The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-19
Catherine Coles Letter From Jack
son.

! \. O. ricayune.l
! am pleasantly Installed at the Ed.
wards House. The hotel Is crammed
with guests legislators lounge ON all the
galleries, and talk legislation and laws,
their wives compare notes in the parlors,
or do some OF the prettiest and most
lady.like lobbying you can imagine.
wonder II the wives OF our members of
our Legislature are rs ambitious, as
energetic and as polite,
This morning | went up TO the Capi.
tol, handsome building stained with
age. aud which would be much the bet.
ter for repairs. A prominent member
OF the Senate says the assembly Of law
; makers i rot t ~ fine quality as in
z tformtr years. bot Il must be fvsncrnhsr-
ed that in days gone by the Mississippi
Legislature was composed Of some OF the
most brilliant, intellectual men In the
South, and was famous the country over.
On my way into the House | stopped
in the beautifully kept and handsome
State Library, TO have chat with the
State Librarian, Mrs. Mary Morancy.
We could only snatch occasional SEN
ltcnces, however, for messengers, mem
hers and Others were constantly coming
in for books. never saw a library
more systemically arraagcd o. librarian
so familiar with its contents. The State
Library has $4,000 volumes, an mex
perienced person would not guess at
more than 10000 books, so compaetly
aud neatly are they shelved. The most
OF the books are law books and reports,
etc, bet the small miscellaneous library
contains = fine collection of standard
works Mrs. Morancy has been Libra
rian for eight years, and will probably
keep so as ,ong as she pleases, since IL
would take another person many years
70 learn the work When she went into
office her predecessor had been a man
with salary of $500 a year. | need
scarcely tell YOU that the moment a
woman was elected the good lawmakers
snapped down the salary 10 $500 year.
To he sure, the work has trebled In that
time, and perhaps no two men would
keep the library as well as this one
woman does, but then apparently the
: Mssissippians understand Just as well
: as the Louisianians or the Californians
. or, in fact, the good people Of any state
; that woman must work like man, but
be paid Ikea woman.
When finally got into the House ol
Representatives, eight or ten members
were on their felt, shaking their fist
: and shouting "Mr. Speaker" ut the toI
Of their voices. Eight or ten more werI
leaning back in their seats reading news
I papers with their feet comfortably i
inelegantly elevated on the desks II
stsTU1r a. fs~sE A fsw were paying no
tention. A few more we're talking anc
laughing with lot of pretty young
ladies; one handsome young member
was chewing gum, with fine air OF alb
! stracti0n.
!, Williamson is one Of the brightest and
) most promising young men in the House
The Speaker OF the House, a fine, fa'
: gentleman, got elected, 80 they say, be
cause he was in favor Of prohibition anc
I supervision. He wears tall white hat
and is an inveterate tea drinker. Speaker
lnge is very popular and successful, anc
from what have seen Of his charming
: wife, should say owed much of his sue
: cess to her, for ii was she who spurreC
= him on and encouraged him.
: One day Col. fnge made quite TEN
I pestuous prohibition speech. After h
, had talkid for minute he flung off hi
/ crayat and collar, shook his head like
war horse, and fired away. In fact yol
: have only to say whisky to the member
! Of the House to bring nearly every maj
I to his feet each one with a point :
make.
One of the most logical speakers o
!. the House is Col Houston, of Aberdeen
r another is Barksdale, Of Yazoo. MI
: Baker, of Oxford, handsome, dignife'
! gentleman, who got the prohibition law
7 Of Oxford repealed, il called the Span
!. ish grandee on account Of his fierce pal
Il of mustaehes. Mr.. Bakers bill, however
g will be quietly sat down upon when
y reaches the Senate, where two-thirds @
q the dignified, eloquent and schOlarl
|, looking men, from Gov. Stands d0wI
V are ranting prohibitionists. ! dare sa
3 by the time this reachesyou Gov. Lowr
: will have signed the railway superyisio
y bill, and according to the opponents (
n it, have cut Off bis official head. Lieut.
a. Gov. Shands Is violently opposed to Ii
!. bin as 80 rigorous that il will defeat i
4. ends nersonaiIy, Gov. Lowry is oppose
err to the bill, at least am told so by h
y intimate friends, but that he cam,
Z Withstand the pressure nor run the i
% q nominous risk Of having II passed oy'
20 his veto.
N had the misfortune TO be too late
= hear Senator Reynolds speech again
railway supervision. He is general
r conceded to be the most brilliant and el
quent member of the Legislature
many years, and il thought BY many
3 have the best chances Tor high polite
] honOrs.
IL IL being Sunday everybody went
in church this morning. The Episcor
v Church is in charge Of new rector fra
i. Brooklyn, the Rev. Mr.. Short. who
% sermon was very good indeed; but
y lieve that Jackson people have not !
lost the favor Of Doctor Tucker. now
: Mobile. aud one Of the distinguish
men Of the church. The ceiling in {
churc1 at jackson is the handsom.
thing in wood work have ever seen
a Southern church. II is very wide,
most square, and Is Of dark wood cut
nd into oblong shapes, and divided BY cal
ed. raised bands Of wood; at proper i
teryals there are splendid arches Of
liz tier colored wood.
After church, in company with @
Tsr Inge and his wife, | went out 70 di