The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-11-12
Hickory Valley, la. Sept. 18Th. 1885.

Dd. SENTINEL If you Will allow iIe
space IN ycnr coiei:as, wish &c say =
word TO the tax payers C. " mn parish.
Fhere l. much talk ami eScitsmtnis H.
tlss parish about the railroad anu unli
TAX. 10 NY Lotion the Frol.e; Question
or that Is. the most important question,
has not been di-eusssi. Ar,aI. tire pee
pie there is a taw which Authorizes he
Police jury 20 levy Il sleciai Tax ii he
interes. of railroads. I Viii give per; ot
au act approved June 18th 1850, says: in
section ], Whenever one tii.iti - he pre-
per.y tax payers Of u p;.sisn etc, petition
The Police Jury tLey shall levy special
tx 10 aid s:.y rs.liesd g1~ lsn5cr The
laws Of this state. esc .to i'C.!ce eufy
shall order Ii special election ioe hat
pas sA.Aa -4-aI4d -S-ansai r-->aa. L Liz.
prcf y tax payers. Soc sir y i,ss- L Tie
ctht $40 thirds are oppose. ~ Ec,ding
such elac.ipr, does ti;s niaioi;ty rele IA
this ,ass. | h:.,s a.wsys thought That
Demoa..ey meah. 2 majority should rslie.
Section 2. OF same act eaYs. tiia; II rieloi-
ity in number and IL ralnc ~ property
tax PAYERS shall vote III ilv9i of =; n stie-
cial tax. then the Poke .;sirs sraH pass
~ srs.ia:Ics i.SsiDg s.ei. .-xes efe-, 4
ths.. Is n0t-cigss les'ssatiun l can't see
over il. Suppose mat t"o Ii..rds OF the
property tax PAYERS "a. Ninn parish
should Vote against l;.e . nil. tax when
tie Police 5uiy come 20 e-,..isl.ne the as
sessn,GD5 rolls they nad thar Tue one
third that voted ioI said lax. ara owners
of more .lxabie rroperty than The two
tk..s!s that vu.ed against II. ,he.. Dies il
no. become a il1 iDI tie tn. tr.res
have 10 submit 10 the Que t5i-d. New,
ar. editor, that looks Ike taxation with
uut representation. Class gisia.ion
granting f.ivors 10 "a few, detrimental 70
The mary. How mrrh difference Ia
such taxation as the above, taau ihat ct
Great Britain in 1876, in forcias he Coi-
oniss of America? Sec ) cT tEe sane lAn
says, that NONRESIDENT t.. faysis Can
vote ii present, aud If no. pTcsent they
eau vote through an agent, ly having 4
letter os authority. Nov s.r u the PIE
posed ) Hsiii tax is ear Cd ~ tuis parish,
aid the railroad Usiils, VIII il nor place
The taxpayers III the haI,t,s Cf he railroad
iHcn: fnf instance Winn parish pays tax
- On one Lundred thous.;ns. dollars worth
If property. and when Slie f,-..resi comes
through the parish, a G;ss.liice Cf :; fi.lies
is ii not reasonable to say t'.ss iA.ircdI
property in the Parish siisn s.ii. i'e wcrtl
say 10 Thousand dollars. and suppose THIS
IL. 20 hs.aag 10 one man. nos SIR tise
railroad man cah vote as ui!,eh tax - one
tiiii-l Of the tax of ti.is PARISH ;.ccO. iEg,
70 this act, and nxy lire in .ssw York;
at the same time. Now brother farmers
away With the . nit. tAx. and .ss some
company build the read .i,l. nave tsse
capiiai 10 back them, ssl,d We VIII nei-
come tkem and help then, :,i. we can ~
reasonable wages, and when the road is
built We will snli be.p them With our
freight, but let things so on in this way
and one dip more We viii go 70 the
Kitchen. SIMON SUAfsTD5-
We publish the above communira-
ton from Simon Soapsn,ls, Ia which he
gives vent to his teelinys on TIE great IL
justice, as he terms il. Of the ! niil rail-
road tax. This little cpistir hss been
.sayoilably crowded out Of several is
sues as Soapsucs is no.. noI never has
been subscriber 20 the SgATiSEL. aad
We had pleuty OF communications on
hand. We drop cut this little HAT, in
order to let those know, who desire to
vent their spleen on public measures,
through our coluinna, that IL IS hot Gus
tomary for the SxErinEL to publish coni-
munieatiors from those. who never help
il along. Mr.. Soapsuds proceeds to ex-
poura The law nader which this election
ia to be neld We .nuss sly tha. we are
not lawyer, neither lave we ever seen
Scapsu1s' name alongside Of Greenlsaf,
Blackstone, or any Of tie Law connIenia-
tors, BIZ. ne are inclined 20 the opinson.
that II Mr. Sospsuds viii read this law to
understand It, and rot 70 PICK :.a'ss, ae
viii form different ccnrlIsian. IS 10 the
law, or he will be brought to see how
widely ne has missed the irars. IN ex-
pounding this lam, anu vii! lisesy visa
he had been . little more. cousiSesaie Oh
this question. His tiiss ooiectasn 10 ss,e
law Is, that the Fcsiee Jur. ear csde- -
election on the pe.li;o,. CT aat .hird fne
properly txxpaysrs Ct TIC iaElsh. lie
SCENE to thinI that , ssss.:crity shc';ld pc
sstioa. Fancy Mr.. sscapssds, II he dcei-
red bridge huii.. and help from he 20
lice Jury, or .ew road opened, or !
poor de c.epis ,,laeed on Tic pailp-f list,
running over tie p.siisli IT VIM Tor
nlajar.sy Of taxpayers 10 s;gn portion
to that effect. We viii ssy he.e, that the
Iss7 was passed by a representative body
al nea. elected BIZ the peoolc, AID was
PASSED IN conformity with an a.ticic 81
the Constitution Of 1879; and sBis Corr
ati.rtlvn was adopted by tbs peerle. lie
seems to ti,ink II a n,ajerity vote Tor TIE
Tax, that il will be Glass legislation. OF he
cau't.sec straight re think Z major
ity vote for the tax, and that majority
own majority Of vs,ass, tsesei Is no .;'ass
lexislafion about It. He SEEKS further to
thilk, that Il v the tx layers ssic for
the TAX, ami sias svda nsajerisy Of
pruperty values. f'tat he ta-z will .se lev
led. In this b. be-ssass > '.rseatsaie ig-
uoracce cf tbs l<w. ..s ..ucsaa ~ ia:sissif.
ssthat .aajlrity j, r.s.rsssss aad IL VII
n. of property faxfsyesa ahsil .5te IN