of a century after the
auoptlon OF the Constitution.
hoodson- whose lectures were read at
oxford IN l777. declared that tmsegcla te7sts
e1te'tded To c1Ses Of aCtich the ordinary courts
hda no 1ltr7sdtctt0H He says: MAGISTRATES
anu olfcrrs may abuse their dele
gated powers to the extensive detriment of
the community. and at the same time in a
uiahher not properly c0gl5zqbIe before the or
uthtdfy tribunals" And he proceeds to say.
the remedy is by Impeachment
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h the conclusion of the opinion of the
Ereme Court, pronounced by Associate
stice Tarbell, the other day, in the
Of Baugh & Co., VS.. Holden, Tax
Hector, Of Clarke county, the addl-
pal observation was made by the Court
/ the investigation of the case had
Egn that the revenue laws of the State,
numerous amendments and the I'M
PANTY OF the language employed in
Rnng them, were in Il confused and al
p uninlelligible condition. The I'M
slable fact suggests to the Legislature
duty Of revising the revenue laws,
ihepurpose Of simplification and uni
putty Of execution in the different parts
the State There can be no success
financial system under the facts here
cHoed. Among the legacies which
PlcaI administration has left the PEG
the curse OF this confusion, worse
BOUNDED in the revenue laws.
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What to do with the Penitentiary is a
serious problem. For several years it
has been heavy burden upon the peo-
pie. One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of State warrants for account of
it, were cancelled at the State Treasu-
rers's Office last year. One thing is GER
tain, the drain should be stopped. The
Penitentiary is filled with able-bodied
men, constituting for the most part, if
under discipline, the best laborers for
cotton plantations or public works, in the
world; and by proper management it
can be made selfsustaining so far as the
State is concerned, and a source of large
profit to lessees. There are millions in
II
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WASHINGTON correspondents write
that. emboldened by the success of the
Republicans in New Hampshire, 81
Senatorial caucus has resolved upon a
policy of opposition to any reduction IN
the expenditures of the Government.
They also agreed to ignore all investiga-
tons and stand BY all who come under
fire. Delighted with the effectiveness OF
Ben. Hills utterances in New Hamp-
shire, they will carry on the campaign IN
Congress upon the plan inaugurated BY
Blaine. The dry bones Of Anderson
vile are to be shaken. All reduced eX
penditures are to be fought. The re
duction of the clerical force in the Treas
ury is to be fought under the plea
that to dismiss so large a portion OF the
force will cripple the public business
All contemplated economy will be oP
posed, ostensibly because it will Interfere
with the public service, but really becaus'
throwing out Of the Republican office
holders will reduce the campaign tun'
and interfere with the Republican sue
cess in the elections
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Packers Parallel.

We had thought that Packer stood
ne,grand, gloomy and peculiar, without
lfer Or parallel in his own sphere of
#Ean. But We are mistaken. The in
Ea5atloas at Washington have revealed
f'St his exact counterpart in the per-
1 Of one Lilly, professional trader in
le'slips. Hays, a scaliawag Con-
ssnan from Alabama, was charged
\ u having sold a West Point cadetship,
winch his own State was entitled, to
~ loTAer, for three thousand dollars.
committee was instructed to investigate
charge. Proof was made that the
Plsy vas paid. The widowed mother
'Alea to the fact, and she and her
Fs'ul both testified that they had no ac-
-'uance with Hays previous to the
'i'se OF the cadetship. When the
ct called upon Hays at Washington,
NE terms had been negotiated, he
instructed to proceed to Alabama at
s9ourn there couple of weeks
~ himself from Choctaw county, OF
''"IS, aud enter the Academy. This
A'5f the most approved plan of car
''ggery. 1t possessed him of the req
quaiiheatons of an Alabama repre-.
'u,e under the delectable system o.
'oag morals which have prevailed
= case was clear, therefore, that the
J mad been bought the money wal
= and all the arrangements we're per
W out just at the nick of time, Lii,
MS appearance on the witness
ana swore that he made all tn
I@I'lons' and was the sole benefciar,
~. Oafgala. Hays conferred the ap
- su' out of tender regard for him
knowing the parties, and as ig
!, : " the pecuniary part of the bust
. Inc babe that will be born in tn
~ Oh our Lord 1899.
are some slight divergences il
an 'es O. Packer and Lilly, but in tn
h., mere Is strong resemblance
lave both shown the same marty
ngness to become scape-goats-
! ~ heroic fidelity to friendships
~ :ne disposition to traffic in unlav
i, 81 In word, they are a nObl
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-29

The resolutions OF the Union League,
in New York City, adopted a few days
ago, mean this and nothing less. For a
candidate for the Presidency the League
demands:
"a man who has had no connection direct
or Indirect with the abuses which have been
brought upon the fair name OF the country
and the party. or aug suspicious association
trith those lehO hare been guty OF these abuses,
and whose names and career shall be in
themselves a guarantee OF the complete reno
ration Of the public service, HOrOugh p1tTgiRg
~ Official abuses, aud az administration Of The
government up0n prime pies 81 honesty, economy,
intelligence and public trust. In our judg
ment, and. we believe, in that of all I'M
biased and reflecting men, the eXigencies of
the party well as the country at this time
demand a President who shall be deserved V
recognized as q ref0rmer as lCeI Us Repub-
Acdn.
The plain meaning of it is that not
only Grant must stand aside, but the
Conklings, Mortons, Blaines and others,
who have been aiding, abetting and de-
Tending his Administration in its nefari-
Gus schemes.
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DISBURSEMENTS FOR PENITENTIARY.
The extraordinary figures which ap-
pear in the State Treasurer's report as
disbursements for the Penitentiary, for
the wear 1875, are satisfactorily explain
ed by Auditor Gibbs and the House
Committee appointed to investigate. We
invite attention to the same in the House
proceedings of yesterday. We suggest
that the Annual Reports of the Auditor
and Treasurer should exhibit the warrants
drawn, and disbursements made, for each
Department and for each year sepa-
rately. This may not be practicable
but would be much more satisfac-
tory to persons who look to those re
ports for information.
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Dr. Walden.

In answer to numerous inquiries we
regret to state that DR.. c.. NJ. Walden,
one of the useful and worthy members of
the Legislature from Carroll, is detained
from his seat by illness in consequence of
exposure in the discharge of his public
duties while in feeble health. We trust
for his own sake and that of his family.
and his constituency, that we may be
able to report his speedy recovery.
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HOUSE-SIXTY-THIRD DAY.
WEDNESDAY, March y, IS

WEDNESDAY, March ~, 1876.
Mr.. Speaker Street in the chair. Prayer
by Rev John Hunter, ID. ID. Present "a:
absent 80. Leave of absence was granted
to Mr.. jenkins.
Mr. Jayne called up II. B. to re-incorpo-
rate Brandon, with Senate amendments; the
House concurred in Senate amendments /, 2
and 4 Nr. Jayne offered an amendment
to the 9Th amendment, which was adopted :;
and the 9Th amendment as amended was
concurred in.
By Mr.. Jarnagin: To postpone the April
Term of the Noxubee County Circui t
Court; passed.
By Mr.. Clifton To provide for service on
nonresident executors, etc. referred.
The House agreed to the request of the
Senate on amendments to the cotton weigh
ers bill. Committee = Messrs. McCargo,
Nelson and StebhinS.
Messrs. Hall. Millsaps Troup and Erwin
were excused from service on the Judiciary
Committee.
THE CARRDoZo CASE.
The special order-T. W. CardoZo's re-
quest to be permitted to resign-was taken
up.
By Mr.. Featherston; Whereas, Thos. w.
CardOZ0. Superintendent of Public Educa-
ton, against whom articles of parchment.
preferred by this House, are now pending
in the Senate, sitting as Court of Impeach-
ment, has, by a communication addressed
to the Speaker of the House, asked leave TO
resign his said office; and,
Whereas, In the Judgment of this body,
the further prosecution OF said articles of
impeachment after such resignation by said
CardoZo, under charges, would be attended
with considerable expense without CORE
spending benefit to the State; therefore
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Expelled and Disqualified.

The Senate has inflicted the measure
of punishment prescribed in the Consti-
tuition for high crimes and misdemean-
ors, upon A. K. Davis, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, viz: expulsion and disqualified
ton for holding Office hereafter under the
State Government. The vote stood
twenty-five yeas to four nays.
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IEnn.Iz. -. Money.

|Tbe Walden Record pays a deserved
Rgts to this gentleman in saying that
ii. gaining strength in the State, and
l., himself more firmly, if possible, in
hearts Of his home people. In the
.,nv present he has made no step but
h as he can point to without dread OF
political future"
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PRESIDENT pro tempore Stone may as
well hang his harp on a willow tree. y
He will never be the permanent Gov
ernOr of Mississippi by virtue of his office
as President of the Senate. Daily Times,
March Doth.
Then the Radical trainers of our con-
stitution were such ignoramuses that
they made no provision for a Governor
in case of a permanent vacancy of both
Governor and Lieutenant-Gover If
a President pro tempOre Of the Senate
could not become Governor why provide
in case of inability of all other officers
named to discharge the duties of Gov
ernOr that the Senate shall convene and
elect a President pro tempore, Why
elect him, when the object is to get a
Governor, if he never can become Gov
ernor? Try again, neighbor. If you
cannot do better than this, you had bet
ter hang your little banjo on a gum
stump.
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The Secretary of State informed the Sem
ate that > j. r. providing for the cancella-
ton OF certain State warrants has become
a law by operation Of section - article of
the Constitution.
Leaves oi ahefnr" were Granted to M,ssr
sims Foote and Thompson.
>. j. providing Tor tue REDEEM ufi0u OF
Lands for lcycc taxes was was taken uu and
pending It's consideration the senate
adjourned.
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Moss Po1Nr, March II. 1876

EDS. CLARION: The Judicial District bill
as it passed The House, gives great dissatis-
faction to the people of South Mississippi.
There can surely he no good reas n why
Clarke, Laudcrdale and X N per should be
added TO this District. The high water has
recently brought representative men from
all the interior counties to this point. and
there is but one feeling-that of disappro-
baton. II does seem that when our votes
are wanted we are considered but when
anything else is to be done are entirely
overlooked and ignored Please try and
prevent this outrage from being cOnsum-
mated.
n fr11lrr
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WE are at loss to determine by what
motives the Governor was actuated in
refusing to perform plain duty impera-
lively enjoined upon him by law, but we
do know that by his failure to act he has
given great ofense to the great body of
Republicans who, with rare unanimity,
were in favor of an appointment being
made.-Daily Times, March 20.
Perhaps Z" the great body of Repub-
licans" alluded to were mainly of that
class who preferred to see the Democrats
in power to Gov. Ames' continuance at
the head of the Republican party in
Mississippi, and perhaps Gov. Ames had
more regard for his own honor and the
honor of his family than to involve him.
self in further trouble, simply to crafty
such Republicans. Be placid, gentle
men; drowning men catch at straws, but
the straws never save them. "Stand firm
and wait "
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ports for informal

THE New York Herald's opinion is, that
"local matters, the stake of the United
States Senatorship and money-the lat
tor most Of Undetermined the result of
the election in New Hampshire. The
general appeal is yet to be made to the
higher tribunal of the nation"
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Your obedient servant,
sENATE-CoURT OF IMPEACHMENT
THE DAVIS CAsE-TENTH DAY.


Mr.. President Stone in the chair.
Manager Barksdalc offered and asked the
adoption Of a verdict removing Alexander
X. Davis from the Office of Lieutenant
Governor, and disqualiiying him from ever
holding an office of profit, honor on trust
under this State; adopted yeas %, uay~-
Messrs. Albright, Gray, Shirley and stew,
art-4 Gall colored = absent 5.
An order requiring the journal to be filed
in the Secretary Of States Office was adopt
ed, and the Court sitting in the Davis case
adjourned sine die.
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HOUSE BILLS.

The Senate concurred in the House amend
ment to the Senate amendment to ii. b. to
re-incorporate Brandon.
A number of House bills were read and
referred
AtIo:8O o'clock the Court in the Davis
case sat and judgment was entered.
HOUSE BILLS.
To postpone the April term Of the Noxu-
bee County Court; passed.
A number Of House bills were read and
referred
INTRODUCTION or BILLS.
By Mr.. Morgan: For the relief OF Il. ).
Carter, % Tunica county; referred.
By Mr.. Reynolds: To prevent parties oc-
cupying or cultivatiug lands under COM
mon fence. from trespass by stock; also, 70
require the publication OF applications %
the Governor for pardon--Doth referred.
By Mr.. Morgan: To regulate liability OF
officers approving bonds IN civil suits; re-
lerred.
LAWS BY APPROVAL.
The Governor informc4 the Senate that
he has approved the following Senate bills.
viz: To amend the laws in relation to quo
l1d7rdnt0, and for the relief OF Drs. Bennett
and Bowen, of Lincoln county.
5. 3. 70 amend sections 27s7 and Ass.
Code of 1871, in relation to recognizances
taken by sheriffs the committees substitute
was adopted, and the bill passed.
HOUSE BILLS.
For the relief of ID. Wilson; passed
yeas %, nays none.
For the relief of George Barrows was
referred to Mr. Smith.
To incorporate the banking house Of
Raymond, Trice 81 Co., of Verona; the
committees amendment was adopted and
the bill passed.
For the relief of T. p. Shall; the comm IL
tees amendments were adopted and the
bill passed,
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
sENATE-coURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
THE cARDozo cAsE-FoURTH DAY.
TUESDAY. March 81. 1916.

Mr.. President Stone in the chair. Pres
e1t, all of the Managers and the counsel for
respondent.
The replication of the House to the an
swer of the respondent was read.
The Court adjourned until tomorrow at
3 O'Clock.
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Pre,ldent or the senate.

In another article i'm this issue. We
have shown that am act of the Legislu-
ture providing for a special election t0
fiji the Office of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
would be unconstitutional and void. We
now propose to show, briefly but clearly.
that the President pro tmpgre of the
Senate cannot, rs such, in any event.
become permanently the Governor of the
State. The Democrats, n and ont of
the LEGISLATURE have taken il for grant
Cd that in case Gov. Ames shall bee cone
! vcted and removed from office, the Pres
| ident pro telpOrc of the Senate would
/ thereupon become Governor for the re-
mainder Of the term for which Gov.
Ames was elected. That this assumption
on their part is unwarranted, will Doe
readily seen by a careful examination of
Sec. II, Art. b. Of the Constitution,
which contains all the Constitutional
provisions bearing ON the subject. By
! the express provisions of thi- section, the
Lieutenant Governor, and he only,
"when the office OF Governor shall be-
come vacant shall possess the powers
and discharge the duties OF said office 81
and it is only when the Lieutenant
| Governor is absent from the State, on
shall be otherwise incapable of perform
| ing the duties Of the office that tho
President pro temp0ro of the Senate
''shall act in his stead. lie cannot go
from that position into the Office of Gov-
ernor when it is permanently vacant
| Daily Times.
The absuriity of this proposition is
demonstrated from the fact that il the
above argument be true, and by amy ace
cident the Governor and Lieutenant.
Governor should both die 80 the Same
time. thore would br n complete utor-
reguum. no one huta Governor could
order writs of election for Governor, aud
| if the President OF the Senate could uot
become Governor, the Speaker oi sho
House could not, and VIE would have uo
/ Governor and no Constitutional power
to make one. Such arguments ave nero
aaectation Of leaning The Radical.
who made the Constitution may have
been knayes, but they were NOT lool-.
The Investigations 80 Washington inn
plicatc Cre-well late Po-mastar-GeuerM.
in the practice Of q wholesale system of
corruption in bis department. but Dc
had the prccaution, after making hIs for
tune, 10 retire from Office. lIo went .u
poor as Jobs turkey and came ONT rich
as Cru.us. His wealth, however does
not dispel the faint Of corruption taat
will cling to his name. Not aI me
,,,,t,,s ,,r the oea,n caufI wash IL aVar.
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~ referring t0 the appointment nt
Mr.. Jacob Alexander as Postmaster at
Grecnville, the Times says thathcis "un
old citizen Of the community, and DIS app
pointment gives general satisfaction
The department, f states, fr-t appointed
a carpet-bagger, who declined aud taen
Dr. Young, colorel, who failed q maaa
his bond. The latter bad o letter from
Cover or Ames, saying he would make
part Of his bond it the re-t could be
made up at Graenyi.le; but it did NOT
avail. The Times says that this affair BE-
a sign Of the changed condition OF 9th"
local politics: and that year ago, the
faithful would have aocAei 10 him
for the privilege Of signing his bond
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a. learn from the Times that its
W. the Radical party wanted II.
ns for Lieutenant-Governor. The
Zinc. it is said, preferred a. War
D'' Aon,b the Radicals were divided
La duty and power Of the Gov
,r in the premises
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r,,e present Radical State adninistra-
49, ,.r,sd out with a great flourish of
m,at.. Two years have scarcely
and two of its members have been
La.,cbsd of high crimes and rendered
r..ionations-one after conviction,
|. o,ber before. Who will now say the
g,ora we're not justified in the herculean
= which they put forth to overthrow
!. the late election?
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- ~ PER YEAR. INADvANCE.

biII providing that in case of va
81 che Office Of Governor, and there
'or' Z m ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the
~ n,o tenn. of the Senate shall
co. H.e If Governor, has become a
bv Imitation
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+ gg the coon to Capt. Scott, Cardozo
"a to come down, and the House
I'd to dismiss the proceedings against
NTH the concurrence Of the Senate.
testimony, upon which the articles of
E,..cbment were found will be entered
the journal, and preserved as an
airing record of the iniquity of Radi-
ni,,ule. The resignation under the
n.-apces was confession.
|Tbo Senate concurred, and so good
i D1Zy.