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The Clarion: Wednesday, January 24, 1883.
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notice ippliea,
Too Many Election Day.
We (ullr agree witli nur alile contempo
rary, the Ci.aKiuX, that we hare too many
lections. They not only MM Hie state an
extra amouol of money, but they hare a
tendency to disorganize labor. Let Ui have
Slate ami Conirresaional election at the
anie time, ay we Grenada Sentinel.
Do thi ClIo aid Sentiuel remember
the cause of tbia separation of Kederal and
Htate elections? la their opinion does this
cause no longer exist? Greenville Timea.
The inquiry might be addressed to a
half-dozen other pupt-nt which are advo
cating the holding of (ongreeional elec
tions on the. same day that local elec
tions are held. To the Timed, our
answer in that we do "remember" the
cause of the separation of these elections
It was the federal law authorizing the ap
pointraent of United States inspector at
Congressional elections. The apprehen
sion MalWfd that although that law does
authorise the United States officials
The Houae Committee on Coinage reports The Tariff Commission.
a very sensible bill to regulate, the coinage j
of silrer. it proposes to limit the coinage When the proposition to appoint n
to the actual demand for circulation, until . mllp the advo-
Public School Education.
The Jute Convention.
The official proceedings of the .lute
Convention in this city, including the
instructive and statistical address of Mr.
C. Menfelaus, is printed in full in another
column, The Convention w as composed
of earnest, practical men, who have at
heart the interest! of the eomm onwcalth
and are intent upon developing a new
industry which will add largely to It
Wealth and productive resources. The
Cultivation of .lute in our Htate has
passed the point of experiment. The
adaptability of her soil and, climate, its
production, and its value us a money
producing crop, has been fully tested.
The Convention organised itself into a
permanent body for active work, with
Geo. Lee, President of the A. and M.
College, for its presiding officer, and an
efficient executive commit tee. A reso
lution was adopted to memorialize Con
gress lo admit Jute seed and the mate
rials used in the construction of Jute
machinery, free of duty,
If the opinion delivered by Judge
Whnrt on in the Myers mandamus ease
U correct, tin laws on our statute hook
me to be coie 1 1 M to facilitate the voters
iatheexpreti not' their will through
the ballot bo: 'id not as instruments
for the defeat of elections. The public
will .'iwsit with patience the decision of
the highest judicial tribunal on that im
portant subject.
Civil, service reform is a question that
has come to stay. If we are not very
much mistaken, the Democratic party,
when it gets into power, w ill not rest con
tented with the pretence of reform em
bodied in the bill which recently passed.
Elsewhere we have published a speech
of Senator Jonas, of luiisiana, which is
ns lull of argument and sound dnctrint
M an egg u of meat. It is to the point.
Head it.
Tin: Civil Service Reform hill (so call
ed) provides thai the Commission who
are In raleel applicants for appoint incut ,
shall not be of the same party, it is pre
sumed the President will appoint two
Heiuhlicuns and one iVmoerat. A col
ored Republican, J. H, Etaincy ot South
Carolinin, is urged for appointment on the
Commission by John H. Lynch, and
others.
not
to interfere in any manner with elections
for State and county officers, they might
interfere indirectly i" some way. We
admit that we shared that apprehension,
and favored the separation. We are
convinced that if the fear was well
founded then, the motive does not now
exist.
Experience has shown that the present
plan of holding an election annually is
impolitic and works badly. It Is very
costly. It costs money needleafliy, and
time which is valuable to thi1 people.
The danger df Interference by United
Suit.es inspectors of Congressional elec
tions can be easily obviated. Pet the
( 'ono re-sioiial and State or local elections,
be beldon the same day, and at the same
place, bat apart and by a different set of
rl.t , . . 1 LI. . IT . 1 .
managers. 1 lie l ulled mines onicuus
will have uo.autlioiity for interfering in
any way with the State or county elec
tion. They will not have the temerity
to usurp it. If need be, laws can be
passed to restrain, and prevent tbeiii, for
interfering with State officers in the con
duct of Htete elections. The recent de
cision of Judge Bond, in Mouth Carolina
that United States inspectors have no
right to obtrude upon registrars while.
in the performance of that duty,
is in point.
An evil of the present plan of holding
Congressional elections at different times
from the others, in addition to its cost
liness in monev and time, is the small
vote which they elicit. The people are
tired of constant elections, ami stay away
from the polls. Look at the figures of the
last and previous elections. They fur
nish ample proof of the necessity of the
change.
Bo far as the federal election laws are
concerned, they are odious and uncon
stitutional. They ought, and we hope,
will be repealed. But it must be borne
in mind, that directly in the face of
them, the Democratic party has held its
own, with slight exceptions, in the choice
of members of Congress. The seventh
district with its targe colored majority of
eight, thousand) and shingled all over
with federal Inspectors, half of whom
wercappolnted on the recommendation of
the Republican candidate, gave the Den
oeratic nominee more than live thous
and majority. If these elections laws,
then, do not serve to defeat the will of
the people in the choice of Congressmen,
in the election of whom they have a
direct bearing, why are we to fear that
they can be used in controlling theState,
and county elections over which they
can have no possible control'.'
The people are weary of annual elec
tions. They are in favor of holding
Congressional and Htate, or county, elec
tions, as the case may be, on the same
day, and at the same time, hut separate
ly and by different managers, It will
devolve upon the Legislature when it
meets to provide for the change.
Experience has shown its necessitv.
ei her our silver dollar is worth as much in
the bullion market aa a dollar of gold, or
until sonip international agreement has
been effected for tbe remonetiaatiou of sil
ver. Philadelphia American.
Who in to decide what is the actual
demand for circulation T If it be left to
the bondholders who are interested in
collecting the principle and interest of
their debt exclusively in gold (as they
hare no "right to do, but which they are
doing through the favoritism of the
treasury depsrtment) at a value enhanc
ed in proportion as the circulating me
dium is reduced by the demonetization
of silver, they will promptly decide that
the demand is more than supplied. If
it is left to the people, engaged in the
various industries of the country, who
want an abundant, and at the same time,
a sound circulating medium, they will
decide that the coinage of silver must be
continued, and that it should be placed
on an equal footing with gold by pro
viding that it shall be unlimited.
So far from discontinuing the coinage
of silver, Congress ought to pass a law
Compelling the treasury department to
pay silver out to all the creditors of the
government, bond-holders, as well as the
iv-:. P.v a vote of 42 to 21 the P. S.
Senate in 1K78, passed resolutions declar
ing that under the contract between the
purchasers of the bonds and the govern
ment they Werfi payable, principal and
interest, in the silver dollar al 412J grains.
P thi' American bold enough to say
that the P. S. Senate falsified the con
tract between the government and its
creditors, and allinncd a deliberate lie ?
The anxiety to put silver under the
ban until an agreement can be effected
with other nations to equalize the money
value of the two metals, is a somewhat
astonishing Bvejy atto rapt in, that direc
tion has been a signal failure. It should be
remembered that it is the prerogative of
every government to coin its own money
and fix the value thereof independent of
other nations. The coinage, of silver is
required by the Constitution, and then
is no reason why the government should
violate the intention of its f miners, and
what was the established custom of the
government until 1H7.' when its coinagi
was surreptitiously abandoned in the
interest of the money barons. So, also,
the sudden anxiety to bring the silver
dollar up to the value of the gold dollar
is amazing. If there be need of equal
icing the value of the two metals why
not reduce the measurement of the gold
dollar? To increase the quantity of metal
in the silver dollar would be to add that
amount whatever it might be, to the face
of all the debts which the people and
the government owe. In short it would
he robbery.
Pi 'mum, the tariff discussion, Senator
Maxey of Texas called attention to the
fact thai while the average duty under i '1"lH'r''sla''h'honoraiicl won an empire of
Any roll of pensioners of the Mexican
wat thai tines not oontain tbe name of Jef
ferson Davis ill be a lying, shameless, cow
ardly fraud, and thai any Southern t'on
grassmsn w ho consents to such an outrage
is something less than a man. Macon (Ua )
Telegraph.
It is a mean and vindictive spirit that
would make one man the vicarious suf
ferer for the (alleged') offences of a whole
people, and rob of his dues the bravest
of the brave heroes who achieved a vic-
whieh crowned his count rv with
"rsKK ships and a living chance for
American Commerce on the seas." Nation-
si Democratic Platform.
rsonie l leniocrats in I ongress are not
imbued with the spirit of the above ar
tide ot the democratic creed. Thev
voted against the proposition to giv
American registry to ships built abroad
though paid for by Americans, thus
virtually taking from them their right to
buy where they please, and compelling
them to purchase from builders subsi
: dised by appropriations from the nation
id treasury. 1 hey voted also for tin
I proposition of the monopolists to give a
bonus of one-third the value of each
j suip w wits constructors, im.s proposi
tion, it is understood, originated with
John Roach, who stands at the head of
the ship-building monopolists, and was
engineered by Representative Robeson
of odious fame. In the de-ire to aid
this clftSS, the monopolists, it seemed
not to have been remembered that the
way lo revive our commerce is to
remove the restrictions imposed upon
it by a prohibitory tariff and to eneotir
age our merchant marine by opening the
I lilted .mates registry to every ship
owned by an American BO matter where
it is built. Hence, the platform: "Free
ships and a living chance for American
commerce.''
torv
the existing tariff was forty-three and a
half kt cent : the bill professing to r
duce duties, proposed a rate of sixty per
cent, upon glass and earthenware.
This "infant industry'' was one of the
younger daughters of the horse leech)
but it had already learned the cry, "give,
give."
Likk the rest of the Commission
which have been organized by tuthoritv
of Congress to do the work of that body,
the Tariff Commission has shown itself
to be a nrst-class fraud. Read the Ken-
ner letter in another Column.
Here, ye wise saints, behold your light, vour
star,
Ye would be dupes and victims, and vou
arel
Senator (Ieoeoe made a strong
appeal in the Henate on the 18th, for the
passage of the bill to creato a Depart
ment of Agriculture. An extract of his
speech is published in another column.
-1 l a . .
priceless value; nut it must He remem
bered that Mr. Davis himself with char
acteristic magnanimity has asked that no
consideration for him should prevent the
support of a bill which will sec ure to his
comrades their just reward.
The Tariff.
it is not likely a tariff bill will bo
j passed before Congress adjourns. It
was represented that the Tariff Coniiuis-
ukwioa made a reduction of about twen
ty per cent in the tariff. So far from
this being the case, Mr. Nimnio, of the
bureau of statistics, finds that if the
Tariff Commission's schedule were adopt
ed and the importations continued to be
the same as last vear, the increase in the
revenue would be about four millions of
dollars a year. This would not be the
reform the country expects.
Bills have been introduced into the
Ohio legislature to regulate the fares on
sleeping cars.
Covkrnhr SrocKLE, of Delaware
in inn ninugurai, congratulates toe peo
pie upon the prospect of a revision of
the Turin; declares it "highly important
that our commerce and exchanges with
other nations should be freed from the
shackles and restrictions which have so
nearly destroyed, ami have certainly
eriotuuy diminished, our merchant
marine, and the important industries so
closely connected with it welfare;"
favors a civil service system based on
the tests of fitness and capacity, and "an
equitable distribution as nearlv as may
be of Federal offices among the States;'
dwells Upon the importance of providing
iineraiiy lor tlie education of thecolored
people, but opposes "mixed" schools;
and the repeal of the "Uniform Ballot"
law.
cates of a tariff "for revenue only
objeeted on the ground that it was a de
vice for delay; and further, that the
Commission would be mainly composed
of representatives of the interests that
are striving to continue in force the
present robber-system. Both sugges
tions have been verified. The scheme
h as achieved the purpose of delay. The
Commission was a one-sided affair. It
was a Tariff reform body which acted
on the idea, How Not to Do It. The
protective principle was retained in its
plan of a tariff; and it is a doubtful
question whether it will reduce the
revenue or not. But as if to dispel every
doubt as to the motive of the Commis
sion, the following letter has been
brought to light. It was written pend
ing the deliberations of the Commission
by the representative of the Sugar inter
ests. It was read in the Senate by Mr
Beck, who is gallantly leading the fight
in that body against the champions of
the monopolists. The language of the
letter shows its meaning, ana proves
that while the Commission was ostensi
bly prosecuting its investigations to
produce a system that it would operate
equitably Upon all the varied industries
of the country, and showing favoritism
to none, it was really working, and cor
ruptly working, in the interest of the
"protected" classes, "preparing combi
nations," "providing the sinews of war,"
and the like. The advocates of the
Commission scheme will not read this
letter with its palpable intent, and sig
nificant allusions, without ablush; and
if they supported it from motives of
public good, they will feci that they
have been badly sold :
Long Branch, Aug. 10, 1882.
Pear Sir Our friend has arrived, and Is
busily engsgtd. under my direction, in see
ing certain parties m New York, ami pre
paring for certain combinations, in ease of
necessity. He will be of ihe greatest possi-
bl service to us in all these matters. 1 re
gret very much that you have succeeded so
slightly in providing the sinews of war. I
bog yoa vill see all the parties, and say
to them that if bis stay terminates before
tne (inject is accomplished it will be tlie
cause ot regret to us all. There ure certain
things which I cannot look after; circum
stances forbid mc ostensibly appearing in
the matter at all. Consequently without so
much assistance I lose half inv efficiencv
and chance of success ; I beg you will see
all of them again and urgently insist upon
the amount appropriated so fur, being in
creased. Use thisletterwith discretion, but
do not. hesitate to show it to any one who is
equally interested in our success.
Signed Yours truly,
Duscan F. Kknnkb.
Mississippi will elect s legtrlatnre and a
full set of county officers this year, it will
probably be a very interesting election, as
the prohibitionists will probably have leg
islative candidates in many counties.
Vicksburg Commercial.
It is believed by many who chum to know
what is to transpire in the future, that we
are to have four tickets in the field at the
next election, to w,t: 1. Democratic. 2,
Republican; 8. Chalmen-MohoBe; and 4
Prohibitionwith the Independents and
Qreeubaokers to hear from. There will un
doubtedly be lomething of a general shak-
m; up at our next election Raymond Gaz
elle.
Gov. Butler makes a practical recom
mendation concerning the management
of common schools in Massachusetts,
which might be followed with good re
sults in other States:
Restrict the branches taueht in ths pri
mary schools by law specifically to apeUing,
reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, jreog
raph v.history-prefcrablyof the United States
and require tnattnose snaii oe taugm u
the same system, to the same grade of achol
ars in every common school in the Com
moawealth. When the scholar can ahow
by an examination, that he is well grounded
in the elementary English branches, then
let him be admitted to a school of higher
grade, where line drawing for industrial pur
poses shall be taught, bookkeeping, algebra,
geometry the rudiments of tbe Latin and
French languages, chemistry, physics, with
nstural philosophy in a rudimental degree,
and there a common school ejucation
should stop.
We entirely concur in the opinion
that if the State is to provide money for
any instruction beyond that which is
merely rudimentary and essential to ev
cry child, then let it lay out the extra
sum in such manner as to give training
which can be put to actual use in earn
ing a living. One hundred boys and
girls waut the practical sort of instruc
tion, where one scholar wants the classics
and mathematics of the college.
in
tlie resn
vear
The Clarion in Colorado.
LETTER FROM A DISTINGUISHED EX-MIS-
PISSIPPIAN.
Canon City, Col., Jan. 15th, 1883
Editors Clarion: I have received
tlie first number of the new eight page
edition of The Clarion, and am well
pleased, alike with its typography and
make-up. Its resemblance of the great
I-iondon Weeklies in all respects is a
great recommendation to me. While its
condensed news and statistical columns
remind me of the celebrated Niles Reg
ister, so long the text-book and vade
rnmim of all American statesmen
When I was a Mississippi member of
Congress, I was presented with a copy of
Niles Register as one of my muniments
of title to the office of Representative,
and I found it a most excellent guide on
political subjects. I doubt not the eight
page Clarion will prove a worthy rep
resentative oi its departed predecessor
Respectfully,
John D. Freeman.
As the good old deacon said about his
Hinging: "He knew two tunes, one was
Old Hundred, and the other wasn't." S
there are two parties, one
eratic ami thr ntn-r iVnf.
In the IJ. S. Senate, Mr. Ingalls has
introduced a bill providing for tho ap
pointment of a Commission to consider
the subject of railroad transportation,
"and in inquire generally into the con
ditions affecting commerce among the
btates, the grounds of complaint exist
ing against the railroad corporations,
resulting from unjust discrimination
exorbitant or unequal rates, insufficient
facilities for traffic, or unlawful combi
nation, and in what manner existing
evils can be remedied by legislation ; and
to report their recommendations and the
results of their inquiry to Congress not
later than the first Monday of Decenv
ber, 1883."
Deserves its Patronage.
Hon. J. II. button In New Albanv bemo
crat.
The Clarion comos to us very much en
largcd and as usual lull of news. The
Clarion has the largest circulation of any
paper in the State, and justly deserves its
IS the Demo- patronage. Hoc. Ethel Barksdale its editor
What the op-' ha' devote,i his ha l" Mississippi and her
Southern Manufactajt
The Southern Cott.
- -o
-Association was Oirani-J,
17th. More than- '
ti,ries In Va . V t
v. jwmeni n
bciiicu, among the cumber al
wall Mills near F..Jr' N
snowing circular wan ado.
The facts rW.W.j ,
that the cotton-spinni
South is in anything but
. ""iroi
coming from some of th, k'
xne product on
niuof their operuil.
These renart. . i "V'Ori
ncpnlinta ma An .... i d 0r
up, in most
1st of Januarv ana :n. ,
that this important interest S
me evils mat ar ,f "
ins influence n ,l.
manifold, but r k Z .
fective management of theftt
IPSS slsiielltcrin,, f i TS I
VC s STOili n
are either ignorant
eio
INDlPFKRlKT AS To THi
at which products
Uc uurrccteu Dy gueh an or
Will ICBU1L in rni -n. J.
practical information .
miumfactiirincr an.l ,.f it'T
nlv nf the varinnu
r.j . O.IUUB OT BJafc
"w -" ' pnuem wnico then,
ties who are selling goods fo.
-r- r. k .ui Hie SUu
feet such an orcan ; Zr
i ij.u "Him
J nuijuiujiuBu mese results it till
sarv to hrin? intn it !,., i , '
numbers of the parties at uZ21
the aninnrni nr., ,.: """al
who wuave their yarns into cloth, it
cut nio mivcr are equally inters
mc turiuur in ail auestinn. .
management of thuii- ,ni.
should coonerate cnriiaii !!
objects of the association
"wv,vu' ouun ci candor '
to report to each nther m.s ...
by iuterchaiitfe of ideai endeWj
hub uw vuui interest to ours
the Itcst. Hita maha haci. mi
vite vou tn hppnmA a Ak ' Irl
f .... r" "r .r -""''wain-
iy vmij lumnru me puma ottltj
nun uiut uuierievuy outlined.
voigneuj J. T. Hah
L. B. Dill
H. T. hs
B. M. Cut,
W. T. Hi.,,
The foreeoinsr statement .
dition of bouthern manufacttiri
prises does not accord with then
parently well authenticated rep
Railroads in Tennessee.
From the Message of Governor Hwj
I likewise renew the rec
contained in my biennial
Forty-second General Asssembl; I
this subject, in which I said: "Ufa
ter of frequent complaint that omj
companies, in their charges fort
tion of freights, are accustomed to i
just discriminations in favor of I
freight, to the great injury and c
of our people who msy be inter
freights. Should these cemplaiosp
be well founded, some provision i
promptly made bv law which
the interest oi our private cut
not regard the interests of our v
izens and of onr railroad coup
necessarily antagonistic, but, riiV
there is a community of interest
them. The best advantage of eukl
found in building up and develop
resources of the country. HsityM
vised legislation, upon a subject ats
grave and complicated as thi,s
carefully avoided, and Hie suojea
receive at your hands the naticnio
ation which its importance deraindil
position may call itself, makes no dif
ference. Iet the true Democrat stick
to his own Bag.
Senator raXDLKTOH is diagustcd
by ths course of tlie Democrats, in the
U'xilature of his own Htate, opposing
the resolution endorsing his wi-ealled
civil service reform bill. It in case of
the engineer being hoisted by his own
petard, hut not in the way he wished.
it isn t necessary, the Washington
Post observes, to carry a ten-foot pole
when one calls on a Senator whose term
is on its last legs. Such a Senator hj iU..
ceseiblc even to an humble representa
tive of the turbulent masses. Next to
his conscience, there is no monitor fur a
public agent as the ever present fact,
that the people are soon to pass judg
ment on his account,
Maj. Jonas, writing to the Earniner
from Washington, says that "if the 4Mth
Congress should assemble to-morrow, the
candidates for the Speakership would
range about m follows in strength upon
th., lirt 1...11.. :.. ,L. I,..
.... DMiut in mo I'einoi ratie t aucus
without either one baring near enough
votes to nominate him : Kandall, ( 'ariisle.
Morrison, Eaton, r.lackburn, Sparks and
half a down dark horses."
Hever Weary in Good Works.
A friend sends us the name of Judsa
Xorris, a respected and venerable citi
aen of Tippah county, as a subscriber
and says:
The worthy patriarch will be 8fi years old
next month, but ta'.es a deep interest in all
public affairs. He makes a good Hying by
labor on his little farm, and enjoys life well.
In the opinion of the best informed
members of the present Congress, there
is no probability of the passage of the
bill to provide for the meeting of the
Forty-eighth Congress the first Monday
in March. Hence there will be no meet
ing of the new Congress before the regu
lar session which begins the first Monday
in December.
interests, and under his management, the
CfcARlon has always been found battling for
the interest of the people, and against- the
arirr ssions of monopolies and corporations
every citizen ot our State should read the
( URION
Ckn. SBEBMAtf says that "no earthly
consideration will induce him to embit
ter the remainder of his life by holding
out, tne ieat prospect that any possible
combination of circumstances or events
will make hini a presidential candidate.
Hut it will be remembered that Ceeasr
thrice refused the crown and finally
eepted it.
le
as
The House of Representatives of
North Carolina, by a vote of 98 to 9, has
passed resolutions instructing the Sena
tors and requesting the Representatives
from that State to vote for Federal aid
for State educational purposes.
THE Presidential succession bill
passed by the Senate, ought not to be
passed by the House. Tbe single simpl
iaci mat v unmet officers, iii whose se
lection the people have had no voice, are
to sm eed to the office of President will
be found to be very distasteful to the
public, and should kill it, as it doubtless
win, with the members of the House
How to Have Civil Service Reform
"e demand a change of system
..1. e i .
uuauea n administration, a change of
p.ones, mat we may have a change of
measures and of men." Platform of the
iational Convention of Democratic
party, 1876.
i he governor of Missouri has recom
mended thot fi. i...ii.
.. ... ,.- KjpNatwe snail pro-
"uc lnal legal rate of interest on
money loaned shall be reduced to C per
" uius nave been introduc
ea naving that object in view.
C.ov.STONKMAN'aljiaugural: "Powers
treated t.y the State cannot, and h)l
not with my consent, be permitted to
77 "'dependent of, or greater than
me mate.
Thb 1it. a i "
...I . uifar increases it .t
to the consumer nearly one-half-in other
woras, nearly doubles it.
A widow woman of Lawrence county
fell sickPittsburgh Times. Did you
v, ur ui a maoii! nan falling sick?
Fixed Compensation for Mil
cum.
In his message, Governor
said : "The people demand the a
of needless offices; the fixing of a
compensation at sums comma
with the service rendered, by 8
initcly ascertained ; rigid accouS
in expenditures of the public
and the raising of the efficiency
civil service by making fitnew i
tegrity alone the tests for appou
These recommendations will suit!
States besides Pennsylvania.
gestion to abolish perquisites, Hal
salaries in order that the pwp
know definitely what their agentt
ceiving, is a good one.
The Opinion of a Distinrm
tUCKy jourua-i"1"
Dr.Mohn D. Wood in, Glasgow
The Olahion, of Jackson, Mi,
ecntly been changed to the popnltf
form and dressed with a charmiS
typographical beauty. The CUU"
only one of the handsomest pup11"
southland, but it is dauntless in IM
bright and glorious star in joarniS
is edited with exceeding enre ana
nary ability, and is worthy of the!
State which it honors and widen"
to defend.
A Tmnanarent Hnfflbaf.
Al.o.a.... ..,;,. The so e!1!
afvUu i,.!'....... rtiii" h one ot t
wi . iv io nn in illll
transnarent Immhurs tllfttwssewt
iuto shape by Congress, and will lJ
effectual ns the law proposing n
same objects that was the standi! '
th. iIuvao ,-;m The clfil 1
can onlr hp refarined by
house-cleaning from cellar W 8" j
Gen. Cerro Gordo Williaois, ot j
said, and the Democrats expect ttM
noils in 1MU unrl to start the
earnest after the inauguration of 1
dont of their choice.
The Hortienltnral Confetti"
We are renuested to give
the delegates to the Horticttltt
vention will meet at the Sew.
ber at 11 A. m., on the 25th inrt
U. S. Senators Habbib, of tT
Garland, of Arkansas, and J
v,,r.i, n.i;n. .11 .mod n"0!
m warn vai uiium mis
been re-elected.