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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
The Presidential Fraud InEesfi
cation.

The developments thus far made by
this investigation have justified the ac-
ton of the House in ordering it, and at
the same time has exposed the stupidity
and tlmldity OF that body in making in
decent haste to throw contempt upon
their proceeding by passing the unneces-
sary resolution of Burchard, Repubi-
can member from Illinois eff" said
Mr.. Springer, Democrat of that State,
''the title of the present incumbent is
valid and unassailable, it needs no action
Of Congress to quiet it. But if, on the
contrary, it is fraudulent, and the inves-
| tigating committee of this House should
so find and report, it would be dishonor
able on our part to attempt to make it
good, or to declare by bill or resolution
that it is sacred. If the title is good it
needs no defence; if bad, | can never
vote to make it better. For these rea-
sons | vote No"
The proof Of fraud by the Republican
| managers in securing the one vote major
ity for Mr.. Hayes over Mr.. Tiiden, the
duly elected candidate, has been settled
beyond dispute. Mr.. John Sherman has
not denied the authorship of his written
guarantee to the Feliciana Board of Su-
pervisors that they would be rewarded
if they would falsify the returns, and his
sole defence rests upon the statement of
the remarkable adventures Mrs jerks,
that without his knowledge she wrote the
letter attributed to him, and forged his
name to it. But then two witnesses, one
of them, Mr.. A. G. Haley, formerly of
this State and known to many of our citi-
zens, testified that she spoke to him of
the letter as a bona tide instrument which |
she intended to make profitable use of. |
From Florida, it is in proof by l.. G. |
Dennis who is endorsed by Mr.. Hayes |
himself, that in Alachua county, two |
hundred and nineteen votes were added
to the Republican vote. AS the declared
majority for Hayes in the State was only
forty three, this alone shows that Tilden
was entitled to the vote of the State.
Dennis together with other manipulators
of the poll books was promised office in
the name of Mr.. Hayes by the visiting
statesmen and got it,
In the progress of the investigation by,
the testimony Of Gen. Boynton, parti
san of Mr.. Hayes, it was revealed that
Gen. Harlan served as one of the COM
missioners to manipulate Louisiana pol
itics, in the hope and expectation of be-
ing rewarded with the appointment of
Supreme Judge which he received
Hugh j. Campbell, another of the Lou
isiana patriots who has been rewarded
by Mr. Hayes with the United States Dis
-rict Attorneyship for Dakota Territory
the statement of Anderson.
that he altered the protest of the latter
which he had testified did not come up
% the emergency of the Republican case.
Sow Packards testimony is an old story
old over again, viz: that he received
more votes than Hayes, and that if the
after was entitled to the vote of Louisi
ma for President, he was entitled to the
1overnorship; but the truth is both lost
he State, and if he had held the office of
Governor he would have been as much
II fraud as Mr.. Hayes is in the office {
If President
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
FOURTlI DISTRTCr.
Aeeting Of the Democratic E1ecus
tive Committee.

CANTON, Miss, June 2jth, ISIS.
~ Inc Congressional District Executive
| committee Of the Democratic party. nr OBJ.
AZ congressional District, met thi, day, %
D DahIoh' mississippi pursuant 10 call duly
RuoIshed' When, on motion, Robert Powell
Esd was elected Chairman and A. VI. Hur
iOM was requested 90 act as Secretary.
1he OBJECT Tor which the Committee Dol
pee oeen called together having been fully sa-
seu, the iollowinR resolutions were o1Jel
anu unanimously adopted.
LIST. Resolved, That this Committee deem
u advisable 10 call, ana the Chairnhu Is
t,e requested TO call, a delegate coiyen-
IlOH OF the Democratic marty for tbp Az Gone
sassslOhai District for the purpose OF uomi-
snaeing candidate for said party to b. voted
,,,- 80 c representative OF said Distrit boo tl5
next congress Of the United States
~. Resolved, That said converyi0n DO
c eII TO meet at Meridian, Missiei obi. on
A. NJ. '0i 'tii
81. Resolved, That In sala dominating
~. a,,,i.ioH each county OF said district shaA
De entitled to number OF leIo,htts pouaI tg
twice the number Of representa Sves to which
Such county may be entItledln the lower
I9ouae Of the state Legislatuvh. and. iu The
70. I'm Vehtlon, each county shgl be entitled tO
s .1te sam number ofVotes Is it may be entl-
tled 70 delegates,
4th' That In each county Of the district
- * nsVOn nehd that proper steps be taken "
.n.. anu secure the attendance OF sle4
for. 20 A'0i0V1
oth, Resolved, Thatlhe Canton Mail, the
~ ~ Iican Citizen, tie JACKSON CLAHoN1
~. 80. al ~ other Democratic papers IN the ul
~ are requested % publish the proctoA
'hSs OF this meetingO the Committee.
A. IA. HARLOW, seo'y.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

Mr.. CHALMERS was the only member OF
the Mississippi delegation who is reported
rs voting on Burchard's resolution in re-
gard TO Hayes title, his vote being recorded
in favor of it. The others either lodged,
were absent or paired, we don't know
which.-EnterpriSe Courier.
For The information of our friend of the
Courier, we will state that Mr.. Money, OF
the 81 District, was sick at his room, and
had been for several days previous to the
vote. He was detained i'm Washington
several days after adjournment, on account
of i'll health. He has never lodged vote
since he has been in Congress, or failed to
take decided position on all questions. II
our friend OF the Courier will examine the
Congressional Records of the 18th and 14th
of June, the days the resolution came up,
he viii see that Mr.. Young, of Tennessee.
and Mr.. Chalmers, both stated that their
'-colIeaGue. Mr.. Money, was at his room Sc
riously ill."-Win0na Advance.
As explanations seem to be the order
of the day, we will state that Mr.. Man
ming, member from the I'd district, was
absent as visitor at the U. S. Military
Academy on the part of the House of
Representatives by appointment of the
Sneaker.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
What Rankin will do.

The Brandon Republican, speaking of
the great Natchez, jackson and Column
bus Railroad Company enterprise, says:
BY looking at the map it will be seen that
Brandon and Crystal Springs are about GA
an air line from Natchez to Columbus. The
road has been laid out to come by Jackson.
and the people Of Kinds are soon to vote
whether or not they viii aid the road by the
issuing of bonds. 1t is argued by some that
they will vote againstit it. ii that be so, and
the railroad pany will bring it by Crys-
tai Springs and Brandon, it can have just as
much help from Rankin as it expected from
Kinds. All the company has TO do is to say
the word. The road would run through the
best part of Rankin and prove of great ben
eft to the peopis.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
County Faxes.
TERRY. June. 1878.


MKssRs. POWER s. BARKsDALE: Enclosed
please find $500 subscription for the LAX
ION. OF course, / want the paper, ana J on
must never let nv time run out. Aside from
its being good Reacs paper, It's Ideas su'L 'he
so well on all political subj ects. rs position
on the Electoral Com mission, showed IL
far-sightedness and sagacity; what II
its ideas had been adop. ed and followed
how serenely quiet we would nave Oesh
now Its present views on the Fraud, are
sound and correct. In wo-d, your heaus
are level on most subjects. There Is one
viz: while the State tax has been reduced
considerably, the county taxes have peeh
run up most enormously. y. y. H.
COMMENTS. We have noted what our
friend aud subscriber says about county
taxes; but donot see where he gets his data.
Under Radical rule there was no limita-
ltion to county taxation. 1t varied
from twenty to fifty dollars, and some
times more, on the thousand dollars IN
counties where the carpet-baggers ruled.
Added to the State tax, it was simply
nonstrous and intolerable oppression.
lone of the first acts of the Democrats
when they got into power was to correct
this abuse, and to restrain the extrava-
yance of county administrations. The
aw approved February 1, 1877, prohIb-
ted boards of supervisors from levyIng
axes which added to the State would
exceed fifteen dollars on the thousand
Ilollars in valuation except taxes TO pay
Interest on county bonds. This law liked
the State tax for general purposes at .
mills on the dollar and for paying the
principal and interest on the State bonds
at . mills on the dollar. The law ap-
moved March 5, 1878, reduced the State
tax for general purposes, and for paying
n.incipal and interest on State bonds 20
q mills on the dollar, and prohibited
boards of supervisors from levying county
axes which added to the State tax
would exceed twelve and half dollars
on each thousand dollars of taxable pro-
perty-" provided the amount herein
NAV be exceeded, but in no case shall
Sc the total tax exceed fifteen dollars on
g each thousand dollars worth of pro-
"perty." From the restrictions con-
tanned in this act Adams, Warren,
TalIahatchie and Washington were ex
empted. Warren was authorized to levy
$40 on each thousand dollars in addition
to the State tax and the others named
were authorized to levy an amount for
county purposes which with the State tax
would not exceed twenty five dollars on
each thousand dollars valuation. We
cannot, therefore, understand how our
worthy friend and correspondent draws
his inference that the county taxes have
+" been run enormously and outrageousIy
8" up"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

That Rev H. f. johnson would be
a valuable member Of Congress no doubt
could exist in the mind fany one who
knows his practical good sense, and how
energetically he works in any undertake
ing, or in any calling, which he thinks
worthy of his attention; and his success
in the past is an earnest Of what
he would accomplish in that arena. But
by reference to his letter in another col
umn, it will be seen that he positively
declines to enter it, and intends to continue
to devote his marvellous energies to the
great enterprise with which his name is
so honorably associated as principal Of
Whitworth College.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

WITH tile simplicity which Innocence. u
SELF might envy, the majority OF the Judi
cfarv Committee of the House reported q
re- olution asserting IN substance that tiie
Forty fourth Congress was the properly
constituted body To count the votes and de-
clare tie result of the Presidential election.
If that is true, and unquestiona6iy Is, why
did Congress create the irresponsible Elee-
toral Commission to count the vote! Ana
worse still. why did it insist that the COM
mission should proceed with the count after
it had broken faith and violated the law OF
its existence ?-CLARIoN.
The Memphis Avalanche copying the
foregoing asks: evil the CLARION ex-
plain wherein the Commission broke
faith" etc, etc The answer is easily
given. The people elected Tilden and
Hendricks. They gave them pop
ular majority of $50, 600 votes, and a
clearly ascertained majority OF twenty
three in the electoral college, leav-
ing out South Carolina and the illegal
vote for the Republican candidate
in Oregon By subornation of per
Jury, through Mr.. John Sherman and
other Republican visiting statesmen in
Louisiana and Florida, the Democratic
majority in those States was annulled
by the Returning Boards, and dispute
was brought about which eliminated il
that marvellous invention of Senator
| Conkling, Edmunds and other Repubi
can schemers, the Electoral Commission
upon which Congress devolved its con
stitutional duty of counting the vote
The obligation of the Commission takel
under oath, was ''tO decide whether an,
and what votes from such disputed
~ States are the votes provided for b!
d" the Constitution of the United State
"and how many, and what persons wert
" duly appointed electors in such State
In violating this obligation, the Commits
sion Il" broke faith and violated the Law
" of its existence" 1t never pretended
to ascertain who were the dul y choseI
electors but only the set that had cas-
their votes for the Republican candidates
In doing this, it adopted the rules hes
suited for their partisan emergency, with
out regard to principle or consistency
In Louisiana it pretended to be guided
by the decision of the returning board
and the seal Of the State authorities. In
Florida it disregarded the decision of the
highest legal tribunal Of the State, and in
the case of Oregon it decided that the
certificate of the Governor was not evil
dence of the qualification of an elector.
''In the belief said the Congressional
Committee, (some of whom advocated
the Electoral BILL and were presumed to
know its meaning, and others with a
strange perversity of reason voted
against the bill and then voted to go on
with the count after the bad faith of the
Commission was exhibited ''that evidence
q" would be heard, and that the settle
" ment of the disputed question of facts
would be fairly reached, the Congress
"and the people, Ga mistake the people
did no) accepted the Commission" If
there is truth in the Legislators who sup
ported the bill, there was fraud in the
business. There were false representa-
tions. There was bad faith. There
were broken pledges.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

/
| To secure economical administration a
North Carolina cotemporary, advises Mr..
Hayes to infuse Jewish element in his
cabinet, and in looking around for ma
terial he finds in Mississippi two men of
that faith who would meet the require
ments of the case, viz: Mr. Isadore
Strauss of Jackson, for Postmaster Cen
eral, or Samuel Ullman of Natchez for
Secretary of the Interior. The ablest
member of Mr.. Davis Confederate Ad-
ministration was Jew, Judah 2. Ben
Jamin, who now stands at the head of the
bar in England. OF the same race is
the head of the ministry of Queen Vic
toria. The Jews success as a fnancier,
is proverbial. The writer thus dwells
upon this trait:
Th Jew, by reason of his great capacity
to economist, is the ablest of hnancierS.
The jew does nothing the Christian could
not do so we'll There is nothing mysteri-
Gus about the Jews management, but the
great and open secret of his success is his
honesty first, and his economy next. The
Jew seems historically destined to he the
interpreted Pharaohs dream, stating that
seven years OF plenty would be followed BY
seven years of famine, Pharoah was appa-
rently still at loss what to do until the
poor Jew had to advise the monarch of civ
iliZed Egypt to save during the seven wears
of plenty, not to squander all he has, but to
lay something aside for the future Andl
the novelty of JOseph's hint seemed so strik-
ing to Pharoah that he regarded Joseph as |
the wiseSt or all men. Thus we SEE that tn
secrets of economy are native and instinc-
tive with the jew ; il is in his blood to econ |
omiSe. On the other hand, our Christian
brethren have done a great deal towards |
developing that native aptitude for saving |
The poor jew, prosecuted as he was. neverl
knowing whether the place he called hisl
home to-day, would be his home Tomorrow
being taught by bitter experience to pre-
pare himself for being ku-kluXed out of his
home without warning, he was absolutelvl
bound TO be ready for the emergency. All
the mere within of q monarch the jew knew
he could be made to travel, hence he al
ways saved in order for his travelling ex-
penses. The jew was perpetualy situated
like the wrecked slave in the talmudical al.
legory, spoken of in our last issue, always
saving, on the island whence he was ban
ished. in order 10 find provision in his fu-
ture home. Thus the Jews native tenden-
cy to save has been aided by a system OF !
persecution TO ripen into an art. The Jew
is not prosecuted any more, he need not save
any more for E'traveling expenses but he /
saves as an art, and if TODAY the worlds ex-
hibitiOn in Paris would search for the great |
est economist the Jew would receive the !
blue ribbon.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
ADDITIONAL NorEs.
LOGAN.

The Trustees conferred Honorary Deorae.
as follows: On Hon. II. F. SimraII. en-,
SSustice, Hon. John w. G. Watson, OF HOLY
nIn bns ;b anq hon Jas. Harrison, of Col
w. BoZeman, Of Aberdeen, Rev. w q
meoD; PRESIDENT Mississippi College. ana
Rey; D. l.. Tucker, Jackson, the DEGREE eI ~
The Salary Of Law Professor hoe hooz
duced to 100000. and ali fees n %o zen re-
treasury. All students will paw a cont i,,e
cent zee al 80 90 for next session. No sI,,-
Gent VIII be received under IA wears 49,
Ste preparatory class abolished prof
TTniy nnsEu mas been promoted from the
P nireIslty Hlgh School to be Assistant
Professor in Mathematics. SSiS'ant
Ahe next session will open September "a
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
Gen. wharton Not Candidate.

Gen. T. j. Wharton has written let
ter to the Brandon Republican stating
that he will not compete for the Congress
sionsl nomination in this district. In
conclusion, he says:
In all the political contests through which
the country has passed for quarter of a
century have borne an humble but Jealous
and active part in defence of the time hon
ered principles of the Democratic party.
With the overthrow of radical rule in our
believed commonw ealth, in 1875, and the re-
establishment OF local self-goverEment. l
teh that henceforth the private station
would be the post Of honor.
tt. WHARTON.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

By \ VOTE of 848 TO 16 the people Of
Sharkey have decided to subscribe $75,
600 to the capital stock of the Vicksburg
and Memphis Railroad. The people of
Vicksburg had previously voted to sub
scribe 100000. These subscriptions
will secure the building Of the road
through Sharkey county. we congratu
late the citizens of Yicksburg upon the
frightening prospects Of their city. The
Mississippi delegation should be satisfied
with no Pacific Railroad scheme on the
Southern line that does not stipulate that
she shall be Eastern terminus.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
Ane Presidency ia IsSO-HoOa -.
the Republican,.
'Durg Commercial-Gazette, Rem.

rtsIsoarg Commercial-Gazette, Rep.
and DE ev i3ok for Grant to be our next leader.
or 1or single electoral vote to secure victar1,
to Oregon. nun Malne
o. :. Louis Globe Democrat, Rep.
hhere viii be necessity for Electorai c,o,,
Gus 1aaSs'o ~ or a Potter investigation in ISSa
zen Zen, Grant will carry every State ~ 49, ~
e Iiorsmi AM Republican Congress win he
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

THE only fact of special interest elicit
ed in the controversy between Mr.. Wat
terson, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Hewitt,
of New York, in regard to the Electoral
Commission, is that Mr.. Tilden was op-
posed to the bill, and that fact is not i'm
portant, only it takes from its supporters
the plea that in surrendering the preroga-
tives of Congress to an unconstitutional
they were following their file
leader.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

MRS. E. j. HoLBRooK (''PearI
Rivers'g of the Picayune, and Mr. Geo.
Nicholson, business manager of that pa
per, were married on the 9th. The
late proprietor does not lose her identity
in the management of the paper. The
new Arm Is Nicholson q CO., Proprie-
tors, Mrs. T.. y. Nicholson, Geo. Nich-
olson
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

~, "A CHIP was called as a witness IN i.
salaI court. The opposing Ia.s -
they d neT sne knew where liars went when
because she answered 40. sWeil s.essNsllmony
lon mas not been settled BY anvbodv se uqs-
1Actorily," said the Judge. - DOuy Satia-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

TIE Memphis Avalanche heads a com
munication, Pamela county falling into
" line with the National Greenbackers, y
but why fall out of line from the National
Democracy. which proposes to do every
thing for greenbacks which a greenback
party can do; and that is to equalize them
with gold and silver by putting them on
an equal footing with metallic money, and
making them receivable for duties on inn
ports and for government obligations I'M
less expressly nominated otherwise in
the bond.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

Gov. HENDRICKS positively denies, as
we supposed he would, all that foolish
talk attributed to him by a reporter,
about the Potter investigation and the
Presidential title, which if admitted to
be true, might have placed him outside
the lists of probable Democratic nomi-
nees in 1880.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
WSn'a Go % Congress.
BrOokhaven Ledger.l

hev. ii. +. Iohnson announced from tho
college Fostrum Tuesday night last. that ' he
n mad NOT gong to Congress; that he lad
worth College all the days OF his life Unit
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

world.I

Mrs. jerks disremembers all that she re-
members, and there is no more evidence ~
design IN her than there was in DR.. Wares
works at all. -'Ss WV ~
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

Mr.. TILDEN's actual words when he
saw the political gamesters rafting the
Presidential office. were Il may lose the
Presidency, but will not rattle for it,,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

AS we interpret the recent decision OF
the Supreme Court Of our State, the
present mode of taxing Railroads in
this State, is unconstitutional in that it is
specific instead of according to value.
Other States have adopted the method
Of appointing Commissioners to assess the
value Of these corporations, including
road-beds, personal and movable proper
ty. The board Of commissioners in Mis-
souri, have just finished their investiga-
ton, and the result has been published.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

Mr.. ]. W. RoRB, JR-, has retired
from the Rosedale Journal, to engage,
we hone. in more profitable business
than jOurnaling.
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last.
MAI. WALL,

MAJ. WALL, lcient
Commissioner Of Inn Is pre-
pared publication entitle,- ONES in
Mississippi" containing mass of useful
information concerning the productive
capacity, natural resources, schools, etc,
of our State-from which we have
drawn literally for our present number.
ELECTION ENJoNED. Judge Chal-
mers, or Saturday last, upon the petition
of Col. W. l.. Lowry, through NJ. f.
Colovm, Esq, attorney, granted an in
junction restraining the holding Of the
election authorized by the Legislature
for the removal Of the county seat of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

KINDS county IS 10 vote on the ON or
august as 70 whether or not she shall LaAo
stock ~ the Natchez, jackson and Colum.
pna Railroad to che amount Of S2o0,OO0
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

THE army still stands at $4,000 men.
The House receded from nearly all its
amendments; but not by the votes of
Northern Democrats. The Texas dele
CATION, with the exception of Judge Rea-
gan, opposed reduction.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

\ lengthy address from 81. d. p..
Esq president "f the GreenyiUa .I.
mlhgham railroad, 10 the i5zausof,...
or county, is publ shed m hin.
Times The directory brof,.. .''.'..
their lire OF road from ~fnnt,.I.. " 'A.W
Creek, to Tie SunnoWcr. rn.l. n, IT. "t
ty will only subscribe SInlr0o M ...
bonds. ' 'oUu.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

The news came hy SUNDAY no,
OF terrible murder iu Macon oa NV. .'
before. The perpcuator of t.. 'I... '-
was blac ksmith, employed M t..ai
car-works, aud che vic.im his Vrf.
al is To the horror of thr mD,1.,t WI.
that the poor woman was far .I. u
pregnanc}, at the time. TU, ,
Infatuated and talked of lyu.Ii,.,t ".
monster, Thomas, by name. r.-..
have heard no particular, Nh. Nm, ~"
TO say that whisky hlG somgtI.., Z.
with il. "- No.