Daily Republican., 1881-01-05
the Secretary sr ssa,e's Messsse.


progressive spirit than his predecessor
in cfics. The latter wrote business
like, intellis eat, progressive message
glistsniug Ill through with thought,
reform suggestions though net coming
up to q proper standard in dealing
with some Of the nee led reforms OF the
State aud wholly ignoring others. The
production called Governor Halls ar
nual message, and which is but the
illumination Of his Secretary, is weak,
wishy vashy, written in the fourteen
year sld school boy composition style,
and taksnall in all,,rsally does Governor
Hall, who has fair talents and Is a SEN
sible, practical man, great injustice.
The whole long message does not CON
tain single advanced thought or sus'
gestion. The composition is good and
the grammar passable, bat these are
about the only merits in the message,
except that the Secretary thinks that
il might be advisable to 80 encourage
the education Of white children that
the schools could be kept open eight OF
nine months in the year, but he was
careful to suggest that the people o.
each district should take the matter in
hand and raise the money Voluntarily
amongst themselves to extend the
time, This is wonderful wisdom, and
the Secretary should be informed that
this is not an original idea with him,
and he cannot ride into greatness on
that hobby.
We would not forget too that the
Secretary has recommended that some
measures be adopted by the Legisla'
ture TO check the habit Of traffcking
in votes. As this is strike at his
own party, the Secretary is entitled to
some little credit for this bold utter
apce which if formulated into law
and enforced would break down the
Democratic party. Only few days
ago very prominent Democratic
leader Of Mispillion Hundred, the Hun.
dred the Secretary halls from, declared
that his party was compelled every
year to bay their own voters and III
they did not do this the Hundred
would,immediAtely hop over to the Re.
publican party. The Secretary is
fright, this evil does need checking and
We have vague suspicion that before
he wrote that paragraph he must have
been visiting down on his native sand
pile and have had whispering and
prolonged confidential talk with the
leading Democrat We have referred to.
1t is unfortunate that the Secretary
ONLY went baif way in his merited sug.
gestiOn. We are pleased that he has
even family intimated that reform is
needed in this direction, but he might
as well have gone little farther and
suggested few Of the safe guards he
preterds he desires thrown around the
ballot-box. For instance, be might
have told the Legislature that the
Democrats in SusseK were in the habit
OF using tissue paper, or more common
iy known as onion skin ballots, and
thst the mere printing or issuing Of
such tickets should be acceptable as in
dubitabIe evidence that fraud upon the
ballot boxes was intended.
He might have suggested tha: in
otdsr to prevent tissue ballot frauds,
that a law be passed compelling the
use Of tickets printed on good paper
a certain length and width and that
they be certain color. We hope the
Legislature when it takes action upon
the suggestions of the Secretary to pre-
vent bribery at the polls will supply
this omission. The essay is more 6
conspicuous by far foriits failure to re-
commend needed, legislation than for
any thing else. There is not word
said in favo. OF the remodeling Of the
ass ,ss nent ald tax collection laws.
which were p.'se] for the purpose Of
Rep lblican s::out Of their, votes
and which IN addition have resulted |
in cheating the Sta;s out of the taxes It
should have had, The Secretary has ,
steersd clear Of this subject, but (
we predict .his'party will {
have to face the music. ,
BE has not made single sugge stion 9
looking toward the education of the ,
10000 col)r9d children in the State,
while ht,suggeat5 that the time of keep I
ing open The schools for white childre ,
be heightened. WITH marked selfish @
ness which uone nee envy he is willing !
that these ten Thousand colored child.
rem 80 far as the State is concerned,
shall grow up in Ignorance and be.
come adopts in vice and crime. He is |
willing thai white children may be
lifted up higher ia the scale of intelli- E
genoe, but that the lucklsis possessor
Of 3 black skin shall be crushed !
and forced down to the very, deepest
depths of ignorance and infamy. He
would turn the light on the advance
ment Of white children up the hill Of
laornino hut La would furp tha d,xL