The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-30
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Mr. EpToH--
/ soc His Excellency announced TO
the Mayor Of jackson that no was
tired of criticism Vol, as one OF
"The People" | wish to suggest that
be gets tired too soon. lie must re
member that. we entered him FOR four
mite heat, aud be has scarcely reached
the two milo post Moral, never en-.
trra quarter horse isl four mile race,
[ don't draw this moral, but his enc
mics might Now | don't propose to
crilicise His Mightiness because
know he's Tired. ! simply propose to
ask low questions, the answers to
which, will shit from the shoulders
OF our people a heavy incubus, to-wit:
"lhe Governors friendship for the
Delta"
Our people have enough to contend
with as Il is, High taxation, over
Aows, cotton worms, boil worms,
guarantees, hard times, aud now, on
the top Of all this. the friends Of Ills
EIcolIency, Barkis being willing, have
sadded US with "the Governors
friendship for the Delts." In what
has this friendship consisted?
HIS ExCellency came, he saw the
roaring waters, and gave our Loyeu
Board large body OF conyict,
Msgnaulmous act! For this mag
nSuimlty the tax payers of this district
will pay S49O40O besides the cost of
the keep Of the conyiCE
Again Every citizen OF this Delta
rslsiug cotton, pAys $L00 per bale on
all cotton raised inside the levCeI
Yet the Board of Control, Of which
His Excellency is president, plants
cotton behind our leyees, aud pays not
one cert towards mSintaiug them. A
fair minded legislature recognized
this injustice, aud almCSt unanimously
passed bill 10 tx for levee L"'poses
this cotton grown under the auspices
q Xi5 Excelleucy's Board Of Control
AID the president of the Board of
Control being His Excelleucy, the
Governor, with the power Of a veto,
stamped this bill with his disapprovsl.
Why wac this? Because" says His
Excelency, "thls bill is in violation of
the constitutional provision requiring |
all bills touching revenue 10 the levee |
to be published in news
paper in the district before it can be
aud passed by the Legis-
AZURE" A most strained conslruc-
ion oflaw in this case.
But grant him to be correct. At
he very same moment, almost, he ap-
proved an unpublished bill for the
Upper District, authorizing al issu-
.nCo of bonds "touChiug the revenue"
o the extent of $50O,0OO,-another
.ct Of "triendship' for the Delts.
osIug US thousands of dollars for the
3vees.
And last, but not least in magnaui
nifty, the Two Levee Boards, (Barkis
,elug willing) appointed His Excel
5LCy s delegate to go TO New
,oTE (uiee place, they say to appear
e.3,3 tie River Commission. He
pDesrsd, so the paper stated, aud for
1'7 irgt act Of "friendship for the 6
,slts" the tax payers of this district
aid the sum Of $685.. Cheap, you
lay soy, but let it be understood we
aid IL; and in this instance His Elk. |
ailCnCy ass peculiarly friendly to our J
C ard, FOR, while he represented both I
cards, he let our board pay all his {
IpeuseI | hope the other board I
emit feel e!ighted at this act of friend '
Zip Displayed by the Governor 10. '
ards rs. q
Now, If l have omitted to mention q
~ other PROOF Of the Governors c
for the Delta" | assure '
~ it il znintentionsl on my part, for
Wish TO give hiR full credit. Bv I
9 way, before closing would like
euSgest that there Is no warrant in 0
" lazy for the allowance OF money C
detray the Governors expenses to c
ew York, or in fact those of any {
her Of the delegates. Il
Yours tru'y, b
tIDUs ACHATEs. l.
p, S, The people would like to
ow by what authority OF law the
cent issue Of scrip was disposed of
less than its face value. Bv what =,
thorlty the Board paid brokerage N
IS Of ono per cent. By what au- Il
ority the proceeds of this scrip was "a
cd for any other purpose than that l
divided In the act authorizing lis III
uance to wit: "The building, re- OF
iring and strengthening of said ~
ees.| III
f. ACHATEs. ~ :"