The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09


'slature tried to show that il was not 4!
after "spoils" and sought To set good |
example, but this course, so far as Dem |
Dcrais was concerned, was simply 8 |
casting Of pesris before swine.
But after a failure 10 make the peo- |
pie believe the Legislature had been
extravAgant, the Democratic
press eat lot OF crow and acknowI- |
edged that the appropriations were
proper and just.
The Charlotte Observer, the leading
goldbug Democratic paper. said:
1t is important, above everything else.
n al in dealing with the work al the L"syis.
lature we should be fair, and the Observe.
IL here to say that in the cases OF the schools
and the penal and charitable institutions Of
the State that body did not appropriate
dollar more than il should have done"
The News and Observer, leading"
silver Democratic paper since the sill
yer wave has become so strong) said:
The News and Observer has always been
a strong advocate for liberal appropriations
for education. and ii Is not our purpose to
cri,icise the Legislature for any increase it
may have made in appropriations for this
purpose
IL would seem that these and similar
utterances from similar sources would
damn the demagogic Democratic au-
thor OF the scr-ed from which these
Alabama and Texas Democrats are
drawing their facts"
when the legislature Of 1896 met it
found the following general taxation
arrangement
For education:
On 800 worth OF property ............. -i6
Poll tax. ............... .......-...-...s l. "A
For State pensions;
On 800 worth Of property ............. OBJ
For general State purposes:
On 800 worth of property ...-........ y
When the legislature OF 1895 adj
iourned the taxes for the same pur-
poses given above had been arranged
as follows:
For education:
On 800 worth of property ............. Is
Poll tax. ............ =
For State PENSIONS
On 800 worth OF property .-.........- 800
For general State purposes
On 500 worth OF property ........-. N'
This is another fact which goes tt
show that Capt. johnson and other
Democratic speakers in Alabama and
Texas are more anxious to seize upon
something to say against POpulists
than they are to tell the truth; for il
will be observed that wherever an in
| crease of taxation is made, the in.
crease is for schools.
| The sO-called Democratic party hat
control of the administration of State
| affairs from 1876 to 1895. An analyst.
of its record will prove to anybod!
that, as party which pretended t
| foster the general interests of tn,
commonwealth, it was an abOminabl'
| failure and damnable fraud.
| The record shows that everythin:
and anything could get more atten
ton and more sympathy from "Dem
ocracy" than the public school system
| North Carolina in the amount paid
per capita, for public education, bu
in the matter of singing out none
where the "gang" could catch it, tn
Democrats put North CarClin
pretty well forward in the list. SchoC
teachers have had no encouragement
In fact they knew that they got les
per month on an average than tn
teachers of any other State, and tina
than it is in almost any other State
These are facts, and they are resul
of Democratic administration.
i Let's see what kind of a showing W
can make. In the State of Massachu
sets the average pay of male teacher
is Sis per mouth, This is the highes
average in the United States. Tn
average pay of female teachers ther
| -, no
rem State of Arizona pays its femal
teachers an average of $74 per mont
and male teachers an average of So
Then come all the other States, wit
North Carolina at the very bottom {
the list-her male teachers getting a
average of $24 per month and her fe
male teachers an average of $2l pc
month. These average figures ar
taken from the reports of all State
which make educational reports an
include the salaries Of superintendent,
of public schools in cities.
2 Alas, for the glory of North CarOlir
/, under Democratic rule! One of til
: original thirteen States-with hi
toric record that makes her name stan
foremost in liberty's story"-with
: purer and more thoroughly America
q population than any other State (thel
8 being less than 1000 foreign born re
It idents), she, in spirit of trust ar
t confidence. put her affairs in the han,
!, of Democratic gang for too long
time, and rs a reward for this con
u dence she found herself flung into Il
10 m,re and mud of educational apatl
, and stagnation aud almost smOtheril
in the slough of educational despon
IS ency.
II But a mighty effort was made al
she managed to drag herself out
d thus terrible bog, and now she sees
L roadway clearing and is moving fC
1t ward to higher plane and broad
IS policy.
e U. $. SENATOR'S.
y There's no denial of Capt. johnson
Il statement No. ,, that Populist a
ST Republican were elected to the L.
Senate. The Republican Senator "
a elected on the ISIS les of free silver a
u fair elections. Every vote he has c.
in Congress has been in favor of S
yer, but even with this record, if
,e shall maintain his present adherer
n to Mckinley and the Republican &c
n platform, it will result In his retil
:" ment as u. S. Senator from this Sta
s, ELECTION LAW.
AS to charge No. ), Capt. Johnst
OO is either ignorant of the facts or be
w an unqualified LIAR. The new ell,
W tiOn law gives fire aceeks time for reg
oo tration, though the registration boo
OO are required to be kept open on t
Saturdays of these weeks. There
90 nothing to prevent the books from
- ing opened on any other day. No q
w can vote unless properly register
\" Challenges of the registration +;
y, amply provided for; challenges of D.
~ sons Offering to register are provid
-, for, and there is no such provision
e, forbidding inspectors from refusin,
~ known illegal vote. Capt. Johnst
us or any one else may learn these ia
nj by reference to the new election IL
a copy of which may be easily had.
&c provides that one member, of ca
ed political party, who can read and u
sc shall be appointed as judges of ell
IL ton, but that two of such Judges sh
Is, be competent to conduct and sup
al wise the election. Under the old De
MI nnratio 10 ho nd