The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1875-06-12

to better the condition OF the I
State, and tighten the burdens Of
the tax payers. l know ii is I'M
pleasant to be at variance with a
portion OF ones own party, but
when subscribed to the pledges
in our platform, | did so determin-
ed to carry them out as far as pos
sible, and not merely to eaten
votes"
"You propose to cut down ex-
penses all around, believer"
"Yes; every cent that can be
saved to the State propose shall
be saved. Reform, if it was not
in itself right, has become abso-
lutely necessary, or the State will
sink"
The Governors services in the
cause of reform seem to be pro-
foundly appreciated by the old
citizens. His course is in such
bold contrast to Scott and Moses,
and particularly to Moses, that his
praise is in the mouths of all tax
payers.
The Governor says that these
Conservative citizens never ask
him to appoint one Of themselves
TO Office, as they DO not wish him
to openly break with his party on
their account, but that all they
ask is that he appoint only the
very best men of his own party.
This he has done, and the howl
I1trom the more ignorant and cor
rupt of his party only rebounds
/ to his credit.
The universal sentiment of the
country will sustain Governor
Chamberlain in his effort to give
South Carolina al honest and eco
nomical government. And if his
own party in this State turns their
backs upon him for 1t, and refuse
TO sustain him, so much the worse
for the party.
WHOLESALE STEALING.
| have before me a two-column
advertisement signed by A. q.
Jones, Clerk Of the House OF Rep
rcsentativcs, and j. Woodruff,
Clerk of the Senate, lndcr the
head of "Proposals for Stations
cry" 1t is for stationery (and so
forth) for one session of the Leg
islature.
First, the House Of Representa-.
tiyes alone wants five hundred and
sevcnty-five reams of writing pa
Iper! And two hundred reams of
| this is to be note paper. Think
of this for Legislature of about
one hundred members, who sit
less than a hundred days, aud half
of whom cannot write plain bu-
sincss letter! The total Is about
one hundred and fifteen quircs for
each member. What tremendous
: correspondence If each member
could write (and they cunt) and
, spent ten hours day during the
whole session bont over this paper
trying to evolve ideas out of their
woolly heads, they could not cover
all the paper, providing the ideas
, were there aud came readily to
swift pens.
And further, TO 60 with all this
paper, the black Legislature wants
one hundred thousand envelopes
[, Yc gods! what correspondents
And the advertisement particu
larly states that every one of these
hundred thousand envelopes mus
D be white. Forty thousand cnvcl
opcs arc 10 be Of size No. 5. These
are no doubt for "privatc CORE
spondence," o delicate size, yol
J know. Fancy an ebony hand
n fresh from the cotton field, ant
!. about as large as q csnvasscd ham
> spread out over q No. 5 white Gil
y velopc! And forty thousand 0
II these ore wanted, and sixty thou
sand of other sizes, all white.
!. But here are other curious item
! but rather large ones. Thre
: thousand pounds Of onvelop
s. paporv and two hundred pound
l. Of blotters. This is not too nluc
blotting paper, considering VII
! is to do the corresponding
J We pass rapidly over other OK
~ travagant items, and come to inl
II Six Kinds Of ink are wanted--i
is all, about ono hundred and flft
of quarts. This is quart and ha
:. Of ink toNeach member, to say nt
~ thing of the sixty bottles of be:
VI carminc ink"
t. Twenty-ninc hundred lead pei
re- ellis are wanted, with rubber hcat
- and assorted colors." 1t is yer
appropriate to have assorte
OF colors."
n. TO sharpen these pencils, on
~ hundred and fifty pen knives al
y wanted. Each member is also
be provided with pair of shear
3. and several paper weights, assor
q. ed styles.
~ We pass rapidly to other articl
:, and note that each member Is
-. have three hundred steel pens, at
ial a bottle of "perfumcd paste
ut Perfumcd paste in that Legisl
of turo OH a hot day will be just u
thing to have. But what thi
OF want with twelve gallons Of m
cilagc Is more than know, unle
th it is to stick the party togethe
And further, they want four hu
. dred pounds Of twine (enough
III. hang every one of them), al
lot twenty-five boxes Of black san
a And one hundred and fifty box
.rv of waters, and q thousand "a
:, mission cards." whatever th'
oi may bo. If they are admissi'
ire cards to the penltentiary, the nul
,se Der Is not too large. Four dox
M ebony mallets are wanted, o.
nd three hundred document boxt
Of and thirty hand stamps, +
,ut which designs will be furnished
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