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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
The Effect of the Arbitration Plan
on the mississippi Vote.

The large majority by which this meas
ure passed the Senate AT to II is an
indication that the same infuen ces which
pervaded that body viii push it through
the Houee The President it is said will
sign it, and therefore it may be assumed
that it will become law, right or wrong.
The sword may be beaten into plough
share and the spear into the pruning
hook Under the bill the final grapple
on the Presidential issue will begin on
the 1st of February, in manner as follows
The Senate and House are to meet on
the first Of February in the hall Of the
House; the President Of the Senate is to
preside, and each House is to appoint two
tslIers: the presiding officer is to open
al the certificates in the alphabetical order
Of the States, and hand them to the tel
lers if there is but one return, and no
objection be made, that vote is to be
counted if objection be made, the two
Houses are to separate, and reassemblc
upon reaching conclusion, and if they
concur in sustaining the objection the
vote is to be rejected, but otherwise to be
counted il there are two returns, those
returns are to be submitted to a commits
sion consisting Of five Senators, FIVE
/ Representatives, and Justices Clifford,
Strong, Miller and Field, of the Supreme
/ Court of the United States, together
with a fifth Associate Justice of that
court, to be selected by them this com
mission IS to report the result of
( It's delibeTation in each case to Con-
gress, and the count is to proceed IN
conformity herewith uoless the two
Houses concur in sustaining objec-
ton thereto. This Is not probable, as
the Senate or the House, according to
its political predictions, will sustain the
decision Of the Judges, and therefore
they will practically decide the issue one
way OF the other.
In all States where there is but one set
of electors, the votes must be counted
unless both houses object. In the case
of Mississippi, the Radical Senate will
no doubt object; but the objection will
be overruled by the Democratic House,
and SO thanks to the wisdom of the Leg
islature for sending Ames adrift, and
thanks to the Lord Almighty for putting
It into the head of Ames to battle the
contrivance cf the tricksters who paid
$500 to procure a vacancy in the office
of Lieutenant Governor, that one OF
their clan might succeed to the Office OF
1 Governor-the hard swearing Of the
ofice-holders to cast out the vote Of the
State, will go for nothing The first
real contest will be over the vote OF
Florida.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
The Sixth District.

By the eOrresp ondence in another col
umn, it viii be seen that the counsel for
Lynch, the defeated candidate for Goa
gress in the Sixth District, modestly asks
Gen. Chalmers, the successful candidate
to waive the advantage resulting to him
from the failure of Lynch TO serve notice
of a contest within the time prescribed
by law. This is asking that politeness
be stretched beyond reasonable limits.
Gen. Chalmers bess to be excused. He
has been elected by majority of several
thousand and would be very much to
blame if having power to prevent a con-
test of the kind, he fails to do so in order
to soothe the vanity or CRAFTY the cupidity
of the disconsolate darkey. Ever since
the defeat of the infamous constitution
framed by the carpet baggers in 1865, TO
perpetually enslave and plumber the
people of the State, it has been the prac.
tice of the Radical spoilsmen when de-
feated at the polls, to appeal to the feder-
al power to override their verdict. 1t Is
time for this game to stop.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
Proposed AFnendFsse SO the Law
EAempaiuE the Property Of
manufacturers from
Taxation.

Mr.. Miller, Of Copiah. has introduced
the following bill
Section 1. Be If enacted by the Legis-
lature cf the State of Mississippi, That
an Act entitled an Act to encourage
the introduction and the establishment of
factories in the State OF Mississippi, APP
proved April 1st, 1872, and all Acts
amenda:ory thereof, or Act extending
the provisions thereof, be, and the same
is hereby so amended as not to exempt
from taxation-State, county or munich
pal-a property of any mandatory or
manufacturing company, other than the
paid in capital stock of said companies
their machinery for manufacturing pur-
poses, their manufactured goods, and
the buildings in which their machinery is
located, and the ground upon which such
buildings are situated, or which may be
within the. necessary enclosure around
such buildings, nor shall any tax to
which any manufacturing company is or
shall be subject on account Of any other
than the aforesaid description of property,
be appropriated or set apart for the ben
eft OF said companies or any of them.
Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, That
the tax collectors of the several counties
in which such manufacturing companies
are situated, or may own property, shall,
before giving to any such company a
receipt for taxes as provided in the said
act of April 1st, 1872, to which this i.
amendatory, collect from such company
or mandatory claiming the benefits OF
said Acts or either of them, an amount
equal to the commissions of the assessor
for assessing and of the collector for col
Letting the tax on the property named in
such tax receipt.
| Sec 3 Be it further enacted, That
such tax collectors shall pay over to the
| County Treasurer of their counties, the
amount Of the assessors commissions sc
collected and shall retain the tax asses
| sors' commissions SO collected by him as
| if the tax had been collected as other
taxes are paid into the State and County
| Treasures.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

LYNcH and Hardy, of Natchez, are
both swift witnesses for the Radicals in
the Mississippi investigation. They not
only swear intimidation, but ballot-stut-
fng against the Democrats of Adams.
The preposterousness of this testimony is
shown by the fact that under the cleo
ton law. the right of the Republicans
to representation IS strictly guarded and
after diligent inquiry We have not heard
OF an instance in the State where this
provision of the law was not faithfully
carried out 1t is possible that the Re
publican inspectors participated in
game of cheating themselves?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
Che NAls~issiPpi Press and the
Presidential bill.

Aberdeen Examiner.
For our part, we regard it as most
dangerous thing to venture beyond the
sacred precincts of the Constitution even
for the purpose OF securing peace or easy
victory. The, precedent is a bad one,
and even though the plan offered an
easy escape TO the conspirators and
guaranteed the Inauguration Of Tilden
and Hendricks, we DO not think it well
that upon the threshold of Democratic
Administration should be craven the
words, They did evil that good might
come"
The Capital
The Capital is unalterably and ire
vocabIy opposed to the Conference Elec-
toral plan. Let the whole matter be
remanded back to the proper tribunal
both houses OF Congress.
Meridian Mercury
The conference juggle" is a sort of a
make believe "plan" to take the decis-
ions away from the bayonets gad save
the nation the disgrace OF an open and
Migrant military appointment Of Pres
I-.ent. The CLARION says, eve may
win under the conference pledge, but
that will be matter Of chance" Let
us ask the CLARION, if, with Mr.. Hew-
tits advertised detection, cowardice, or
call 1t what you will, it can conceive of
any chance Then, hadn't we better
fall into the "juggle' "Plan,7 which,
admittedly, gives "A remote chance of the
triumph of the right}
lIhe treachery of Mr.. Hewitt and that
ilk is at the bottom Of the contriyance
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
Interesting statistics on Taxation.

The following statement of the legisla-
ton in other States in relation to taxa
ton, particularly the poll tax and the
school fund, is not without interest:
States requiring the payment of some tax
Hampshire, qualified roll tax; Massachu-
sets. poll tax Rhode 1Sland, registry tax 4;
Pennsy lvania, ate or county tax; Della
ware county tax Georgia. all taxes; Ten
ntssee, poll-tax.--7.
States levying poll tax, but not made "A
condition precedent TO voJjng-Vermont,
Virginia 81; Oregon, regulated by statute
South Carolina. 81; Arkansas, 81; Maine,
regulated bv statute; Louisiana. 81 30; Ala
red bN statute.--l7.
States ia which the poll tax. either in
whole or in paft, il applied To the school
the whole; Tennessee, the whole: MisssSip-
Carolina, the whole; Arkansas, the whole !;
not chI ell loll tax there, but is tautamOunt
Florida percentage regulated by law; Del
aware, the whole--ll.
States which do not allow a poll tax
Rhode leland; Ohio, for county or : ate
purposes; Iowa; Connecticut. for sehoo,
purposes; Kentucky; Illinois: California,
\ ork, Nevada, Missouri, Texas, Colorado
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
The PenitenIiarY.

There is a proposition now before the
Legislature 20 continue the lease Of
Hamilton q Hebron for ten years SO as
to enable them to improve the buildino
and stock 1t with suitable machinery and
manufacturing apparatus. The Penitan.
iiary has for the last ID years been CON
tinuai expense to the State until II was
leased to the above gentlemen. now -
brings IN a revenue Of about 81 900 .
month. 'V''
We fully approve the proposition IN
continue the lease and hope our mem,
berswill vote for it.-Winona Advanca
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
The Presidential Arbitration.

Result asst may, the proposed Presiden-
tial arbitration is confession nv Con-
gress that it is not capable of count
ing the electoral vote and deciding
the issue, aud that it Is an abdication by
the House of Representatives of its con-
stitutional prerogatives. Nor can Dem
Gratis who have given it their support deny
that while they have abandoned the line Of
duty marked out by the Constitution for
their guidance, they have placed the pre-
tenders and usurpers who have no legal
claim TO the control of the government
upon the same plan with the party which
carried the election. The intrinsic merit
of the Democratic cause may give them
the victory before Returning Board pQ-
ltically averse to their candidates, but it
is doubtful The sum of it is, they have
given the beaten candidates second
opportunity, and exchanged certainty
for an uncertainty. Ii the arbitration
results in the confirmation of the judg-
ment made by the people in favor of Til
den-''alfs well that ends WE'LL" and
the decision will be ''the be all and the
end air Of the matter; but if ii results in
defeating the choice Of the people and
perpetuating Granlism after the loudly
pronounced and clearly ascertained pop
ular verdict against it, there will be no
thunder in the artillery of Heaven
terrible enough to smite the political
leaders who will have been guilty OF the
crime.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
EEAE SIXTH DISTRICT.
Correspondence ia Regard TO Con
GC~1i2g Elections

Vicksburg Herald
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
JACKSON, January 10th, 1877.
To Hon. J. Il. CHALMERS, Jackson, Miss;
DEAR SIR. as the Attorney represent
ing John r. Lynch, contesting your seat in
The Forty fifth Congress of the United
States, beg leave To inclOsc 10 you a tripi-
cate copy of his (JOhn x Lyuch's) notice
of contest, forwarded to you by registered
letter on the 18th day OF December, 1876,
by my self, from Natchez-.he same b ing
also sent by the registered letter of the same
date, as a duplicate original, to be ser"ed on
on, or at your usual place OF residence, in
case of your absence, in accordance with
law. Cnders ahding from telegram from
you, that you never, PEI sDnaily or other
wise, received said notices, or either of
them, now serve THU upon you, and hope
that IN the interests of law and justice, we
can come to some understanding, waving
technicalties. that will show TO the world
that You have either been legally elected
from the Shoe string District" aud own
the seat for which you hold certificate; or
that If not elected, you are as DESTROYS OF
knowing that fact as any Of those persons
in that District who deny your claim. Please
let me hear from you as soon as possible. rs
| hear you leave Tor Washington this alter
noon. Yours, respectfully,
WNt. L. HEW;TT,
ThtI'i itC9 lOi tsoiiil H. ~ DCils NOuleSiIiI
To which Gen. Chalmers replied as
follows:
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, LEGISLATIVE De-
PAETMENT. SENATE CHAMBER,
Jackson, January Il, 1877.
Mr. w. Y. HEWITT, Attorney for j. Il.
Lynch
DEAR SIk--IouT note of the 18Th inst,
containing enclosed an alleged notice of
contest from Hon. j. X. Lynch for my seat
in Congress, has just been received, being
the first attempt ut serving notice on NE,
of which am cOgniZant. Your letter adj
mits a want of proper notice, and asks that
/ waive tcchuicalties in order 'stc show 20
the world" that : have been legally elected
presume this has already been shown TO all
that portion of the world who feel any in
terest therein, and | have no disposition 10
encourage 4 contest which | believe, i
prompted by partisan III olives, and only in
tended to simulate and proIong political
assault upon the state OF Mississippi through
me and respectfully decliCe
| have the honor TO be,
Nry respectfully yours,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

II were far better that we should be de
oeived in our estimate Of the honor and
truth that is in human nature, than to
surrender to the dishonorable demands
of expediency 1t were far better to be
sold out than to sell out. The Electoral
Bill is a sell out, it is a surrender, in
WHICH the rights of the people are barter
ed off, not SO much to spare them their
lives, but spare the bonds and money
bags of capitalists. Canton Mail.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

THE election of David Davis (of the
L. 5. Supreme Court to the United
States Senate from Illinois, in place Of
Logan, is great gain for the cause Of
justice and patriotism. In politics, he
is classed as an independent; but Is
practically Democrat of the school of
Trumbull. Palmer, etc. His term in the
L. S. Senate does net commence until
the 4th of March, at which time his seat
on the bench will not be vacated and
hence he is not disqualified from serving
on the commission to count the Presiden-
tial vote.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
y. o.. =. a G.N. u. IA.

1t is said that the trustees sale of the
n. o., j., & G. n r. Il. will be mado
by the United States Marshal, March n
in New Orlean.; fhs, !. will then ra.,
entirely into the hands of the Illinois
Central which will have the power =.
well as the will to put the line in run
ming order unsurpassed by any Other
road in the Union.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

WE are gratifed to learn that the bill
extending the Penitentiary lease, and Sc
curing to the State free from cost $780,
900 worth of machinery to be turned
over to her at the expiration of the term,
will pass with but little opposition. A
measure which will secure this adyanta-
geous result, in view of the burdens the
Institution has thrown upon the State
under previous administrations, strikes
Us as worthy Of special favor by the Leg
islature.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

The bill offered in the House on
Thursday by Mr.. Harper, and passed,
with reference to the bonded debt of
Kinds county, simply provides that the
time for the payment of said bonds shall
be extended from 1880 to 188G--the OBJ
ject being to extend the time for the
payment of the bonded debt Of the coun-
ty in order to avoid rate Of taxation
that would be oppressive
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

RErRENcHMENT.- total expenses
of the office of State Superintendent Of
Education. for the year 1876, including
salaries, printing, stationery, and other
contingents, amount to 81. 1876. Sls, as
per detailed statement of DIR. Bardwell,
in his annual report. The expenses Of
the office, under Cardozo, for 1873.
amounted to S11 ,SS1.63.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
Handsomely Done.

We have the pleasure to announce
that the Apportionment Bill securing to
the DISTINGUISHED counties representation
in the Legislature, which passed the
Senate unanimously, was adopted by the
House yesterday. Having been amend
ed, it will go back to the Senate,
but will no doubt receive the sanction of
that BODY without delay.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
Religion Intciriarncc

The Wesleyan Melh.4nt Church "
Australasia has / 1852 Sunday Hl..'
with 3O,775 scholars and 32Gl 1ae..
In connection with the Sunday .a.'.
OF TIE Methodist Church of Canada .Hs.
are 100, GIG scholars, au increase F."'
year Of 9, 1902
The Congregational chusehe- oi ore
State Of New York embrace ah,1. y.
OVO members. more ihan 2.o0Y '..5
ADDED IN the last year.
The Wesleyans have iu South Aia.l
10, 1856 church members and ~.
scholars. In West Africa they ha'e W.
o4S, church members and S,09l scH'.''
The wife Of Maharaiah Dhuleep >'asi'
OF India, was educated in -ah9'. .i p.
United Presbyterian mission In E2li-
and on each anniversary of lbs "eal..7
the Maharajah contributes $1,000 20 ~.
mission. This be has done, itls s1'I' '.'
eleven years, making the total sum ''"'
tributed $50, 900.
The first book that was ever printer
IN Palestine has Just made los appear.luJ5.
II has been well known that one OBJ '.-
ikothschilds and Sir Moses Monien..o.'I.
nave had a number OF schools, @ ho-PI'e..
ana other philanthropic institution w
the Jews Of Palestine, built on MouI.
Sion at Jerusalem. They have rece'ul
added a printing office, from the press,
d which a work treating of the il0'
Land has been issued,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

An EXCELLENT MEAsURE.-T bill
introduced by Mr. Miller, of Copiah
(see elsewhere) ought to be adopted
without dissenting voice. 1t strictly
defines, and in good faith carries out the
policy of the law of 1872, exempting
from taxation capital stock, machinery,
buildings employed in manufacturing
and the manufacture Of goods. It is
held that the law even thus defined con-
flicts with the clause of the conclusion
which declares that the property Of all
:" corporations for pecuniary profit shall
be subject to taxation the same as indi-
viduals;" but as the existence OF the law
will terminate in ten years from the time
OF its adoption the policy of interfering
with the rights which have vested under
it, might well be questioned; but there
can be no doubt as to the justice and
propriety Of the amendment offered by
Mr.. Miller, which strictly defines the
meaning of the law; gives TO the par
ties who have or may avail themselves of
its benefits, the special privileges which
it confers. and no more; and directs the
officers charged with lis execution as to
the manner in which the duties shall be
performed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
Senator ssO2y'~ Defence Of NIissi>'
sipPi.
EXTRACT FROM SENATORIAL DEBATES.

l will say this with regard to Mississippi.
thatI have not read the report entirely
, have looked over it more thar on &c : but |
believe with regard to Mississippi a. | be-
lieve with regard to Louisiana, that nine
tenths of the testimony taken by the gem
tleman who went there as q mem Der of the
committee mot that connect hun with any
fraud or anything of the kind.) is greatly
exaggerated, and resting general on a
bare color OF truth. The worst men in thM
community and in the different cOuntics@
and in the different localities, were brought
in as witnesses, and were ius.i-ated to tell
the most hQrrid stories by the villains who
surrounded aud controlled them. Nineteen
times in twenty they are founded in false
hood, and IN every case they are exaggera-
ted.
Mr. Boutwell, have to say of Mis,issip-
pi, that none except Democrats were proved
to have been engaged in the commission OF
these crimes, and no party except the Dem
cratic party received any advantage from
their perpetration.
Mr.. Bogy-Mr. President, it will be one
of the marYels Of history, TO use an ex-
preston of the Senator from Massachusetts.
that in after ages, when the page Of history
we are row making, il read, for the reader
TO understand and realize fully the effort
now being made by party in this country
and for party purposes to blacken and dis
grace one-half the people of the COnfeu-
committed in Mississippi by Democrats
were not committed by them. The Demo-
Gratis IN Mississippi, IS elsewhere. are the
peers OF the Republicans all over the Uni
ted States, for morality, for honesty and
for integrity. and tLey yield nothing to the
gentleman from Massachusetts in this re-
spect.
Mr.. Boutwell--I ask nothing on that
score.
Mr.. Bogy-They have been com PEELED to
resort 70 these measures as means oil protec-
ton against the horril and infamous gov
ernments that were sent there by the gen |
tleman and his friends to rule over them /!
and also to rob them. The government OF |
Governor Ames was disgrace to the age
not only to the State of Mississippi, but a |
disgrace to the natiOn-and those men. In |
the spirit of right and in the majesty of |
their manhood as Americans, combined to-
gether TO vindicate their rights and to pro-
tect their property and their lives against
this infamous goveTnm ent which had been
forced upon them; and to-day. men may
say what they please on the floor of the
Senats, there is peace and prosperity, nav
more, there is freedom in the state of
Mississippi. and the black man in that State
who is worthy IF being respeeIed--and
there are many sueh--is as well respected
there, aga | think more so, than lie would
be in Massachusetts. Applause in the gal
l. ries.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

The generous tribute paid to the fire
men, as a class, as we'll as to the firemen
of jackson, by Mr.. Hudson, of Yazoo,
yesterday, when the appropriation bill
was being considered, did full credit to
his head as well as to his heart. Every
fireman in the city and State should have
heard it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
THE Washington Union which ought

The Washington Union which ought
to know, says: 1.-The effect of the bill
" for counting the electoral vote is to
" give the appointment Of the President
{" to fifteen persons, eight of whom are
to be Radicals" but Mr.. Hewitt says the
"effect" will be to keep up the value of
the "bonds," and what matters how a
Presidential election goes if Shylock gets
his pound?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

JUSTICE DAVIS, of the Supreme Court
of the United States, who has been cleo
ted Senator from Illinois, does not pro-
pose to resign his present Office till the
4th of March. So that President Grant
will not have the opportunity of appoint
ing his successor
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

Mr.. II. O. BRIDGES, of Summit, who
has edited the Sentinel of that town with
ability for the past year, has withdrawn
from the paper, and it is now under the
sole management Of Messrs. Bonney &
Sons. The Sentinel is a staunch Demo
critic paper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

There never has been so successful Il
game of intimidation as the enc played
by the Republican leaders. BY threat
ening to ''use the troops, as Mr.. Hewitt
expressed it, they succeeded not only in
Inducing the Democratic leaders to join
the defeated party in making a new deal,
but in inducing them actually 10 beg for