The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-07


The railroad question Is precipitated on
the State By the extremists, and tor the IN
formation OF our readers, We this morning
print in full the Humphries Bill This bill
i the ground on which the railroad regulz-
tors propose 70 stand. Il is the ground on
which Mr. Barksdale, prominent candidate
for Governor stands.-Vicksburg Herald
The senior editor of THE CLARION re-
grets that the Herald takes so many
occasions to thrust his name before the
public, for the purpose of misrepresent-
ing him. He had rather write a thous-
and words in praise of Gov. Stone, or
Gen. Featherston, or Col. Taylor or
Judge Calhoon, or any of the other able
aud excellent gentlemen who have been
mentioned for Governor, than to even
allude to himself The Herald takes
advantage of this reluctance, and
continues from day to day, to make mis-
representing remarks. So far as the
Humphries Bill is concerned, if Mr..
Barksdale had been a member of the
Legislature he would have acted as
three-fourths of the members did, and
voted for it as a step in the right direc-
ton, if no other better measure having
a like purpose IN view, had been intro
| duced. He does not know whether il
will be before the next Legislature or
not. Its distinguished author is a mem
Der Of the Senate. and we presume it
will be-perfected, however, by such
changes as time, observation and study
of the grave matters to which it relates
suggest. Here il the platform OIL
which Mr.. Barksdale stands. He origi
mated it in the State Convention of 1877:
| Corporations Of every description supervis-
| able within constitutional limits by State
| authority and subordinate TO State legislation
n the interest and for the protection Of the
| people.
1t was reported by committee com
posed of Messrs. F. g. Barry, j. A
Blair, L. @. c. Lamar, j. S. Bailey,
John Powell, H. L. Jarnagin, J. C
Prewett, S. H. Terrell, E. Barksdale,
finn +. Cooper, II. S. Van Eaton, r
| Y. Booth, and was unanimously adopted
| by the Convention. We think that one
Of the first duties Of the next Governor
whoever he may be, will be to urge the
passage of bill vitalizing and carrying
into practical operation this resolution.
The Democratic party has pledged it
and the people will have right to com
plain so long as the pledge remains unre-
| deemed.
Touching the Humphries bill, fol
which Democratic members Of the Leg
islature so generally voted, and which
the Herald and the Aberdeen Examiner
have denounced as a monstrous thing,
undigcsted, crude, ill-shaped, abomina-
BILE, we will venture to say that the same
journals will stigmatize in the same
way, any measure that the real friends
of the Platform of 1877 might propose.
In their estimation the Barry bill, was
monstrosity; and the HUMPHREYS bill
is ten thousand times worse. Well
what is it ? A distinguished lawyer OF
| Columbus writes in the Despatch of that
city that it was copied largely and in
its main and essential features from the
| Illinois and Massachusetts, statutes
which have stood the test of judicial de
cisions, and that Georgia, Illinois, Mas
sachusetts, Virginia, Alabama and sew
eral of the Western States have similar
laws to the HUMPHREYS BILL and that
they are working like charm? Why
is it that a measure which is so good for
| Afs-sulo hu -otts, and Illinois CHE great
Railroad State) and Georgia and Ala,
bama, would be such terrible thing
for Mississippi? Echo answers-why?