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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
THE OFFICES SEEKING The len.
Hon. w. L. Hemingway for State
Treasurer.

EpIToR CLARION: / ask the privilege
of your columns to present the name of
Hon. W. L. Hemingway, of Carroll, for re-
nomination as State Treasurer. Three
successive State Conventions have uuani-|
mously nominated him for this high trust
and each time the nomination has been
ratified by the peop.e al the polls by over
whelming majorities.
Ii it is said that Col. Hemingway held
position Tor many years, it may also be
said that he has always received his Gre
dentials from the people, who as sovereigns
had the right to bestov or refuse their
suffrages
The length of his service in this Office
will furr sh the only argument that can Be
urged against him, but thi. argument will
not prevail with thoughtful minds or with
those who agree with Nj. Cleveland that
business principles should be applied to
public Affairs for where is the firm that
viii discharge an employee for no other
reason than that he has served ii in the same
capacity for many years? And where is
the bank that will dismiss trusted cashier
who has faithfully administered his duties
because OF the duration of his service !?
No sound policy would warrant this
course. On tie contrary, changes are not
made BY business men when not imperative
| ly demanded by the unhtness OF an employee
and length of the employees services fur
nishes a reason for his retention.
| The relation of the treasurer to the poe
pie is business relation purely, but one of
great trust and responsibility, and the
people have heretofore shown their regard
for business principles by retaining the
present efficient officer in their service even
beyond the ordinary period Of two terns.
t..
offices, having the control of a large pat
renage it has been customary to retire the
incumbent after two terms, but the State
Treasurer has no patronage and in Other
States the rule is not applied to this Office
Inquiry into the fitness of Gel. Hening
, way would be work of supererogation
for his eminent qualifications are every
where conceded and will not be denied by
his competitor. 1t may be proper to re
mark, however, that during Col. Hem
: ingway's several terms of office over S.,
: 600 900 has passed through his hands anC
been faithfully accounted for to the PEG
pie. On this subject the legislative com
! mite of 1884 say:
"Your subcommittee then examined tn,
disbursements OF the present State Treas
urer from his induction into office in Jan
uary, 1876. We have seen, examined ant
compared with ms books every warran
paid by him and find that he has honestl,
accounted for every dollar that has com
into his hands, and in every respect faith
fully discharged the duties of his Office"
In another part OF their report the com
mittee state that they verified the cash il
the treasury by actual count and found
. correct.
With the experience OF our sister State
q of Alabama and Tennessee with thei
] defauiting treasurers, Polk and Viucen
4 fresh before them, the people of Mississippi
! will scarcely be guilty of the folly of turr
ing out true and tried officer merel
r because somebody else wants it.
- BVsINFSS
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

The Railroad corporations have got
the people of Tennessee by the throat.
Their chosen agents have dilly-dallied
with them, until they have obtained the
mastery, and procured the repeal of
the law to establish q commission for
their regulation. After a hard fight
the corporations have won in the Legis-
ture. But all is not lost, if the anti
monopoIists will summon IsHAM G
HARRIS, with whom there is no such
word as fail, from his seat in the Senate
to take their trailing banner in tbs
State election. He will bear it to vi,
tory
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
State Superintendent Of Education
OXFORD. March %. 1885.


EDITOR CLARION Apropos of the
meeting Of the State Convention to nomi-
nate candidates for the various State offices,
and the discussion OF the merits of differ
ent gentlemen in this connection, desire
to be heard on the question of a state Su-
perinteudent of Public Education. To one
who has taken any considerable interest in
common school education, v no has studied
the different systems, who has watched the
progress made in the most advanced COM
munities and States, and, therefore, realizes
our educational status as 4 people, this
office must appear to be first in Ina port ince.
While this officer should be a Democrat,
of course, beyond that, no question save
that OF efficiency should be considered.
Let him come from the North, the South,
the East or the West, from the very county
or town of the Governor, or any other
State officer. that must make no difference.
The coming generation demands, and we
must have man of ability, energy, individ-
uality and experience. man who has
fought and won the battle knows how to
fight. We must have 4 man who has
watched the growth and workings OF Gem
mon school systems for years; who has
studied and applied them yea, whe has
mastered the very problems which present
themselves for solution right here in our
State. The hour is propltious for such a
man; and | do not hesitate to say that there
is such a one in the person of Prof. ]. Il.
Preston, OF Water Valley, Principal and
Superintendent of the City Schools. If he
will permit his name to go before the Con-
vention, believe that an approaching peo-
pie will call him to do them service.
I'AJIFGRo
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

THE following appointments by the
President have been confirmed since oui
last issue:
Henry L. Muldrow, of Mississippi
Assistant Secretary of the Interior;
VIM. A. ]. Sparks, of Illinois, Commits
sioner General of the Land Office;
Daniel McConoville, of Ohio, Auditor of
the Treasury for the Postoflice Depart
ment; Samuel 5. Cox, of New York,
Minister to Turkey; Thos. G. Crenshaw,
Jr., of Georgia, Collector of Internal
Revenue, District OF Georgia; Aguila
Jones, of Indiana, Postmaster at Indian
apolis. Monday the President made the
following nominations:
ENJOYS Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotsntiary OF the United States
Thomas j. Jarvis, OF North Carolina, to
Brazil Alexander r. LawIon, of Georgia,
to Russia; Anthony NJ. Kelley, Of Vir-
ginia, to Italy.
Consuls General Of the United States
Thomas NJ. Waller, OF Connecticut, TO LON
don; Frederick Paine, OF MARYLAND, to
Berlin, Edmund Jassen, Of Illinois, to
Vienna.
Ministers Resident Of the United States
Isaac Bell, Jr., of Rhode Island, to the
Netherlands; Rufus Magee, OF Indiana,
10 Sweden and Norway George W. Merrill,
of Nevada, to the Hawaiian Islands.
Ministers Resident and Consuls General
of the United States-Edward Park Curtis
Lewis. of New Jersey. 10 Portugal; Ras-
mus B. Anderson, of Wisconsin, to Den
mark.
ConsuIs OF the United States-A. Haller
Gross. of Pennsylvania, to Athens, Greece
Evan r. Howell, Of Georgia, to Manches-
ter, England.
special fiscal agents Of the Navy De-
partment.
Collectors of Internal Rayenue--Nathan
Gregg, Of Tennessee, for the Second Dis
trict Of Tennessee; Isham G. Searcy, OF
Texas, Third District of Texas;
Alex. McCue Of NeG York, Solicitor OF
the Treasury; David STEELE, OF North Caro-
lima. United States Marshal for the West
ern District Of North Carolina; Joseph E.
Johnston, OF Virginia, commission Of rail-
roads: Lewis McMullen. Of New York,
appraiser Of the district OF New York City;
Wm. Caldwell of Ohio, surveyor OF customs
Il Cincinnati, O.; Clement Doud, OF North
Carolina. collector of internal revenue for
6ixth District Of North Carolina; John q:
Henderson Of Indiana, collector OF Internal
revenue for the Fifth District OF lndianai
Cant. VIM. J. .Volmar, Of the Fifth cavalry,
f;jor and Assistant Adjntant General !;
Can't. George III. Burton, q the xNenty-
frst Infantry, Major and InsPector C.
MAI
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
Hon. s. s. Cox.

The nomination of the Hon. SAMUEL
s. Cox to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotiary to Turkey. was
confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday.
Mr.. Cox is, perhaps, the best furnish
ed Democrat in the House, where by
long and faithful service he has estab-
lished for himself a reputation as a
statesman, scholar and wit, which is ex-
traordinary- He is Democrat Of Dem
ocrats and can be lily spared from the
field Of his greatest triumphs. He has
been member Of Congress for nearly :
quarter Of : century, having represented
FIRST the Capitol district in Ohio and
afterwards one Of the districts in New
York City. He j. a man Of varied Sc
conplishments and rare social qualities
and will ably represent Democratic prin-
ciples in the court to which be his been
accredited.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
Chickasaw Messenger.


In the Messenger of last week we re-
ferred to rumored compact between
LAMAR, WALTHALL, LOWRY and
BABKsDALE, whereby WALTHALL and
Lowry were to succeed themselves and
BARKsDALE was to succeed Senator
GEORGE. We did not believe the rumor
was founded in fact when we referred to
it and so stated. Our object in pub
fishing it was to give gentlemen inter
ested notice of its existence and an OPP
portunity to refute it, and we are graft
fled to be able to state that we are in re-
ceipt of information from an undoubted
source which authorizes us to contra
dict in the broadest and most emphatic
terms the rumor referred to in this
paper of "a compact between certain
gentlemen connecting them with the
recent appointms Mt of U. S. Senator tt
| fill the place vacated by Senator
LAMAR. So far from an arrangement
of the kind refer red to, or any othel
kind, having been made whereby the
alleged contracting parties were to b.
benefciaries, there was no confcrenc,
| between them.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
The State School Fund.

In the case of the State, ex vel, etc.
VS.. Dan Y. Brown, Treasurer Kinds
county, the Supreme Court decided as,
follows, and we are requested to repub-
fish the same for the guidance of whom
it may concern:
Careful consideration of all the legis
lation of the State with respect to the
maintenance Of the Public Schools has
satisfied us that the money distributed
by the Auditor of Public Accounts, In
pursuance of law to the several counties,
is appropriate to the payment of war
rants issued in the year IN ashieh their DIS
,ributioa is made. The money distribut
ed in January, 1888, is to be applied to
warrants of the year 1883.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
Mormonism-A Righteous Decision.

The Democratic Administration is
pledged by ths party platform and
inaugural of the executive head of the
government, to sxtirpate the curse of
Mormonism in Utah. We are gratifed
to note that the Supreme Court of the
United States, keeping pace with the
spirit of the tinios, has rendered a de-
cision which viii materially contribute
to this desirable contamination. The
decision was rendered in the cases
brought by certain citizens of Utah
against the Federal commissioners or
canvassers appointed under what is
known as the Edmunds act of March
p, 1882, involved primarily an alleged
exercise of authority on the part of the
board in establishing test oaths for the
qualifications of voters not warranted
by the law.
The court, while holding that the
commissioners or registration officers
have no right to enlarge the scope of
the law or invent irregular methods for
its administrators, decides that the law
itself in all its parts, even to the require
ment of the taking of test oaths, if found
necessary, is constitutional and entitled
to all the needed machinery for its en-
forcement.
The power OF the General Govern
ment over the Territories in a politica
sense is declared 20 be as autocratic an(
supreme as that of individual owner
over their priva:s property. Says tn
Court:
The personal AMI civil rights of the in
habitants of the Territories are secured t.
them, as to all other citizens, by the prin
ciples of constitutional liberty which re
strain all the agen, les of Government, Stat
and national; thair political rights ar
franchises which they hold as privileges il
the Legislative discretion of the Congress O
the United States.
1t rests with Congress to say whether
in given case, airy of the people residen
in the Territory eAall participate in tn
election of its officers or the making of it
laws, and it may therefore take from ther
any right of suffrage it may previousl
have conferred, or at any time modify Q
abridgs it, as it may deem expedient
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
For State Treasurer.

EDITOR CLARIoNs Soon the Dem O.
cratic party Of the State will hold .
convention TO nominate candidates for
the different State of6cAs. 1t is proper
for M as citizens to select true and true
men to fill these Offices, and for this
reason We desire to present the name Of
Hon. E. r. Seward Of Choctaw county
- suitable person for State Treasurer.
Mr.. Seward is well known here - q
business man-a COED citizen perfectly
qualified, and true and tried Democrat.
He was elected Chancery Clerk of this
county when only q years of age, which
Office he filed to the satisfaction of the
people for eight years Afterwards he
represented this county in the Leeisla-
ture. If he IL elected be will faithfully
discharge the duties Of the Office
CITIZEN or CHoCTAW COUNTY.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

"Men may indulge their aspirations
and one after another may rise, falter OF
fall but our principles must'remain stead
fast, intact, and every good Democrat
must guard them at any reasonable
sacrifice" This wholesome sentiment
appears in the letter Of Col. o. r.
Singleton declining to be candidate
for Governor.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

GEN. GRANT suffered from a sense Of
sufocation and difficulty Of breathing Oh
Saturday night, caused by an accumu-
latiou of phlegm in the rear nasal pass
age. Although relieved Of this trouble
he has since been weaker, though his
temperature AID pulse are normal.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

GEN. AEsoN STAGER, chief Of the
government telegraph service during
the civil war, and for some time super
iutendent Of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, died at Chicago on the
10Th ult.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

MIssIss1PPIANs still swarm to the Expo
sition. Our State is the greatest patron
as well as the chief beneficiary OF thi.
grand sssembaee OF States, Territories
and Naturalization Examiner.
And yet the people OF Mississippi, who
are so kindly disposed toward the
Exposition have to pay just double the
railroad fare charged to visitors from
the North and West. The Swarm
will stop unless this discrimination
stOns.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

The President has done good thing
in appointing Mr.. CLAIBORNE BOWMAN
an old and respected citizen of Yasoo
Postmaster at Yazao City, rice judge
AncoRS resigned. 1t may be well to
add that the Judge resigned before the
late Administration went out of power
but it graciously declined to forestall
the new Administration by appointing
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

his duties in March, 1857. On the 9TH
of January, 1861, he resigned his posi-
ton and soon after departed from Wash
|iugton with his family for his home IN
mississippi. He served with Gen. Beau
regard at Shiloh and with Gen. Pember-
ton at Vicksburg. Near the close OF
,tlle war he was sent 10 Canada as special
Iagent of the Confe icracy on secret
mission. He W rs on his way from Mon
Itreal to Halifax when President Lincoln
was assassinated, and a arge reward
was offered for his capture by resident
johnson, it being charged th t he was
lin some way connected will the con
spiracy. Mr.. Thompson promP .ly made
a statement, denying any completely,
and shortly afterHa ard sailed for Eu-
rope with his family. He remained
abroad several years and on his return
resided for some time in Oxford. From
there he went to Memphis, where he
has permanently resided since 1917.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

Mr. ]. R. Smith, who was appointed
by Mr.. Arthur, consul to Assumption,
Paraguay, and confirmed by the Senate
has rendered his resignation to Presi
dent Cleveland, upon the grounds that
"to the victors belong the spoils" Mr.
Smith says that he has been Republi.
can, and partizan, and that he could
not consistently hold an Office under
a Democratic Observation-Disclosures
Mercu ry.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

IT is rumored in Washington that
officers Of the Array and Navy who have
been filling soft places in cities and
around headquarters are to be sent to
their commands and that necessary va
cancies will be filled by those who have
been in active service on the frontier and
elsewhere. Another step in the great
march Of reform.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

Mr.. J. \. SLOAN, Of Pontotoc, in
forms us that he will be a candidate
before the next Democratic State Con
vention for Auditor Of Public Accounts.
His qualifications are ample and his
ambition to serve the public in this
capacity is most laudable.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
We find the f lowing paragraph il
the Vicksburg Est:

the VIcksburg L st;
A good many very intelligent journals
continue to speak Of civil service rules as
if they prohibited removals except for
cause. They shor Id understand that they
do net touch the aestion OF removals, but
only that of appointments. There is no
difficulty IN emptring Offices of their in
cumbents; the trouble is that in the places
protected by the rilss appointments can
not be made except after competitive ex-
aminations.
As stated by our contemporary the
Civil Service Law does not prevent the
removal of any il cumbent, but we sup
pose that the intelligent journals
referred to by il we're constituting the
law with references to the principles of
Civil Service Reform which are not EN-
bodied in any statute, but which dc
stand between al incumbents of Office.
and summary removal without cause.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

The latest rs to General GRANTS
condition indicates his death within the
next few days. He is unable to sleep
without opiates, and his strength is
steadily failing.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

GRENADA has been unfortunate
enough to be visited by another fire.
The Post Office and two or three adj
joining buildings were destroyed on the
morning Of the Goth ult. Estimated
loss, $4,000. Insurance about $4,000.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

TIE Democratic City Convention Of
St. Louis nominated DAVID r. FRANCIS
FIX President of the Merchants Ex
change for Mayor. The Republicans
nominated WM. M. EwING, the pres
ent incumbent.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

PREsIDEST CLEVELAND has requested
the Sensterc remain in session until
tomorrow. In the the meantime
important nominations are being sent
In
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

We have not had quite so much war
news in many years, and it is doubtful
if peace can be restored in all quarters
without some very serious national con-
sequences.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
Wednesday. April l. 1885.

REV. WM. HARRIS, Treasurer Of
Princeton College, New Jersey, died OF
appoplexy in Savannah on the oath.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

AN esteemed correspondent makes
some pertinent suggestions touching the
candidacy of Col. w. L. HEMINGWAY
for the Office of State Treasurer.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

CARTER II. HARBIsoS was renominat
ed for Mayor Of Chicago, by ACCLAIM alton
It is believed that be viii be elected.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01
Opposed to Strong Drink

@Parker's Tonic is delicious to the l''i Ave
it inyigorates, but does no ProIae'Ss ! colds.
for strong drink; it cures coughs WI tiduey
It purifes the blood, thus cnIln ,,a tiisrli.
liver and lung troubles and rheuiH G 6 Il.
1t should be kept in every hone I,, Placs
Sherman, photographer, Ellgin III
il in yours,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

Col VIM Grimm and his good VIE, ~
are residents of Moss Point, MIS- MIS- living in
haps the oldest married coup, slonday,
this section of country. Lsss ,hs;r sd
this venerable couple celebrated - sSs March
wedding anniversary, being marfisS -
q, l822.-Biloxi Herald,
The Arizona champion., 1885-04-25
B. Frank Hauy

We have enjoyed the acquaintance of the gentleman whose name heads this article, for a numberf O years in Arizona, and we note with pleasure that his friends in the southern DOT ton of the Territory are pressing his name for the Governorship. B. Frank Hall was one of the early birds of the Tombstone camp, where he caused the first real genuine excitement the camp experienced in mining boom. We shall not soon forget the"Sunset" days, and afterwards MT. Hall became interested in various mining proper ties in the camp, where he did much to develop and dispose of properties, and to-day is a stock-holder in the Grand Central Mining Company, who own the leading mine in Tomb stone. A man of ability and most excellent judgment, he would fill the gubernatoriaI chair with credit tc the Territory.
The Arizona champion., 1885-04-25
WEEKLY CHAMPION.
SATURDAY, APRIL a5, 1885.
If. Likes a Good Fighter.

"Cleyeland IS very strange man "a very strange man, indeed, to be President" observed Southeastern representative, who had had several conversations with the chief executive. "He does't look at things the way other Presidents have been used to looking at them. Now, there IS in my district newspaper propriet or who holds very prominent federal office. He is one of the strongest Re publiCans l ever saw. During the recent campaign his paper, which has very large circulation, printed the most fierce attacks upon Cleveland of any paper in the country. They were telling blows, and had great influence. When Cleveland was inaugurated we all supposed, of course, that this of ficelolder would be removed on the ground of being extensively partisan, and that the civil service law would be referred to in substantiation oI his re
 moval. Well, copies of these articles attacking Cleveland were taken to him soon alter March 4th. They were bitter, and calculated to arouse him. A week ago called upon the President, and inquired if he had read those clippings. Yes was the reply, T have read them with great interest. 'What dc you think of them2' l asked, expecting to see an explosion. Well, said the President, they are the most effective articles have seen, and should think must have carried good deal Of inhuence'-not seeming to be affected. Can you keep Q man in such prominent place after he had turned such aheavy battery upon you2' The President looked me hard in the face, then replied: I admire a good fighter, and would much prefer keep, ing this man until his term expires, after reading these clippings, than before. l have much more respect for him than if he had given his party but a weak support. think this pa, per did me more harm than any other paper that did not go into the scandal. especially like man who is decen, in making good fight"
The Arizona champion., 1885-04-25

SQUARE hole augres are now com ing into general use. A company has been organized in Cleveland, Ohio, for their manufacture and the Herald of that city, describes the machine:
 The auger bores a a-inch square hole, the size used in ordinary frame buildings and barns, but it can be made on the same principle to bore square holes of any size. Its applica, ton is ordinary and works on the same principle as round hole augres. Its end, instead of having a srrew or bit, has cam motion which oscillates a cut, ter mounted on a steel rocking knife which cuts on both sides. In order to prevent the splintering of the wood, the ends of the cutter are pro, vided with small semi-circular shaped saws which help in cutting out perfect ly square corners.