The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-04-20
F,r ~ Easf.-r Cilrton
The Senatorial Convention for the coun-
lie. II CLARK vUavne and Jasper.

ties Of Clark, Wayne and Jasper.
II Is now. believe. generally under
stood. that this Convention is to assemble
ON tho first Friday ia May next, at bcSoto,
Tor the purpose 81 nominating a candi-
date ON the democratic ticket for senator
i'm the State Legislature. MY object in
submitting my name to 20 before the con-
ycnti1u 81. a candidate j.. If elected. TO g.
tahli.h Free schools in our State. out Of
the fund which We now have on hand and
which is continually coming in. and also
a. le-scn the taxes Of the taN-paying part
Of car citizens, which can be done with
out injury to aDy one, or suhiecting any
person 10 any Inconvenience.
All the tax or fine money which accrucs
in our Circuit Courts-all the money which
Is received in the treasury Tor licenses To-
retail spirtuou~ liquors. and t. hawk and
pcddlc. goes To- the school fund in our
counties, and such ha, been the ease for
many years. Beside, this. our State divi-
we'd two hundred thousand dollars about
five years ago among the different coun-
ties IN the state In proportion 20 the mum
her Of children in each. Of which portion
Clark, WAYNE and Jasper received an ann
pie share. This fund If it had been pro
perry managed and taken care Of with
the other school funds. would now have
amounted to a very large sum Of money.
But ON making inquiry, J find thai the
fund has been squandered 10y in,oivcncieS
/ and other bad management, 50 that there
/ cannot nov. be made available one dollar
/ in ten which ha, been received. Let u
/ stop this. and apply the iund a 1t comes
\ i'm to school purposes, for which u / de-
signed. There il now an average OF about
two thousand dollars to each OF these
counties coming into the School fund
annually. enough to establish i've free
schools in each county and pay the teach
ers four hundred dollars each. Two towns
in Jasper are now paying into this fund
nine hundred dollars for licenses to retail
alone. PauldinE is paving six hundred
and Ggrlandsvillc three hundred, and
strange jo LAY there is not single FIRE,
| school among n. nor ever has been.
MouE OF LEssESiSG THE TAxE,.--My
method Of le-scning your taxes j. this
We have now in our State sixty counties
in many Of which tho Circuit Courts hold
from two to four weeks. and the stat,
docket In many instances, Is not takeI
up until late in the term. while witue~se
are kept waiting at a heavy expense t.
the State. and inconvenience aud eXpeus'
to themselves for many days before the!
are called on to testify. ! would be for
law 70 compel the judges to take uP Tia
State docket on tine first day Of the term
ness was transacted and this would saw
an enormous expense. The pay Of al GU
state officers including judge, Disyric
Attorneys and other otiiccr- Of state. doe
not exceed eighty thousand dollars pc
anuum, while our taxes for the State
about four hundred thousand. OF cours,
the heavy burden of paying witnesses %
the part Of the state, constitutes th
, greater portion Of the excess Here
the Auditors report Of lSj7. to-vit:
Total receipt. into the Treasury from l.
january to 1T ct October lSj7, by wa
Of taxes, S3j9.Gj9 -; and then he est
mate. the receipts into the Treasury e
the ensuing year, by way Of taxes, at .
per cent. more. and estimate 10 10 amour
, n the round sum ct Sii9,57l IS, and put
down the expenses Of the ensuing fsc'
year at s30O.OoO 90. making the amount
excess Sl4g.574 IS. Of receipts over e,
peuscs. We find here. then, two hundre
-, and twenty thousand dollars eXpeude
over and above the payment Of the of
GERS ct State, an estimated cxce,, of Slig
51I Ci more than j. needed Allow thel
according t. my plan, that one huudre
" thousand dollars over and above the pa
OF officers, viii dcfray the expenses Of d
State. then save % the State annual
:, the round sum Of two hundred and siNt
" nine thousand five hundred and sevcnt
mode Of legislation. and the taxes Of Il
people can be lcs,encd accordingly. TIL
" can more fully explain on the stump
the satisfaction Of the people, as | ha'
written here some of the main outlines
your expenses and State management,
y order that YOU may see what very b
y economy has heretofore been used in yo
state government, and how the evil m'
~ be rcmedicd. These are INV measur,
and TO effect them for your good and n
own, I am willing to serve you in Il
y senate. WM. h. TROTTER.