The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1880-12-25

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.lIeljamaDa nuf "a. pa,d
Coz rDfmitaa mafc fmcnbpcon
umDd oy.r Htp electoral rouu. sew
oiu.Im it lhcy cau prevent il,
There VIII d. aHrrrum cnmt lo
pp q a9u lba holiday frJr F.,
when ill iha mcmhrm Ho here,
and thInk uo effort must sue.
cccd. Asa prominent Democrat
said Yesterday 1--WE have 4 wr
iorIty. and Wc mean .o adopt t'l.s
rule, not so much because there Is
likely "a BE- any dispute over the
count this time, hut bccauscit it, II
proper and constitutional provision,
and because Wc de- not intend to
leave Il In the powerof Chester A.
Al,hr to elect a President III
1881. Aside from thia subject
appropriation bills have chiefly oc-
cupicd the attention Of thc House.
/ Chairman Atkins. Of the Anpro-
priatlons Committee, set ont At the
beginning 10 have five Of their
, bills passed before the recess. and
. he has nearly succeeded. There
are thirteen appropriation bills in
Iall. The holiday recess IL not to
be as long as last year, though
quite long enough from the 23rd
instant to January sth.
/ Pension Commissioner Bentley
is preparing to make a strong pull
after the recess for the passage Of
his bill now pending before the
Senate. Bentley is right with re-
spect to only one feature Of the
subject he urges upon the aucn-
ton of Congress its importance.
There are 10000 pensioners on
the rolls and as many more cnti-
lied under the laws to be there SO
| that il is a matter OF consequence,
not only to this large number Of
people, but 10 the public At large
as witness the appropriation Of lii,l
millions for annual payments just
passed bv the House. BIZ. in all
his schemes and plans Bentley is
wrong. He is a selfish, narrow
guage man. Ills notions are wholly
selt-aggrandi2emcnI and the gral-
iiication of little, personal spitcs,
] am not starting ont for an attack
upon public official, but stating
things as they are generally un.
= dafslood here, Ben.icy claim, {,
be The friend and protector of th,
soldier, when. in fact, he assumc.
d that every eiaimda. for a pensiof
D. is a thief. and has delayed the bu
b sincss of his office 10 secure hi!
= own purposes. standing rs az inn
70 passablc barrier agains, The exc
,u,ion Of plain laws of Congress
Some idea of his character m,
methods MAJ have been ohtWnc,
from his circulars 10 pension-claim
ants during the campaign, Of whic'
b ! gave YOU some account in a ios
! mer letter.
i It begins to look as though Mr.
. HAYES was going TO get the Su
1 preme Court TO suit him before j
yacatcs his oiiicc, after al. Thcr
@ has been good ded Of talk 70
.. some weeks about plans to &,
B. Stanley Mathews and other !.
~ yorites on the bench, and Nj
- llayes is reported to nave eN
c pressed decided opinion that ccl
a tain Judges ought to retire an
MI give him chance; but all the r,
$. ports OF prospective changes hay
n been more or less positively d
a. MED. All who are posted, how
= ever. have known that there eXis
jr cd very earnest desire on q
10 part Of the dc fdciO President
i provide for a lot more Ohio mei
n and To at least safely iiX Sian,,
r. Matthews and Attorney-Gener
ID Deyens on the Supreme bcncI
I: And now the changes have bcgI
~ BIZ the resignation Of Justice Siroi
and the appointment of Circ,
Judge William B. Woods in !
place. The latter, though pre-
=, ding over a Southern Circuit al
~ ~ residing in Alabama, is in fact
as y. Ohio man. formerly Of Newark
IL, that State. Justice Swayne "
~ be the next member Of the Cot
" TO create a vacancy. lie is ere,
ted with a purpose to resign All
rw The holidays. and Stanley NJ
i,h ,hcws is booked for his place. j
)n ;icc Hunt desires to be retired
tv- full paw. but is not yet old enou
Of to be eligible, except by spec
IN act of Congress so a bill for &
le- purpose has been prepared. !
this vacancy Senator Edmur
,.;Il bp named. prnyiiel death
zen resignation removes Justice I
ma ford in the meantime, to mi
the room for Mr.. Attorney Dcve
MO Justice Clifford is not expected
ur' recover. His ailment is paral!
as and soitening Of the brain. and
nile is not now able TO even dictat
complete sentence; and cant
Tho therefore. tender his resignai
& unless an unexpected improyem
,ers should take place in his hca
,be Ills death at any moment IS
,nls rardcd more probable.
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