The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-23
4 CAIN REIIE II

for them, ana under no other cou'd /
they have been successful. tits always |
popular amongst those who do not
know tie solid facts to cry out against
extravaganza and demand a reform.
The minimizing are always an easy
prey to tic wiles Of those who declare
that those in power are depressing their
supporters.
The right man can 90 into any com
munity in North Carolina and begin to
preach to the people that their ruh!lc
school teachers, who get on an average
less than $25 per month, perhaps, IRE
over pad and that the school tax Is too
heavy for the amount Of schooling
their children get, and after awhile
some ono viii believe it. And it vii!
not be very long before there VIII be
great dissatisfaction in the community;
and the poor, overworked, brain-dazcd
teacher. whose life is made a mortal
torment every hour by the meanness
Of hOme-neglected urchins, and whose
vcry likelihood is el}b;ng ont becafl9e OF
the worry and wear OF the schooI-roo,n
, VIII Re asked to work Tor less lnoaey OF
put in an hour or two more Of work
every day.
Ia al 1:o>t any community where
ministers Of Gods holy gospel are paid
even mcagre salary tor giving then
whole life and power to serving the
members Of their churches in spiritual
things, if the complaint that the
} preacher is too we'll paid be artfuliy
, made, it will not be long before score
: Of honest supporters and former fol
lowers will say that it is true They
will say that the preacher dresses bette,
than ti.ev do, lives better than they do,
and they can't help support him in ii
: any longer.
1t is an uudenable fact that with q
large .s:r cent Of the human race such
. arguments weigh much
Now. The arguments employed by
the Iopuiets, who afterwards became
: fiisionists, were mach Of the same
Kind. They cried for refoinl. Tie,
promised loturm. They wore elected
4 on that promise OF reform. They went
} TO the legislative halls under Il pIedge
: Tor reform. They took their oath O
Office, as it were with one hand on tie
Bible and the other spread out to theii
h constituents, saving. See the reform
} that we VIII Row luaugurate - How
did II come out? LET us see.
Were any o. tic salaries aud fees
state or county officers reduced? ]
s -, how much? Were appropriation.
: decreased Or increased? IF so nov
anch9 We have shown in a previor
Article how appropriations we're in
creased and how the expenses of til.
$ Legislature were also increased.
> In short, then. are the burdens of TIL.
people lighter under the legislation Q
the Fusionlsts than under Democrat,
legislation? Hasa single mar in Mort.
i Carolina yet felt his burden lighter i.
:'.:.:.oH Of The acts Of tie Fusion T.2.:-
Iature?
4 But one says that it is too soon t,
/ expect any relief We must wait ane
q give matters time to work out til,
p Of good men to vote the ticket tia
!, well-nigh made them sick when the,
il did it. It has now been almost half
it year since the Legislature assembled,
I and did the d:sgruntled people wal
that long with the last Democrati
a administration before they began t,
i grumble about delayed iustice9
But grant the plea that we have no
yet given the Fusion leaven time t,
\ work out relief and does the futur
y promise any more than we already see
80 Let the tax collector come around mex
ID time and the dear deople" will Sc
: something they have not yet seen
Of How about the tax imposed upon IT,
u doctors, boarding houses and the like
II How about the per cent. tax on til
e purchase Of seeds ana drugs?
g. Persons who sympatilize with tn
- afflicted will rejoice with D. Z. Carr Q
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