The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-03-14
TIE 4 SESSION.

iC '"'f wv a''"t q" ~
ne day upon which the Forty.sixt
70 congress will assemble in eXtrao
IA binary session. There is conside
t. able amount of electioneering e,
c ing on with reference to the speal
ership of the new house, and it
# uncertain who will be the comm
man. The most prominent candi
dates are S. j. Randall, OF Pennsyl
vania, the former speaker, and j
4. s. Blackburn, of Kentucky, will
. j. +. House, OF Tennessee, w. II
. Morrison, of Illinois, aud j. A,
d. Mcmahon, of Ohio, to bring up the
rear. From all we can learn from
the Washington dispatches Mr..
Randall bias the inside track in the
race, and no doubt will be elected
as he has the full strength of the
Northern democracy with probably
Il few OF the Southern members.
We would prefer to see some one
more friendly to the interests OF
our section in the chair, but fear
there is little prospect of defeating
Randall, as it is said he has formed
IA combination with Mr. Tilden's
friends, and is "a very strong man.
This will be the first democratic
congress in many years, aud the
South confidently looks to it for re.
hcfmpasurcs which have been SADLY
needed for IA long time. For TWEEN.
ty years, during which time the
democrats have been ont of power
in congress-, the country has been
involved in troubles of the most
serious nature, and is now in imi-
nent danger from financial and
other complications. 1t VIII be, it
is hoped, the happy mission of the
Forty-siXth congress, unless re,
strained by the veto power of an
administration which is all that is
left OF the rotten and corrupt re-.
publican party in the Federal gov
.rhnlent, to restore the harmony
and prosperity which existed before
ladlcallSm become a governing
power. 1t is a matter of congratu. :
that the democratic party
las in and out of congress men en-. y
lrely worthy to lead in the coming :
'etOrn, and that those men are not '
rom one section of the country =
MY, but from every State and
'erritory under the "hag Of our
Jniou.'
Among the most important NEE. :
nres of reform, and one which u
luSt o c mp before t,.te extra SEES. VI
ion, is the repral of the od,ous 7
'st oath AID me Supervisors and
epurr rAarShal's act. These acts y,
Est be repealed, and the demo. =,
members have taken IL stand
pom these measures which will =.
Omit OF no retreating from. :,
he South is united upon this sent. =,
nent, and we believe our repre-. J.
,n%tativeS will see to it that they =,
e eXrunged from the laws of the !,
ition. In the language of Gen. =,
halmers, Our able representative -
ON the Shoestring district, "The a.
rors test oath and the supervis. !.
s and deputy marshals act must :,
repealed. We have taken all 81
e responsibility of an extra SEES 49,,
III to preserve the trial by jury
d the purity of character mawed n;
United States officials. But -,
is is not enough-to save limo.
Mt men from being prosecuted we 81
lSt repeal the seventh chapter of do
g revised statutes, which will be 90
statutory pardon if they are con- 70
;ted. This we can doif an extra 40.
'Sion is secured. Republicanism ~,
making its death struggle to re- III.
II power. If any democrat COW. 80
he will be ~eternally damned :
should be- "a