The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-29
HITTER no. H.


ereasing the number Of officers IN the
State, thus heAplng upon the backs ~
the people u mountain ~ lhAhllnli'
They having created more llnll va
hundred now state ann county Glllceh
In three years, In the lorm Of nAscHhorH
ana collectors, cotton wrlgllrlHl elllil'
lnal Judges, el0,, aud hllll tho eIy "
more officers
Yea, We have increased the offices,
but not tho officers, aud lllllie people
demand M Increase Ol offices hlll not
Ut officers AZ the first glance, lhlH
mny appear IA be- u contradiction ul
terms, bat IL ~ Now, lheaherllf per,
forms not only the duties NJ sheriff. hll
those of the collector Of taxes also
Tho several Justices Of the pence per-
form not Olly the duties OF the Justice
Of The pence, but also thOHe NJ nll nH-
SCISSOR. Thus under this Radical PLAN
causing u combination Of duties 10 de-
yOlye on one officer, rendering " nj
most impossible for him 10 perform IN
person the duties incumbent upon llluli
resulting almost Invariably IN encll Ol
these officers having 10 employ one or
moro deputies 10 perform the extra dll-
Ties OF his office. Each Justice Ol The
peace one assessor Onrh, nnd shcflll
one or two additional deputies ar CLERKS
10 attend 10 the collection Of the taxes
Here ARE five assessors and two collec-
tors In each county Seven officers,
In fact, not elected 10y the people, hut
chosen by the principle officer where
Az under the Democratic plan, one NJ
SCISSOR aud collector elected by the poo
pie, could, In most counties OF the
State, perform the dullos, which, un-
der the Radical programme, requires
ak or seven officers ~ perform,
Hence, here II IL obvious TINT We have
not increased the officers, but actually
diminished them by an Increase IN the
offices.
Again, the Radical party blended
the offices Of District aud County ClcrlG
but did this reduce the number of
ODiccrs? II N true, II does reduce the
number 10 be chosen by the people
but go into any well arranged District
Clerks Office In this state, and You
win llnd In addition TO the Recording
aud County Court Clerks one or more
additional deputies, who attend 0HiV
to District Court business. Then, If II
takes no less officers TO perform the
duties Of the various offices, blended
and consolidated by the Republican
party of Texas but on the contrary
IN increase of offices 10y the Democratic
party makes II decrease Of QWccrS
OHicCS? II IL because this Radical
blending Of QDicCS, which took the
selection OF many of the QDiccrS from
the people and placed II in the hands
of the few, was one Of the many
schemes by which the Republican
party intended and hoped TO he able 10
take the power from the people aud
centrali2e IL in the hands OF the few,
and ultimately In the general govern
ment ut Washington.
Have the people, do they suppose,
forgotten the enormous salaries paid
by the Republican party to their parti-
san School Supervisors and Directors,
who We're appointed by the Radical
governor, or by his appontees, and
who were alone subject to his or their
caprice? Have the Radicals lost sight
of the fact that the salaries of these
officers have been greatly reduced by
the Democratic party, and also by II
made elective by the people them
selves? Have the Republicans so soon
forgotten that they created the first |
Criminal Judge in the State-the
Criminal Judges OF the cities Of H0us-
ton and Galveston? Have they failed |
TO perceive that in consequence of the |
Intellectual judicial system contained |
in their "i0CC(W Constitution, together |
with the incompetency of their Judges,
who, in consequence of their incompe-
tency, suffered their dockets to be-
come burdened with eases, until relief |
become imperative? And again they
say, "has abolished the schools, which, |
under Republican administration,
caused the most of the tax then col
lected, has actually increased taxation
and extended its reach everywhere, TO
the small possessions of the poor"
There IL not u word of Truth In the
above statement, unless II is in the
phrase, (Which under n Republican
administration caused the most of the
tax then collected" and to have been
honest, they should have added, "and
now being collected and to be coll oted
for several years. For IL was their
and prolligate extrav-
agance in their enormous public school
system, which caused the high taxes |.
then, and Is still keeping up the taxes
now, to pay the debt they contracted
during their administration, both in
the school and other departments,
Had they confined themselves to the
requirements of their constitution, and
only given four months tuition annu-
ally TO each scholastic inhabitant in
the State, between the ages of six and
eighteen years, they would have then,
even with their one per cent school
tax, run the State in debt annually
about one million of dollars. But as
this tax was in many places not col
lected, aud In many others improperly
when collected-and rs
they invariably furnished more than
four mouths school, where they could
induce teachers to teach for promises
% pay--it il difficult to estimate the
iebt they thus heaped upon the people
ind left to the Democrats to pay. The
scholastic population of the State is
'ver four hundred thousand, to furnish
our months schooling to each of these
at two dollars per month
ach,, would be eight hundred thous-
md dollars per month, or three mill
ons two hundred thousand dollars in
our months. The available school
und Is only about one-half million of
lollars; this would still leave debt UNI
,aid of two millions seven hundred
thousand dollars annually. And yet,
mis- Is the requirements of the present
constitution and the demands of the
republican party. One per cent addi-
Ilonal TAX on the property ofthe entire
Sate would hardly furnish the scho- !.
astic inhabitants of this State the
required by our present con- !
'titution. What do the people think {