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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11
For Speaker Of the Next House.

FDIToR CLARION: Since the West cap
fured all the places on the State ticket il
would seem that the East conld, with rea-
son. claim the lions share of the positions
to be distributed BY the incoming Legisla-
ture. provided always she shall present a
suitable and competent man for the Office.
Looking over the field for such man. there
j. no name more prominent that that Of Capt.
FRANK BURKITT. of Chickasaw. A jour
nalist of fifteen years standing, he has at
tanned a reputation second to none for
earnestness of conviction, devotion to the
true interests OF the people, and courage
in defending their rights. 1t is true he
has never been a member of the Legisla-
ture but for all that he is a fair parlimen-
| tartan. having had experience in various
deliberative bodies, among them the
Masonic Grand Lodge of the State, over
which be presided in 1S79-'S0 with great
| satisfaction to the craft.
| A mans neighbors and associates know
best. what estimate to place upon his
| character for energy, integrity and moral
| qualifications. and they are the best Judges
of his ability to serve the people acceptably,
no matter what NAV be said of him by
strangers to his merits. Judged by this
| standard, Capt. BURKITT stands the peer
OF any man likely to be before the Legis-
lature, for In a holly contested canvass
before the people, he received a majority
of fourteen hundred votes in Chickasav
primary election, over an intelligent anC
popular opponent. He has always beer
true to the principles of the Democratic
party, though never degenerating int,
mere time-serving, and bold enough t,
denounce what may have seemed to hin
wrong That he is in accord with tn,
great mass OF the people on all the impor
: tant issues of the day there can be it'll
doubt in the minds of those familiar witt
his utterances thereon fer the past decade
/. and that as Speaker he would use his in
finence and sound judgment so as to shap
the Legislation of the coming session in tn
ente.est of economy and reform, none VIII
know him viii deny.
D EAST MIsSIsSIPPI
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11
The Silver Subject.

In his paper read before the Chicago
Commercial Club, Congressman WAR
NER stated that 200 members of the
House could be relied on to vote against
proposition to suspend the coinage of
the silver dollar. As the House is COM
posed of 1875 members, l63 would be
a majority.
On the question to suspend the rules
on the eve of the adjournment of the
last Congress, in order to allow the
consideration of proposition to suspend
silver coinage, 149 members voted nay
| Of these 90 have been reelected and ar,
members of the present Congress. They
may be counted on to vote the sam,
way again OF the 11S votes in favor o
suspending the silver coinage, 80 onl,
have been reelected. The silver mel
( seem to have been more successful thai
their opponents in securing reelection
The truth is, the people have bee
heard from. Nevertheless the contes
will be warm and exciting.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11
The Truth of History.

A mans death should not alter the
record of his life. Gen. GRANTS record
was made up before his fatal illness, and
the attempt of sentimentalists to change
it, falsifies history and accomplishes no
good. That he accorded to the army of
Gen. LEE the rights usually conceded
to belligerents, and adhered in good
faith to the terms of the surrender, is
not questioned; but it is due to the peo-
pie who were defeated in battle to say
that they, TOO, kept the faith, and from
that day to this, have kept their plighted
word and have borne true and faithful
allegiance to the common government.
The fortitude with which they sub
mitted to their fate, and the heroism
with which they bore up against adver-
sity, ought to have disarmed malice it
self of its poisoned weapon.
As the Chief Executive officer of the
government, Gen. GIANT was every
thing but conservative and considerable
of his late foes. 1t was he who dismissed
Gen. HANCOCK to make way for the
savage SHERIDAN 1t was he who gave
the people of Mississippi AMEs for
CULLEN. And, therefore, he was re-
sponsible for the enormities of both
those m ilitary tyrants, who ruled with
iron rods, and did not desist until they
had established their infamous carpet
bag regimes which followed.
The last act of Gen. GRANT as Presi.
| dent, has become topic Of discussion
1t is the programme he had laid down
for the installation of HAYES, the fraud
ulent President, as his successor. The
discussion has grown ont of a statement
of G.. w. CaILDs of the Philadelphia
Ledger, that Gen. GRANT told him thai
TILDEN was elected and should have
been inaugurated. To this statement il
opposed the fact that for the purpose o.
intimidating Congress, on whom the Con
stitution devolved the duty of count
ing the electoral vote, he collected /;
large military force at the nations
capital; and it is still more conclusively
contradicted by the following declara
ton of Capt. ALFRED E. LEE, Privat,
Secretary to Mr.. HAYS when he wai
inaugurated, and afterwards appointed
ConsulGeneral of the United States a
Frankfort on the Main. Mr.. LEE says
During the summer of 1876 had nu
merous interviews with General Grant
and among the things discussed was tn,
Hayes-Tilden controversy, and Gran
gave me to understand that he had rea
son to believe that Tilden proposed tt
come down to Washington and be sworr
in as President. Speaking of this Gran
said, with an expression of seriousness,
in his quaint face which indicated tina
he meant every word he said, eff Mr.
Tilden had undertaken to do that b,
would have hung him."
Capt. LEE says that Gen. GRANT CAV,
him this assurance on more than on,
occasion, and expressed his desire tn
Mr.. HAYES should be informed of hi
intention.
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An Auspicious Beginning.

Columbus Dispatch.
The College has been in operation for
now two weeks, and the most fattering
reports of progress reach us. The work
of starting, which generally in an insti-
tuition OF this kind is most difficult. is
being performed admirably and with
the best results. This is in the main
due, of course, to the fact that thor
oughly competent and experienced man
in the person of DIR. Jones is at the head
of affairs. There has been no hitch or
Jar, but on the contrary everything
about the College, every department in
connection with it, is working harmoni-
ously and smoothly.
1t is considered probable, we learn,
that additional teachers will soon be
selected. More will be needed, as the
number of pupils is considered most too
large for continued efficient management
by the faculty at present at work The
system, however, in force is so admira
BILE that no complaint on this score need
be made as vet.
A beginning so suspicious gives
promise of a bright career for the
College Its friends throughout the
State, and every Mississippian should be
its friend, are assured that It's organiza-
tion and work are all that could be
desired. Good reports only need be ex-
pected from it.
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State Bar Association.

A meeting OF the members of the Bar
of the Southern District of Mississippi
was held in the Federal Court room on
Wednesday, the 18th inst, Judge L. A.
HILL being President, and d. P. PORTER
ESQ, Secretary.
The proceedings of the Bar of the
Eastern District at Aberdeen were rati-
fed, and number of members enrolled
A similar meeting will be held in Oxford
for the Northern District in December,
and a general meeting for the State al
this place in January during the session
OF the Supreme Court and the Legisla-
ture
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

By a published correspondence be-
tween the Secretary of State and MAN
TON MARBLE, of New York, it.has trans
pired that the latter was appointed by
the President TO sound the leading
nations of Europe as to an international
agreement touching the establishment
of BIN etalism and the adoption Of a
fixed rate between gold and silver. This
is well, except that it might have been
better if the mission had not been confid-
ed.to.so pronounced gold monometalisr
as Mr.. MARBLE. The desirability of an
international agreement will not be ques
toned, but the United States government,
after all, must have policy of its own
and cannot subordinate it to the dicta-
ton or caprice of other people.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

The report of the Director of the
Mint for the last fiscal year is anything
but encouraging those who are urging
the government to discard silver as
money metal. and to rely exclusively
upon gold. 1t proves what every person
of intelligence ought to know, that the
supply of gold is altogether insufficient
for circulating medium. The Director
says that the decline in the production
of gold ON the Pacific Coast is shown BY
the continued falling off of deposits al
the Mint in San Francisco, the value oil
the gold deposited at that institution
having declined over SS,000,000 since
1881.
The following statistics will better
show the fallacies of the gold-bug CAPT
talists, who in their anxiety to put silver
under the ban, predicted that the act of
1878 restoring silver to its momentary
functions would drive gold out of the
country. So far from this being the
case, the supply of gold has increased
from 1926, 000,000 in 1878 to $542, 900, 900
in 1885. If there is not more of it in
circulation, it is simply because the
government refuses to disburse it to any
class of its creditors except the untaxed
bondholders:
The total imports of gold bullion into
the United States was IS, $40, 237. Over
$4,000, 900 reached this country that was
not entered at The coustom houses. The
imports of silver bullion amounted TO
"a, $50, 3S4. The imports of gold coin
amounted to 81, 842, 459, of which S.
So. 900 consisted of our own coin and
S14, 400, 1863 of foreign coin. The import
of silver coin was 81, 020, 243, of which
$673, 926 was our OWN coin. The exports
of gold bullion amounted to only
1896, $50, nearly all of which was United
States bars OF silver bullion the large
sum of $40, 422, 924 was exported only
81 500, 900 of which consisted of bars
bearing the stamps Of the United
States minis or assay Offices. From
this it will be seen that about
SIS, 10000 of the silver produc-
ton of this country found its way abroad
by export.
The total value of the gold bars ex-
changed for coin, $2,065, 02l, against
s25, SOC, 799 the previous year, showing
large falling of in the demand for gold
export
The number of silver dollars distri- |
buted by the minis during the year was
80, 373,625. The number in circula-
ation increased from SO, 794, S1S on
July !, 1884, to $45, 275, TO on October /, |
1885. The amount in the Treasury in
creased during the same period from |
Bl35, $50, ZIG to $165, 438, 721.
The Director estimates the amount OF |
gold and silver coin in the country ON
July !, 1885, at $500, 000, 600 Of which
B542 900 consisted Of gold and $27s, 0o0,-
700, of silver.
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CoLuMB1-s. Noyember Q lss


DEAR CLARION: / wrote you a few day,
since, but as L have piece of good news
70 impart | write again Dr. +. W. Jones
Principal, has rendered the Assistant Pro
iessorship in the Department OF Physic,
and Chemistry to Miss SaIIie Wick Hill 81
Macon, Miss, frst-honor graduate OF Oy-
Iord University, last term. Miss Hill will
enter upon the discharge of her duties next
week DIR. X. W. Jones trained Miss Hill,
hence she is well taught in General Exper-
mental Chemistry as we'll as Analytical
Chemistry
In this Department Dr. Jones is the
acknowledged leader in all our Southern
Universities. He says of Miss Hill ".She
mas genius. untiring application, laudable
ambition and a wide range of aptitude"
Miss Hill will give universal satisfaction.
The Printing Press and type for the
college paper were received Saturday.
Send The CLARION. The College Read
ing Room is ready The editors are re-
spending TO the call for their exchanges.
VIII write again next week.
Yours, in the interest of the College,
MoLLIE MCGEE SMELL.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

THE CLARION gratefully acknowledges
the many kind comments of its breth-
rem of the press on its recent sketch of
its history. Such greetings are great
stimulus to unceasing endeavor to make
The CLARION IL OF only public favor
lite but public necessity.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

The President has appointed ALFREI
z. EDGARToN, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Civil Service Commissioner in place OF
DoRMAN b. EATON, resigned, and VIII
LIAM ]. TRENHOLM, Charleston S. c.,
+ in place of JOHN MGREGoRY, resigned.
The Commission has been completed by
the appointment Of Mr.. EATON to fill
the vacancy caused by Judge THoMAN's
resignation. Mr.. EAToN's appointment
is temporary.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11
Centenary College of Louisiana.
THANKSGIVING AND ARBoR DAY-THrRs-
DAY, NOVEMBER %, 1885.

THANKSGIVING AND ARBoR DAy-rurps-
DAY, NOVEMBER %, 1885.
PROGRAM
1880 A. NJ, Sermon by Rev. c. B. Gallo
way. ID. ID, Editor New Orleans Christian
Advocate.
80 P NJ, meeting OF the Union and of
the Franklin Literary Societies.
3 P. NJ, address on the ground bv Rev
A. g. Miller Planting of trees BY the
Senior Glass
With view to further improvement of
the campus 1t Is proposed to every one who
contributes one dollar or over that his or
her name shall be registered in the COLLEGE,
Tree Book with the amount contributed and
also the number of the tree bearing taa
name OF the donor. We hope to hear fror,
many friends Of the College sending one.
i've ten, or even one hundred dolIars
Write with your full name and address -.
Rev. I. A. s. ADAMS, d. d..
President, jackson. La.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

WIEN DIR. II. w. JONES was selected
as President of the Industrial Institute
and College, a distinguished jurist, who
had opportunities of knowing the Doc
tors qualifications, remarked that the
action of the board of trustees in APP
pointing him, seemed like an inspira.
tom and now We have another ssinspi-
ration TO note in the Doctors appoint
ment Of Miss SALLIE vIcK HILL to the
position of Assistant Professor in the
Department Of Physics and Chemistry.
Read the letter of our accomplished
Columbus correspondent announcing
this and other matters of special inter
est relating to the College.
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Hon. o. B. Collins for Speaker

EDITORS CLARION: For twenty years
the above named gentleman has been >
tried and true Democrat, never faltering in
the dark days OF reconstruction and the
memorable years that tried men, souls.
His motto has always been, hold the fort"
His county endorsed him by good ma
jority Tor Senator, in the memorable contest
tor that office some years since, when
Horn, the Butcher of the press, was a dis
tlnguished candidate, but the esteemed
Hon. l.. B. Brown of Clarke succeeded in
the district. He has strong following in
Clarke, is active, Jealous and sprightly. Il
will be q graceful thing to make him
Speaker. WAYNE
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Quitman County.
BELEN. Nov. 6. 1885

BELEN, Nov. 6, 1883.
EDIToRs CLARION: The election in Quit
man county resulted as follows:
For Representatives. Marks, Demo
cratic nominee, 1873; H. w. Morgan, Re
publican candidate, III; Alex Hodges
Peoples nominee 81 !; D. HI. Simpson, In.
dependent candidate, II L. Marks plu.
rality, VI.
For Sheriff.. J. Blackman, Dem, 24S
J. r. Turner, DEM, 1871; G. G. Eason
Peoples nominee, "a; Blackm ans major
ity. IS.
No opposition to the balance Of the
ticket. G. w. partee elected Treasurer /;
G. NJ Fisher, Assessor; w. d. Phipps,
Surveyor; Jasper Hatch, Coroner and
Ranger Truly, X.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

FROM the A. & NJ. College and the
Female Industrial College must come
the future husbands and wives of Mis-
sissippi.-C Commercial Herald.
They ought to be good as far as they
may come from those institutions; but
the boys at Oxford and Clinton, and the
girls at Whitworth, and other excellent
schools, and boys and girls who may not
have Collegiate advantages, will not per
init the institutions named to have a
monopoly of the misunderstanding and
wife-making business.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

Mr.. MANToN MARBLE, the confiden-
tia agent of this Government, who was
charged with the duty of assisting the
ministers of the United States near the
principal European Governments, tc
ascertain the present opinions and
purposes of those Governments in re
spect toward the establishment, inter
nationally, of a fixed relative value
between gold and silver, the free coin
age of both metals at the minis of all
and the international use of both metal:
as money of unlimited legal tender
after numerous conferences with distin
G uished fnanciers at Berlin, Paris ant
London, extending through four or five
months, has returned to the United
States. The result of his mission viii
doubtless find expression in the Presi
dents message.
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Multum in Parvo.

HFNATOBIAs NOV Z, 1850.
EDTToR CLARION: Entire Democratic
ticket elected. Triumph of law and
order
Heavy hail storm, with thunder and
wind on the 9th.
Or. Hoyte, Of Nashville, is conducting
an interesting meeting in Presby terrain
church; % conversions to date.
Cotton coming in rapidly
Some dipfheria-
Yours, TATE
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

AZ soon as the same can he compiled
by the Secretary of State we will pub
lish tabular statement of the vote for
State officers and members OF the Legis
lature. A dozen or more counties have
not yet forwarded their returns.
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). p. FoRsEE
ALA. G., S. R. r. Co. }

v
ALA G.. S. r. Il. Co.
From the Circuit Court of Lauderdale
county. Hon. S. III, Terral, Judge.
Appellant applied at station of the
defendant to purchase a ticket upon
which to travel to another station. The
agent not being at his post, appellant
boarded the train without ticket. The
fare was 80 cents, but, under general
regulation of the company, the conduc
tor of the train demanded 10 cents adj
ditional, no ticket having been purchas
additional charge, explaining that he
| had endeavored to purchase ticket and
that il was the fault of the station
agent that he had obtained none. But
the conductor persisted, and having
stopped the train, with the assistance of
a brakeman, sliced the appellant and
started to eject him from the train. 1t
was dark and raining and about three
miles from the station, and appellant,
under protest, paid the 80 cents and
brought this action to recover damages.
Judgment for $50 and costs divided,
from which plaintiff appeals.
Opinion by ARNOLD, J.
! /. 1t was not error to exclude evidence
as &c appellants health, as that was
not affected by the occurrence com
planned of.
| 2. The testimony as to the character
of the ticket agent was properly exclud-
ed. He was not at his post to enable
plaintiff to obtain ticket, and his
character was not involved.
| 3. The alleged admissions of the
ticket agent, made day or more after
the occurrence, were incompetent and
were properly excluded.
| 4. A railroad corporation may adopt
reasonable regulations for the conduct
of its business, if it acts within the
limits of its charter and existing laws /;
and it is not unreasonable or unlawful
to provide that passengers may travel
at lower rate where ticket is pur-
chased than where the fare is baid on the
train.
5. But to uphold such a regulation,
passengers must be afforded reasonable
opportunities to purchase tickets at the
lower rate. If such facilities are not
afforded, and a passenger is unable to
procure ticket, it is unlawful to eject
him from the train for refusal to pay the
additional charge. In such case the
passenger may pay the excess under
protest, or refuse to pay it and sue for
damages if put off.
6. Exemplary damages would not be
recoverable unless the expulsion or
attempted expulsion, was characterized
by malice, recklessness, rudeness or will
full wrong on the part of the servants of
the corporation. Reversed and new trial
granted.
W. C. Forsee and Woods & Mcintosh,
for appellant.
J. w. Jewell, contra.
To be reported.
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Coz CoRBErr
l.. A.DUNCAN EFT AL.
ITO be reported. J

| l.. A.DUNCAN ETAL.
From the Circuit Court of Lauderdale
county. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge
Corbett presented a petition to the
municipal authorities of the city of
Meridian for license to retail vinous and
| spirituous liquors in less quantities than
one gallon. 1t was signed by majority
of the legal voters resident in the eorpo-
ration, as was claimed. A petition was
filed against the issuance of the license,
which was signed by only thirteen per-
sons. A controversy was had, which
resulted in granting the license.
Thereupon the counter petitioners in
stltuted in the circuit court eertiorari
proceeding to review the action of the
corporate authorities. Judgment was
entered vacating the order granting the
license, from which judgment the APP
plicant appeals. Among other things,
it was urged on behalf of appellant that
the persons who objected to granting the
license had no standing in court because
it was conceded that the counter-petition
did not have the signatures of a majority
of the legal voters; and that-certiordridid
not lie. The opinion, by COOPER, C. j.,
is given in full.
Section ll03 OF the Code of 1880 au-
thorizes one or more legal voters of any
town or city in which license is sought
to DE obtained to retail vinous or
spirituous liquors, to interpose his or
their objections to the grant of such
license by exhibiting contemplation
to the proper authorities. 1t is not
necessary that counter-petitions shall be
signed by majority of the legal voters
Of such towns. Where ii is sought to
prevent the issuance of license to any
party whatever during a period of
twelve months after the presentation of
= petition, it is then necessary to have |
majority of the legal voters Join in the |
contemplation. But where q particular
application only is sought to be defeated, |
single voter may intervene, and in |
intervening he may insist upon any I
valid objection to the grant OF the /
license. Such counter-petition can have /
no legal effect As such, unless it be signed I
by voters who have signed the petition
for license, in which event the names so
appearing upon both the petition and 1
the counter petition are 70 be counted I
against the petitioner; but it is con-
venient and proper method Of calling
attention Of the Authorities 10 any defect +
appearing upon the face Of the original