The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
A Case Of necessity and Charity

Holly Springs South.
The jackson CLkRFoS, BY the favor o.
the press and people Of the fIRte, has en-
loved for a short time the ldttative posi-
tion 81 Public Printer, and 10 ineonslder-
able profits therefrom. Aud 50 it, worthy /
publisher has fairly made = good estate, /
70 which be j. quite welcome, which oue ht /,
70 be increased, and which We hope he
may enjoy 10 a ripe old age lie editor Is
also Chairman Of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee Of the State, and i doing
himself credit, and should extend his
powers in both capacities. We hope he
may prove a Hercules in action and a
Socrates in intellect To both publisher
and editor We are ready to contribute. We
would suggest the propriety Of en=cting
I law giving the Public Printer all the
| profitable work 10 Be done. and the editor
I chairman all the glory. II the poor widow
gave her might, why should not the poor
country press also give the little ten or
twenty dollars they might make BY print
/ ing tickets in a presidential election? II
would be but a mite each, and give the
CLARION lift Of two or three thousand
dollars, 50 only the press falls in line. The
printing Of tickets being this year done
wholly at jackson, where alone they know
how, we have been asked to put form in
type TO be ready for an emergency. And
we shall endeayor when necessary to act
pro bono publico But We protest that all
future job work Of the party with it prof.
its should be given over by the country
press and public for the benefit Of the
jackson CLARION alone.
A plain statement viii show how un
called for are the foregoing structures
on The CLARION and the Chairman o.
the State Committee.
We printed tickets for the following
counties; Kinds, Leake Simpson, Frank
+ lin, Choctaw, Kemper and Bolivar,at leas
five Of which were without the facilitie
o needed to print and cut the tickets. /
4. we had declined to print tickets four 0
o the counties named would have bee
without tickets, as the orders were sen
US when it was too late TO decline to d
!. the work. We did not publish in pape
or by circular orotherwise that we woul
4. print tickets, nor do we desire to do sue
+ work to the exclusion Of printing Office
a located where the tickets are to B
voted.
% In our issue Of October II, 1888, v
b. published the following:
e ELECTION TICKETS.
y We aIe receiving inquiries from cand
:. dates in different parts Of the State as
the printing Of election tickets. While v
Z are prep -,l to do all work of every d
le Upton, that comes to Qua office, We SUI
m 81 toour friends that nearly every coun
the State has a local press prepared
III 0 this class OF work, and that preferen
n should be given to the same. The coun
ic paper usually contributes its iull share
the success Of the ticket, and it certain
III ought to have the privilege and benefit
C. printing it.
III This shows very plainly how we stan
p on the question Of printing electi'
" tickets.
TO- On the 18th of October the chairmi
~ of the State Committee issued circul
n letter enclosing sample of ticket to
Il used by Democrats, and sent copy
ne every Den ratio newspaper in Miss
ne sippi. lie Certainly sent one to t
Z" South. rne OBJECT of this circular W
'at to aid printing Offices throughout t
'ss State and not to injure them, as is e
Oh dent from the language used. In
i circular it was specifically stated that
ne was desirable that all tickets shall
printed in the localities where useC
IDS and no price was named at which
IN work would be done here.
nv While The CLARION is not respor
BILE for the acts Of the State Execut
-, :, Committee or its Chairman, it belle
~ that they are entitled, at least, to f
~ criticism from Democratic newspapC
- If they have done anything wrong !
=; so. If they have failed to discha
= their duties, point out the where q
the when and the how, but do not d
= in baseless inuendo. Such a cours
iu- less than fair. 1t is indecent.
ems We think that the Executive Ct
T 70 mittee should be judged by the outco
kes of the canvass. II that is unsatisfact
re- it should be blamed.
zen N We may state in conclusion that
to Democratic tickets, except those prin
by the CLARION and specified in
ons article, were printed in jackson.