The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-09

for the reason that they are almost always
mischievous. Members rush TO the capitol
for the purpose of transactlng the business
that necessitated the call, and are IN hurry
to get through and get home Under such
circumstances the sharpeTs with axes to
grind. and the mischief-makers who are
eternally tampering with the statutes, usu-
ally have it all their own way, for they are
about the only men who "stick 1t out, and
are always on hand.
But if is thought advisable to re-appor-
ton the State before the election next No
yember then let the Legislature be conven-
ed about the middle of September, and IT,
main in session until after the irst week i'm
Janaury, thus fulfilling all of the actual and
implied demands Of the constitution and, in
addition to avoiding any expense except
that incident TO sessions of ordinary dura-
/ ton, guarantee the members remaining in
session long enough to devote attention to
the CRYING needs of the Commonwealth in
the matters of establishing a bureau of I'm
migration and Statistics, and encouraging
| the building Of Railroads, Factories and
other great public works that enlist the aid
of foreign capital
Chickasaw Messenger (Reply to the Exam
liner.
! The Aberdeen Examiner announces its
opposition to an extra session of the Legisla-
!
"thev (calIed sessiOns) are almost always
mischievous," but fails to show to our sat
| isfaction why body of men elected by the
/ people to make laws for them, would be
! s'mischievous" while in extra session, and
/ sedate and circumspect while in regular
session. But TIE conclusion of the article
| in question is fuller of sophistry still, and
does our usually terse and pointed cotem-
porary discredit. He says:
! stRut If il il Thought nd Visablp 10 gDnortior,
! the State before the election next Novem-
! Der, then let the Legislature be convened
about the middle OF September and remain
| in session until after the first week in Jan.
uary, thus fulfilling all the actual and i'm
piled demands of the Constitution, and, In
/ addition to avoiding any expense except
| that incident to sessions of ordinary dura~
ton, guarantee the members remaining I'm
session long enough to devote attention TO
/ the crying needs of the Commonwealth in
the matter of establishing a bureau of Inn
migration and Statistics, and encouraging
the building of Railroads, Factories and
other great public works that enlist the aid
of foreign capital"
By this arrangement the Examiner
would practically exclude every member Of
| the present Legislature from presenting his
claims to the people for reelection, and at
the same time deprive the party Of the SER
vice OF many of It's most active and effective
members during the canvass. In addition
| to this, 1t would have a continuous session
of the Legislature from the middle of Sep
TENDER, 1881, until, until the expiration of
! the term of office Of the present member
ship, which occurs on Tusday after the first
Monday in January, 1882, to be succeeded
by an additional session of the incoming
Legislature, which, under the Constitution.
must convene on that day, and then it oc-
ours to Us, the matter OF cost" would be
taken into consideration by the tax PAYERS.
How such q programme as this would en-
courage Immigration, and facilitate the
! building of Railroads and Factories we are
unable to comprehend. Then there is ono
other, among the many Inconvenience.
which our contemporary seems to have
overlooked, which we desire to mention. If
the Legislature should not meet prior to the
date he fixes, it would be impossible 10
make canvass Of any Senatorial District
i'll the State, since no candidate or voter
could know what county, or counties would
constitute district For instance, suppose
Maj. Jonas should aspire to represent this
district now composed of Monroe and
Chickasaw, in the State Senate, and should
spend his time, talent, and money from the
lst Of August (thc time the canvass usually
| begIns) to the LIST of October, (the time the
Legislature meeting the middle of Septem-
Der would be likely to require to perfect the
new apportionment) only to find that the
district had been changed, and ltawamba
and TishomingO, instead of Chckasaw,
attached to Monroe, wouldn't he feel that
his energies had been expended in the
wrong direction, and would not snany voters
OF old Chickasaw sadly regret being thus
deprived of the pleasure of supporting
him? We know there would be disappaint-
ment all around, and for this reason If nome
Other we are opposed to having matters
'Jumbled'' up as proposed by the Examiner.
In my judgment it Is utterly impFacticable
to talk about waiting until the two great
parties OF the State begin 90 marshal their
forces for the contest, which is to decide.
who shall control the destiny of Mississippi
for the next four years before calling the
Legislature together. We would take adj
vantage of the present calm to prepare for
the coming storm. The election next will
either be held under the present apportiOn-
ment or an extra session will be called by
the Governor early in 1881, to re-apportion
the Senatorial Districts, and fix The basis
Of representation from the several counties
in the Lower House. Which course will
be adopted we cannot Of course predict. but
the Messenger in the interest Of low taxes.
honest government, and home rule fyors
the later,
Brandon Republican.
1t has been generally understood that we
would have no session of the Legislature
this winter, as the law now provides for BIZ
ennIal Sessions only, but a new app0rt0u-
ment under the recent census is bound to be
made, and the Governor will be bound TO
convene the Legislature to do it, Section
80, Art. II of the Constitution says
The first section quoted says the Legisla-
ture shall provide for tine enumeration Of
the whole number of inhabitants That it
did at the last session. and the enumeration
has been made, The next section says the
number OF representatives shaH be anpOrtiOn-
ed among the counties or districts at the
several periods of making such enumeration.
1t don't say it may, it can, or it should DO
so, put 1t shall" do so, therefore there is no
getting around it, The Legislature must be-
convened, and must make the apportioment.
There Will be lao necessity for long session.
The apportionmeut can be made i'm week,
and everything else necessary to be done
can be done in a month.
Columbus Index
Ii we are to have an extra session Of the
it should be called 10 meet i'm
the early part Of next year The sugges-
ton OF the Aberdeen Examiner that the
session be called to meet in the fall and that
1t continue until after January Of 1882 we
do not think is good one
Senator Pugh of Alabama.