The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-11-20
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Pierson-Edd y-the G.. r, which, |
means GREAT REFoRMEr, is out in |
another oneof those things: Eddy is
!" modest youth, it is: pity every |
body does not know It. He says so
any way, and that is enough.
We have read the G. rs effusion,
and will answer it but before We do
SO allow us to correct the CORY tcsti.
fer before the Hoar Committee. Pier.
son says that we doubled the city as
sessmcnt, and that for ten per cent
fees-Pierson )ies--fonlly, UNANIMOUSLY
LIES; what is worse. Pierson knew
he pcnnetl lie when he said it.
Pierson Was Mayor Of Natchitoches
at the time; he approved the roll as
correct. Fierson knows, or shonld, or
can, by application to the members Of
the then Board, that the assessment
'cas increased by their ORDER the
reasons therefor were, that Gully two
per cent tax could he levied. Seven
Thousand five hundred dollars tax
had been levied, and tho assessment
was required to put the tax levy for
that amount within the law. Tie
Board made the levy-tbe Buatl or.
dcIcd the assessment increased to n
fair, ~nitorm radiation; it was done;
for thirty days the Board erposcl the
tablcaux-citi1ens called, some want.
ed a reduction. Int IL. R't.rd refused
it. The assessment was not doubled,
only increased from 1915, 900, there.
abouts, to S450.O0O. The tax collec.
tor got no fees .tof assessing; his pay
was ten per cent for collecting $500 ;
that is MI. Pie,son knows all this,
consequently Person LIED when lie
stated otherwise. That ia all. Pier
son is modest man. He claims to
be the great Hercules Of Radicalism
in his wonderful task Of cleaning the
Augean stables. He gave us a good
tax collector, good Judge, a good
District Attorney; a modest boast.
all by his little self, wonderful; but
PiersoD forge,s to tell ~ that the
King Eurystheus, the people, had al
ready turned the rivers Peneus and
Alpheus through tue mass of ra,.ical
ordure. Pierson tried lis billrush
dam at the time these stables we're be-
ing cleansed, Pierson popped around
like y pea in hot oven, ,damning
the people, cnrsing Hercules and
swearing the stables were clean. Pier.
sou saw no Ring them; Pierson sees
one now. Nice boy, Pierson = little
blind, that is all. Can see anything
any one else sees, but-not as quick.
Pierson is slow-as = veformer-dev-
llsl' slow; but sure !; that is, if induce.
ments arc continually presented.
Pierson stuck like a leocl. to Boullt-
Boullt was honest, so Pierson said in
those days. Now Pierson turns up in
a new role, 80 lie says; that Of q
Great reformer. He gives US good
odRcers-,rhen ne ran Of the bad ones !;
he is . sort Of q eleventh hour
saint, and as We said before, slow hut
sure, devilish sure; he will come in
some time. and like Myers, time is
all he wants. Certainly. And then
he help reduce thu taxes from 80 mills
to H.; bully for P. the CT. 4 .ae.
The next thing will 10 that he put
his mighty reform buck to, the wheel,
and made Myers, Bonllt and .otllers
resign. EVERYBODY wonld believe it,
at least, as much as they believe Of
the other pretty story he tells. Pier.
son lays his hand on bis heart and
says he is honest; pretty--nice-if
anything else was il sight, not red hot,
Pierson would lay lis hand ON that
also. It is a crying pity no one else
has itlle same opinion Of l,im-big
boat by himself. All honest, 90 he
says He is a delightful specimen Of
a reformer aud more SO, asa lecturer
Of other people. l.. 81 "a II
His opinions of course will 70 a
good ways with people who regard
him with loathiDg. Ills name is syu-
onymous with infamy, when mention.
ed in every honest white household in
NatchitoclIes parish. lie says we
admit having done many discredita.
ble and dishonorabie acts. Such is
not the case. We admitted, however,
. t.- J !
having work ed as = common laborer
for bread, and stated that, in the eyes
of the model ref6rmcr ti) such . thing
was discreditable aud disbonorable.
Piereon admits this to be %. He
scorns any man, Or the acts If any
man, who would attempt such a thing
|as q support BY Ills labor. He haas
generation for the trickstsr suatAs
itlief. Why should he mott Y
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