The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-20
The PUBLIC PRINTER

with the Legislature that It has pre-
ferred another TO Col POWER IN the
election Of Public Printer. 1t qppre-
ciates the great force Of the argument in
favor Of the doctrine Of rotation IL
Office, aud on all proper occasions has
upheld it and will continue 10 uphold
it, But the doctrine Of rotation il n
sham aud q fraud If it means that in its
application all other considerations must
be forced 10 the rear.
As we have before said, the laws Of
the State require that tie Public Prin-
.er shall be the publisher 81 he sspaper
at the Capital 10 be known Is the oflicia
organ, and since the D,uocmde part
is in control of tho la,fs ygpu (
and has fixed polio IS ~ ( z seipie, it
was fair to presume tL " ma srs
Of that party in Che i.og 4ttte zen
the choice Of persons to ffftog lay
between the publish, ~ tvo iews-
papers already established, would have
selected that one Of the two whose paper
was IN sympathy, not only with the
Democratic party, but with the princi-
pies aud policies advocated aud endorsed
by an Overwhelming majority of the
party throughout the State, and by nm
overwhelming majority Of the people Of
the State without reference to party
In the selection Of Mr.. Henry, against
whom personally we have naught to
say, thi, curiousrc,ulthas been wrought:
that Legislature whose constituencies
in the aggregate favor Railroad Super
vision, the coinage of the silver dollar
and reduction of the tariff, has refus-
ed to elect the proprietor of a newspa-
per advocating all these measures, aud
has elected the proprietor of newspa-
per advocating none Of them. Nay, more
than this, it has elected the propri.
etor of n newspaper which has persist
entity opposed and denied the right Of
the State TO supervise railroads, aud the
policy of supervision without reference to
the right (; which has sneered at the sill.
yer dollar OF the present standard, and
(which has followed the lead Of Mr..
RANDALL on all questions affecting the
tariff; and whose editor, himself being
member of the last Demcratictic Ma.
tional Convention by the favor Of Il fow
friends, voted, as we are informed and
believe, for the Hon, SAMUEL j. RAN.
DALI for President of the United States,
This result ought to be source of
regret to all the people Of the State
who agree with The CLARIoN on the
questions referred to, and doubtless will
be, In course of time--6rst, because it is
an Endorsement of political heresies
which can never obtain in Missis-
sippi, and because it is blow at one of
the staunchest advocates of what the
great body Of the Democratic party
believe to be principles necessary TO the
welfare and prosperity of the whole
people.
1t was within the power of the Lcgis'
lature, 10y the selection of some ore in
sympathy with the people on these vital
questions, to have withheld the blow
which they have inflicted on one of it,
most fearless advocates, Il did not
follow that a change in the incumbent
of the office of Public Printer, if neces.
ity existed for change, as some seemed
to believe, should result in the election
OF 4 mouthpicce Of the party so entirely
at variance with its most cherished
tenets, There are persons, almost
without number, who would have ac-
cepted the office aud done the work
expected, who would be in strict har-
mony with the people on the questions
referred TO; which cannot be said of the
person who has been elected Public
Printer
THE CLARION having expressed its
mos, serious cause of regret at the result
of the election, desires now to say that
it to-day feels freer and holder and more
determined than ever. The Office of
Public Printer is not an advantage
to the newspaper which he is re.
auired IN publish IL STILES eXpresSiou