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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06


the continued control Of the Democratic
Conservative party. Should the 90
olsion triumph, what viii an astonished
people beholdg Recall the abuses prior
to 1875, and in them see what may be
expected. and let not want of zeal and
effort suffer an exchange to be made OF
good government for bad. Let US cling
to what we have, and improve and per-
feet it, and not permit what We have
gained to be lost or hazarded through
our neglect.
Men Of Mississippi bestir yourselves,
and exert your power. The stake Is
worth your efforts. 1t involves what IS
of vast Importance to you, and those
dear to you. It can be lost only by IN
difference and unconcern on your part
Should this occur, you will reproach
yourselves, and will suffer the just
reproaches of those who have no
voice in governments, but whose inter-
ests are committed to your keeping.
We speak earnestly. We have tasted
the bitterness of Radical misrule. We
know what it means, and how hard 1t
was to endure it or to get clear of it.
! Now we are free from It's blighting curse.
Let ms STAY so. We can, and we will,
! if we are not lulled into fatal security by
failure to consider our danger and our
duty. Mississippi expects every man to
do his duty. That done, there is moth
ing to fear.
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The Star Route oonspirators.

The best thing we can hear in con-
nection with the accession of Mr.
Arthur to the Presidency. Is that the
Star Route thieves are to be prosecuted.
We hope so; but the work will not be
well done unless it Is done so severely
that the leading eonspiratoss viii be
forced to squeal and tell who were the
secret partners Of their guilt. So many
millions of plumber could not have been
gotten away without q considerable
s.divide. The appropriations were voted
by Congress, else the money could not
have been obtained; and what the
people ere most concerned about i who
endorsed and nut through their schemes,
and what we're the considerations they
received. There have zen enormous
wrongs practieed somewhere. st no
guilty nan escape.
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Radical Extravaganza = Democratic
Economy.

The able and industrious chairman OF
the Democratic Conservative State Tx
eeutive Committee, Capt. Frank John
ston, has furnished the taxpayers of the
State some excellent and timely read
ing in the facts and figures which he
has compiled from official sources, and
which he has presented, on our first page,
in such convenient form that all may at
once see the difference between the cost of
Radical andDemocratic rule in this State.
The difference in favor of Democratic
administration of the State government
is more than eight hundred thousand
dollars per year; and so far as many
of the counties are concerned, the ex
hibit is still stronger for the contin-
ance of Democratic rule. In Kinds
county, fo- instance, the total tax levied
in 1874, was but little less than 1925,
000 while in 1880, it is less than S74-
900, including an additional railroad tax.
ne CIdl6 IdA udS DCSH 1CuuCOd AlOhA
nine to three dollars on the thous
and, and the State debt of nearly two
millions, has been reduced to over three
hundred thousand dollars. all this
has been accomplished, as the chairman
of the committee we'll remarks, with
out any injury to the public service, and
without impairing the usefulness of the
educational and charitable Institutions
of the State" Indeed, the expense of
support Of these institutions has been
steadily increasing, while large amounts
have been appropriated in the erection
Of additional buildings.
In the matter of public education, the
exhibit is especially gratifying, and
ought to satisfy the colored people that,
in the hands of the Democratic-Conser--
vative party, this particular matter, in
which they manifest such great and
laudable interest, will not only be safe,
but will steadily improve. The average
attendance of colored pupils in the pub
lie schools is eleven thousand greater
than that of the whites. There are now
about twenty five hundred colored
teachers in the State, an increase of
about two thousand in the last ten years.
If there were not speech made or
an editorial written in favor of the Dem
ocratio-C Conservative ticket, the logic of
these facts should convince the most
doubling, and arouse the most ipdifer--
ent to the danger of allowing the State
| to pass into the control of the hetero-
geneus and uncertain elements now OPP
posing the Party of the People.
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1t is thus seen that the aggregate for fur
nture and repairs under Grant and Hayes
WAS four times greater than it should have
been. Also, that the appropriation for fur
niture, instead of being qqadrennial, was
made annually. During eight years the no
torious Babcock handled this money, and
that fact tells the story, in connection with
the other fact that Boss Shepherd was the
man of ''repairs."
That these appropriations were not ex-
pended according to law is capable of proof
If a proper and stern investigation should
be ordered. Every body familiar with the
White House knows that no such amount
of furniture was put into it during the last
twelve years. Confederates of Babcock may
have given vouchers for furniture, but they
never delivered it.
Recurring to the statement from Wash
ington that large part OF the furniture had
not changed ''ln ten years, the question
will naturally be asked what became of this
three hundred Thousand dollarsg The ready
answer is thata great portion of it was stolen
outright, and the accounts were passed by
accommodating Auditors of the Treasury,
Just as those of Howgate were, with promp-
titude and without challenge.
Power has the faculty of overcoming scru-
tiny at Washington. Hayes drew his salary
month in advance for a long time, and
when mild suggestion was made that thi,
course was unusual, he changed the practice
from the 1st to the 18th of the month, still
in advance and when not dime had been
earned for the long or the short period. He
knew that the Treasury officials committed
felony in every instance by passing an
account for money not due. But as a thrift
ty patriot he wanted to pocket the in
/ terest on his salary, which was immedi-
ately invested, and he commanded silence
on the part of the enforced sQbordinates by
the reserved penalty of removal in case they
dared to speak of his criminal and despica-
BILE avaree.
After all these liberal appropriations, for
which Congress deserves blame, when Gen.
Garfield entered the White House on the
4th of March, he could not find ordinary
table equipment for the use of his family,
and he was obliged to buy Immediately din
ner and breakfast sets of china, and to order
supplies Of linen, In the graphic language
Of member of the family, there was not "a
napkin in the house."
There is truth in the observation Of
the Sun, that power has the faculty of
Overcoming scrutiny in Washington.
See how hard it is to get started the
prosecutions against the Star-route
theives.)
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Registration of Voters-Its Expen-
siVenesS.

Phe first lew for the compensation OF
Registrars, three in numbeF, under Re
nubliean rule in 1872 entitled them to,
receive what the Board of Supervisors
might allow, without limit as to the
amount. In 1873 their pay was fixed
by law at So 90 day for the time
employed. In 1876. the Democratic
Conservative party having come into
power, it was enacted that not more
than 5000 year in any county should
be allowed for the pay of Registrars.
We are without the data for an accurate
computation of the cost to the people of
the several counties of the registration
of persons eatitlad to vote, but think it
may be fairly estimated that the cost
prior to 1876 did not fall below $780,
600 every year, and probably it much
exceeded that enormous sum. After
the act of 1876 the cost of paying
Registrars, with other expenses incident
to the system, aggregated probably not
much less than $4,000. As has been
formerly stated in these columns, under
the present law, the cost of registration
cannot exceed for the compensation off
Registrars, $500, and adding to this
the pay of Commissioners of Election, |
who perform the duties with reference
to elections before deyolved on the
Registrars, the whole cannot exceed
$40, $50 in the seventy-four counties of
the State. There is saving of $780,
600 every year as compared with the
cost under Republican rule, and of
$40, 900 each year, as compared with
even the reform legislation of 1876.
And yet, according to one Of our ex-
changes, distinguished leader among
the Fusionists lately made complaint
of the erpensiveaess of registration
We think it unnecessary in reality and
and that it should be
abolished, but 1t is required By the
Constitution, and can't be got rid Of,
except by change of that instrument.
As it Is required, we are at loss to
perceive how much simpler or cheaper
it could be made. The Clerk Of the
Circuit Court of each county IS the
Registrar, and for this he may be
allowed 81 the Board Of Supervisors rot
exceeding $50 q year. IF anybody has
q better or more economical system Of
registration he should proclaim it for
the public good.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

1t was predicted after slave labor was
abolished that the culture OF cotton
would be greatly diminished. The
above statistics show how wide of the
mark the prediction was. True, Its
cultivation has not kept pace with the
increase of population in the Southern
States, but it has increased largely,
nevertheless. Before the war most OF
the cotton crop was produced by negro
labor. Now, third Of it is produced
by whites, who for the most part per-
form the business of the other depart
ments of labor, the learned professions,
mercantile pursuits, etc. The number
of bales consumed by the Northern
manufacturers is estimatedat /, 735, 900,
and 100000 bales for Southern mills.
Within the past six years the number
of spindles in the South has nearly
doubled. Within the next six years,
it is safe to predict, that the South will
manufacture 100000 of bales per
annum.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06
A Ringing Platform.
THE Pennsylvania.

I. -,
The following resolutions which were
adopted by the Democratic State Con
vention of Pennsylvania, contain the
very essence of the Democratic faith
They are as we'll suited to one portion
of the Union as the other, and will suit
the people of Mississippi as well as the
people of Pennsylvania. Read them:
Resotred, That we, the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania, in convention assembled.
declare first, for the preservation of the Con-
stitution of the United States. home rule,
freedom of elections, for resistance of revo-
lutionary changes tending to consolidation
or empire; against the election of any per-
son to the Presidency third time and
against the presence of troops at the polls !;
against the appropriation of public money
for any purpose but the support of the gov
eminent, and against that class of Legisla-
ton which despoils labor to build up mo-
nopQly.
seeond--That the Democratic party, as of
old, favors the constitutional currency of
gold and silver in all forms, and the coali-
ton with regulators merits the 4condemna-
ton of honest people. The refusal OF the
Republican administration to accede to the
Democratic demand for a further reduction
on the rate of interest on the National debt,
subjects the Government to a needles ex-
pense of millions of dollars annually.
Third--That in view of the exposure of
extensive frauds in the postal and Treasury
Departments under the last Fedral admins
tration, the people demand the prompt and
unfaltering prosecution of the thieves.
Their successful Operations prove that
there will be no real reform in the manage
ment of the departments ofthe Federal gov
eminent without sweeping change there
in. A sincere civil services reform will be-
gin with the return to the Jeffersonian
tests for office-holders; of honesty, capabil-
ity and faithfulness to the Constitution.
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GEO. 7. MCLEAN.

Gov. STONE has appointed 10 dele.
gates to the Mississippi river Conven-
ton, to meet in st. Louis on the 26rb
Of this month as follows: H. P. Reed
Friar's Point; Jas. L. Aleoru, Jamestown.
Green Clay, Bolivar Landing; GEM. q
". Ferguson, Greenville Capt. S. 4.
FarlsOt, Lee Richardson, Geo. NJ. Klein
Of Vicksburg and Jno. A. Dicks and' 4
W. Lambert, Of Natchez. =
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STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

FoR STATE AT LARGE.-Frank Johnston, Of
Hinds, Chairman; Ratt. c. Patty, of Noxu-
bee; l.. C. Balch, of Pamela; &. P. Nelson,
of wilkinson and W. shields, Of Washington.
FIRST DIsTRIcT-Jn0. A. Blair. of Lee; Will
liz Il Harris OF LowBdes.
SECogD DIsTRI I'll. P. Branham, of La
favette; Spencer Bailey, of Iallahatchie.
THIRD DisTRlCT-' :. II. Flt1Gerald, Of Gren'
ada; ?. A. Fox. Of Sumner.
F0UPTH DisTRICT-P. J. Mccormick, of Va
700; q. II. Dial. OF Lauderdae.
FIyTg Dl.TRIeF-Robf Il. Thompson, Of Lin
coin: Oliver C.iuon. of Kinds.
SIXTH DISTRICT Murray +. Smith, of War
rem. Lanch MeLauriu, of Claiborne.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

FAcrs speak louder than fancies.
Under Republican rule, from 1870 to
1875-six years-the total warrants
issued upon the Treasury, was sS,501,
49,. S6-the annual average disburse-
melts being s1,484, 699.55. In FIVE
years of Democratic rule-1876 to 1880
the total disbursements were So, 49,
268. 47-the annual average being
$685., 1853. So the difference per year
in favor Of Democratic administration
being SS2S, 845. Sc.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

oaE Of the best speeches Of the can.
Eass was delivered to the Democratic
Conservative club Of this city last Digbt
by Capt. ". H. Hardy. It WAS whoI H.
unprecedented, but was nevertbslss.
fOrcibie and eloquent. and walked IS -, &.
Of his audience i : ( ~, Ii
pitch. nigh
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

Or the 100000 square miles of tim
Der lands in this country, the South
owns 10000, or nearly two-thirds.
They viii be mines Of wealth in a few
years, Mississippi, and especially the
piney Eoods 11ounties, win come in for
large share Of this wealth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

Carr. PUT. DARDES, Worthy Master
Of the State Grange, is still on his can
vass. While his addresses may not suit
partizans of either school, they contain
many wholesome truths and are doing a
great deal of good in awakening the
agricultural class to a proper sense Of
their interests.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

The Democratic-C Conservative party,
when 1t came into power in 1875, i n
herited debt of 81, 1900 created by
the Radicals. This has been steadily
diminished, while taxation has been as
steadily reduced, and within another
year, the debt can be entirely wiped
nu+
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

Hos. LEM MooRE, Of lasaquepa. -.
'leit ~ his party b his aspirations ! =.
reelection e the Legislature. ~ ~ =.
9 card ANNOUNCING tbas ~ ~. u,
run anyway. and asplsinine h;s {, n,, -.
scts hAt never word does u II, 49,, $3.50
ms breaking into the Demoerntie s. s..Sa'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

The tax levy IN Kinds county, IN
1877, under Republican rule. was s224, !
1911 and ip addition, during period
Of Eve years, . debt Of $50, 900 was
created. The present tax levy of the
county Is eyq. s69.71, including Che
additional railroad tax.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

"THE Democratic party has complied
strictly with every promise made to
support literally the public schools Of
Kinds county, So says Capt. F. A.
Wolfe, the Republican County Superin-
tendent. and he ought to be good
authority with those who are 80 anxious
for a change.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

4ERE is an error on our first page ID
regard 70 the Senatorial nominee in the
9th District. The Democratic nominee
y bon John Kyle, Of Pamela, in'tsAa
% M. Heath, as printed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

1HE name of Capt. A. NJ. Moore, one
= tAe best citizens in Kemper, is at the
asao q the Kemper Herald as the reg
alar democratic nominee for the Legs
iature for that county.
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FOB FIFTY CENTS

THE WEEKLY CLARIoN will be mailed
to any address until the lst day OF January
next. To clubs of twelve or more, at forty
cents each.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

In 1870, there were less than five
hundred colored teachers in the public
schools in Mississippi. In 1880, there
were 2,314, nearly all of whom have
been educated in the State under Dem
ocratic rule. In the latter year the
average daily attendance Of colored
pupils was $3.50, while the average
of white children was only 1881.
The white people pay nipeteen-twenti-
eths of the taxes for school purposes /;
and the Superintendent of Education
of Kinds County atirms what all know
to be true, that he has ''pqt heard of a
taxpayer who does not pay his school
tax cheerfully.""
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white House Extravagance = How
the Peoples Money Goes.

The II. Y. Sun has published some
items from the allowances voted for
keeping up the Executive Mansion at
Washington. which We have copied be-
low. Its in keeping with the system
of wholesale robbery which came in
vogue after the commencement of the
Grant regime. We had miniature
representation of the same sort of ex-
travaganee in Mississippi during the
mongrel carpet-bag era, when $40, 600
for "repairs and furniture" for the Ex-
ecutive Mansion was considered trifing
matter BY the dispensers of official plum
der; and when Bruce, (who subse-
quently bought his way into the United
States Senate with the fortune acquired
as Sheriff of Bolivar county, and has
since been made Register of the Treas
ury, without so much as protest from
the Democratic members of the Senate, J
supplied the legislative halls with cheap
furniture at four prices:
Nor could both combined prevent the
open prostitution of office and other patron
age as rewards for the forgers, peJurers,
md thieves who, under the personal direc-
ton of John Sherman, did the work OF the
Fraud in 1876.
Following the regular usage, the cost of
the furniture and repairs OF the Executive
Mansion-the latter item mostly barefaced
fraud-shouId not have exceeded, for the
two terms of Grant and for one term of
Hayes, seventy-ive thousand dollars at the
outside. Contrast that liberal allowance
with the following appropriations, and then
A fair idea of the scandalous system that has
prevailed for twelve years may be formed.
Here are the figures:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

TIE State tax, in 1875, under Radi-
cal rule. vas s94 on the thousand.
The State tar. under Democratic rule,
ID 1881 IS three dollars on the thous-
and. Tie State tax. under same rule
ii 1882 and 1888, may not exceed two
dollars on the thousand.
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Washington County Democratic
Nominations.
Greenville Tines

Greenville Times.
Motion to go into nomination for one
member to the Legislature prevailed. w.
w. Stone was unanimously nominated who
rendered his thanks in q few appropriate
remarks. Next nomination was for Sheriff !;
W. E. Hunt was unanimously nominated.
And John P. Finlay was unanimously
nominated for Treasurer.
Che Democrats in making the fore
going nominations left the balance of
the ticket open for 4 fusion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

Fusion fourishes in Washington
county, and the color line is a myth.
The Democrats have mixed ticket, and
so have the Opposition. The other day,
the latter nominated Hon. Frank Val
liant, a gentleman of experience and
talent, for the Legislature, and eolored
man, 1. F. Harris. Capt. Hunt, the
present incumbent, was endorsed for
Sheriff.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

VIZ want not only ! free ballot, and
3 fair ballot, but q fuH ballot. Let the
boxes be ssstuaed: By every Democrat
handing his vote to the election COM
missioners.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

OUR respected townsman, David Shell
ton, Esq, gave the Democratic club a
good talk last night. 1t was sensible and
TO the point.
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Tar election Of the Democratio-C Con-
aervative ticket insures . reduction Of
the State tax to two dollars On the
thousand. The election Of the Fusion
ticket would result IN confusion % The
finances Of the State.
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fed the company accordingly

To AN outsider the canvass in Sharkey
seems to be somewhat "mixed." The
regular Democracy have nominated for
Representative, DR.. 7. 7. Orendorf, who,
through native Kentuckian, has been
amongst us (says our Rolling Fork con
temporary for more than ten years, and
is fully identified with the interests Of
the whole people. He is conserva-
tive in his views, comes fully up to the
Jeffersonian standard of Democracy, and
will, if elected, make an able and faith
fql representative. The Fusionists have
nominated for Representative Jas. Fl.
Cartright.
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LET the Democrats and Conservative
of Kinds frown down every attempt to
lightweight the ticket with side issues.
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If you have not already registered,
call on the Circuit Clerk before the
books are closed. Il forgot to register,
doesn't sound well on election day.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06

The Democrats and Republicans of
Warren have fused on the following
ticket Sheriff, DR.. T. G. Birchett,
Dem. State Senator, w. r. Spears,
(Rep.); House of Representatives, S. T..
Fortson and W. E. Gibson, Dem. and
w. w. Edwards and w. j. Jordon.
(Rep. J; Treasnrer-Mo Montgomery Rep. /
Assessor, Willis Crouch, (Dem.); Cor
oner, ]. W. Dancy, (Rep.).
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COUNTY CONVENTION next Monday
everything for the cause. No disturb
ing issues.