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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07
THE QUALIFICATIONS or rlGorous

SEC p. All male inhabitants o. Uni. .a
except idiots and insane persons, and INDIAN.
not taxed, citizens OF the United States urull.
uralized, twenty one years old and upwards.
who have resided in this state six months aa#
in the county one month next pgeceIFu. ta.
day Of election al which said iuhabuan. a#H.
to vote. and who are duly registered ur ...
election district in which they offer ta vote
shall be deemed qualified electors lu such #...
trict, but no person shall vote at amy election
who shall have been convicted Of amy crime r
mIsdemeanor for which the loss d Jhe ugutof
suffrage may be imposed by law.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07
CHAPTER XII.

AN ACT the outstanding in1ebtelness of TIA
Liquidatug Levee District, mi for other purposes
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07

SEC 13. If there shall be no commissioners
of election in any county, or if they shall fail
performed by the board of supervisors of the
county. and in such case the sheriff Of the
county. or if he is a candidate, the coroner or
some justice Of the peace Of the county, shall
be the returning officer to whom inspectors
shall make returns, and who shall perform the
duties prescribed for commissioners of cleo
ton as to such returns, and he shall deliver
certificates Of election to the persons having
the greatest number of votes, as the commits
sioners OF election are required to do.
SEC II. No commissioner Of election shall
be candidate for any office at an election TOR
which he may have been appointed and with
reference to which he has acted as such and
all the votes cast for any such person at any
such election shall be illegal and void and shall
not be counted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION Al EACH PRECINCT.


SEC IS Prior to any election the said com.
missioners of election shall appoint three per.
sons for each election precinct. to be inspec
tors of the election. who shall not all be of
the same political party, if suitable persons oil
different parties are to had in the election dis
trict, and if any person appointed shall fail to
attend and serve, the inspectors present, If any.
may designate one to fiji his place, and if such
commissioners Of election shall fail TO make
such appointment. and in case Of failure of all
Of those appointed TO attend. any three quail
fed electors present when the polls should be
opened, may act as inspectors
SEC. II. The inspectors at each precinct
shall appoint two clerks, and inspectors and
clerks shall be sworn by any officer present
competent to administer oaths. or each may be
sworn by any of the others. faithfully ia per.
form their duties at such election accordin, 10
law.
SEC. Is. The inspectors shall take care fl If
the election is conducted f,irIv and ,rraao.
Div to law. and they shall he iudgae ~ tho
qualification Of voters o,,d mo-, ov,,,,i,,, ~
oath. anv person o1erino 70 vote tonrbing bis
qualifications as an eIector which oath any,
of such inspectors may administer
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07

o. insertion of any name by pencil mark r..
ink upon the face OF the ballot: ami t.ces.
different from that herein prescribed shall NJ.
be received or counted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07

SEC %. All places forretaijng in,olc..a.
liquors, by the drink. i'm the several cuur-... b.
this state, shall be closed, and no iurox...I..a-
liquors permitted to be sold bartereI. or ..s..
away, or drank, at any store tavern ua..
restaurant steamboat not running. ur WHAT
boat at landing, or place OF bu-ine-. lua..#
from twelve o'clock of the preceding m
twelve o'clock OF the succeeding u.I. e..
any general OF special election. ami AN. .#
toXlcated or disordery persons. disturbing
peace, BY noise or violence, iu the eIfr. town.
or place where the election shall be held. -.#.
be arrested, placed in jail, OF otherw-. KEEP.
IN custody (beIng permitted. while Don such ".s.
tody, to Yote) until the polls shall Ne 0#s
closed, Or until they are entirely sober. uu.a.
orderly, peaceable, and well behaved. luI u.
inSpe ctors Of the election are hereby m08.
conservators Of the peace at their districts r#
precincts; and all such cou-ervator- oil ..a
peace, sherihs, and their deputies. and
other officers are authorized to preserve ur...
IN and about the place where the election u#
be held, and TO commit TO Jail. as above u
Gated, any who may disturb the election. aHH
any and all citizens shall aid said inspect. s
and other officers IN preserving order a., ATOM.
said and in making arrests when necessary
SEC. 26. Except rs herein provided. eIa...-
shall, in all cases, other than those of tra...r
felony, or breach Of the peace. be privilege.
from arrest during their attendance uu e.a.
tons, and going to and returning from ..
same.
SEC. p. The failure to distribute To- to. f.
erent voting precincts the poll book .u.......
ing the names Of voters in alphabaf,n.I ..5..
or the ballot boxes, provided TO-. Shall ru, M.
vent the holding Of the election. but N
case the inspectors shall proceed To Mia f.
election without the books and boxes 10.
shall provide some substitute for such bq...
2o&es' and conform as nearly as possible tota-
law IN the reception and disposition of t..Isets
HOW ELECTIONS MAY BIZ Coyrr5rey
SEC. Is. If it shall appear 10 the senate or
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07

SEC. -. The commissioners of election shall
each be entitled three dollars for each day
not to exceed ten days, for each election, du-
ring which they shall be actually employed IN
the performance Of their duties to be paid
out OF the county treasury, on the allowance
Of the board of supervisors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-04-07

clerk Of the circuit court OF the county for
preservation, and he shall keep them Tor
future use. and when called for, deliver them
TO the commissioners of election.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
An English Estimate Of Garfield.

From the London News.[
A good many defects in the Amer
lean Constitution are balanced by the
opening which it affords for the I'M
aided influence of sagacity and en-
durance. Such men as Abraham
Lincoln undoubtedly was, and as
James Garfield appears to be, make
up for good many constitutional
flaws and a good many theorstic i'm
proprieties. These are the men of
whom Thucydides said that thsy and
not walls made state. They are not
wanting in culture, las Lincoln showed
by his celebrated funeral Grafton after
the manner of Pericles; but they
have more valuable qualities than
culture can give. That the NEST cul-
tivated men are not the most capable
politicians is practically, if not tech
nicaily. a truism. Mr.. Garfeld's
career has been open to the inspection
of his countrymen, and they probab-
ly know the worst as well as the best
of him. His own state of Ohio first
discovered his merits. and now they
have been ascertained and aHprecia-
ted by the general body of his party.
Engfishmen will be especially inter-
-ssted in knowing that the probable
successor to Mr., Hayes is not affected
with the absurd financial heresies to
which many Republicans are prone
He has always been a "hard- money
man."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

ly now in doubt lest it's chief, its only
enemy, the Democracy, should TIL
umph in November.
Mr.. Chairman, ought the Republi-
man party to surrender its truncheon
of command to the Democracy The
gentleman from Mississippi says if
this were England the Ministry
would go out in twenty.four hours
with such state of things as Weshave
here. All, yes that is an ordinary
case of change of administration.
But if this were England, what
she would have done at the end of
the war ? England made one mis-
take such as the gentleman asks this
country to make when she threw
away the achievements Of the grand
est man that ever trod her highway
of power. Oliver Cromwell had
overthrown the throne of despotic
power, and had lifted his country to
a place of masterful greatness among
the nations of the earth and when,
after his death, his great scepter was
| transferred to weak though not
unlenial hand, his country. in a mo-
ment of reacIionary blindness
brought back the Stuarts. England
did not recover from this folly until,
| in 1853, the Prince of Orange drOvt
from her island the last of that weak
and wicked line. Did she afterward
repeat the bluhder?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

Senator Hoar summed up the sit
uation capitafly in the paragraph in
his speech at the Faaeuil Hall ratifi-
cation meeting on Wednesday even
ing; flames A. Garfield is repre-
sentative Of the Republican party.
He repre- sents its opinions, he repre-.
sents its history, he represent it's
aspirations. What shall we say of
his competitor 81 would say nothing
personal of General Hancock, out
General Hancock is not the ,represen-
fative, he is the mask of the Demo-
cratic party. The one thing that you
know of General Hancock is that he
was brave soldier in a war which
the Democratic party pronounced a
failure. In 1864. when one of the
things he has done and we'll doas had
been accomplished, the men who
have now put him in nomination
pronounced that they were badly
done and failure. / think have
heard that when the rebel pickets
were in an exposed position and the
fire grew very hot, they used to think
they could stop it by sticking up the
uniform of Union soldier, and this
seems to be the Democratic plan for
the coming campaign"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

Gov. Hoyt, Of Pennsylvania, shares
the prevalent belief that Hancock
strength is waning. He does not be-
Iieve that the Democratic party is
one bit stronger to-day than it has
been for fifteen years. II don't be-
lieve," he assures reporter of the
Philadelphia Press. "that Hancock
will poll any apprsciable number of
Republican votes. citizens or sol.
diers'. The Democratic party weak
ems Hancock to a greater extent than
he strengthens it. The combination
can't win because the people will dis
cover that the mixture of candidate
and principle is incoRgsu0us. over
and above partisan politics there is a
steady and true conviction that our
present prosperity is ehe natural fyuit
of the policy of the Republicans party.
Garfield and Arthur will be elected"
As for Pennsylvania, the Cover
nor says Hancock has not the slight
est chance 10 carry it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
On the Wing.
ANTHONY HOUSE,
S34 BROADWAY N. Y.
InlV Sth. 1880


Ed. REPUBLICAN, A small ac-
count of our trip might not be unin-
terestipg, and 50 will give hasty
sketch. Our journey has been entirely
without incident, we meeting with
no adventures or difficulties. We
remained at Everett, Pa, pleasant
little village of 1900 inhabitants,
over night, and in the morning took
what is called the Huntington and
Broadtop railroad for Philadelphia.
1t is curious fact that from Cum
berland 70 New York, following the
youte we took, there are no tunnels.
There mre plenty of bridges-goed
long ores, t0O-bat no tunnels. We
arrived at Philadelphia at 6:45 p. m.
Wednesday, and took stroll around
the streets, but were too tired to do
much, bat in the morning, after a
good mig hts rest-which. by the way,
was not as refreshing as at Oakland,
on account of the heat-we start ed
in earnest, and soon came to a stand
still at Wanamaker's Grand Depot.
1t would be man of prudence that
would keep his wife away frem
Wanamaker's, unless he has large
bank account. for it is almost inSpos-
sibie to go in without buying. Some
idea of it may be formed of its size,
as it covers an entire square, and en-
phys 400 people, male and female.
You ca buy anything at this place
that you desire. They have lunch
room fixed up where people from the
country can eat their meals, or where
any one can get good square meal
Cor consideration.
Leaving Philadelphia at p. M,
You reach Nav York by O'Clock
and cross from Jersey city to- New
York. We passed through Menlo
Park, ". j., where the famous Thos.
A. Edison lives. Some Of the lamps
with VIII ich he tried his last expert.
ment, were still standing, "but gone
out" The train did not stop. We
crossed the Huison to New York by
ferry boat and passed in sight of
Island, the head quarters
of the would-be President.
Inthe evening we went to Printing
House Square, to see the morning
papers, but were not successful in
getting into the Tribune building, bat
upon going to the Sun building the
next day had no. difficulty, and were
shown up into the composing roomy
where 30 men were busy setting type,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

The outlook in Indiana is not at all
satisfactory to the Democrats. They
have had trouble enough to carry the
State for several years past when the
party was united and the current in
their favor. Now, however, the
drift Of public opinion is against
them, and there serious differences
in their own ranks. The Ne,O- 4 T.
6any Ledger. ,Sdndard, one of the
most influential organs the party has
in the State, refuses to put the Dem
ocratic State ticket at the head Of its
columns, or give it any support. 1t
bluntly tells its readers that if any of
them choose to vote for Landers they
can do so. Other organs ofthe party
can hardly conceal their disgust at
the nomination of English for Vice
President. His hard money record
Injuries him with some, and his per-
sonal unpopularity with others. The
Indianapolis Sentinel is said to feel
particularly sore over his nomination
and mentions his name as rarely as
possible. Viewing the situation in
an unprejudjced light, there seems
to be very good grounds for the SAN
sanguine hopes of the Republicans.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

The New York Sun argues that
the Republican party has been in
power too long. 1t says that 1.-THE
Republican party. than which in its
inception and early history, there
never was a more patriotic party,has
passed into the control of Smen who
seek to preserve it for ends very diff
ferent from those for which it was
founded, and far less worthy" There
is, of course. such thing as popular
WEAKNESS of the continuance of one
party in power. no matter how well
and ably it may manage the public
affairs; for the party in opposition
has the opportunity of holding out
magnificent Inducements to the hopes
of the people, the value of which can
only be tested by putting them in
Office. But the popularity of the p0-
litical situation now is that the Dem
ocratic party holds out nothing to
public expectations except that
which excites dismay and anxiety.
AS to what would be its course in re
gar6 to the tariff and finances there is
doubt and nervousness, even among
its leaders. Its position simply is
that the Republican party has from
the first been engaged in wicked
and unholy way upon the principles
of State rights, and that through the
persistent exhortations of the Dem
ocratic party the nation is at last
being awakened to a sense of guilt
and desire to repent, and so it NOM
mates gallant general, now settled
down to corpulent ease, and entirely
inexperienced in legislation and pol
'itics, on the strength Of his record i'll
opposition to the reconstruction pol
icy of the Republican party. 1t is
true that that policy was approved
by the nation: bnt, as Senator Beck
says: 1--WE propose to reverse that
record" What the Democratic par>
ty holds out to the nation as the in
ducement it has to offer in this cam
paign is an opportunity for confess
sing past errors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

The Richmond Dispatch, Demo
crat, AN commenting on the action OF
the Virginia readjusters' convention,
says. "Gen. Malone has chosen to
put into the field a second ticket of
so-called Hancock electors. and has
thus provided In advance, so far as
he had the power to do so. that the
Hancock vote of Virginia shall in
November next be so divided as that
the Garfield electors will be chosen.
The Richmond Commonwealth,
Democrat, says: "The only possible
effect of putting third ticket in the
field will be to take off such a mum.
Der of the Democratic voters from
the regular Democratic ticket as to
make the Republican electoral ticket
receive a plurality.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

The Democratic journals in the
North are beginning to be alarmed
at the political outlook in Virginia,
and are calling loudly for fusion of
the Funders' and Readjus .ers' elec-
toral tickets, so as to secure the solid
electoral vote of the State for Han,
COCK and English. None of them can
tell, however, how such result is to
be effected for, if anything is true
of the relation of the two parties to.
ward each other at the present mo-
ment, it is that they hate each other
with a more uncompromising hatred
than either feels toward the Republi-
cans. The Staunton Indicator, in the
kindness of Its heart, proposes that
the leaders of the rival parties sub.
nit their difficulties to the National
Democratic Committee for arhitra-
ton but to do this it will be neces.
sary first to obtain the consent of the
leaders themselves, and this, we
venture to predict, will never be
accorded. The Readjusters care much
more for the preservation OF their
ascendancy in State affairs than the
triumph of the Democratic party in
national affairs, has provoked much
comment both in the Southern and
Northern papers ; and the Richmond
Dispatch, one of the ablest organs of
the Funders' party, on the strength
of this definition of the Readjusters'
position, holds them up to scorr as
"beautiful" specimens of HANCOCK
men. Ifany one imagines, however,
that the Funders, in the sense that
they prefer the success of the Demo-
cratic party in the Presidential strug-
gle to the triumph of their own
electoral ticket, are more patriotic
than the Readjusters, the most casual
reading of the Funder journals will
convince him of his errer. Thus, the
Richmond Commonwealth, pro-
nounced Funder organ, in its issue OF
Monday says: I'VE will see the
State go for Garfield before we will
vote for any of the spawn of the
Mongrel convention" When such
a spirit of unrelenting hate animates
both Funders and Readjusters. what
basis can be found Tor fusion Of the
ticket? None whatever and Re-
publicans may at once dismiss all APP
prehensions that any coalition be-
tween the Funders and Readjusters
will rob them of their present excel
lent prospect of carrying the State for
Garfield and Arthur. To insure that
result it is only necessary to inaugu-
rate vigorous and thorough cam
paign, and to this task the National
Republican Committee should adj
dress itself as speedily as possible.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
The Gag for Hancock.

That at the commencement of a
great political campaign a nominee
for the Presidency, even before wsi-
ting his letter of acceptance, should
be CURLY told by perhaps the most
powerful and certainly the ablest
organ of his party to keep his mouth
shut and throw away his pen, is phe-
nomenal. Yet such is precisely the
advise 0ffered-W'e might almost say,
the order issued-by Mr.. Dana to
General Hancock in the New York
San of Saturday, and it is only the
most positive symptoms SO far EVIL
dent of the intentions o. the Demo
cratic managers who haye Hancock
in charge to take care thai his tongue
is bridled throughout the canvass,
and that his writings ON political
topics are to be- submitted to 4 conn
mittee of revision, with full powers
of emendati0n and correction, before
the public is permitted to be instruct
ed by their valuable teachings. We
do not question the wisdom of thus
holding the candidate in leading
strings. On the contrary we con-
slider it master stroke of strategy.
Ignorant as the soldier is of the prin-
elples of craftsmanship and govern
ment. with no clearly defined ideas
on the topics of finance, revenue,
trade and commerce that form bones
OF contention between the parties,
singularly unfortunate results to the
Democracy might follow if he were
allowed to blurt out his crude and
undigested notions on any or all of
these issues. Unless his character
lstically overbearing temper, height
ened by many years of military
command, asserts a predominance
over his cooler judgment, he must
recognize the proprietv of submit
ting himself to the tutelage of such
men as Tilden and Dana and Wal.
lace. But what is of more concern
to the country is the question, what
sort Of an administration could be
expected from President who, even
as a candidate. must consent to be
clay in the hands of the potters ? If
now he can't be trusted to write or
speak for himself. when only the
success of a political party is stake.
what is.to be looked for when the
control of the nation is placed in his
hands? No argument that has been
advanced by Republicans against
the fitness Of Hancock for the exec
utive Office is no telling az the New
York SUMS blunt admonition to him
that he is mere tigurehead, or pun.
Iet, whose wires are to be pulled and
whose voice is to be supplied by ven.
triloquistssbehind the scenes. And
if this same. puppet is to be lifted into
the Presidential chair the farce must
necessarily continue ON hat broader
stage. HANCOCK may do the pomp
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

Error is hard plant. Turner
Verify. And nowhere is it thor.
~ oughly exemplitied than in the Dem :
: ocratic party. 1t has landed the old
thing upon breaker after breaker, un.
til it has now no substantial foothold
upon any part of the Republic save
that which for generations was ours
ed by human slavery. In all the
Northern States it has but three Coy.
ernors-in New Jersey, Indiana and
Oregon and on the next deal they
VIII be compelled to step down and
, out, and their places filed by Re.
publicans. The way of the trans.
. gressor is indeed hard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

while many others were busily en-.
gagged in writing and arranging mat.
tiers. The editor, Dana, never goes
to the office at night. so we did not
get to see him. We were then shown
through the stereotype department.
1t is astonishing how quickly the cast
is made. The Sun runs seven Bullock
presses. 1t was too late To- stay to
see the printing part, as they did not
begin until near 2 O'Clock.
Tomorrow we go to West Point
and Saturday TO Ocean Grove. The
weather is exceedingly hot here. with
no prospect Of rain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17

The World has discovered that
Gen. Hancock should not resign
from the army because it would look
too much like i'indelicate confidence
in his election" and, therefore. is
not to be thought of. This is as
much as saying that while the Or
gans are Dragging about his certain
success in November, he is to be al
lowed to cherish private skepti-
cism about it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
The nomination of HANCOCK 10

The nomination of Hancock is
: merely a bid for the soldier vote. A
few years ago the Democratic party
and press denounced Hancock as
"Lincoln hireling." "Yankee .Mur.
e der" &c. Now, as "dodge," they
= nominate him, thinking that they
Ncan command the votes ef.the Union
soldiers, the men whom they abused
: and valified during the war. Jtis too
! late, in the day for this sudden ex.
lpressinn of love by a party that oppo.
-sed the success of the Union arms
> during the late rebellion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
Hancock was educated at the pub.

Hancock was educated at the pub
lie expense among the young aristo-
cratic bloods at West Point. Gar
field ate the bread of poverty, and Ia
bored for his education by working
at the trade of carpenter, and driving
mules on the tow path of the canal,
assisted in addition by the scanty
savings of his widowed mother. His
low beginning. and triumphant adj
vance, more nearly resemble the
martyred Lincoln than any other
prominent man.