Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-08

ANfi sPNNH AH"NNH aNAa W. Ah , D.
On motion Of NJ. Street, the House
resolved itself into Committee ot the
Whole to consider House bill ITO MAKE
appropriation 10 delrsy the expenses OF
Tho State Government for the year.
1873 and 1879" Mr. Tison in the Chair.
After some time, the Committee rose,
reported progress, and asked leave to
sit again.
The report of the Conference Com.
mittee on the Revenue bill, was read
aud adopted.
PA OF THE GENERAL APPGoFRiA-
TIOS BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. Tison, the House
again resolved itself into = Committee
VI the Whole on the General Appro.
priatiOn bill. After some time the
Committee rel ortcd the bill, with sav.
eral mel memts, aud recommended il,
passage. The bill passed.
By Mr.. Lewis: To regulate the tax
on dealers in vlnous aud spurious la.
"nr', aud TO iucrca-e the pubic rcyG.
uur, X f"rrel.
MR. fuckers ALLUsION TO NEW.PAPEEs,
In the last is.uc Of the HERALD, |
4 tvcried TO the remark Of Gen. Tucker
upon The M,il:t Register ill, aud par.
i%cnIirly m nli1ned hi, remark IN ir
gard 10 new lpcrs. In the buzz and
excitement OF the House ! did not
catch the General, exact ngulgc aud
the q mlil :ation Of his alu.iua 20
Hew-papers-(which was intend. to
refer To he publication OF alvertisa
mpnts or other paid matter, aud not to
the purchase Of editorial opinion aud
in 70 y report OF his speech did Tim an
uninIentiOnal injustice. Therefore |
take pleasure in giving hie explanation
To the House this morning, IN full, and
trust tha, II any newspapers have b en-
led into error by my report, that they
will do the gentleman the ju.ticc 10
make the correction
Mr.. Tucker took the floor AMI said :
Mr.. Speaker: | arise to q question
Of personal privilege, and ak to have
read from the Clerks desk a part OF The
report Of The proceedings OF the II use,
hitch appears III the Wick burg Her.
AID. OF the 81 inst:
"Mrssr-. Miller ut Copiah, Moody,
Irwin, aud Tucker favored the amend
m"nt. The speech OF the latter gentle.
man was noticeable on account OF lie
length, aud severity toward, ne Hspa-
pers aud liquor dealers. Some speak
ers on the other side had read extracts
from newspapers to show the imrtIi
cheney md impracIicSbIiIy OF the No.
Il gIster system, and IN abiding to
this Mr.. Tucker said thar those upin
ions announced to nOthIng-"that an,
newspaper could be bought to support
almost any proposition, tor $25." rhis
was about the substance OF his Ian.
guage, II not the words. Mr.. Tucker
made q streng argument IN support OF
his views-as he always does when he
takes the Aoor-but IN less than five
minutes after he had made his unwar.
rAnted alluaioD to newspapers, he found
1t necessary to strengthen his speech by
reading al extract from the Baltimore
Sun affirming the success Of the MotFet
Register system"
Mr.. Speaker, | only wish to say that
some of the best friends | have on
earth are editors VI newspapers, aud |
recognize The fac, that some Of the
purest, nobIest, most self.sacritcing
aud most patriotic citizens of the State
Gil editorial chairs. No language
more foreign to my nature, aud more
at war with my opinions could have
been attributed TO me than "that any
newspaper could be bough. 10 support
almost any measure for $25 90" l pre-.
sumo that this language strikes every
member Of this House with a. much
surprise as ii did myself, when / first
read Il.
Gentlemen who opposed the MOfTet
Register had referred to newspaper
paragraphs as proof that the Register
WAS not a success in Virginia.
In reply | read from the report Of
The Auditor OF Public Accounts Ut that
) at, bearing dale January 20, 1878, in
response to a resolution OF the LcgisIa.
turc OF Virginia inquiring OF him the
success OF the Motfat register since ils
adoption, aud the amount of the reVe.
nue. obtained from il. argued that
this, being an official report of the
proper officer, vas more reliable, aud
entitled 10 more respect than any of
the newspaper articles TO which refer
ence had been made. In that cOnncc.
ton | did LAY that those articles might
have been written, or their publication
obtained, by interested partics-that
a. a matter OF business, OF which no
Que had the right to complain, just a.
they published Advertisements, any
newspaper would publish those articlra
for S25. Then to show that newspaper
paragraphs could be quoted OH both
side, road an article from the Balti.
more Sun, aud the letter Of the Rev. j..
W. Jeter Ia q South Carolina paper,
pronounciug the MolFet register a pc.
c%uniary success. The recollection
OF every member who was
present last Saturday, and listened
to what | said on that occasion, will
bear me out ia the correctness OF the
sta; Gment which | have made, aud
join me in the disclaimer which |
now put in 10 tho language attributed
10 me-"
After some other business the House