Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09


When the committee on taxation
) made its report the ordinance car
ried an exemption from taxation
of nearly every conceivable arti
clio of property belonging to cor
porations, including an exemption
of all new railroads from all spe
, cies Of taxation, even when q five
, mill tax had been voted them ir
aid of their construction, by the
parishes. Mr.. Wilkinson movpf
to strike out the exemptions CARR
ed by the ordnance. Mr.. Brea.
zeale promptly voted in favor OF
their retention. See page 249 OF
convention journal.
/ The Picayune almanac for 1890
placed the amount of property ex-
empt, other than churches, schools,
public property, etc., at $40, 0O0,-
900 under the constitution of 1879,
and the ordinance for which Mr..
voted carried additional exemp-
lions over the constitution of 1879.
| W hen a motion was made by MIR.
Boatner to refuse this exemption
to new railroads that were to re-
ceive a five mill tax from the par
ishes. Mr.. Breazeale voted against
such motion. See page 252 Of
| Journal.
If there was one thing that the
people of this state demanded, it
was that they should have the
right to control their own local
elections, and when Judge Hall of
DeSoto offered a new section to
the suffrage ordinance providing
for the election of the registrar of
voters by the people in the differ
ent parish, Mr.. Herman offered a
substitute, leaving the matter in
the hands of the governor. Mr..
Breazeale voted for the substitute
and against the article to make
them elective. Soc page 2S7 Of
convention journal.
An ordinance was introduced in
the convention proposing to ex-
empt from parish taxes and licen-
SEES all incorporated towns having
a population Of over 400 inhabi-
tants. The ordinance is known as
No. 331, by Mr.. Stubbs, chairman.
MIR. Breazeale was one of its
warmest supporters and gave it
his vote. See page 800 of con-
vention journal.
Ii this ordinance had become a |
law, all the property in the small
towns and cities would have been
exempt from parish taxes and Ii.
cense, thereby imposing an enor-
nous burden OH the taxpayers
living in the rural sections.
There is another vote of the
gentleman from Natchitoches that
has great deal Of significance.
1t is q well known fact that the
ward bosses and their political
heelers, in the city of New Or
leans, have largely dominated the
politics of this state. They have
been enabled to do this effectively
Dy virtue of the fact that the cleo
hons in the state and in the city
If New Orleans were held on the
same day. This condition Of af-
airs came dangerously near de-
ivering the state to Pharr and his
ollowers in 1896. The matter is
90 fresh in the minds of the peo-
DO to need repetition here.
An effort was made in the con.
'ention to separate the state and
ity elections, to avoid a condition ,
f affairs that existed In 1895. .
he motion was made by Mr.. ,
Soatner, and a hard and bitter ,
Ight was made by the democrats
utside of the city to have the ,
mendment adopted. MI. Brea- ,
Gale voted against the amend .
lent. See page 2S4 of convention ,
Durnal.
these facts are substantially
hown by the journals Of the con-
ention and can b. verified by ref !
renee to the pages referred to. +
ne record is one that completely =
nd effectively shows Mr.. Brea- :
eale up to the voters Of the dis )
let, and should and will snow 7
i'm under so deep that bis politi- :
a resurrection will be impossible. !;
1e ask the voters Of the fourth =
)ngressional district to examine !
10 above statements critically, !
I'D they will find them correct :
every particular. Shreveport E
lines.
1t is said that Bleazeale ID charo-
g in his speeches that Sutherlin
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