The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-01-28
4 FINE PLATFORM.
SENATOR HARDY ON STATE
ISSUES.
Subnsits the Draft of State
Platform Valuable Contribu-
tions.

Tie uTdlb VI u AJldllOIul WHICH, Hc
thinks would be grand stale
declaration. The platform is as
follows:
L. 1--WE are in favor of builds
ing new capitol that shall meet
all the needs of the state, but are
opposed to building il on the site
of the present one.
2. 1--WE are in favor of cre-
ating a state board of equaliza-
tion to secure greater uniformity
in the valuation of property for
purposes of taxation.
: 8. ssWe. are in favor Of
amending the constitution so as
to secure fairer and more equi-
table distribution of the public
school fund by limiting the state
tax to 2 mills, and allow the
counties to retain the poll tax and
require them to supplement the
state levy so as to maintain the
public schools at least four
months in each year.
a. eve favor the creation Of
bureau of agriculture and COM
merce and the office Of commits
sioner Of agriculture to be state
office, and the commissioner TO
be elected at the general election
and hold his office for four years,
his duties to be defined by the
legislature.
5. 1--WE favor the establish
ment OF textile school by the
state, where young men and wo-
men may be thoroughly taught
the art OF manufacturing textile
fabrics.
g.. ssWe are in favor OF a
thorough geological, agricultural
and timber survey of the state. to
be completed within four years
under the direction Of the trus-
tees OF the A. & M. College.
Z. "We are in favor of pay
ing the state revenue agent a
salary instead of commissions,
and requiring the district attor-
news to prosecute all suits by the
state revenue agent in their re-
spective districts, and the attor-
nev general to represent the state
in the supreme court on all ap-
peals, and the attorney general
be allowed an assistant attorney
general whose salary shall be
fixed by the legislature.
8. "We are opposed to coll
lecting back taxes of corpora
tions who were exempt from the
payment of taxes by the laws of
the state, but we are in favor of
enforcing the law as construed
by the supreme court as to taxes
accruing after the date of the
adjudication.
y. 1--WE favor a thorough re-
vision of the quarantine laws in
the light and with the aid of the
experiences of 1897 and 1898.
10. "The newspaper press of
the state being a potential factor
in the education of the people,
and the conservator of good NOR
ais, both public and private. we
are in favor OF exempting from
seizure under execution or at
tachment, printing presses, out
fit and machinery used for print
ing and publishing newspapers,
journals. periodicals and books
to the amount of 50, 600: Provid-
ed thatif the owner thereof shall
have other property that is ex-
empt under the law itshall be de-
Quoted therefrom unless he elect
that IL may be seized instead of
the property herein exempted.
IL. 1--WE favor the dredging
OF a ship channel to connect Ship
Island harbor with the gulf Of
GuIfport, and an anchorage ba-
sin to accommodate the needs cf
commerce, by the general gov
ernment. If this cannot be had
we are in favor of the state doing
it by granting the necessary
franchises to harbor company
for number of years, not ex-
ceeding fifty, or doing it herself
by direct appropriation, believ-
ing as we do that it would be the
best possible investment for the
state by promoting its wealth and
adding to the prosperity and
happiness of the people.
IL. "We are in favor of the
general government taking sole
charge Of the entire levee system
Of the Mississippi river, as it is a
great Interstate highway in which