The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1892-02-13
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More Tax for Levees and schools
Will be Necessary.

N. o. City Item.
The following digniisd and patriotic ex.
plauation of the relations OF Mr. John A.
Morris to the people of Louisiana in connec.
ton with the revenue amendment 10 one OF
the most important papers hearing upon the
development and prosperity of the State
that has ever been penned
In their general distress and misfortune,
resulting from war, pestilence and Hood,
helnipe hand, succor laden, had been fortu'
itously stretched out to the people, but TO
snbgerve personal ambition this has been
dashed aside.
However, the people are brave and of en-
during quality, and though the day of the
assured we'll being of the masses must neces-
sarily be long postponed, they will struggle
sending them good crops, they will IN time
| effect the much.needed improvement In the
/ States internal affairs:
MR.. NORRIS WITHDRAWAL.
TO the People Of ths State Of Louisiaao: In
/ the spring of 1883 was at different times ap.
preached by number OF prominent Demo
/ Gratis of Louisiana, who urged upon me the
nropriety, in the interest OF the finances of
the State Of submitting to the Legislature .
| proposition for constitutional amendme Mt
i which would grant TO me and and my asso-
ciates q lottery privilege for twenty We
years in consideration OF license sufncientiy
high to be of material assistance to the state
It was urged upon me by these gentlemen
chat INV assooiates and / should be willing
to give to the people OF Louisiana an oppor'
tunIty Of obtaining, proportionately, 40 grea'
a material benefit from the proposed chartel
as the holders of the existing charter havt
, obtained from the current one.
was assured moreover, that the PROPOSE
:. tion would meet wirh little, If any, opposition
} under such conditions, for The opposition to tn
Dresent charter was said to be based maini.
1 I t mon the fact that the amount of license pal
4 r. 80 "A lam in tfYh
5 needs of the people to the prevention Q
0 Increased taxation, or to the reduction of tn
s present taxation by providing for chari tie'
schools, levees, etc.
These suggestions prompted me to al
nounce to the people of the State of L0uisiap
i that would apply for such charter. ali
would give the sum of $500 0000per annum as
y license tax. Until announced that woui
q make such a proposition to the State, the'
ia had been no opposition manifested towar
y the continued existence OF lottery IN Lo
+ isiana.
u After had publicly submitted my offer
J. tha Deople and had committed myself to ]
terms, to my surprise some of the pronlne
men who had approached me on this supJee
and who had urged me to make such q pro
0. osition, became opponents of the project II
d. aided in organizing public hostility against
NJ Al the solicitation of q number of gent
: : men who still favor he proposition u
whose property had suffered from overfo
ld Of the Mississippi river, increased {
- amount that I had originally offered to P
as license tax. This latter amount was
creased still further by the Legislature
Al 250000 per annum, and 10 this conditl
lot the amendment was ordered to be subn
1le ted to the people by tho requisite two-thi
:, vote Of each branch of the Legislature.
= = Then began crusade on the part OF th
" opposed to the proposition, inside and outs
of the State, for the purpose of prevent
the adoption of the revenue amendment q