The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
Gov. Lowry for denomination.

EDITOR CLARION: 1t seems to be an
impulse in the masses to show their APP
probation of competent and faithful
officers by renewal of their trust. This
is natural to magnanimous minds, as Is
proved by custom, which Is so general
that withholding of the endorsement
of denomination very nearly implies
rebuke. 1t is gratifying to see, from the
tone of the press of the State, that such
an implication is as little likely to be
inflicted as it would be undeserved by
our present capable and popular chief
executive officer.
He has been true to his party, devoted
to it, and ardent and dctiUe In his devo-
ton. He was active, ardent and true
when to be SO required self-sacrifice,
when the followers of the party flag, so
far from reward, had not even hope to
cheer them on. In those days there were
few to bear the heat and burden of the
day, and yet his voice was heard in
every part of the State. He was the
recognized volunteer for every arduous
service, the chosen leader of every for
lorn hope.
A time came, finally, when his party
showed the value they placed upon his
labors; they gave him the highest Office
they had to give. How has he admins
tered his great trust? Can you Improve
on him as Governor?
He has not been spoiled by elevation.
Simple and unassuming in his manners,
discharging his duty as a public servant
as a business, with no sudden accession of
pretentious grandeur, he shows, even in
this small matter, his vast superiority
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He has attended with the utmost dill.
gence and assiduity to the routine duties
of his Office, and those of a grave and
delicate nature have had his most serious
| consideration, and his careful and labo-
rious investigation.
If anything is due TO Governor, and
something is, for economy in the expen-
diture of public money, his administra-
ton has not been surpassed. No detail
has escaped his watchfulness, from the
ordinary repairs of the public buildings
to the rights of the State in her great
| land interests.
His appointments have been made
from among those who stood in high
repute in their respective departments,
and in no instance has he made the mis-
take of selecting one whose integrity
mas ever been questioned.
No Governor has done more than he
has to invite capital into Mississippi, or
to encourage railroad and other enter
prises which bring capital, create taxa
BILE values, and furnish employment to
our people. The result exhibits won
derful impetus to su h enterprises and
remarkable development in this direc
ton.
At the same tine his ears have never
been deaf to the voice of his people. 1t
was his darling object that the State
should be traversed in all directions by
railroads, and this was, and is, the wish
also of our entire population. The time
arrived when the people, by majority
indicated in their Legislature, demanded
railroad supervision, in accord with the
suggestions of his message that such
action, within the constitutional limits,
would receive his cordial sanction. They
presented him with a bill which he
thought, and all now agree, was clearly
unconstitutional, and this he promptly
vetoed, proving that he held his con-
science as more sacred than his desire to
be with the majority. Another being
presented, free as he thought, from con-
stitutional objections, it was as prompt
ly approved. Many great lawyers think
the law thus approved valid, and it is
by no means certain it will not be so
held by the courts of last resort.
The only fair conclusion to be drawn
from his action upon the delicate sub
ject of constitutional Railroad Super
vision by State Legislature, is that he
has shown his wish to execute the will
of the people whenever he had the power
to do so under the great charter which
governs both governors and the people.
In all he has displayed wise conserva-
tism.
Prof. Tyndall has given the world a
sentence of more value to its peace and
happiness than would be the distribu-
ton of all the fortunes of all her mil
lionaires. 1t is this:
He is wrong headed statesman who
imposes his notions, however right in
the abstract, on nation unprepared
for them. He is no statesman at all
who, without seeking to interpret and
guide it in advance, merely waits for
the more or less coarse expression of
the popular will and then constitutes
himself its vehicle"
Our Governor has avoided the blunder
and is superior to the vice, and, while
seeking to advance the general welfare
of his State, he has also adroitly done a
very adroit thing for his party, as was
well said in a recent able editorial in
his advocacy in the Natchez Democrat;
he has eliminated the question of Rail-
road supervision from politics, which
question, at one time, was quite threat
ening to the harmony of the Democratic
party.
The denomination of this faithful,
conservative and able officer will be a
wise move for the party and one it will
most probably make. If he has made
any mistakes he certainly has made |
none that were serious. He has shown |
that he has cool and q wise head and |
an homes. heart. The people want no
mere MISSIssIPPIAN.