Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-02

JIG pho4cut NNVtEuuI U tuO
State. For that we want 4 man
more capable and willing 70 carry
out the duties Of Governor in a more
honest and conscientious
manner than Gov Lowry is beyond
question. For the past eight years
Mississippi has been going down the
fiscal hill. Her revenues have been
steadily diminishing. Her taxes
have been considerably increased, she
has become indebted to q frightiul
amount, and with our present Chief
officers there Is no prospect Of
retrenchment. We must have q
man who will go about his duties as
chief Executive of the State with
thorough knowledge Of what he is
about--one who has had experience
in political questions, one who will
do his duty, one who will not reserve
all the paying offices Of the State for
his family and relations, and above
all one who will set about reducing
the present high taxation and low
returns to the taxpayers in the State.
The farmers at the present time are
paying heavy taxes for which they
get no appreciable returns. Let US
have man who will do away with
some Of the high-salaried do-nothing
officials Of our public institutions-a
man who will give little thought to
the poor man as well Us to the rich"
ChtckGsOto Messenger.
The editor of the Messenger aspires
to be q leader in state affairs. He
was at the head Of the wool-hat
cohort in the last Legislature and
can hardly fail to know hoW the
money Of the people gets into the
State Treasury and by aha, procesS
only it :an be got out Of the State
Treasury.
The Messenger in effect charges TO
Governor Lowry that "the state
revenues have been steadily decreas-
ing" "IIer taxes have been con.
siderably increased, she has become
indebted to a frightful amount and
with our present chief officers there
is no prospect of retrenchment.'
And further calls for a Governor
. ''who will set about reducing thu
present high taxation and low returns
\ to the taxpayers OF the State"
What must be the presumed iguO
, rance Of the readers of the MeSsengc
when its editor dares to publish sucl
= a tissue of absurdities as the above
which even the most ignorant of tn
= wool-hat crowd, If he can read, mus
q know is not true in a single line o
! implication, further shan that taxa
- ton and the debt of the State hav
a been increased by acts Of the Legi'
! lature.
ID 1t Is impossible that the editor
20 the Messenger should not know th'
> the revenues OF the State Deepen
=, upon the amount of the levy mao
~ by the Legislature, increased b
= special taxes, also fixed by IL
y the Legislature and thai no 9th
4 p0tOer erists 10 fGE The EsOpIe or
A. increase or diminish the amour
ia fixed by the Legislature. And ais
I'M he must know, that the revenues
/. the State 90 from "the count
N. through the Auditors Office into &
on State Treasury" that the appropri
Ia tions-the expenditures-are fix
by the Legislature, that no 9th
Z power can increase or diminish the
appropriations, that money can
Eth taken out of the Treasury only
authority Of lao and that Govern
ing Lowry has no power over the mon
Oft in the Treasury, further than
draw his official salary, more til
Ier- any other citizen of the ST
oer possesses.
ect Still the Messenger wants q Gov
me nor who will decrease taxation a
me- increase the revenue " The Legis
ture, whose business it was,
ans attempted this seemingly cOntrad
ton Of terms by the only posi-
= method, that Of securing to the St
oaQ a fair valuation Of property, and
K Eas done II we mistake not
accordance with 3 recommended
,ssa in one Of the Governors messas
by Speaking Of the latter we may
hey that Governor Lowry's messs
non win compare favorably with the
a Me- Of similar documents from for
INC" g. u Z; ,
day Governor s OF 'ne o'AVe'
and significant that his enemies
make never attacked these MESA
ooo- They have given them q vide b
eady anu n"vo "eo. ~ = 80
not done something which, relying
e not the ignorance of the masses, n
thing be falsely attributed to the Cover
SUP And it is equally a fact that
Duilt. State would be in a more prOspe