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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04

referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr.. Jeffries:
An act regulating the mode of assessing
and collecting taxes throughout the State;
providing tor the correction of over and un-
der assessments; providing for the collection
OF State and parish taxes, and the appoint
ment Of tax collectors; limiting the power
of taxation of all parishes and municipsli-
ties throughout the State; giving relief to
taxpayers, and appointing board to exam
inc outstanding claims, and repeating all
laws in conflict with this act.
Which bill was ordered to be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
And on motion of Mr.. Young, House bill
No. l65 introduced by Mr.. Dupre) entitled
an act to improve license tax upon each
and every insurance company not incor-
porated under the laws of this State. and
taking risks on property located in this
State or on the lives of persons residents of
this State; requiring deposit of bonds with
the State Treasurer for the security of
policy holders, and for other purposes, was
ordered to be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
This being the day set apart for the con-
sideration of House bill No l59, entitled an
act proposing an amendment to article
sixty-six of the constitution, on motion of
Mr.. Elliott the same was taken up.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That the following amendment to
article sixty six of the constitution be pro-
posed and entered upon the respective jour
nails of the Senate and House of Represents
tives, with the yeas and nay q taken thereon;
and the Secretary of State shall cause the
same to be published three months before
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The Radical POw-wOw

The fidelity of our report Of the Rad
ical pow-wow will be generally admitted.
1t was war of factions, in which victory
rested first on one side and then on the
other. The outcome of the whole mat
ter was that the Mortonites captured the
delegation to Cincinnati, which seemed
to be the main stake at issue. The free
and go-easies who have been riding two
horses at the same time, holding them
selves ready to straddle either that would
carry them into office, seem to have got
ten the shell, while the straight-outers,
Pearl River Navigators, Johnny Ray
monds and their sort, bagged the game.
Our old friend W. M. Hancock, (famil-
iarly known as Buck is chairman of the
State Executive Committee. He will
soon be relieved of his duties on the
bench, and will have plenty of time to
engage in the arduous labors of the can
vass. Meantime, with piousre resignation,
he can prepare himself for retirement
from the responsibilities of public station,
to the care of his potato patch and poul-
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HE Judiciary.

Of chief Importance in the brganiza-
ton Of government is a sound, capable
and incorruptible judiciary which will
hold with even hand the scales of justice,
and administer it without fear, favor or
reward Not the least-doubtless the
most-gratifYing result of the recent
events which have eliminated in the Sc
curing to the Democrats and Conserva-
tives an Executive of their own choice,
will be the appointment of Judges who
will come up to the proper standard of
qualification. We do not say it in any
spirit of vain-glorious pride. but because
it is the truth, that the legal profession
of Mississippi presents an array of talent
and of personal worth unsurpassed by
any other State. From such ample ma
terial no apprehension need be INDUCED
that judiciary will not beselected which
will protect from pollution the streams of
Justice and guard with vestal vigilance
the great interests confded its keeping.
That there viii be rivalry among the
friends of aspirants for the several places
to be filled, will be but natural conse-
quence, where offices of such imposing
dignity and trust are TO be suppliedi but
lei it be a generous rivalry, and not a
petty and ignominious scramble. Our
great victory must not be furnished by
such a spectacle as that.
A Judiciary worthy of our State may
be regarded as an accomplished result,
and in this fact alone we would find am
pie occasion to send greeting to the peo-
pie on whose lately darkened horizon
the sun of glorious day has burst.
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Two Dollars a Year

and escort him to the Speakers chair
adopted. COmmittee-Mess-s. Reynolds OF
the Senate. and Barksdale or the House
The committee retired, and soon after re-
turned with the Governor-elect.
THE INAUGURATIoN.
Mr.. Chief Justice Simrall then advanced
to the Speakers chair, and administered the
oath OF office.
Mr.. Stone said
GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATURE: Hav-
ing been thus suddenly called to enter
upon the discharge OF the duties of Govern
or of the State, it is but due to myself to
say that feel distrustful of my ability to
perform the duties Of so high and response
bic position; but with your assistance and
cooperation, which now earnestly invoke.
i hope to be able to discharge my duties in
a manner that will rebound to the interest
and welfare of the State and TO- the sattsfac-
ton of the people. 1t shall be my purpose
to administer the affairs of the State in strict
accordance with the Constitution and laws,
with the view of securing TO all the
citizens alike their rights under the laws,
and in this effort l shall expect the assist
anee of the Legislature and of the people of
the State. Gentlemen of the Legislature. l
hop that your labors may soon be termi-
mated, and that yoH may return to your
homes and your families
Mr.. Speaker Street: l now declare Hon.
J. NJ. Stone
GOVERNOR
of the State of Mississippi, and fully quail
fled to enter upon the duties of the office.
The Senate retired, and the House adjourn
ed.
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A point we ought to say, a bubble. J
has been raised, that the recent con-
stitutlonal amendment reducing the num-
Der of Chaneellors, and the legislation
which has been adopted in pursuance of
II, Will not operate to remove the twenty
Cbancellors now in office, nor to stop
their pay before the expiration of the
term for which they were originally ap-
pointed. The position is completely
overturned by the conclusive reasoning
of the following extracts which we have
copied from the Holly Springs South:
The case is this: A constitutional provi-
sion required that there should be a Chan
cellor for every four counties. aud four
terms of the Chancery Court every year in
each county. Experience proved that eight
or ten Chancellors, and fewer terms of the
court, would answer every desirable pur-
pose; and. as a matter of econo..y. the SOW
ereign people-not the Legislature-inter-
posed, by all amendment of the Constitution.
The limitation of four counties to a district,
and the requirement of four annual terms
OF each court, were thus abrogated. and the
Legislature was empowered to reduce the
number OF Chancellors, and also the nrm-
Der of terms of each court. The substantive
authority to make these changes, upon well
settled principles, carries with it the ri ght
to do everything necessary to the complete
and unembarrassed accom- plishment of such
changes. The Legislature has already pass
cd a law reducing the Chancery Districts
frot fr ~, 81
of the courts from four TO two, and,
in this way, have dispens d with ten
Chancellors. NV, can it be thar, although
this very legislation is just what the consti-
tutional amendment in question authorizes,
still all the present Chancellors, twenty i'm
number, and ten more than are needed, are
to continue in office for more than two
years, and, until the terms for which they
were originally appointed, expire b. limi-
tation?
The present Chancellors are eligible TO re-
appointment, but, unless 'e-appOinted. they
will not be the Chancellors of the new Dis
tricts, nor will they be entitled TO any Sala-
ry, after appointm' ntS shall have been
made for the newly created Districts, and
the provisions for paying their salaries shall
be the case, even were Chanceiors protect
ed in their salaries az our Supreme aud Cir
cult Judges are. AS to these latter, the
Constitution says: They shall receive for
their services a compensation to be fixed by
law, which shall not be diminished during
their continuance in office" The cnmpen-
sation of Chancellors on the contrary, Is at
all times under the control of the Legisla
ture, the Constitution as to them merely
saying ''they shall receive such compensa-
ton as may be provided ny law
When then the Legislature in pursuance Of
the recent constitutional amendment shall have
re-distrcted the State, provided salaries ior
the ChaneellorE of such new districts, aud
repealed the old law giving salaries to the
ChancellOrs now in office, these, the old or
present ChancelIors. will most assuredly
cease to be officers of the State, or 20 have
any claim whatever to salaries or upon the
State Treasury.
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Effect of the Decision.

The decision of the Supreme Court, de-
livered to-day by the Chief Justice, in the
Grant parish case and the Kentucky
election case, indirectly declaring the
Enforcement act unconstitutional, caused
a good deal of excitement among Repub-
lican politicians this evening. Some Of
them declare that it loses the whole South
to the Republicans, and that it imperils
the Presidential election for their party.
The foregoing is what the Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald
says The same paper says, editorially !:
Politically speaking, the decisions
will, doubtless, act injuriously on the
prospects of the Republican party in the
South, but it is high time for return to
constitutional limits, and no party is
deserving of success that cannot win
within them.
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Of Jasper county to keep separate books
ior mortgages ana deeds % trusts o.
prohibit the sale OF liquors in Beat
no, >, smith county; 10 extend tho ufovla-
ions OF the act 20 encourage factories 20 the
Hoshuqua Company % repeal tie anti
liquor law Of EllistOwn, Union county. Ia
authorize TishOmingo county 70 abofleh tho
turnpike across yellow creek 70 amend he
charter OF WinOna; 70 incorporate Raw
mon6, Trice 4 Co; 10 authorize J II. Hood
TO keep a free terry across the Chickasavyhn
river; TO incorporate the town OF ChulahO-
ma, Marshall county, and to repeal special
acts allowing ices In criminal cases 90 JUS
tees of the Peace and Constables Ia Adams
county.
II. b. to incorporate the Meridian on
Mills passed.
Mr.. Baker moved to reconsider the vote
indefinitely postponing the act 70 provide
for the prompt payment OF fines and for
FIXTURES collected by Justices Of the Peace;
carried, and the bill was recommitted.
INTRODUCTION or BILLS
BY Mr.. Barksdale: Supplemental % the
Court District bill; referred.
BY Mr.. Mccormick: To incorporate the
town OF Waynesboro, Wayne county
passed
BY Mr.. Nichols In relation to the APP
pointment of "A commissioner 10 make set
Elements with the late Tax Collector and
County Treasurer Of DeSoto county
passed.
BY Mr.. spight To aid IN the construc-
tioE of the Ripley railroad; referred.
BY Mr.. Mccormick: To amend the char
ter OF State Line, Green and Wayne coun-
ties passed February II 1873.
Mr. Bailey, chairman, reported the Sem
ate registration bill with amendments, and
recommended its passage; the bill was
passed and all house bills on the subject
were indefinitely postponed.
= b. to prevent the manu- laCture ana
sale of adulterated candies-with amend
ments-passed. Adjourned
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Of late our news columns have been
filled with accounts of the arrest of a
number of good citizens of East Baton
Rouge parish Louisiana, ct the instance
Of Radical office-holders, on a charge
that they had conspired to compel q
United States revenue officer to leave his
post of duty, and had thus INSTRUCTED the
laws of the Federal government. The
full particulars of this false accusation
and villainous treatment of citizens uu-
der it, are given in the article which we
have copied in this paper from the New
Orleans Democrat. 1t seems that that
parish, like most other communities in
the reconstructed States, had been
infested by a band of office-holding
thieves who had not only robbed the peo-
pie, but had melted riot, murder and
every other species of lawlessness. The
people unable longer to endure their
wrongs invited them to resign the trusts
they had used for the most wicked pur-
poses, and the Republican Governor,
Kellogg, acknowledging the justice of
their complaints, agreed to accept their
designations and appoint better men in
their places-which he failed to do
under one pretext and another. Among
the robber clan was one Davis who
Joined to the office of Parish Judge sort
of pretended clerkship in the revenue de-
partment, and therefore the charge of in
terfering with a United States officer
in the performance of his functions was
trumpet up against the citizens who were
arrested and put under heavy bonds.
The infamous character of the man
Davis is graphically described in the ar
ticle copied from the n. O. Democrat.
1t has got to be a favorite plan of the
Radical schemers to procure the employ
ment Of Federal troops for political uses,
by pretending that they are requisite to
the proper enforcement of the laws. or
that the safety of their own sacred per-
sons is endangered. While the citizens
who are the objects of these malicious
prosecutions should not shrink from the
exercise of their legal rights, they should
be mindful to furnish as little ground for
such pretences as possible. The mills of
the gods do not grind fast, but they grind
surely, and their complete deliverance
will come ere long. The very outrage
we are now commenting upon, shows the
importance of such action as will expe-
dite change of administration.
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At 3 80 O'Clock. The Senate. a Court OF
I'm parchment, m-t. aud Governor Ames'
resignation was accepted (see proceedings
elsewhere). The S-nate took IA recess until
o'clock. The journal of the Court was
read and approved. The Court adjourned
sine die. The Senate proceeded TO legisla-
tive business.
Mr.. Secretary Porter called the Senate to
order, and announced that the Senate was
without presiding officer.
Mr.. Jewell moved that Senator Taylor be
called to the chair; carried.
Mr. Fewell moved to go into an election
of President. pro tenn /; carried.
Mr.. Morgan nominated Hon. w. II. Sims.
Mr.. Catchings moved that Mr.. Sims be
elected unanimously carried upon which
Mr.. Sims was conducted TO the chair, and
said
/ feel grateful To my brother Senators for
the distinguished honor you have, so unex-
pectedly, conferred upon me. / shall en-
deavor TO discharge my duty with all fidel-
ity, both to the State and to you. | shall
have frequent occasion, however. to draw
Hpon your kind indulgence tor a lack of ac-
quaintance with parliamentary law, of
which many OF you are better informed
than myself. l shall always, however, en-
deavor To discharge that duty and shall ex-
pect from you at least that assistance which
your kindness has Indicated you have felt
towards me in this election. (Applause.)
The Senate then repaired TO the Hall o.
the House of Representatives, (see House
Notes,l after which, upon returning to its
Chamber, the Senate adjourned.
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NC enforcement Act Pronounced
Unconstitutional.

No event of the day is so important as
''e long anticipated decision of the SUI
'eme Court on the enforcement Act.
was partisan measure devised for the
go'1old object of furnishing for political
Pienees the white citizens of the recon
f"ueted States, and holding these COM
Nulltles under carpet bag or Radical
T'Atfol. 1t has been the convenient in
Iument of every manner of persecution
uieh the ingenuity of wicked and de-
snlng demagogues could suggest. The
''0ru OF the crimes against liberty, JUS
!. ee and humanity, that have been in
.Icted under cover of this most in
-A'lOus product of partisan hate and Sec
'onai uncharitableness, would embrace
volumes and constitutes foul blot upon
vac age in which we live. Fortunately,
Will be virtually eradicated from the
iatutes by the decision of the august
''iounal which more than ever has as
'a'ea itself as the bulwark of constitu-
'Onai government and of personal free
On' against which the waves of faction
N"'e sarged and spent their fury in vain.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-04-05
THE KEY NOTE.


The resolutions reported by Hon. A.
q. Brown and adopted by the Terry
Democratic-Conservative Club, strike
the keynote of the Presidential canvass
soon to open. They will find a respon-
sive echo in the heart of every Demo-
crat and Conservative, and friend of law
and order and sound government, in the
State. On the currency question, which
is the absorbing national topic, the senti-
ments of the Club accord entirely with
the recent declarations of the Democ-
racy Of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
and the platform on which the Democ-
racy of New York fought and won in
the elections of 1874375, and the pro-
nounced convictions Of such statesmen a.
Tilden, Hendricks, Thurman, Bayard,
Kerr, Morrison, Payne, and other true
and Democratic statesmen. The position
of the Club upon amnesty and other
questions that have a sectional bear
ing, are commercially conservative.
The one relating to amnesty is espec-
tally noteworthy, for its moderation and
timeliness. 1t SO happens that the dis
tinguished author of these resolutions is
himself one Of the few who are vet pro-
scribed; but, with characteristic forget
fulness of SELF and view of the situa-
ton which embraces the whole country,
and not the personal claims of a few ir-
dividuals, he proposes that the question
of general amnesty be dismissed from
the National Legislature, and that each
case be considered on it's merits when a
petition is presented, or other occasion
offers; and, above all, Southern MEM
bers are urg ed to take no step in that
direction on their own motion, and if
taken by others, to cast their votes in 81
lence, and to refrain from a war of GRIM
nation and recrimination, which can sub
serve no good purpose, but will prove an
obstacle to Democratic success, on which
vital interests to our section and people
depend, in the pending election.
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The Presidential situation View
ed from independent Ire.
publican stand point.

We subjon a sketch of the pending
Presidential situation, as drawn by an
Independent Republican journal, the n.
Y Tribune The reader will remember
that one hundred and eighty four votes
will constitute a majority of the Electo-
raj College. The Tribune thinks that if
the Democrats hold their own in the
States they now control, they will have
207 votes The estimate is not over
drawn, so far as the Southern States are
concerned. The mistake consists in pla-
cling Florida on the wrong side. At the
last election she gave a Democratic ma
jOrlty. South Carolina is the only South
ern State which the Republicans can
count upon with any degree of certainty.
1t is fact full of instruction, that none
of the reconstructed States have relapsed
into Radicalism after having once thrown
off its yoke. The people, rememb ering with
horror their bitter experience of carpet-bag
guard against its return. 1t implies
insult, robbery, riot, the strife of races,
and all the evils which attend bad gov
eminent and disorganized society. A
people who have once tasted the joys of
just and intelligent rule are not ready in
an instant 20 abandon them for the tor
lures of maladministration. From mo-
tives like these the people of these
Southern States will not tail of their
duty in the approaching election. For
tunately, the Democrats and Conserva-
tives have fortified themselves in the
position they have achieved, by per-
fectly fair and just line of conduct to-
ward the eolored voters. The record of
the Mississippi Legislature now in session
is not blurred by single act of bad faith
to that class. On the contrary it bears
evidence of the determination of the ma
jority to abide the issues settled by the
war, and to know no race, nor color, nor
class in the laws they enact, They have
refuted the predictions of their adverse
ries, and have allayed the apprehensions
and won upon the confidence OF the
blacks, who had been deceived.
But, to return to the Tribune's view of
the situation. 1t is certainly impartial,
and corroborates our opinion, that, in
the present attitude of parties, New York
is the key to the situation
That's all true and generous, and in
the spirit of a genuine brotherhood.
Nevertheless we will take the will for the
deed. We trust our Northern friends
will not permit minor matters to ohstruct
their pathway to a victory which will as
sure the maintenance of the constitutional
liberties of the whole country. This par
amount end achieved and General Am
nesty" will naturally come in due season.
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GOVEasNOR STONE.

b. virtue of his Office as President
the Senate, Hon. j. NJ. Stone has
.come Governor, for the unexpired term
GOV. Ames. Col. Stone has been a
Ienlber Of the Senate for the past six
sals, and has distinguished himself as
i of the most capable and useful MEM
ers Of that body. The hold which he
/ On the confidence of his immediate
lnstituency, who have known him long
! and best, is guarantee of his fidel-
to the public trusts, even if unsus-
Fined by bis unblemished record in the
luucils of the State. We congratulate
I people upon the accession to the of
ee Of Governor, of one so worthy of the
Bsi.on. and so competent to discharge
important duties. ~
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Death of LYMAN HHiIzheiHn.

We are panied to record the death of
le of our Oldest, best and most public
Pirited citizens, Mr.. Hyman Hilzheim,
BE-, on the 28th ult., after long illness,
Rid the last debt of nature, at his resi-
ence in this city. He had been citi-
n Of Jackson for nearly thirty-tive years,
hd was identified with this community
N all the ties which connect mortals with
be Aeeting things of earth. He was an
htarprisiug, large-hearted citizen : a
enerous friend-and, to the household
which he was the centre, he was all
hat was good and endearing. His death
feates a void that will not soon be filled,
pd Is another solemn reminder that life
Of few days and full of trouble, and
hat even in the midst of it, we are in
eath.
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'erminaIiOu Of the Impeachment
Contest.

We congratulate the people on the
Pr.unate termination of the impeachment
Pal in the case of Gov. Ames. The
hets are set forth in the report of the
legislative proceedings elsewhere pub
Shed. The Managers on the part of the
pouse OF Represe natives, and Messrs.
purant and Pryor of Counsel for the Gov
Ffnor, deserve credit for the happy solu-
non of the issue, which would otherwise
pave been settled by long, laborious
Pn1 expensive proceedings Whatever
pas been accomplished is the result of de-
are to act for the best, and on such an
OCCASION it will not become either party
! question the purity of the motives of
ne other. With the resignation of Gov.
Ames, every obstacle to the harmonious
rorklng of the various departments of
'ne State government is removed, and
fne Democratic and Conservative party
Tlh be left free to carry out in good
ralth The pledges of reform on which it
PAD already won its way to power.