The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-21
fruits Of their labor; equality in taxa

ment upon men and forms of property
alike in the proportion that they are
able to bear it; the enactment of
rigid laws enforcing full and COM
plete assessment; encouragement of
immigration and the investment of
foreign capital in this stately Just
treatment and equal taxation-a sys-
tenn OF laws governing fire insurance
companies which will bring about
cheaper rates of insurance, discour-
age arson and encourage honesty; a
reduction Of the contract rate of in
terest on money to eight per cent
that being as high rate as any legit-
innate business can afford; good public
policy permit or conscience consent
to; honest and prompt payment of the
states debts and the sacred preserva-
ton OF the public faith. 1t is discred-
liable to the ability of her public SER
wants and the financial integrity of
the state to have its paper banded
about like the overdue obligation of a
derelict bankrupt. believe that
permanent public improvements
should be made and that a portion of
the burden should be borne by poster
1ty who will enjoy it's USE There is
no economy and less justice in requir-
ing the present generation to pay for
this capitol building with money
worth to the taxpayers ten per cent.
per annum, when the state could bor-
row the money for three per cent.
am in favor of issuing bonds in an
amount sufficient to supply the de-
felt in the treasury, reduce the taxes,
and let the money remain in the hands
OF the wealth producers of the state.'
The improvement of the public
roads by taxation and working them
with convict labor under the direction
of competent state and county Off
GERS as the legislature may provide
was endorsed the abolition of the
Board Of Control and substituting
therefor a department of the state
government under the direction of
one man, was advocated.
Maj. Vardaman also declared for
state repositories which will facilitate
the collection Of taxes and the dis
bursement of the states money, and
to prevent the congestion of money in
the treasury and keep it in circula-
ton; economy in the disbursement of
public funds, lest the burdens of the
state government should Cypress and
discourage labor; the announcement
OF agriculture, the foundation of all ma
terial wealth; we'll disciplined mill
tia, properly maintained; to curtail
the appointive power of the Governor
and enlarge the electoral privilege OF
the people; the present primary cleo
ton law perfected by eliminating the
elective and plurality features, and
prescribing the severest penalties for
thesimproper use of money and other
fraudulent methods to control the
elections; the maintenance of a sys-
tenn OF free public schools which will
afford equal opportunities to all the
children of the state to receive in.
struction necessary to equip them for
the duties of life and the performance
of the functions of citizenship
Maj Vardaman then expanded some
what on the subject of education adj
vocating better common schools and
better facilities for common school ed
ucation and continued:
Thus far what / have said on the
subject of education has been with
reference solely to the white children.
What shall we do with the negro? Ger
tainly the education suited to the
white child does not suit the negro
This has been demonstrated by forty
years of experience, and the expendi
ture in the southern states of nearly
three hundred million dollars" The
negro he urged was deteriorating NOR.
ally every day and that time has dem
onstrated that he is more criminal as
a free man than as slave, and that he
is increasing in criminality with fear.
full rapidity The facts revealed by
the census, he said, are that those who
can read and write are more criminal
than the illiterates, which is true of nc
other element of our population. The
frequency of criminal assaults upon
white women were but the expression
of the negroes aspiration for social
equality. He said the better class OF
negroes are not responsible for this
condition or for the criminal tendency
of the race, nor did he censure them
for it.
i God Almighty created the negro
for a menial-he is essentially a ser
want, in every age of the world history