The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
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IVA Improvements having the House voted against not voted
hat all or merely for the Rivers and Iarbors bills passed
since he has been in Congress We cannot therefore, how Mr.
ALLEN prove popular candidate with the leading opponents OF
Governor Mcaurn the Delta because the leading political enc
Governor in this section of the State have insisted upon
retention of General Catchngs the House, simply and solely
of his bors for river appropriations Can any the
the Delta therefore, support Mr. Allen without sulng
themselves - reenville Democrat
The logical inference the editorial in the Democrat
that the people the Delta generally and those who have been
poers General Catchngs especially debt of gratitude to
Governor McLaun for his rendered behalf of the
cause which properly be discharged by casting their votes
for him as United States Senator
The editor of the displays his acquaintance with
the nature disposition of the people of the Delta when he implies
that any services rendered them their bitter struggle for The
the evee system would not meet with quick recognition
debt of gratitude based upon such services would
be evaded or forgotten by them.
1t only fair however, that debt calling for such payment
clearly established What the items constituting the
total of the indebtedness owed by the people of the Delta
D. Mcurn account of services rendered the eee
cause,
appointed Levee Board administer the funds gathered
purposes without regard the wishes of the
taxpayers counties composing the Lower Leveo District I'M
largest and Washington defiance of such
wishes and against the protest of the Democratic taxpayers OF the
counties expressed the former county through democratic P
mary Convention and in the latter through all the recognized Demo
cratic authorities of the county
Under the administration of Mclaurn for the first
the justice and equity of the state paying its share of taxes on
raised the Delta and protected the eyee denied
the State of Mississippi instituted suit against the Board OF sss
spp Commissioners from the taxes collected on
for the cotton of 1895 and such suit
of 100000 bill Immediately introduced at the
aordnary the Legislature 1897 to remedy this injustice
future passed almost without dissenting vote the
members of the Legislature requiring argument to convince them
the fairness justice of the proposition This measure
o by the friend of the evees because the bill affected the revenues
Board had not been published for the length of time
required by law, while approving bill from the Upper Levee Dis
m authorizing the bonded Indebtedness of the Dis
although this bill open to the constitutional objection
had seized petex for yetog the former
This enabled the cotton grown by the state the Leyee
District during the Of 1867 to escape its Just share of eyee
axaon thereby costing the Board not less than $1,000 addition
the S66o00 already recovered from by
pursuance of the policy nauguraed by this friendly admAa
ion.
But these these items of the questionable there
gansaying the fact that when the district threatened
With by the high of 1897 the Governor pe
the Board of Control in his friendship for the people of the
the evee did permit the conyc working upon plan
aon the Delta which dependent upon the maintenance of
eyes for their protection to be placed upon the eyee by the
Board do battle for the rey To this open
aned beray bill presented by the Board Of Control the
Board of mississippi Levee Commissioners for $4,000 hire for
sergeants engaged the work this district
the work finally settled for by the Board the tapa
Notw hsandng the fact that they had not thought the
or' was to be charged for G
Again people this Levee District indebted Governor
j. McIaur speech of less than five minutes length om- Il
only in its breyy madn New York before the Mssssp
River Commission in behalf of both Ieyee Dstrcthe of p
unkeng expedition, during which the Governor State in f
red humiang notorey being betrayed by this Levee District
one Nv
Another item of the debt Governor by evee people
the constitutional amendment providing that the
the Levee Districts should have the power all
rights of and yee and the management maintenance and III
thereof the government of the United States which
divided by Legislature of 1898 should be submitted
e people ofthe State OF
This amendment deemed of vital Importance to the people Inn
entire Delta 1t thought by them that time might Sc
the heavy burden many years protecting
Delta taxation raised from the counties thereof might shifted
the shoulders of the National Government 1t
for which they had struggled and hoped for quarter of
V 1t affected the welfare OF the people OF no other part OF the ey
@ and no one IN The Delta dreamed that there would be any
their being freed from greyous burden if the oppor
y should present itself Yet among the few counties of the its
majority of their votes against this amendment find
nn the home of Governor McLaurin word expna
from the friend of the eyees would have satisfied the people
Il com who follow him so blndIv of The value ta