The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-04-05
TIL. Reason Why.

COWI tCf VI idoU o"tu'NNv w. ~"
Il heavy cannonade against the
Democratic party and the admin
istlation, as follow:
Gov. Nichols and others-high in the
ranks of the Democratic party-prOmised
the people that, if the Democratic party
succeeded i'll driving away The corruptiDle
Radicals from office. money world be plrn.
titul. taxation low etc. Now, what has
the present administrator tone to redeem
those pledgesl Nothing : but IN the con-
trary, the people pay more licenct . and tax
es than during the Republican mlsgovern-
ment =!
The author Of the above must
bank heavily on the credulity of
his readers, under Radical adj.
ministratioh Any tax payer, 10y
overhauling his receipts will flnd
that his State Taxation amount
ed to twenty one and d half
mills, subsequently reduced to
fourteen and Il half mills, the
rate of taxation is now eleven
mills. II the author of the
above lachry nose effusion
cannot perceive any diff.
ference in favor of the taxpayer
of 1879 aud hose of the ten pre-
vlous years, the man who pays
the taxes can. AS to the Iicen-
seS they are in many instances re-
duced also, in TO ease are they
Increased that We are aware of.
lt.ft the eleven Mills taxa 10
OF 1879 one halt is set apart ex-
clu>iveIy for the payment of the
interest on State cOIisolS, over
which the present Administration
has no control. that being the le
gacv OF the plous Ra,lica! rule
for which til, soul Of the writer
in the Courier seems to be yearn-
ing with all the affection of d dis
eased kitten towards d warm
brick.
The Courier intimates that
many of the Democrats in Terre-
bonne will never vote again un
less The Democratic party Will do
some impo~sibility and that the
present administration and not
the voters mnst bear the blame.
If he and his readers would study
The daily history OF this State
they would >ee things very likely
in a different light.
The financial troubles under
which We are la',orlng are not
attributable to the Democratic
party. nor TO the present admins
tration. They are the results Of
the ruinons schemes Of the late
Radical party when it Was in pos
session of the State Government.
If the interest on the State debt
is not punctually paid, it is sim
ply the effect of til, laws made
by that party and left for us to
grapple With.
The five and a half mill tax as
se>sed by that body Of rascals
and scoundrels whom the Courier
appears to he anxious to see re-,
stored to power, does not accom-
pIi>h what it was intended to eff.
feet. The Democratic party are
not blampahle for that failure.
In another article the Courier
advocates the Reputation of the
State debt, and says i've believe
the debts to be prima facie evi
dence of fraud"
That the violence of a debt is
prima tacie Of fraud. if generally
adopted would be a new AID
short way to settle debts.
We are in favor of scaling the
debt, casting out all Claims IN
what shape they may appear,
that IA be shown to have been
frandulently issued. reducing the
interest to at least four per cent,
and placing the debt Of the State
in such a way that it can be
punctnally paid according to fu.
ture obligations.
In 1901. AMI y the people
of Latourcbe paid State tax on
" of twenty one and a half mills.
In 1879 her State and Parish tar
is nineteen mills, out of which
two mills is a special tax to re-
pair the Court House.
The Tax payers of LafOurcbe
can perceive the difference wheth
er the Editor of the Houma Cou-
rier can do 80 or not.
In conclusion, the Democratic
party has done everything that
could lie done to relieve the state
hampered as it Is by the CunSti.
tntion under which we are liz.
ing at present. Experience has
shown that there is no escape
from the bo' ds placed on us by
that instrument. and the appeal
to the people to form a new con-
stitution better adopted to our
wants has been made.
Thu Courier and his Democratic
friends took but ilttle interest in
the selection of delegates to that