Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-18


The expenses Of Georgia and North car
olina combinel during the past year We're
I $42eG0,>1l. or only $5I,519O6 more than
/ those Of Virginia. The expenses of the
Is-t-uamcd state were &.1i4t2tO5, or,
/ after dcIucting the I,Zl9g'0i2 paid for
interest on the state debt. $2Jii72S3i.
/ The state OF Virginia paid in 1892 only
/ $4t51a52 for interest on the state debt
I The state Of Georgia last year paid $j5S,-
/ So for interest on its state debt, and the
! State of North Carolina &2i so. The to-
/ tai expenses Of the two States during the
( last wear were 81 JOSH. or less So,0.Nl0
| the combined interest on the pubic DEBT
! 500 1871.
Tai.e two counties as an example OF
taxation:
/ Pttsylvania county, Va, with popu'
| lation Of 599n and assessed wealth OF
/ s. .05N26), pays {292li01 state taxes ana
the county taxes are S796i.5l.
Rockingham county. y. c. with n popn~
/ lation OF 25.363 and assessed wealth ~
Sl.5u275s. pays county taxes Of Sl2CJo23,
10 which add S62.57 for collecting and
/ listing Of the taxes.
Virginia has Supreme Court Judges NJ
S,f. .9n. Is Circuit Judges at $4,000. 10 Cor
r,r,tion Judges at $1,000, and ST County
Judges at $1,000. Total, 10 judges at
$i22.2JD.
North Carolina has supreme Court
Judges: i Circuit Judges, and CRIMINAL
Judges Total % Judges at $1,000
Virginia has Attorney-Gcneral at $3.50,
and H6 Commonwealth Attorneys at
5000 Total. $500.
North Carolina has l Attorney-General
AT s. coo: u State Solicitors (our Common
wealth Attorneys al $4,000. and Criminal
Prosecutors at $500. Total. $4,000.
Nira,uia has 81 Circuit. - Corporation,
and lOO County Clerks. Total. lol.
North Carolina has % Court Clerks.
North Carolina. with a population OF
I.Gl7.gi7. pays 5000 FOR her judges ana
prosecuting attorneys. while Virginia. with
165. $50 population. pays S2oo'"' Ior her
Judges and prosecuting attorneys
After commenting on these startling
figures MIR. Withers went on 10 the sub
icct OF elections. which he thought, and
an think. ought to be made less frequent.
From that he passed on TO our eXtraVasant
county organizations and the abundance
OF useless officers. Each magisterial dis
trlct has at least officers, or whom
must be elected every two years
In summing up he shows what an army
Of oftice-hOlders are drawing upon the
peoples taxes, as follows:
Judges 126; prosecuting attorneys lio:
clerks Of courts. l57: commissioners o.
the revenue. 2j6: sheriffs, us; treasuIcrs'
III; Inagisterial district otiicers-superVi-
sors, justices, overseers, constables, eic''
2lO0: superintendents Of public lhstruc-
tion. Il5; county surveyors and superin-
,endents Of the poor. 2o0-making grahd
total Of 3&5.
In closing his speech in favor OF amend
ing the Constitution. he advocated the
election by the people OF the Secretary OF
the Commonwealth, Auditors. Treasurer
Superintendent Of Public SCHOOLS Noii-
missioner Of the Land ONCE, ana the
judges.
lie also favored reducing the number
OF members Of the Legislature 10 seV,
enty-twen,y members OF the Senate anu
nifty members Of the House. with better
pay than they now get. and TO unit is
sessions to sixty days.
As our Valley contemporary says: ar.
Withers VIII find that he has started a
train OF thought in this State which WIN
not stop short Of "a great reform. lie mas
given the only sound reasons yet eiVeh
for the holding OF Constitutional Con-
yention,"