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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The Congressional Nominations.
LEE sILvER QrEsTIoN.

/ MEssRs. EDITORS The Democrats, |
see by the paper, are appointing delegates
+ to the several Congressional Conventions 70
nominate candidates for Representatives in
/ Congress. While they have in many cases
/ instructed lrh0 to vote for .and expressed
themselves upon various political topics, !
have not vet seen any expressions touching
the .S5lrer question. / il the purpose of the
/ Democrats to pretermit that question: It
might be well enough % do 30 in regard 10
the Presidential candidate (whO doubtless
if a true Democrat, would abide by the viii
Of the people as expressed by Congress-
but as to members Of Congress. / think the
Democrats ought to ka0lc their sentiments
before they are nominated. Some Demo-
Gratis will not vote for an anti-silyer candi~
date. Some OF the aspirants for nomination.
| am under the impression, are anti-silver
men. Did not a number OF Democrats sign
letter to Mr.. Lamar advising him to dis
regard the instructions Of the LEGISLATURE Of
1878? If that letter were published, it
might be interesting reading at this junct-
ure. BoAZ.
The sentiment Of the Democratic par
ty Of Mississippi Is so entirely unani-
nous in favor Of the unlimited coinage
Of the silver dollar Of 1929 grains, the
standard weight for the last half centu-
~, that the subject has not even
ELECTED discussion in this State
The fact nevertheless remains that the
demand of the people for the unlimited
coinage Of silver and placing it on an
equal footing with gold has not been COM
piled with. The minimum Of silver coin
age Is 81, 900, 600, per month and the
Secretary Of the Treasury, acting as the
serviceable tool of the privileged classes,
has refused to 90 beyond that amount.
He has done more. He has discredited
silver money by boarding it in the
vaults Of the Treasury, and refusing to
do precisely what the people intended
should be done, viz: TO use it in paying
the principal and interest Of the public
debt. He has done even worse. He
has recommended the discontinuance Of
its coinage altogether, and thus the
country is brought face to face with the
issue Of the unlimited coinage Of silver
as of gold, and Of the total destruction
Of silver a. lawful money. The con-
test Will come up in the next Congress-
1t Is irrepressible and Will be continued
until it is conclusively and definitely
settled. The letter Of our correspondent
whose name would add weight TO his sug-
gestions, is published pro bono publico.
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The Mississippi Delegation TO Gin
cinnati.

The Mississippi delegates to Cincin-
natl were not selected with reference to
their personal preferences for the Presi-
dental aspirants The friends of one
were selected with the same degree OF
unanimity as the friends of the others.
The Convention acted in perfect keep
ing with the resolution adopted, 10 re-
nit the choice to the delegation, and to
leave them without restriction in the
exercise of their own judgment, in the
fullest confidence that they would do so
free from personal bias and preconceived
opinions. From the best lights before
us, when the selections were made, the
preferences of the delegates were about
as follows: Six for Hancock, six for
Bayard, one for Tilden, one for Thur
man, and the others wholly undecided.
We infer that pone are so immoveably
fixed for their present choice as to be be
yond the reach of argument and the
light of facts which may he thrown
hereafter as to the most available and
strongest man. The Convention re-
Trained from instructing the delegates to
vote as a unit, and each is left to cast his
vote according to his own judgment /;
and there is no authority to control it
otherwise. 1t is not probable that the
ILL., ION will be unanimous during the
- -: and we do not know
that it is desirable the, 80
is right that the various opinions
tanned by the Democracy of the State
should be represented by their delegates,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
Hon. T. G. Barry of Clay.
Columbus Index. I

Columbus Index.
Our State Convention in selecting this
gentleman as elector for the State at large
acted wisely. That Mr.. Barry will fill the
position well and creditably we have not a
doubt. He is eminently qualified to dis
charge its duties, and with him to hold the
Democratic banner up we will have every
guarantee Of a canvass as brilliant in its
progress and as successful in its results as
could be desired. That it came to him
without his seeking, We have reason to be
lieve. Always ready to perform duty, how
ever arduous, he is one OF the last to solicit
favors or rewards at the hands of the party
to which he is devoted and for which he has
done so much Of service in the past. The
position Of elector requires much hard work
but this we have no doubt Mr.. Barry will
be found able and willing to perform. We
congratulate the Democracy of the State in
the action Of the Convention in choosing
him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The Great Crime.
LEADING ISSUE IL THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
St. Louis Republican. |

ST. Louis Republican
There is one remarkable and significant
fact in connection with the Democratic pre-
parations for the presidential nomination
that cannot be overlooked-the pre-emin-
ence given 70 the electoral fraud of four
years ago, which set aside the two distin-
guished statesmen chosen by the people for
the highest offices of the republic and inn
posed on the people two other persons whom
they had not chosen. This shameful wrong
on the country is to be called up and made
a part of the issue in the opening canvass.
1t cannot be ignored. In 1877, the House
of Representatives at Washington passed a
solemn resolution condemning it many
State Legislatures repeated the condemns
ton, and nearly every Democratic State
Convention held this year has deliberately
and formally reiterated it.
Many thousand Democrats regarding Mr..
Tilden as the most conspicuous individual
victim Of the wrong feel that he ought, ii
possible, to be the most conspicuous agent
in righting it; and it is probable that this
retributive view of the question will have
great weight at Cincinnati; but whether it
shall lead to the denomination of the distin-
guished New York statesman or not, one
thing at least may be taken for granted ;
the Democrats will go into the canvass to
avenge to crime of 1861. That great
fraud cannot be ignored. It must be called
up for review and verdict rendered by the
people who were wronged and who now for
the first time have the opportunity of sit
ting in grand inquest upon it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The True Basis of Representation in
Our State and Congressional
Conventions.

EDITORS CLARIoN.-I endorse the opin-
ion of writer in the Comet, that in our
State and Congressional Conventions, the
basis of representation should be the Demo
cratic Conservatives votes, and not the entire
population as heretofore. For example,
let every two hundred Democratic votes be
represented by one delegate, and one for the
fraction over one Misunderstanding the last
election as a basis. Nobody can dispute the
fairness of this proposition. Alabama
Tennessee, Kentucky, and believe, all the
States, except Mississippi, conduct their
political Conventions upon this rule; and
there is no reason why Mississippi should
cling to custom as obsolete as it IS unjust.
STRONG RIVER.
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The following bills fer the erection Of

THE following bills fer the erection Of
public buildings have passed both
Houses of Congress during the present
session. For the purchase of a site fora
public building Baltimore, Md, $780,
600: for buildings in Cleveland, Ohio,
$3.50, 0O0; Pittsburg, Pa, $50, 900 ;
Danville, Va, so, 900; Charleston. w.
Va, $50, 900 Paducah, Ky, 100000
Montgomery, Ala, 1926, 600 There is
no place where a building is more need
ed for the transaction of the business of
the Federal Government than jackson,
and we cannot understand why Con-
gress has SO unjustly refused to make
the necessary appropriation for the con-
struction of one.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
Gen. WaIthaIl Misrepresented.

The following special appears in the
New York World, of Saturday;
WAsH1xCroS, May 28.-Gen. WaIthall, Of
Mississippi. who was recently a candidate for
the United States Senate is here. He said to-
day that the majority of the Mississippi dele
CATION to Cincinnati would vote for Senator
Bayard on the first ballot. There is a fayora-
bic sentiment in the State towards Gen. Ham
cock, but Mr.. Bayari is the greatest favorite :.
Not more than five of the Mississippi delegates
will vote for Mr.. Tilden at any time.
Gen. Walthall himself desires Us to
correct this statement. He has not
been in Washington, and as to prefer
ences of the delegate s, he has not I'M
dertaken to define them, but has very
properly, as We think, assumed that
they will act in the spirit Of the resolu-
ton adopted by the Convention.
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Letter from Gov. Brown.
TERRY, HINDs Co, Miss. }
Nav 2Sth 1880. (


MESsRs. EDITORS What has become of
the CLARION? l have not heard its ringing
voice for two weeks If that Is what you
call making me a life subscriber, | prefer
going back to the old paying list. l can't
do without the CLARION and ''dont you
forget it, 1t IS, whatever may be its short
comings, Il household necessity. When it
fails to come my wife and myself feel that
an old friend had failed to make the usual
call, and we wonder what is the matter.
And so our old friend Gathrght is dead
If it were not too hackned | would say, "a
great man has fallen in Israel" As IN edu-
Gator, our friend stood without peer and
without rival in the Southwest.
How many, Oh how many, young men
in Mississippi, now riding | am proud to
say, on the crest of the wave of prosperity,
and looking hopefully to a brilliant future,
are indebted, deeply indebted to our
lamented friend for their success. In moral
and religious teaching, no less than in
science and literature, lie instructed them in
the paths they should follow
My only son was his pupil. I hope and
believe he VIII at all times and under all
circumstances gratefully acknowledge his
obligations, to his great good teacher, to
whom / hHo1c he is largely indebted for
whatever success he has attained or NAV
hereafter attain in life.
If the cup of sorrow over the bier Of Thos.
:. Gathright Is not already overhowing [
beg, rs an humble tribute to exalted worth
and disinterested friendship, to add tear
on my own account.
Very truly, your friend,
A. G. Brown
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Col M. C. Galloway.

Col. NJ. c. Galloway, the distinguish
ed journalist, is being urged as a candi'
date for Governor Of Tennessee, but has
written letter modestly deferring to
others. We entirely concur with the
Natchez Democrat and others of our
contemporaries that better man could
not be placed at the head of the State
government, and the interests of Ten
nessee would be perfectly safe in his
hands.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The Victim Of a Misprint.
MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE. Nav .. 1880.

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, May 8, 1880.
EDITORS CLARION At the recent Radi-
cal Convention in your city, Mr.. w. H.
Kennon, Postmasterof Columbus, Mississip-
pi, was selected as. one of the delegates to
the Radical Presidential Convention. By
a misprint in announcing the intelligence,
the Mobile News spelled the name Kennon
Herman" Thereupon the Brandon Re
publican and other papers proceeded to
state that | was one of the Radical dele
gates to the Chicago Convention. The
typographical error of the Mobile News
was 50 absurd that only a mean and malig-
nant spirit could have descended to make
capital out Of it to my detriment | hearth
ly hope that you will publish this postal in
your CLARION,
| am, my dear sir,
Thine for Democracy and the Rights,
WILL H. HERMAN.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02

The Georgia Senatorship.
THE ALLEGED BARGAIN AND SALE.


ATLANTA, GA, May 28-Gov. Colauitt made
a speech tonight al the Opera House, TO n very
falr audience, in response to a petition Of some
citlzens, IN regard to his appointment Of Gov.
Brown as Senator, vice Gen. Gordon The Pc
tltIon was gotten up by his friends. in conse-
quence Of the charges that have been made re-
gardlng there having been some sort Of bar
gam and sale, or explicit understanding
whereby Gordon resigned from the Senate to
accept the place of attorney for the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, and Gov Brown was
appointed Senator in his place by Gov. Col
4uItt with some sort Of understanding that the
Western and Atlantic Railroad from Chatta-
nooga 10 this place, was to be strictly coutroll-
ed by the Louisville and Nashville road and
thus discriminate against the Cincinnati
Southern. Gov. Colquitt made the weak est
speech of his life. So far as exonerating
himself from the charges that have been in ade
are concerned, II was an utter. failure He did
not even deny the charges in specific terms
and people came away very much dissatisfied.
A0me who were not convinced before Of there
having been clear understanding are now
quite satisfied that there was
AUGUSTA, GA, May 29.-Gov Colduitt's an
polntment of ex-Gov. Brown TO fill the vacsnddu
caused by the resignation Of Senator Gordon
produces confusion among the Democrats of
Georgia. u
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02

A WRITER IN Harper's Magazine in
forms US that through the medium of
the working womens protective union,
F it has recently come to public knowledge
that in the great city Of New York there
are hundreds Of poor working women so
driven by necessities that they are
forced to seek employment in shirt fac
tories where they receive for their ser
vices the miserable pittance of thirty
six cents dozen for making shirts
This service and compensation involves
Of necessity almost continuous labor and
slow but certain starvation, and to ag-
gravate the horrible aspect it presents
comes the statement that even these
poor women are sometimes defrauded
out OF their wages after they are earned,
and are subjected to cruel and Inhuman
treatment at the hands Of those whose
slaves they have become. Here is an
argument for increasing the avocations
and professions in which women may
be allowed opportunities for making
their living. Why are not more Of
them in the stores, the telegraph offices,
the printing offices, al the clerks desks,
in the drug stores, or practicing medi-
cine and law, and pursuing other call
ings for which they have equal aptitude
with men? Does it accord with the
progressive spirit of the age that they
should be always the drudges?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The State Convention.

The Democratic State Convention
was all that the most devoted ane
sanguine Democratic could desire. The
attendance was unusually large. The
spirit Of harmony prevailed and the
determination was universally felt and
expressed 10 give the vote of the State
to the Democratic nominee and to main
tain the ascendancy Of the Democratic
party in the State Administration no
matter how the Presidential election goes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
IL the Northern Methodist Confer.

IL the Northern Methodist Confer.
ence the Committee on the itineraney
bv vote of % to 20, decided that wo-
men already have all the rights and
privileges in their Church that are good
for them, and that it is not expedient
to make any change in the Book of Dis
cipline that would open the door for
their ordination to the ministry. The
discussion In committee was lively and
heated, and the result was announced as
a bore.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
Delegates to National Democratic
COnYentIOn.

For STATE At LARCE--E c. Walthau, F.
BarksdaIe, ". 4. Percy, W. : Featherstou.
AHerH0fes-A. NJ. Clayton, Jas. H. Duke, A. J.
Lewis X. ". Banks.
For the DIstricts-lst. " H. H. Tison, E. H
Bri.tow AJternates-H L. Burkitt, Newman
Iayce.
uates-H. G. Watson. .. ). Carter.
3I.-Robt c. Patty, S. NJ. Roane. Alter
nates-W. b. Johnson, j. T. Butt.
4th-S 5. Carter, r. L. Henderson. Alter
nates-Wm. II. Bailey, VI. F. Berry.
5th.-P. X. Mayors, J. 7. Withers. Alter
nates-R H. Henry, J. G. Lamkin.
Gth.-Warren Cowan, ". Z. Martin. Alter
nqtes-F. 4. Montgomery, r. '. Booth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The Clarion's Law Reports.

senatobia Express.J
HE CLARION will henceforth print n svnon.
ais Of the Supreme Count proceedings esne.
claliy prepared for that Journal by Judge
Brame, late Chancellor of the Sixth District
iHE CLARION viii also add another interesting
feature by publishing from week to week a
comparative statement of wherein the new cod a
differs from the old one. This additional en-.
terprise of Messrs Barksdale & Power will he
appreciated BY the numerous readers of their
most able and excellent journal.
(The foregoing is culled from numer-
Gus kind notices by the press of the new
feature which we have added to this
journal.)
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
DemOcratic-C Conservative State Executive
Committee.

Elected by State Convention May p, 1880
FoR STATE At LARGE-W. L. Hemingway,
Chairman; Oliver Clifton, John D. Bills, Alex.
Yerger Ben. King, Sr.
For Observation-Disclosures Kincaunon, r.
W. Banks.
2i-S. C Balch. John W T. Falkner
3d-C II Campbell. J. H. Neville.
4th-E. F. Noel. John p. Harris.
Jth-R. II. Thompson, Patrick Henry.
christopher Thrasher J. ". Lambert.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
The Electoral Count.

The resolution which has passed the
Senate for counting the next electoral
vote is, in substance, that if there is
but one list of votes of State and that
Is objected to it shall still be counted,
unless both Houses concur in rejecting
it, but if several such lists are presented,
which would be evidence of Irregular
ties in the State, none of them shall be
counted unless the two Houses concur
in accepting one of them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
Nevada For Tilden.

The Democratic State Convention of
Nevada has nominated delegates to Gin.
cinnati, three of whom prefer Tilden,
two Thurman and one Field, but the
convention, by vote of So to SO, de-
clared Tilden the preference of the party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02

THE Senate will stand after the 4th
of March next thirty-eight Republicans
to thirty-eight Democrats, counting
David Davis and Senator-elect Malone
with the latter. In all probability every
party question will be decided in the
next Senate by the casting vote of the
Nice-President of the United States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
TERRY, May Goth, 1880.

IL the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, at Charleston, South Carolina, on
the 24th, an answer to an overture on
the subject of women preaching was
adopted, taking decided ground against
the innovation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
RICHARD NJ. McCooL, Secretary.
The Fourth District---C for Meet
ing of the Executive Committee.
MERIDIAN, Miss, May %, 1880.

MERIDIAN, Miss, May %, 1880
In view OF the suggestion contained in sew
eral Democratic newspapers published in this
and neIghboring counties, and after con-
ference with other members of the Execu-
tive Committee for the 4th Con sional Dis
trIct, the undersi sned, hereby invite all the
members Of the Executive Committee in the
ith District, TO meet in the City Of Meridian
on Tuesday the 18th dav Of June. 1890 far he
purpose OF regularly organizing the SAID Com
mittee, and for the purpose of calling a Dis
tr1ct Convention, at such time and place as
by said Committee may be agreed on, TO nom
mate candidate for Congress in said District
For Clarks County-C. a. StovaIl, and F. c.
NcGee.
For Wayne County,. L. Gray.
J. W smith ''A'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
A Good Appointment.

The Governor has appointed Major
A. NJ. Paxton, of Yicksbmg, Trustee
of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of the State in the Sixth District
rice ID. :. Phares, resigned. Major Pax
ton is one Of the soundest thinking anC
most public-spirited men in the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
A Voice from Terry.

DEAR SIR: You need not reach the con-
clusion, as Terry had no delegates in the
Democratic County Convention at Ray
mond, on the 24th inst, that the old guards
of 1875, '76, have all fed the field. Not much
of that Major, and don't you forget it For
the absence of delegates as above l am
neither mad nor sorry, but very much
ashamed. Truly yours,
DAN'L NICHOLSON.
TERRY, Nav 10Th. 1880.
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Miss Nav % 100O.

DEAR SIR At meeting of the del E.
gates to Cincinnati, at the Edwards House
on Thursday evening, | was appointed a
committee of one 10 secure quarters at Gin
cinnati for the delegation. | have engaged
through friend, rooms for l6 delegates at
the Gibson House, to commence June Doth
VIII you be kind enough to give notice
through the CLARION, of this arrangement
Very Respectfully,
f. H BRISTOW
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02

FRED. DOUGLASS is for Bruce, as the
Republican Vice-Presidential candidate
but it is labor lost. A colored Repub-
lican is not booked for the place by the
Republican managers. Bruce, and his
kind, are expected to do the voting. To
vote often and early.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02
PresidentiaI Electors.

Chosen by Democratic State Convention.
For STATE AT LARGE-F 6. Barry, c. P
Nelson. Alternates-W. VI. Inge, J. L. Me-
Caskill
For the Districts-1st-C. e. Mitchell Al
ternate-W ;. Bates.
2d-G. D. Shands Alternate-Thos Spright.
3I-J NJ Ellis Alternately m. Price.
4th--Wm II Luse. Alternate-Joel ?. Wal
5th-RoBert y. Miller. Alternate-Geo. F.
Webb.
Hirsh.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02

THE Columbus Index pays a hand
some compliment to Hon. F. G. Barry,
one of the electors at large Col. c. p,
Nelson, his associate elector at large,
was no less deserving the compliment
paid him by the Convention. Each
will do yeoman service in the coming
campaipu
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BARRING the Doors.
Arkansas Gazette.

1N~lIaa9 NHLeLIe.-
me me heaith and municipal authorities Of
t sn Mlssissippriv are determined thatIyeIlow
IeVer snail not visit any portion of the Ni-sts-
sLppi valley this year, if it be within the pow
e 81 OF human efforts to prevent it, Aided hv
the national board Of health. thew are doing
al that human vigilance and foresigbf caI
suggest to bar their doors against the infrn-
SION 81 "a OF the deadly foe, and We fee well asur-
low fever epidemics in the vallev
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-02

TATE CoUNrY-Theoutgoing Sheriff and
Tax Collector was in Jackson last week in
attendance on the Democratic state Con-
yention, at which time he took occasion to
close up the final account against his coun-
ty for the State Taxes of 1879 thereby re-
plenishing the State Treasury TO the amount
of several thousand dollars Mr.. Matthews
Is a nephew and worthy descendant of the
late Ex-Governor Samuel Matthews, (com-
monty known as ''Copperas Breeches')
He has made a most excellent Sheriff and
Tax Collector, and retires from the office
with clean skirts and an untarnished record