The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21

TIE wool HAT DOCTRINE.

The following are some of the rc-o-
luton. adopted recently 10y the Utica
Alliance in Kinds county. which
would imply that the wool Hat doe
trine' is growing even under the
shadow Of the capitol aud beneath the
frowns ofan intolerant and uu,crupu-
lous State House ring. We recognize
in them the ring ofthc true metal and
we commend them as very interesting
reading to the taxpayers of this
machine-cursed State:
salaries should correspoud,to some
extent at least, to the ordinary IN
comes of the people whose interests
they are designed to subserve; and
that public funds should be used only
for the general welfare and taxation
be equal and uniform and on the adj
valorem principle.
The fact that the current expenses
of our State Government for the last
few years have been exceeding our
revenues to the extent of about $780,
600 annually, points very distinctly to
one Of two conditions Either that our
expenses are two great or our income
toe small.
We believe that the people are in
no mood to submit to an increase of
taxation until some effort is made to
reduce expenses by cutting Off all
supcrhuous machinery and reducing
salaries to correspond with the pre-
sent condition Of the country.
Tits urged 10y some lthat men Of
standing and ability will not accept
office il salaries are cut down. This.
we think, is mistake The fact that
the duties of our public officers re-
quire no more skill and business
capacity than many of the pursuits Of
the people from whom they are che
SEN, seems to be overlooked
We venture to suggest that posi-
bly, there might be a little too much
style in our official establishments and
our high functionaries affect a gran
deur that does not correspond very
well with the present condition Of
things as we find them. A simple.
plain system, free from glitter and
display, dispensing its benefits ON an
alike, is the kind Of government we
want
We think the offices of Lieut.-G Gov
ernor, Superintendents of Education.
ChancelIors and some others could be
dispensed with, without detriment to
the public good.
As TO Superintendents Of Education,
we are Of the opinion that the $4,000
or $4,000 which they absorb could
be used to much better advantage in
leugthening out our school term or in
creasing the number Of our public
schools.
We think the trainers of the present
school system made the great mis-
take of trying to engraft upon us the
public school system of the North.
whore an the surroundings are differ
cut from ours. There the population
is dense, the people prosperous, en-
abling them to support schools eight
or ten months in the year and having
the advantage of professional teach
err. With Us, the conditions are re-
yer.ed.
But we pass ON to another matter
of mportance-our State Colleges. /
Here the question arises. DO institute
lions for high education the benefit, /
OF which must necessarily be limited /
toa very few Of our pcople-,ay one
in a thousand-come within the pro-
per scope Of governmental manage
meut and support? Should the great
mass Of the people be taxed to enable I
the few favored or lucky ones to be /
the beneleiaries Of these institutions? /
As far as the principle is concerned it /
matters not whether they be rich or
poor il is partial education at the pub /
lie expense, any way it can be viewed, /
1t is a well-known fact however, that /
the children Of our poor people are
virtually exclnded. and only those oil