St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

rs-s rr~ ~Ny-~--
TIE revtuUo amendment. which pro
~,i'irS tEr tn" payment at 81, 23O 900 Eri
&5I,iiiiu tx twenty-five consecutive
t..!g$ tnT ihr privilege Of maintaining Il
',jfriN in LoHISlar&, contains the fol-
i,@ in- clause st"vottn4 IL specific sum
IL II sp"rii;r rHtposr:
II Pen2tons-SJ1 600 annually, pay
GHic QHG, ieriy IN UdrGHCc. us 0bOrc pro-
3iir}, il III" p~eAsiOniug Of diSubled,
iMtrW ~ ji1iytHt cOHtelUutc rctclUHS,
citizens r~GSj!cJt Ia L0NisidHu.
II Is net difficult to ascertain the num-
her nl Disabled, int;Gui nr INDECENT Cnn-
ttirr,:e S@plrIey> in Lnui-idua. The
lv-lStHtn'" OF 1891 passed Act 9j and the
legislature o. 1895 passed Act 1l6. each
providing ~ the ~tgre.curtY at 100 acres
-. !"itt ny confederate sDliiriS suffer
!lr fu 1t t.tr dtsfUiitficS already named.
IHr W.FtWS s.lti unmarried Of ruci
C,t1fri@Ii:c H]oilieGS are also under the
t-rDS al tIt: acts nNmptl entitled to
t".rs IRE" The sane 0]UautiGy of land.
Ia" PROGRESSIVE League has seemed
tHh l3dA,eN TT the trtl"tiritlIvs Gf tt!rse
, #"t>. irr uHn!Fi 900, aId il J. fair 10
g. '>',n'. tatt ;itn%; W!lH will take ad-
Ntita-e % the clause IN tn" revenue
amendment rrnvititu& so 900 annually
A'i y ~ 80 ~ ~ y li "a
irr. Tuj% "i!i o~ntit!e each disabled,
Iu!i:rH. az lHIIgrHt confederate SuldieI
az widow IT such ~ about So the first
yer after III" iUtterv amendment goes
infh HijprtttnI ; aiHi ~ the years advance
nH / the Utlnibtr is decreased Ivy death,
the amount per capita "lii naturally
b.. Increased. and not only does The
ameUdnl"nt provite pensions for the
old confederate AoliierS, but il also de-
votes Il sptciiic Sntl Annually to the
support of the Soldiers Home in New
Orleans, where the Veterans of the war,
now aged, iecrepit and unfit for tie
active VUcatiunS OF lite, may be cared
fur IN ii way b~titting tie reverence and
vrrriatl0n AID Seuse of obligation
witch every tue LUuisiauian must feel
toward them.
lac natI0iitt government imposes an
Internal revtlne tax uDon the people OF
] ,rul~lanu which amounts to many
thousands 1t dollars annually. In ad-
ditloH to this, the people OF the state
pay III the way OF import duties hun
dretls "l thousands Of dollars which go
into the national treasury. More than
0ne-fnHrt!l OF ali these annual taxes are
devoted To the payment Uf pensions to
soldiers who fought IN the northern
army. They believed that their cause
az JtSty III tiIjSS WIZ ADSS AL lEiS |
struggle the physical means of making
IL livelihood, and also tie widows and
orphans OF those who lost their lives,
are supported largely by the tax which
the people OF Louisiana pay each year.
The revenue arising from the lottery
business in Louisiana does not come
from Louisiana. Barely 8 per cent Of
it is paid by the people OF this state; 81
Fer cent IT it comes from other states
and territories. vii. it not be wise for
Louisiana to make some return to it's
cid soldiers BY adopting suci, an amend
lneut To the Constitution Of The state as
u III result in securing q pension fund
support the disabled, infirm or ill.,
confederate veterans within the
limits Of Louisiana? 1t has already
JrrO shown that The continental con-
Ir"Ht!td the revolutionary veterans
il this way.
The Legislature under the terms of the
Amendment, IS required to pass
'lrii laws as will properly carry into
II ct the provision for pension 10 COIL
~"'irratt soldiers. IT ia to he expected
'att mt only the s]uitiiers who actually t
,"irrd Aut! who aie HON disabled, in {
irnI or INDECENT, will receive the bele- /
lis Of ~iIIe-:iCt, hnt that to the widows
II those who lave died in similar cir {
will accrue the advantages {
.iIsluS from the amendment. d