The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-24
A Letter According to "HOyls. "
JACKSON, MISS, Feb. l7th. 1881

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 18th, 1884.
EDITOR TurELo JOURNAL. To-mor.
row IL the S0th day Of the session. The
end can neither see nor predict, at this
time. had hoped that our work would
be shor; and decisive, and that We might
return TO our constituents with few
laurels, at least. can think Of nothing
we have done, as yet, that viii entitle US
10 praise, 'Tis true, We have worked
hard and incessantly. We meet every
day at 9l O'Clock a. M, sit till p. m,
meet again at q. p. m and sit till 10 10
II p. m. Yet, with all this, we get on
slowly. As have before stated, most
OF the work here is in the way of local
legislation. Ii seems that the Legisla.
tnre has resolved itself into n board VI
supervisors, aud each member works for
his own county alone, This thing, local
legislation, is growing fron yexr to year,
aud unless checked In some way the
State Of Mississippi will present the
anomalous condition Of no two OF its
counties being governed by the samo
Jaws.
The Governor has returned the Rail
road Supervision Bin without his ap-
proval. because, in his opinion, II is un.
constitutional | to-day send you q
paper containing his Veto Message.
There are conflicting opinions as TO 'he
merits of the veto. Some good lawyers
are Of the opinion that the bill is not
unconstitutional. whilst others think II
is. All admit It's imperfectons. | don't
see how we can ever pass one wholly
unohjectionable in all its features. tits
adiilcult subject upon which to legislate,
aud no bill we can get up will be per.
feet in all It's parts No one here who
is in favor Of supervision advocates ii-
rect supervision, that is supervision
without commission. Some claim that
il can be done without commission, but
they are not understood to be at all anx-
ioLs for any kind of railroad supervision.
Our State officers, whether Justly or not,
are said to be on the wrong side OF this
question, and we have some strong men
in the House and Senate who openly
oppose il, and some who can never find
a bill to suit them, and who never try
to aid in perfccting one, but who do all
they can to delay and obstruct legisla-
tion on the subject. The bill vetoed is
set for tomorrow night don't think
| il will pass over the veto, because some
supervisiOnists think we can get up
better one, but maneuvering has already
commenced to delay action, and delays
now are dangerous. Others think an
other one would meet the same fate,
and are anxious TO pass this one. We
will see.
visited the State penitentiary yester-
day. Some 10 are within the walls en-
ngaged in various kinds of work in shops
&c. | think the leasing system will bo
abolished, and initiatory steps will bo
taken by this Legislature to have tha
prisoners controlled by the State only.
We are fully satisfied from the workings
Of the lease system that it is pernicious
and only a legalizcd system of slavery OF
the most cruel and inhuman character.
The meeting Of the Grand Lodge
brought quite body Of men to the city,
and when the candidates for II. II, com
missioners we're added to this, you know
we hadq ute crowd. II has been esti.
mated that there are between 300 and q
| 1000 candidates for commissioner. Our
masonic friends, Of course, called on us to
ace how we we're working, and about one
half of them reminded Es that they were
looking after place on the commission.
| But they have returned to their homes,
and the veto dispersed the other candi-
dates, and we now havequiet once more.
SO let us have peace.
/ J. M. HOYLE