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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-05
The Election u Speaker.

In the whole history Of the country
It has never been 80 profoundly con
cerned in the election Of Speaker Of the
United States House Of Representatives
Is in the election just held. The people
themselves had taken a part IN the con
test. It rose above the mere question
of men. It Was 3 contest over gFedi
principles; and q struggle between con-
hicting ideas Of governmental policy.
It was to define the attitude Of the
Democratic party upon tie issue OF
Revenue Reform; and to determine
whether it should take its stand in favor
of "a Tariff for Revenue only ora Tariff
for what is called Protection; whether
taxes on imports should be imposed so
as to impoverish many industries to en-
rich q few; whether the Democratic
party shosld take its stand openly for
the right on its ayowed platform, or
seek to win power by evading it. Mr..
Carlisle, who was nominated in caucus
on the first ballot, represented the anti
subsidy Reform principle in contradis-
tinction to the Protective policy. He
received more than double as many votes
as Mr.. Randall, and decided majority
over both Mr.. Randall and Mr.. Cox,
who by the way, is like himself, an adyO-
cate of a strictly Revenue Tariff Mr..
Randall was supported by some good
and true Democrats who did not accord
with him in his protective notions, upon
grounds of expediency, but it is never
theless true that he was the favorite OF
the rings, the lobby and the monopo-
lists. On the part of Mr.. Carlisle
the battle was fought for principle,
without money. The last card Of Mr.
Randalps supporters was that Mr.. Car
Isle was championed by solid South
and upon sectional grounds. The vote
completely destroyed this game. The
candidates were all supported upon liv
ing issues, and without reference tc
geographical considerations. The North
West was more solid for Mr.. Carlisle
than the South. Michigan, ike Missis
sippi, gave him a solid vote; and so did
Illinois.
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- - -
Nearlf every daily paper con -
nsrs s. strikes sud Eioua troll e -
tw1n laborar and their employers.
81 occasions for these refusal 70 work
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The non-compliancs
81 iSs part d capitalists with tie D.
mands Of some class Of employees, such
Is The granting Of higher wages, Or the
employment Of men Of eertain societies
10 the exclusion Of al others, or TIE
employment By the year instead Of for
short periods. These differences are Al
ways disastrous, directly to the laborer
BY cutting of his wages, and to the cap
italist by reducing his profits, and In
directly to all classes of citizens and all
kinds of industries, because they inter-
rupt and disturb the course Of business
generally. The greatest trouble about
the matter Is, that such differences can
not be adjusted by law or by anything
short Of the mutual concessions Of the
parties themselves. The laws in vogue
from time immemorial regulating owner
ship and the control Of property, very
properly recognize the proprietor Is
absolutely free to use his own as he
pleases, SO it is not to the injury Of
others. The laborer, also, has full con-
troll of himself; he can take employment
at terms offered or refuse, as he may
deem fit. Capital generally comes ont
victorious in these troubles, because it
can hold out the longest. The laborer,
however much he may have laid up, or
however greatly he may be aided by
his fellows, must finally reach point
when he must succomb. Nearly always
these conflicts owe their origin to i'm
proper conduct on both sides. The
Lborer cannot justly demand higher
wages on the ground of the insuficiency
of his earnings to obtain for him the
necessaries and comforts of life, if it ID
well known that alarge part Of his wages
is spent in drink or is otherwise squan-
dered. On the:other hand, the capitalist
should bring his heart to bear in dealing
with those who depend upon him for
bread. He should not rely stifay upon
his rights. If he would but think, be
would see that it would be better to
pay such wages as would preclude the
possibility of a strike, well knowing
that in such time his enterprise would
lose more than it had gained in the di.-
ference between low and high wages.
Last summer the strike of the tele-
graphers was very sorely felt in all
classes of business, and now in New
Orleans there is strike of freight hand
lers that is very seriously interfering
with business. Indeed it threatens to
injure the trade of the Crescent City, as
the railroads say that they will turn
freights in other directions rather than
submit to the demands of the strikers,
which, are that only union men be en-
ployed and that employment be guaran-
teed for year at a time. 1t is to be
hoped that some amieable adjustment
can be reached. Surely reason and
kindness should prevail over stubborness.
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UarIisle Nominated for speaker 1t
the Democratic Caucus Satur
Day Wight.

The canvass among the Democratic
Congremen for the Speakership was 4
warm and exciting one, but character
lied By . spirit Of generosity which rid
Il Of any bitterness. The large MAORI
~ for Carlisle on the FIRST ballot means
that GONE real and material change win
bemadei II the tariff, and that that gentle
mans financial views win be stamped
upon the acts Of this Congress. A short
and appropriate speech of acceptance
Was made by Mr.. Carlisle, and Messrs.
Cox and Randall spoke assuring him of
their hearty support. Cox hoped we
would by all means be discreet that
the result ia 1884 would be determined
by the course Of this Congress.
THE PROCEEDINGS IL CAUCUS.
Gen. Rosecrans called the caucus to
order.
Geddes, Of Ohio, was selected chair
man, and Willis, of Kentucky, and
Dibble, of South Carolina, secretaries:
Caldwell, of Tennessee, and Stockdale,
of Indiana, tellers.
The roll-call disclosed the presence of
1S4 members.
-Four other members came in subse-
quently, making total of 18S.
As soon as the roll was completed,
Dorsheimer, of New York, offered res
olution providing that votes in caucus
for e. II
Speakership be riri V0ce.
The resolution was agreed to on a di-
vision Of 104 to SO, but the yeas and
nays were demanded, and Nichols, Of
Georgia, offered an amendment in the
nature of q substitute, providing that
the votes be BY ballot. The roll was
called on the amendment and it was re-
jected by rs to 113. Dorsheimer's 'reso-
luton was then adopted without de-
bate.
Noninations for the Speakership were
declared in order, and the candidates
placed in nomination as follows: John
Y Carlisle, by Col. Morrison, of Illinois;
Samuel J. Randall, by Gov. Curtin, of
Pennsylvania; s. s. Cox, by Gen. Slo-
cnm, of New York.
The roll was called by States. The
progress of voting was watched with
keen interest. Frequent messages, re-
porting the footipgs of private tally
lists, from time to time were dispatched
to the respective candidates outside of
the hall, and it soon became evident that
Carlisle had won in the contest. At the
conclusion of the roll call the vote stood
as follows:
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Mississippi Stats Teachers, As.Oci.
ton.


We are reminded BY Gen. Smith,
State Superintendent, that this bOdy
win assemble in jackson on the 9th
inst. The meeting is expected to be one
Of much interest, and the attendance
promises 70 be very general. The Leg
islature viii convene few days there
after, and that body win have the bene.
1T of their deliberations. All the rail-
roads leading to Jackson have been ne
questedto furnish reduced rates to those
attending meeting of the Association
and the following replies have been re.
eeived: Yicksburg & Meridian road
SIX cents per mile round trip; Illinois
Central, fnR fare going and one-third Of
regular rates returning; Matches, Jask.
son aua Columbus. round trip tickets e
fopr cents per mile; Mobile and Ohio
four cents pr mile round trip. Col. n.
I. NugaaIs Of this ciEy viii deliver Tie
adde's. q welcome. Ali tsaebss s
ven 6 Others are invited to attend ana
Jon the Association.
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EDToRs CLARIoH: In ali delibera.
tive bodies, it is important to select an
able, impartial presiding Officer, in whom
are happily blended knowledge of par.
liamentary rules, moral dignity, reso.
lutte purpose. large experience, gentle
and aHable il the discharge of duty,
firm and Just il all things.
Of al the members elected to the en-.
suing Legislature, not one possesses these
qualifications in more eminent degree,
than Hon. ]. W. C. Watson, of Marshall
county. His legal and Judicial record
show him to be one of the ablest law
yers of the State, has large legislative
experience, and Is withal man Of ma.
tional reputation. Such an officer viii
inspire mutual respect, preserve order.
and promote wholesome legislation.
am persuaded that Judge WatsOn's high
character and superior fitness for the
Speakership, win, or should, commend
him to the favorable consideration of
the members of the lower House of the
Legislature. CITIZEN.
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YazoO City Correspondence.
YAzoo CRY, Dec. s. 1853

YAzoo CRY, Dec. 5, 1883.
EDITORS CLARION: On Sunday, No
vember 25th, died MIS-. H. n. PREwErT
one of the most extraordinary women
in this country. She was born in 1926
at Albany, New York, and came to Can.
ton, Miss, in 1889, where she married
Her husband was proprietor and editor
of the Canton Creole, and subsequently
of the Natehez Courier, and was assisted
| in his editorial duties by his wife, who
exhibited literary talents at quite an
early age. In January, 1S49, Mr.. Prev
EFT came to Yazoo City and took charge
of the Wig" but he dying a few
months after his arrival, his wife now
having family of three small children
assumed editorial control Of the paper.
and so marked was her ability as an
editress that several Of her editorials
were widely copied in Northern journals.
Mrs. Prewett's health Degan to fail in
1859, and she was thenceforth confined
to her room with rheumatism until death
released her from suffering.
Circuit Court convened on last Tues
day with fair civil docket, there being
but few cases of much Importance. The |
criminal docket is light.
On last Friday eighteen excursionists
from Wisconsin arrived here prospect
ing with view to purchase timber in
the Yazoo Valley. One of the number
held a deed to 5000 acres of pine
land in Southern Mississippi. They.
were received by a committee Of citi-
zens who rendered them the hospitality
Of the town. a reception was rendered
them the night of their arrival, and
friendly greetings we're exchanged amid
he flow .ot champagne puch. The
Yazoo City Silver CoTnet Band furnished !
delightful music for the occasion and
III passed off happily. While here the
Tisitors we're the guests Of private citi-
ems, and on Saturday morning they
eft on the E. G. Carroll for the upper
Taz00 and TaIlahatchie.
" gao
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The result of the vote having beer
announced, Gov. Curtin moved that Car
isles nomination be made unanimous
which was Immediately done.
The chair appointed Messrs. Randall,
Cox and Curtin the committee to notify
him of the action of the caucus.
The other nominations were made as
follows: For Clerk, J. d. Clarke, of Mis-
souri,; Sergeant-at-Arms, Jno. P. Lea
dom, of Ohio; Doorkeeper, j. d. Win
tersmith, of Texas; Postmaster, Lycur-
gus Dalton, Of Indiana; Rev. John S.
Landry, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of Georgetown d. c., was uni
mously nominated Chaplain. On mo-
ton of Gen. Slocum, of New York,
seconded by Gen. Rosecrans, it was
unanimously resolved that the fourteen
crippled and disabled Union soldiers
now borne ON the pension roll under the
Doorkeeper Of the House of Representa-
tives be retained, the said roll subject,
however, to dismissal for just and suffi-
Gent cause 1t was after midnight be-
fore the caucus adjourned.
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A Word for lTcCOOl Station.
McCoo1. Mss. Nov. 26, lss2.

MCCooL, Mss, Nov. 20, 1882.
EDITORS CLARION: In a recent issue
of your paper, there is the following
statement with reference to the depots
between Kosciusko and Alderman on
the @. A. & n. r. T., namely: "The
intermediate stations on this road are
McCord, Weir's Mill, and Fentress."
There is no such depot AS MeCord, on
this road. The depots on this road are
Kosciusko, Ethel, McCool, Weir's Mill,
Fentress, Alderman, Lowry, Starkville,
West Point, and Aberdeen, with few
flag stations between Starkville and
Aberdeen. Among these new depots,
McCool has as fine prospects as any of
them, and has shipped more cotton up
to date than any other depot on this
road. This town was named in honor
of one of our Representatives, James
F. McCOol, of KosciuskO.
Respectfully, JOHN w. BALL.
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Yasoo City.

| The little City Of Yaaoo, attractive
for Its collective beauty, for its cleanli.
ness, It's enterprise, and for its excellent
society, looms up in importance as the
Yazoo and Mississippi Railroad nears
It's completion: Already it hasexcellent
commercial advantages with the low
freights that competing lines Of steam
ers give 1t, but when the railroad il
built freights viii probably be still
further reduced, besides the advantage
Of quick transportation. It viii then
take the place Of Vicksburg as the dis
tributiug point for the upper Yasoo.
Its close connection with the Capital and
the busy world will mako it . moro
desirLble home, and we may look for It's
population to increase very rapidly.
The price Of real estate has already
greatly appreciated, and the trade Of the
present season Il much better than for
many years past It's people are alive
and quick to embrace an advantage; for
all that, they are 3 Wholesouled, gener-
Gus community, noted for their great
hearts and open doors. One has but to
visit the place to fall in love with it. |
Elegant stores and beautiful churches.
charming homessand more charming in
mates, and very pretty Courthouse,
whose town clock acts e monitor, all
nestled cozily, but not too closely under
the bill, gradually but surely capturing
the heart Of the stranger who walks her
streets. Her merchants, laWyers, ply
sicians, clergy. resident planters and
men engaged in various entelprisssI
strike you - q the top, In tAeiF rsspec-
81 enlarged IDEAS, and
generally free from prejudice. There
re two newspapers that stand in arst
'ank among Mi1uisaippi journals. The
Representatives and Senators from the ]
'Ounty have always been q power in
be Legislature. and theae peopie can
ustly claim ths title 81 tie banner Dsn- le
cratic county IN The state. Always ]
olling up hne maioritisl, they ara ret Z
D fecaipe cniciaI recognifi0n 1t the {
ards Of tks party. but theirs d not :
MY the Democracy which cares 0nly 3
y he rewards. kence tkcy are ever g J.
ne. and ars never lizard complainins. z
r. hops When kho nen rod !, eanpIsts 3
- fkn erafag aSa&sE5ssn haawanm tts- h
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We learn by reports from the Demo
cratic caucus that Messrs. Singleton
Money, Van Eaton, Muldrow, and Banks
dale of the Mississippi delegation voted
for Mr.. Carlisle in caucus. The motion
had been to vote by ballot; but reso-
luton, which they supported, was
adopted, to vote riua roce. As the Dem
ocracy of Mississippi are for standing
by the Platform, their action will be ap-
proved by their constituencies.
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1T has been said that the business in
terests of the country would suffer by
the election of Mr.. Carlisle By bust
ness interests, is meant the subsidized
classes composing about three per cent.
of the whole population of the United
States. 1t has never occurred to the
minds of those who have made this OBJ
lection to Mr.. Carlisle that agriculture
is a business interest.
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s1cond RIl. I"

Occasionally a request like above, &C
companies communications intended for
insertion in this paper-sometimes re-
lating to public questions, and at other
times bringing forward the names OF
gentlemen for various public Offices
We may as well state that The CLARION
never has, and never will charge for the
publication of any communication af.
fecting the public welfare All we ask
il, that it shall be of reasonable length,
and that we will not be expected to
"punctuate and make other corrections.' y
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Rnlea Of Sonata and Honne.

We have so many applications foI
pamphlet copies of the Rules of Senate
and House, adopted by the last Legisla
ture, that we are having the same put In
type, and will mail them to all the mem
bers next week.
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OVER THE STATE


II DeSoto county is said to bew
in corn and a food supply iar anf
year.
The pickpockets have temporary
tired from public notice %. Nan-
and the horse thieves have snpc-"
them.
Doc Love, deck passenger Cob
Kate Adams was shot dead iuaqual
that grew out of n game Of 'cmp'
18th nit.
! fernando and Grenada are 20 be q
nected with a telephone now in proc
of construction.
The Newton Free Press suggests ca
cellor I. B. Graham rs suitable
cesor to Judge Campbell on the
preme Bench.
Several persons along the Mo4Ne
Ohio Railroad have been poisoned "
oysters packed in cans which hai '
tanned tobacco.
A man who stole a horse from ~.
+. Moore, of Meridian, was pur-t--f
captured Saturday. He says his 4
is George Baker, Of Wilcox COZ
Ala. =,
Judge T. y. Graham held thfh
Gerry Court Of Lauderdale< ~
Evans last week, The M5 As%s>
EUnr>sGalden !op Ds>f5n--dEq n
ers and clients. =
Mrs. Mathews, the widow q
Tatbews. has moved to Oxford. -
81 two sons are At College. She IS
iece of DR.. Wheat, ono Of the professor
] the University.
John Melton, who was reported 80
avs since as killed by the Had
.otbers near Charlottesville. Jasper COD
though dangerously stabbed, Is
.ad. but recovering.
q. s. Tagg2rt q merchant Of ota
H. made an assignment for'the bend
his creditors on % ult. B. ii. AtkI
/, aren't of st. Louis floor house,
,ienee. Liabilities 5000, assets a5o
300,
The Schooner Clara Isabel engaged
New Orleans and Mississippi Goa
ter trade, was robbed at Bay =
MA on the night of Nov. 2Sth, aa
pped of her sails, ropes, eompa
r everything needed for running he
Gale Denham, the Mississippi pira
I escaped from the penitentiary fe
n since, is supposed to be come
h the deed.
r. lack Shacklford, ST., brou
ruriouS specimen Of anantedcl
II was found sixty feet
md in digging a well in the N
stratum Of mari interpreted
benes and teeth. The little
aars 10 be q tFinket for omamen
q the part Of a delicately cary
! vare. and IS Of ebony color II
|, ebony substance. It Is n cur
men and should interest the
! - should the stratum Of ma
X n q embedded. Mr. Shackel
y nay 81 able 70 obtain a a
hbe frinkei, which ho conc
isiakably the work "a
sss Il doubtless vo
1rv.
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The Columbus Index, commenting
upon our suggestion that the minimum
age remain a. it is, says @No child &C.
cording to our notion should be sent to
school before he or she Is at least eight
years of age." Itproceeds to argue that
children are better managed at home till
eight or ten years old, and to send them
younger Is an unnecessary tax, a. no
good results. We think the observation
of practical teachers viii bear a. out in
the opinion that, while many children
should not be sent to school until seven
81 eight years old, itaIso frequently hap
pens that often much progress i made
81 children Il the tender age 81 Eve or
SIX. Observe that there IS 10 compul-
SION on the parsat 10 send tie child md
We believe that good cones from the op-
portunify offered. Ii this, Is ID many
1ther respects, education IS matter 81 /
Iadiyidual application Some children |
re capable. physically and mentally, Of /
The school aoulo 4 ush earlier
han Others, and the sans child who
.ould bs sens % one seacher ct very
ender ags conld not s. trusted viii
mother till kno a. tlsee wears older.
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The Herald's Little Statesmen.

1
cles from the New York Herald which
predicts that the House of Representa-
tives will agitate the tariff question, anC
that neither the Senate nor the Presi
dent can afford to prevent the passag,
of a reasonable reform measure for tn,
tariff This article it comments upoI
thus:
PROFESSIONALLY the Herald is right
and the little statesmen" in Mississippi
who are daily betraying their ignorance
by declaiming against the iniquities Of
the tariff, while they swear that M
attempt must be made to revise it, and
yet below like whole herd of bulls oil
Bashan for the abolition of the internal
Revenue law, because, forsooth, it wac
"a war measure" and FIJI the land with
musical yell for free whisky and
tobacco. can. if they are capable of such
- fe~eJ~ lvuI o. li8t1o sense by rcaSiinr
what the Herald has to say of the in
evitable result, in the event that their
senseless clamor should eliminate in the
passage of law giving them what they
seem most to desire, the blessings of an
abundance of free whisky.
The folly and ignorance of our Mis-
sissippi statesmen" the men of great
political sagacity," who, while pretend
ing to favor revenue, are doing all of
their little best to lend aid and comfort
to the protection of monopolists, is well
and clearly exposed in the annexed brief
paragraph from the St. Louis Republi-
can:
(The extract referred to we publish
elsewhere.)
Now what we would like to know Of
enr neighbor is this, who are the little
statesmen" alluded to? We have been
reading from the Herald abuse and ridi-
cule of somebody that, it says, advocates
the abolition of the internal revenue
and makes sham battle against the
high protective tariff, for some time
past. Sometimes our contemporary uses
the singular and sometimes the plural to
designate this mythical class. Some.
times the animus of the articles and
other illusions almost forced US to con-
clude that a certain Mississippi Congress-
man was referred to; bat as we well
knew that he entertained no such views.
we we're forced away from this surmise.
We have scanned the horizon Of Missis-
sipPi Congressman, editors and poll
ticians to find the "Iittle statesmen, /" but
they, or he, are too small for our vision
tO'detect, though we have tried to make
use of bearings kindly furnished by our
contemporary. Only once have we been
able to settle upon an object, and then
we had thrown our telescope out Of the
narrow field of probability, beyond the |
area Of possibility. and into the wild |
realm of Imagination, and there in |
quarter of the sky designated Herald
Speculation" and in . group marked
Targets, Z We discovered the yeritable
Congressman and two or three newspa-
oers and several gentlemen given to pol
tics. Each was distinctly marked with
he proper name, and below was given
n clear print their common political
Iogmas- Upon close scrutiny NE found
hem only images, very vivid, but not
cal, and only the product Of q skiIlfuI
encil.
Taking the names Of each, We sought
ut the individuals and the editors Of
ha uanera The first Marty NE areaakes1 | !
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-05

IT will be noted with pleasure that
the mississippi delegation voted solidly
for Carlisle in the caucus.
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Any person having lor ale +. 81 q
-.sPpl Reports NiII d WsII a
correspond NI.h 81, 8 s noes.S.
clerk e 10 czeaLt Con-. 8sssas,.
81 Ntezs pes oI|'es "a r~
rais
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THE Panolian has a good editorial on
the True Solution of the Negro CUES
ton. 1t eoncurs in our views on the
subject.
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LEGISLATIVE ANOUNCRMENTS.

EE are authorized to announce FRANCIS A.
" WOLFF, Of Tippah County, a. = > eandIdAte
lof serEeant-at-Arms Of the senate
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VTYE ere authorized 10 announce GEORGE L
w POTTER, OF Kinds county, ~ q ca ndidata
Tor SeFgeaBt-si-Arms Of the next House Of repre-
EentaiiYes January, 1884