The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-02-18
our jackson Letter.

length along. No bill Of any great
Importance has We, passed through
the Legislature, although something
over five hundred bills have been
introduced in ihe House. Most of
these bills are local.
The House has passed \ bill al.
lowing grand Jurors TWO dollars per
day.
a bill introduced by the member
from your county amending sec
ton 1911 in relation to desconts and
distribution Of exempt property
prohibiting the sale for partition or
division OF suth property has be-
come a law.
\ Dill has passed the House au-
thorizing the boards of supervisors
to allow the jailors 10 cents a day
for feeding prisoners--an increase
OF 10 cts, as is now the.law.
The Legislature has passed sever
al rail road charters exempting all
rail road property for 20 years from
taxation. A bill passed the House
last night exempting amanufactory
and banking establishment from
taxation for 10 years. This legis-
lature passes anything asked for by
corporations. The rail roads have
been kind enough to the people Of
the State not to ask ior i subsidy,
butifthey should take it into their
heads to ask a lew thousand del.
lars per mile from The State treasu.
ry, i have not a doubt but this cor,
poration loving legislature would
grantit without a blush. Yet there
are a few--about thirty--members
in the house who have enough stiff.
fleming in their spinal columns to
stand up in their places and oppose
and vote against these enormous
exactions by capitalists. Whenev-
or a bill is introduced for the bene
fit OF The horny-fsted yeomanry Of
the country, it meets with prompt
condemnation from these capitalist
loving sages who hold their seas
by the sudragas Of these same tell,
ing sunburnt-browed yeomanry.
The rail road commission bill.
which passed The House, still hangs
fire in the Senate, and the opinion
now is that the Senate will kill it.
Only S146,550 is asked for Tie
support of the 4. d II. College
so.called. About goo boys-most-
" the boys of lawyers and business
lnen-are receiving instruction at
this College. 1t was thought By
the people when this College wa:
established that The iandscrips fund
donated by Congress amounted TO
S227 900, half OF which went to the
erection and support OF this Col
lege--but the truth is as is shown
the record that only about So
500 goes annually toward the sup.
port ofthe College sad tho Stale Is.
asked 10 make mp HE small deficit
ofS1+G559. Oicou7se they say you
cannot expect 10 aaYe a first class
without money! bus then
The fact that our cammon schau.z
tho grea! educators Of thc masses.
he t~oiii.< mary-:Le $4,000 shil.
!reh IL tie STATE nro, money too i
100000 .aapartiono4
among +j),oyO ciA.lron, weak
5! 1860 j. asked fer 100 boys at
4. Il III. College. Then only
$50 300 Is asked 10 aii IN iti.uiuc-
ne immigration to '!'is State
ihsa Gully s256G0 J. asked for Tie
Establishment oi 4 Nsmale Colese.
linen Ire sma.t sntl ol So 0og--
'nty 80, 111--is Ssaed 10 establish
d, safe hospital. Ot coarse all
Asse little appropriations will
Iced q ls#-jass a AW!-men 90
lsburse these litd- su'as for ,ae
-oai ofIhe State. Aliorths sooi
.ae safe, rna kIsew.
Ne Leg.sasarl &; j. taapght viii
ami get hnsaa les the frs.