The Russellville Democrat., 1879-01-23

States. Rye crop 1-Glarger than lS 1 77. Potatoes fell below 1877, 46,- 000,000 bushels, The Tobacco crop was lighter in all the tobacco grow ing States than it was Tn 1877.
 And now another democratic I member is added to the democratic majority in the next House. In the Eleventh District of Pennsylvania there has been dispute as to whether Robert klotz, democrat, or Gen. Albright, republican, was elect ed. The Governors proclamation announcing the names of members elected settles it in favor of Klotz. And so the good work goes on.
 We shall, each week, during the session of the Legislature, devote sufficient space to legislative news to give our readers a synopsis of proceedings, containing the gist of everything of importance which comes up. There will. of course, be a great deal of useless and expensive flibustering, coming from embers who are fond of hearing their own little mouths go of, regardless of the expense to the people, which we shall not attempt to eport--knowing that such clap trap would be of no interest to our readers. But, as we said before, we will give the gist of the business transacted, and by reading our reports each week our readers may keep fully posted.
 The Supreme Court of the United States has just rendered a decision passing upon the constitu- tionality of the act of Congress to suppress polygamous marriages in Utah Territory. The Court in a long and carefully prepared opinion, delivered by the Chief Justice, holds that polygamy is not under the pro- lection of the clause in the Federal Constitution, which prohibits inter- ference with religious belief; that the plea of religious conviction is not a valid defense, and that Con- gress did not go outside of it's Con- stitutional powers Tn enacting a law to suppress polygamous marriages in Utah. The enlightened and Christian sentiment of the day has gained victory in this decision.
 The Arkansas Staats Zeitung says that the stream of German I'm migration to this country is constant ly increasing and during the year lS- 70 itj will probably assume greater proportions than during any of it's predecessors. It has good reasons to believe that many of the best of them will come to Arkansas. They should be encouraged to come and welcomed amongst us.-WhiteCoun- ty Record.
 The Record is correct. There is no better class of immigrants than the Germans-none whose habits of industry and frugality will exceed theirs, and as these are the surest guaranties to prosper ity and success there is no doubt but that German people will succeed hare better than almost anybody else.
 We, too, say, let every encourage ment be given to this class of immi- grafton.
 We have received small pam phlet containing the comments of D. H. Reynolds on the election of Judge Sorrells in the 10th Judicial District. Tie comments of General Reynolds are pointed and free from all dissimulation, they drive right at the gist of the subject without any of that scrimaging commonly called "whipping the devil around the stump"-and the allegations charged against Judge Sorrels form a very grave arraignment. The purity of theJudiciary is a desldera- tum which must never be lost sight of, and if General Reynolds arraign- ment of Judge Sorrels is based upon facts susceptible of proof, he is cer. tainly unfit to wear the Judicial ermine. We presume the present Legislature will investigate the mat ter, and we trust the stigma may be removed either by full vindication of Judge Sorrells, or, if he be found guilty, by his displacement from the position which, in the event of his being found guilty, he is so wholly unfit for.
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