The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-02

While it has been found necessary ~
crease the State ad valorem tax, from ~
cents to Y IL cents, and the State sc5o,1
tax from II IL to 10 cents on the Sin
it is not due to the ruthless expend;r,s
ana extravaganza of former admins Ina. !.
tions, but simply to an insufficient tay 30
the last four years in addition to n fol
ure to collect in certain portions of fbo
State taxes and interest on land not
would have been averted in the genqrsi \
tund had the ad valorem tax remsjnes
during Governor Hogg's administratiGn
at ~ cents, which was not high tax as
a comparison of our State tax for the pasf
70 years will evince.
The Democratic party has at all times
administered economically our State gt.v.
eminent with the tax rate as low a. ia
eNegencies of good government would per-
mt, and our present necessarily high tax
State.
For the four years succeeding the adj
llllnlsTation of %. j. Davis, during the
administration of Coke and Hubbard. If
was necessary to levy an average State
"a sa6 0o tor all purposes of 90 cents on the
%loo. Durlng the administration of Gov
ernor ROBERTS, the tax rate averaged 43
Geats on tne 300; during that of Governor
Irelanq, 81 IL cents; during that of Gov,
ernor Ross, 80 cents, and during that of
governor Hogg % cents. 1t will be
noticed that the gradual decline of taxes
mas resulted since 1874, but the Twenty
tMrd legislature made signal mistake.
Whlcn mas since become patent to all, in
that they did not increase this tax, and
thereby avoid deficit.
MISSISSIPPI has State tax of 60 ents:
Georgia of 43 IL cents; North G r3lina
Al l-3 cents; Alabama 60 cents; I0lsi-
ana GO cents; Florida 81 IL CEN and
Arkansas 80 cents. Hence it will be seen
that this Legislature has not imposed Is
high tax compared with that of our sister
: Southern States.
The need of Texas is to be FREQ from
too much restrictive legislation to be ua-
| fettered and unshackled from laws which
) tend to retard her growth and CHECK her
J property. AS the sick patient relutres
) only that amount of physic necessary %
clothe nature with full control of SEa
: human body, so does our State only fe-
7 quire only those laws necessary 30 give
| nature full sway and allow her t. work
!, out her own destiny in making thus the
S grandest and greatest State in the Mon
e What Texas requires is more business
legislation, and less political Legislation,
t Let us have peace, push and progreSs, and
= then we can not have but prosperity.
: Let us hope that the Democratic Marty
Y which has had almost complete contryi Of
e the State since the dawn of the republic,
: will not now divide upon national issues,
e which should be relegated to the realm
of Federal politics, and by its division
;, allow q party to come into power whose
n domination will humiliate us in the eyes
II of the nation, and reard the State in its
!, development at least a decade. Rather
: let us stand united on State affairs, and
Y mindful of the glorious past, and expect
|, ant of more glorious future, work il
e unison for the upbuilding and development
n of our great commonwealth.
e THE GOVERNORS VETO MESSAGE
d The following is the veto message O.
10 Governor Culberson ON the asylum super
5, intendents BILL which was sent into thu
IS senate yesterday morning:
! To the Senate:
l. Senate bill No. 3d. which pro, dgs t5a
% the governor shall appoint meaica
+. superintendent for each of tn sun3u
" asylums of the State, who shall hold 9ttic
H. for two years and who when 1uopiDtr
IS shall have had at lest two years eEUei
;" ence in the management or treatuept o
m the insane is herewith returned wlthou
h. approval. The bill will too narrowly i,uli
ay the number of physicians from whol
in selections may be made. Conditions j
he this State have not been such as IL .uStif
Ill special study and private treatm emf II
ch insane and consequently nomination
of would be confined to very few phys
IS clans who have heretofore been conuccte
ar with these institutions. Nor is It believe
o. wise to limit the appointment 10 Phys
clans who have specially treated the II
sane. These superintendent perforl
other and equally responsible duties =
-, those of mere attendant physicians. The
III IL care for great properties, direct the &c,
III nomical and judcious expenditure {
more than $4,000 annually, control an
30 manage q large retinue of employees an
ie servants and should be selected as we
Ii, IA for their executive and administrative
Of capacity as for their professional ski
.Se and training.
''e G. A. CULBERSON.
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