The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-05-10
EDITORIAL MATTER,
rom Tri- Weekly issues OF FRIDAY l. Monday
MIR. RANDALL.


assaults which are made upon II on Sam
J. Randall in some quarters, and which
seem to be inspired by an insane intent
( ) hound him out of the Democratic par
W. To oppose his election for Speaker
of the House of Representatives is one
thing, anO very proper one Tor those
who are not in accord with him on the
tariff question. and can find another man
more to their liking-but to assail him
with abuse and Misrepresentation is
quite another. Such treatment OF him
Ill BELTS Southern men especially. There
was time when there were but few me n
In Congress from the North who had the
courage to denonce and resist the pro-
scriptive policy of the dominant party.
They;cOuld he counted OH your fingers
end. Mr.. Randall was Of the number.
When the Democrts obtained control of
the the House Of Reprssenasn.iyss, under under ms ms
adverse Senate, appropriations were re
duced from twenty to thirty millions OF
dollars a year.
There is but one point of difference
that we know of between Mr.. Randall
and any other class of Democrats, aud
that is the Tariff. On that question he
is further removed from the strictly
"Tariff for Revenue onlyv reformer than
We would like.--Jackson Clarion.
We are glad to find the above in
the Clarion and to heartily endorse
it as we endorsed its spirit in equally
emphatic language in our editorial
columns last winter. The editor of
the Clarion is a member of the 48th
Congress, and therefore must take
part in the election of Spreaker next
December Mr.. Barksdale is an anti
protectionist he favors ga tariff for
revenue only" with such incidental
protection as revenue tariff wisely
laid, will inevitably give. Mr.. Ran
dali, born and reared in the shadow
of the smokestacks of the greatest
manufacturing city of the Union !;
representing in part a State that is
greatest in mines and furnaces and
rolling mills; himself a merchant and
from early youth associated with iron
and coal industries, and from Com
monwealth that favored 'protection"
and yet gave Democratic majority
for President whose platform was
"free trade" is protectionist-not
"protectionist per sc" like Senator
Frye of Maine, but protectionist in
the interest of certain great Ameri-
can industries, that, whether wisely
or not, he sincerely believes cannot
live under "revenue tariff" In the
election of Speaker, affairs may take
such a turn that the question of tariff
will sink into insignifcance SO far
as Mississippians are concerned, in
comparison with other issues may
be overshadowed entirely by the
question of unity and comfy between
those who follow the standard that
constitutional government
as opposed to the fanatical and CEN
tralizing theories of those who re-
ceived and have so long controlled
the Republic as war heritage, and
who look upon the dissolving battle
clouds as retreating friends. In such
an emergency it may become not
only polite but patriotic for our dele
CATION to cast their votes for Mr..
Randall, and we shall be glad to
know that the sentiments we print
this morning from the pen of one of
them, finds echo in the hearts of all.
In the distribution of the honors of
organization when Speaker of the
House Mr.. Randall was not unmind-
full of the claims of Mississippi; To
Mr.. Money he gave the Chairmanship
of the great Committee on Post Off
ces and Post Roads; Mr.. Muldrow he
made chairman of the committee on
Territories Mr.. Singleton he put on
the Committee on Appropriations
always equal to chairmanship) and
made him Chairman of the Commit
tee on Printing; Mr.. Hooker he
placed second on the Committee on
Indian Affairs where he became the
eloquent spokesman of that committee
upon the floor. Manning he appoint
ed on the Committee on Elections, the
ranking Committee of the House, and
gave him second place in member
ship of fifteen Mr.. Chalmers he put
second OH the Committee on Pacific
Railroads, and second on the commit
tee of thirteen members on the In.
provements of the Mississippi river.No
State in the Union received more
honors at the hands of this "protec-
zionist" Speaker, and yet no delega-
ton in the House was less in sympa-
thy with his tariff views.
Abiding to an editorial IN the Ex-
AMINER last winter in which we did
simple justice to his record and pa
triotism but intimated that he had
stamped his views upon the country
in the appointment of committees, he
wrote, 81 think you are in error in
saying that made up the committees
in other than the public interests"
Wishing to be entirely right in
this matter-for upon the compost
ton of the committees the character
of the Legislature must to a.grea'
extent hinge-we have carefully
studied over the list of his last as
signments, and have been no les'