The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-02

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dsei poliry Nv the Mlafe II.
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many millions NJ acres NJ valuable
land % The rigltful ownanhip
W. Holman mmlc this subject %
pecid tudy last summer and The
resolution j. based 20 lis personal
observations Another movement
in The direction " reform WIS q
blow struck NJ * members Of Con.
gres, who have abused the priyi.
leFcs of the floor for lobbying pur.
pores Mr. Anderson, " Kansas.
offered Il resolution requiring OK.
members before being admitted to
the hall floor, 70 obtain from the
Speaker HI order which shall he
ISSUED only 70 the %ex-mcmbeI de-
claring he !. not interested in any
corporation or person having n
peenniary interest in the defeat or
passage Of measure before Con.
gress or the committees, and pledg.
ing that while the House is in
session he will not communicate
with any person having an inter.
> est in legislation. Violating this
pledge the cxmembcr will forever
be deprived Of the privileges ofthC
=. floor. AT times the chamber
swarms with ex.mcmbcrs, some o
+, whom have not been in Congress
10 for years. Others wcre member
of the forty-seyanth Congress, an,
nearly all Of them are Lobbyists, o
Attorney for this or that spccia
interest, sugar, whisky, claims
Of and jobs great and small. Ilayin
Y learned the ways Of legislation i
! former years, they easily convinc
u clients Of the value oftheir service
L, on the floor, and the impotence ,
this class is appalling. Nothin
short Of an iron.clad oath will cui
W This evil, Of which every hone
10 Congressman has cause to con
plain. Speaking Of an iron-cla
oath reminds me that one Of III
,r. first acts Of the House of Represcl
nd t%atives this week vas to repeal Il
"iron.elad' oath. IA the COME,
or crate record Of man in no va
n disqualiiics him for service AZ
Nv Legislator, IL was too absurd
d, retain on the statue books tv
w setts of oaths, one designed to ket
ON out Of Office persons who had @
gagged in rebellion, and the 9th
NO framed expressly to let them i
m. Mr.. Cox, Of New York, spoil
m. lengthily in favor ofthe movemcI
as one in accord with the time
nd but the bill would have come wi
'ts more grace from the Republic,
WV side Of the aisle. In the workil
Iv Of the amended Senate rules viii,
went into operation for the fiji
,ld time Monday, there has been
by little friction. Senators have II
adjusted themselves readily to Il
GU new order. One Of the rules
that when a bill on the calend
ty, has once been called aud pass
~ over it shall not be called aga
until the calendar has been go
ND. through. Certain Senators amoI
Nas them, Mcssrs. Logan and Bla
who were sponsors for some Of {
first called measures, were not
the Senate at the time, and seem
much thwartcd at not being al
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