Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-10-26
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
MOI Is OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
BY ]. l. POWER.
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BY ]. L. POWER.

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1sp. ~ ,ha, only few more than ono
haif thc voters wen, ta the polls
Efery man who votes at a PRIMARY
should clinch his choic- at the general
election. The s,Aiis,ics II state ciec-
,iuus are madc mp from the general
election, aud NJ, FROM the primaries.
csritsi sud Corporations In N,..sssirpl
gentleman who has been very
active fnr many wears In the industrial
Development 81 the South. and who re- I
sides in kentucky was invited to pre-
pare a pap~r Tor the Southcrn Indus
trial Convention. Huntsville. Ala. oct.
to.tt on Legislation ~ th. south As
Affecting Capital and Corporations Ia
the >outh, and he asked the editor oi
this department to outline the condi.
tion and TREND ~ legislation in Missis.
sppt ia relstioa t. capital aud corpora.
tions. etc
We replied that the laws - Missis-
sippi ih letter aud spirit src specially
friendly to capital aud corporations
F The constitutional convention 81 i-ps
iug factories for ten years. expiring
Jan. !. 1890 Aud the legislature %
/ i~9'i amended the exemption sections u
the c,-lc by providing tha, all factories
T ~>,ahli>h-d before Jan. :. 1901. shall be
exempt from all state. county aud mu-
nicipsl taxation for ten wears. eNc.p,
that a factory or manufacture belong
ing to ~ being in truS, or combine
shall not sujoy exemption from tasa
tion'
ANY foreign corporation ~ any Kind
may h. chartered in Mississippi nu the
pas men, of a recording fee ot o. 90. aud
1t may turn loo~e millions % capital In
the state ia manufacturing and h.. ~.
empt fur ten years or IL may operate
in Mississippi Il chartered ia another
state. Not ~ in Illinois The Glucose
sugar Refining Company 81 New Jersey
puts s,ooo, ooO of it, cap tai at work In
Illinois hut II paws one pr cent. or
5000 for the privilege - having it,
New Jersey charter recorded in the
Office of the secretary 81 STATE Glu-
cu.s can cDmc into Mississippi without
any vVpcnsc whatever. or without
notice to any official state. ceunty or
municipal
The privilege tar law does not in
clnie many items taNed ia other states.
aud hiie railroads and other corpora
tions must b. asse>ss-d at their true
value and on the al vslorem princi-
pie. the assessments thereof arr g~n~r-
ally accepted A. reasonable aud esluita.
bic
In view - the v~rv literal exemp-
tons - capital invested in factories the
wonder i that millions do ua, co-ue
here wherr she raw material i abund-
ant. and Wh h~rr labor j. cheap and relic
he Fhrss exemption LAWS should
have Wi'ier publicity than their appear
ancr IN the pamphlr, acts.
straight Fre" the ~heaid~r.
The editor af this department i max
ing som- Inquiries as To- the registered
aud actual vote in the several counties.
the vote in the primaries aud in the
general election Observing that tho
total registered vote 81 Marshall coun-
Is far i~yy l. s.sts. and that tho aggr--
gate highest vote east for any one office
l>herif in the las, primary. was only
lois, wc asked for an explanation. aud
here Il - ample and explicit:
Tie difference Of - betwe-n th. total
registered vote. and the vote east In the
Democratic primary election, il explained
In this way The Democratic executive
eommitte. - MsrShsll county. when they
pas-ei ufon the qualification of voters. al
lewei No nae to vot. who not Dem
eerat aud whu no, gualifi--f els,-tor
IN the general cle~tiou 70 10 held in Noyen-
her l~ssi Democrats no had not paid all
tax-s on or before the lsi Of February.
i,st for the two preceding YEAR. wer. not
allowed to vote And the COMMITTEES also
stated in their regulations that II the man
sgsn of -lsrtion did not compiy with their
orvier. that particular hon. where the rule
90, Ignored wOuld 10 thrown out aud not
counted | think all the counties should
have adopted the same Kind Of a ruling
II n-xre-s Republicans and psr~ons who
wiil not pay their taxes. are sllowesi 10
vote IN Democratic primaries. IL ~tll only
: b. a frw year. before the party Is split
wide open, snd will find ourselves where
, ~ acre In i~sa I ~es trouble ahead u this
thing is not stuppssi. snd q member Of
: the Stat. Democratic COMMITTEES. l shall
/. nse every effort TO have the state com
. mittee IN the next campaign lay down the
aW for every county in the state a. vi.
had It in Marshall introduced th. fol
lowing resolution in our last Democratic
county convention, which ~ss adopted
unanimously:
The Democracy Of Msrshall county in
: delegate convention assembled. having con-
dactet their own primary elections in com
. pliance with the provisions Of the statute,
desire TO place themselves on record a.
condemning the methods understood to
have been parsu-l in various COUNTIES Of
the state. through which. in the interest Of
individual a>pirants the votes of negroes.
and oth-rs than Democrats have been ar
ceptet and counted, thus defeating the
wishes OF loyal sdher-nts Of the party, and
suhN-rting the objects designed TO lie at
tanned through an honest primary election.
We believe 10 TO be the duty aud within
the power OF the state Democratic executive
committee. to examine into and correct the
wrong. attempted to be accomplished
through the action of counties that have
: countenanced the~e irregularities, and cali
upon the committee To call new primaries
in the counties known to have ignored the
law. Very truly yours.
GEOKGE e. MYERS
This is the correct doctrine. and {,
! should be enforced not only for polit-
! icai but financial reasons The letter
= aud spirit of the franchise clause Of the
: constitution is, that no one shall be
permitted to vote who has not paid his
{ taxes; ard while criminal prosecution
, Tor the non-payment Of polltax is for
: bidden, the publications now being
. made in several newspapers of the
E State show that there are thousands,
{ white as well as black, who are delin-
quent for polltax. and yet great mum.
bers of them were permitted to vote IN
, the late primaries on the simple state
nent that they were Democrats