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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03

The electoral DOther Is about over. The
Senate passed yesterday, after a long but
friendly debate. the Democratic caucus reso.
luton for governing the count. This makes
one occasion GU which the Democratic party
has been able to control the Democratic
Congress.
The Business Mems Society for the Encourage
ment of Moderation in Drinking has had marked
success in obtaining promises of abstinence or
moderation. DIin2 the year $4,000 total
abstinence pledges were signed. and $4,000
pledges not to drink during business hours.
The total Of the Society's work in two years
is 100000 pledges.
The fox saw his shadow on the snow yes
terday, and every one knows that this phe-
nOmenon pOrtends more winter This was
only pictorial way our ancestors had OF
stating the fact thaC bright Candlemas Day
presigpifcd inclement weather, and a good
deal of it, There was another saying to the
same purpose, formulated, no doubt, before
the DAYS OF weather strips, whicn ran AS
far as the sun shines through the window, the
snow will blow under the door," Cindlenas
Day was certainly more than clear-it was
dazzling. The air was pure transparency
above, and the snow q clean, giitterlng white
below. Look out for Use III the price
of coal.
The WOmcn's National Anti-POlygamy So
ciety. who have been justiiymg Governor Muir
rays action i'll issuing certificate of election
to Campbell. are not to he blamed perhaps for
knowing as little of the law rs he seems to
know or to be willing to observe. But it is u
yity that the opponents of poIygamy should
give their adversaries any advantage 10y taking
sclearly unteDable position which must be
abandoned. The unbroken tenor of precedents
IN this country 10 that the ineligiLilty of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03

The Hon. 8. S. Cox assures US that his quotation
from 1.-THE Blue and the Gray" was not 80 oad ~
the reporters or the printers. made IT, ana tnat no
has set it all right in The Congressional hecord'
great many things are better in Ihe congressional
Record than on the floor, and for this reason we
should like to see The Congressional Record abolished
in order that the floor might be improved. But we
willingly accept Mr. Cox's explanation and are graf
fled to find that his literature is not yet as bad as
his politics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY FEBRUARY g. 1881

report Of their testimony, seems to have been an
outrage. 1t possible TO protect witnesses against
part of such injustice, and the Senate snouid 10
it, If the Senate Committee will not. Meantime We
have to say to our Associated Press Agent az WASH
inoton that Mr.. Schurz has used him about long
enough at our expense
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03

and deeply tortured amid the thorns and mystAr;..
Of human experience. There 10 no ell for pSrt;c.
ular disquisition upon the moral social and phy.o.
logical questions that hinge upon thin subject: I'M
it may be we'll. In the interest Of reader
to say that those students Of the acted drama IN on.
time, who would 500 great work, should carcfuIv
observe Clara Morris In the last half Of Der embo
ment of Camille. The piece has been revived with
remarkably good cast:
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03

There is only one open question concerning thu
electoral count-whethrr the Tote of Georgia shall
br counted. The q orgla electors refused IT, obey
the United States law fixing the dag tor theta TO
meet and assembled on dnUlhrr day prescribed by
an ola rebel statute. noy cnuSe 10 rrassei [
the old hrreSy uf state Rights IN I'm offensive a.d
who ~ unnecessary manner. Thor votes should 100
al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03

It is said that General Hancock is going to be
present at the Inauguration of President GARFIELD.
Well. why not lie was good soldier and COCA
patriot long before he was put the false attitude
Of n Democratic statesman. The country mas 81,
uDe Mr.. English of Indiana.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-03

candidate having the larger number OF votes
does not elect the person having the smaller
humber. The House will be compelled as a
matter of course to refuse Campbell his seat
following the decision of the Senate In the
case of Mr.. Abbott, of North Carolina, and the
decision of the courts in many States anu INC
opponents of polygamy will have the mor'liica-
ton of a defeat which need never have Uecn
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
Efact of Supervisory Legislation II
Missouri
BoLroS, MISS, JuIy5, 1881

BoLToS, MISS, July5, 1851
EprroRs CLARION: have just read the
Hpmphries Railroad bill published in the
las, CLARION. also a portion of his remarks
on the same published in the same edition
Having for the past ten years been resi-
dent of Missouri, where more stringent
law has been in force for several years than
the bin offered by Mr.. H., have had ample
onportunitiex to know and see the effects OF
snch legislation in regard to railroad eorPo-
rst;ons Since the law has been In force IN
Missouri no State in the Union has pros
pered more in her railroad enterprises, nor mas
more capital invested in railroad securities
7 might mention some of these corporations
which have, if not in whole, in part been
built since the passage of the railroad
law. To-wit: The great Wabash system
of roads leading from st. Louis to Oma-
ha. from st. Louis to Kansas Clty,
from ST. Louis TO Ottum"a,, In IOWA
and The St. Louis and st. Paul railroad, the
IRON Mountain railroad, all under the con-
troll of JAY Gould. The great Chicago, Bur
linrton and Quincy railroad, whose stock IL
onotsd at I64 in n. Y. The Chicago and
1 lion railroad. and Missouri Pacific railroad,
whose stocks are worth nearly rs much; the
Hannibal and st. Joseph, the st. Joseph and
Des Moines. the Quincy, Missouri and Pa
cific railroad, the ST. Louis and San Francis
co railroad, besides numbers OF other roads,
and each of these great lines extending their
branches in every direction, so that scarcely
a county in the State is without railroads
Now, all these roads are in a very pros
porous condition. and the Missouri law Is
great deal more stringent than the one pro-
posed in this State. In addition to contain
ing all contained in the HUMPHREYS bill, IL
compels each road to keep up a stock-proot
fence on each side of its road-bed, and for all
stock killed or injured the owner thereof
obtains double payment Missouri taxes
her railroads from $4,000 to $4,000 per
mile Such legislation has not driven Jay
Gould nor the rich corporations from that
State, on the contrary new roads are being
built every day. BY sending to Gen. John
s. Marmaduke, St. Louis, Railroad Com
missioner, or Hon. John Walker, Jefferson
CITY, No, you can obtain the Missouri la "
and other important matters concerning
Railroads All of the Northern States have
similar laws to those in force in Missouri.
Very respectfully,
j. X.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
Letter from Capt. waddelI.

EDITORS CLARION: In your issue Of the
9TH inst, notice your comment in connec-
ton with Gen. Chalmers open letter to
myself and in that connection | desire to
say this: That at the time of the Coahoma
difficulties l was doing the leading editorial
of the Cotton Plant. Either that week or
the following week | was engaged in court
and just before the paper came out found
that the associate editor had put in a
scurrlous article in reference to Gen.
Chalmers and his conduct in the Coahoma
riot l did not approve it and would not
endorse il, and as the publisher insisted on
it Staying in, the place reserved for my
leader that week was filled with my resig-
nation of the editorial chair.
Since my name has thus been brought so
conspicuously before the public, desire to
say this in regard to my support of Ames
was at the time in the newspaper business
and the party to which l had naturally
belonged had declared for non-action. The
leading Republicans of my county were
red-hot i'll f: vor of the Alcorn-POwers wing
of the Republican party. ] sew shat Ames
was the coming man, and the chance OF
giving Manning, Dunaway, Woodson and
others who had been fighting for years a
good clicking" was too great for nay politi-
cal integrity, and fell before it. fought
with the Republicans of the strictest sect,
and did not hesitate to don the uniform
of the army with which | fought, and
think that my worst enemy will concede
that in that campaign was always there at
roll-call. The bread which | cast upon the |
waters in that campaign was gathered up
by the Democracy in the next. Was |
vicarious sacrifice? 1t is due to myself to
say that while l had made the Cotton Plant
Republican paper in 1873, the good people
of ny county devolved upon me the duty OF !
wheeling her into line under she Demo !
cratic flag in the campaign of 1877, and l |
had the pleasure of leaving her on a victo- 1
rious field at the end of the fight. NV |
political history is of small consequence to |
the public, but Gen. Chalmers letter has
called for part of it, and it is but right |
that the whole should be told
Yours truly,
V. b. WADDELI.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
What the Women Are Doing.

A young English lady has just secur-
ed the prize given by the Cambridge
syndicate to the best senior girl student
in England Sir Arthur Hobhouse, in
distributing the prizes in the school
wherein this young lady is studying,
said he rejoiced that women were forcing
their way into the learned professions.
One profession, at least, the medical,
seemed to him to very much want the
assistance of women, and in other pro-
fessions they might succeed. After re-
ferring to the relative positions which
men and women occupy in France or
Belgium, and which to a certain extent
existed in England, Sir Arthur said that
women were undoubtedly behind men
at the present time The theory was
that the female mind was inferior, but
that was not the opinion of those best
acquainted with the subject. The rea-
son, he believed, "why women were
behind men was that we had educa ted
one class and not the other, and we
should never make our due national
progress until we so trained the women
of England that they might be fitted to
walk hand in hand with those men who,
according to natural gifts and DISPOSE
tions, were their equals" The remark
is as applicable to this country as to
England.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
Tha one Man Power.

The letter of Billy Grubber, who, by
the way, we will remark, belongs to no
ring, nor clique, and seeks no Office, but
is purely a Democrat, who has no friends
to reward, nor enemies to punish, nor
personal ends to attain, will command
serious consideration He describes GER
tain dangers that are imminent in the
administration of our public affairs, and
warns the Democratic party against
them. 1t must be remembered that the
supreme organic law under which our
State is administered was framed by
the alien adventures who obtained
control of our State by the agency of
federal bayonets and DISTINGUISHING
laws, and that they purposely clothed
the Executive department with extra
ordinary powersin order to fortify them
selves in authority and perpetuate their
rule. Hence they changed the Gov
ernors term from two to four years and
discarded the constitutional provision
which made him ineligible for a longer
period than two terms in succession,
both together making four years. Bill
ly Grubber suggests that the term of
service be restricted to one term (of four
or six years, We presumed Why not
return to the old system which worked
so well, and make the term consist OF
two years, and require that the person
filling the office of Governor shall not
be capable Of holding the Office more
than -four years in any term Of six
years p We are strong believers in Sc
curing to the people the opportunity
Of frequent judgment upon the
acts of their servants. 1t is the vi
tai principle of representative Govern
ment, and its application will exercise a
restraining and conservative influence
upon public servants, provided the
theory of our government is true, that
wisdom and justice reside with the Peo-
Pile And to prevent the concentration
Dl TOO iIuCb pONCi III IhC hAh'A1 VI nv
Executive department, the mode of Sc
lecting the judiciary might be changed
so Us to require the election of Judges
by the Legislature, if it be not ad-
yisable to adopt the former system of
electing them directly by the people.
This mode is working well in Tennessee
and other States, and would be an effic-
lent safeguard against the one man
power, deprecated by our correspondent,
who doubtless voices the sentiments of
many others.
/ Changes in our organic law must be
/ the, work Of time; and nothing should be
attempted in haste, or without mature
consideration. Our people have been
carrying on their government with
machinery provided by adventures who
aimed at their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and the
perpetuation of their authority, and no
one will venture to say that they have
not operated to the BEST advantage with
the means furnished them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
EeshoLa County.


PHILADELPHIA, NEsHoBA Co, July 9.
EDITORS CLARION: Our County Demo-
cratic Mass Meeting has been held here to.
day 1t was one of the largest ever held in
the county, and was harmonious throuoh-
out. We adopted the Primary Election
plan for nominating candidates for county
Offices, and our Primary will be held the
18th of August We appointed eight deIa-
gates to the State gQAEeptiGn, =
Mr. g. 4 Brand offered resolution de-
olaring that Hon. E. Barksdale il our cbo;o.
for Governor, and instructing our delegstes
70 the State Convention to vote for him f;rsf
last and all the time, as long as be shall hs
ti0n- IL was adopted unanimonsI,, -. -
with great enthusiasm. Our deIeg-ts. -, -
instructed for Patty for Auditor farna - -
State Superintendent Of Public F5 I,s sOr
and Dial Tor SECRETARY or State, Pa' 70
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
Educational.

We surrender much of our space this
week to the very able address, by Judge
James NJ. Arnold, of Columbus, deliv-
cred before the Alumni Association of
the University of Mississippi, on the
2Sth ult., on the School Laws and Edu-
eational Interests of the State. 1t is a
masteriy and timely production on a
subject of great and growing public in
terest, and in ats preparation the dis
tinguished author has made the cause
of education his debtor. 1t will BE
read with great interest by all the
friends OF educational progress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
"If He Were a Southerner. .

1t you'd appear to an intelligent observer
Of the worlds doings that Providence oc-
casionally visits this country with a great
calamity in order to develop the latent
idincy of some of its people, and thus to
teach us that we are not approaching the
millennium in respect to general wisdom.
The exclamation which ls now so common
ia the Southern newspapers concerning the
attemted assassination of the President is a
case ia point IN pearly every instance
where the matter is discussed the moan of
sorrow for the Presidents sad fate is
mingled with sigh of relief that the assas-
sin was not a Southerner. OF course IL Is
creditable to any section, any State, or any
nationality, to rejoice that it is not RESPONSE
BILE for the nativity of Guiteau but in the
Southern newspapers to which we have re-
ferred tbe exclamation is invariably follow
ed by a long homiiy setting forth the awful
consequences to the South as section of
the Union, which would have followed the
proof of GuiteauG Southern citizenship.
What if Guiteau were a southerner2 If he
had gone straight from Charleston, South
Carolina, and done the deed an hour after
his arrival in Washington, no sensible man
would have held the South III any way re-
sponsibe for Embellishments
And yet everybody knows that if the
assassin had been Southern man, 1.-THE
South would have been held RESPONSE
BILE" and there would have been no end
to the abuse that would kaVe been heap
ed upon the heads of her people. liz
is n native of Massachusetts, stall
wart of the stalwarts" he styles him
self, and has never set foot on Southern
soil
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
4 Republican campaign Document.

Here is a specimen of a Republican
campaign document which was circula-
ted in the last Presidential election. 1t
was report of speech delivered by
Charles Guiteau, the assassin. We do
not know when We have seen condensed
in as small a space so much choice
bloody shirt literature:
'In October last, in old Faneull Hall, in
Boston, heard Senator Chandler, who was
the keenest Roman of Us all, say that the
rebel spirit then was the same that it was
twenty years ago, jusi prior to the breaking
out of the rebellion, and he was right
The Democratic majority now in Congress
makes it imperative that the President and
Cabinet be Republican, otherwise the
National Government will be entirely con-
trolled by ex-rebeIs and their Northern
friends The Democratic party are painting
for the National Treasury. They have been
starving since Buchanan retired III 1861,
and they are dreadfully hungry. They
will make a desperate effort to get In this
time under the lead of that gallant soldier,
Gen Hancock. Hancock's nomination was
godsend 10 the Democratic party, and
they will make the most of ii. They are
trying to run him they did Horace
Greeley in 1872 Poor Horace went down
in that combination; and the chances are
that Hancock will do likewise. This is the
ssue-a solid North against solid South
The North conquered the South on the
field of battle, ard now they must do it at
the polls in November or they may have to
fight another war. Ye men whose sons
persisted in the war, what say you to the
issue Shall we have another war? Shall
our National Treasury be controlled by ex-
rebels and their Northern allies, to the end
that millions of dollars of Southern war
claims be liquidated If you want the
Republic bankrupted, with the prospect of
another war, make Hancock President. If
you want prosperity and peace, make Gar
field President, and the Republic will de-
velop till it becomes the greatest and
wealthiest nation on the globe"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14
AUSTIN. Mss, July 3.

Gen. J K. Chalmers Nicksbur-
| think that [ came as near knowing the
bottom thought in your political soul dur
ing the Alcora-Ames cam paign as any other
man, perhaps nearer, and | know that you
did not support a mes in any shape or form
Your letter, which was published in the APP
peal, ! think, in which you lntimated that
YOU voted at all you would vote for Ames
i'm preference to Alcorn, is the strongest ex-
preston | ever heard from you on the sub
iect | know that | tried to get you to ego
with me- in support of Ames and, As | was
authorized To do, | gave you to understand
that man like you was wanted to fill
prospective vacancy on the Supreme Bench
| intended by this To modestly assure you
that all You had to do was to come over 10
our side. l think ! can quote the exact
language you used III reply. Your answer.
as ] remember, il was this:
"WaddelI it may do for young men like
Reid and yourself to experiment in politics
for the fun of it, but | am too old to change
either my politics or religion, and all the
men in the State could not run after me fast
enough to make me accept an office under
Ames."
| remember that about those times. when
the Ames layout was in full blast that
some newspaper-I suppose the Meridian
Mercury but can member-brought the
charge against you ofhaving supported Ames.
and | remember that you denied it promptly
through the columns of the Cotton Plant.
No man who knows your political history
can, with any degree of fairness, impeach
your pure and consistent Democracy In
writing this | am made to trundle before
the public a chapter of my own political
history, which, perhaps, might as we'll be left
to oblivion. / suppose it will be time
enough to explain when L am assailed. l
hope what L have written fully answers
your inquiries, and remain,
Yours, truly,
Y. b. WADDEhL.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14

THE Legislature of Pennsylvania has
passed and the Governor approved two
acts intended to bring informal prima
~ elections within the regulation of
law. The first is IAN act to prevent
bribery and fraud at nominating cleo
tons, nominating conventions, in
returning boards, county or executive
committees, and at elections of dele
gates to nominating conventions in
1.-THE several counties of this common
wealth. The second act prescribes
an oath of Office to b taken by the
Judges, inspectors and clerks or ethsT
Officers Of the primary elections,
meetings or caueuses held for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
''the State, city and county Offices. 1t
is governing too much when the law
making power undertakes to regulate
he machinery of partizan politics.