The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-01-12
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE
>Ort1 Cardinals Executive Makes Suggestions
10 The Legislature


s.IFs.s -'s-aking him more capable. more
! = elt more reliable and with =
aeepeF aTectIon for Us. sInts Sazst ;-y..- =
! ~ seems TO me commenGs Itself both
| 10 our seifsbness and t,t.r generosity
oht s.,art from Uar sense OF Obligation
10 fhis weaker race, I am impressed
! vita the necessity of causing all agita-
tion which leads 30 the enbitterment
aud 1streagement OF the negro, 20. the
reason that as this straAgc.rlcg. and
, this embittermcnt increase large mum
/ bers Of them will - out from among
us. The greatest need of North Caro-
ma today is more labor. II seems TO
Ill" the hight Of folly to continue to
/ bring about conditions which lessen the
amount of labor In the Sta-e On the
contrary every encouragehcnt should
he given hy fair trCatment-ey Cn by
generous consideration, to stop the emf
grafton of this important part of our
, labor. 1t is useless for III to pass law
taxing emigrant agents. II We deny to
the neero the privilege uf giving to his
cnild decent public school eduCa-
ton.
Provision ought 20 be made for tna
payment Of the expenses OF the Su-
perintendent 80 fublic instruction 1t
/ - absolutely necessary in thc perform
hhte Of his duties for him TO travel
throughout the State. indeed no ought
to visit other Statoa Of the Union 10
learn thcir methods, views and pians.
To do 50 Will necessitatc ihe cxpedi-
turC of from $500 10 $3.50 in the pay
ment OF railroad fare. Heretofore the
! railroads Of this State under statute
permitting it, have been granting so The
! superintendent 0f puBiit destruction
passes nVrr their lines, but for the
past year Or SO they have refused TO
do this. Unless the Legislature is
SOn3 to require them to furnish tho
passes, provision certainly ought to be
made to defray these absolutely mecca
sary expenses of the superintendent. A
State which SO much needs education
cannot afford to etint its Superntend-
ent in the necessary expenditure OF
money ia the performance OF the duties
of his Office and in his better equip
ment of that office.
TAXES.
Taxes should be as low as possible
consistent with the needs of the State;
any taxes levied beyond this is wrong
in principle, and should moi be toler-
atpd. Taxes should also bc uniform
H;id just, mover levied twice on the
same thing. on what is C0nStructiyely
tie same thing. and while it is always
difficult 10 correct errors Of this kind,
still the burdens If taxation should be
bCEue alike by aH. and not doubled
on some, while others escape their pro
pOrtiOnate part. Nc person, for any
purpose, should ever pledge the credit
Of the State unless authorized by the
Legislature. i'll whom alone is lodged
that power, and even that great body
should not do SO. unless in extreme
cases or matters OF urgent necessity.
APPROPRIATIONS.
From the message OF the retiring
Governor, and the reports Of the varl-
Gus departments, after passing the ap-
preparation bills, providing means for
the protection CT the State in the suit
OF South Dakota against North Caro-
lina. and enacting laws of general
benefit. there are no niOmentOuS queS-
ti0n5- affecting the State demanding
the attention Of the present General
Assembly.
The appropriation bills. nov vastly
increasing, which viii be submitted to
YOU, will doubtless be carefully CON
sidered and scanned. Our disburse-
nlents should never exceed our re-
CeiptS, fer State. like an individual,
should not pay out more than It gets,
thus fostering extravaganza and
waste. And in View OF our present fl
nancial condition. end what may be
cur speedy needs, only q sufficient
amount should be granted to our
State institutions to adequately main
tain them. economically administered.
These institutions ask this year for
Sl,509, 10000, which is in excess OF
their last appropriation 1861, 500, and
which, if allowed, makes our disbursc-
ments greatly exceed our revenue.
IMMIGRATION.
In the past, as State. We have
been too modest and shown too little
self-assertion, thus detracting from
our dignity and worth.- and leaving
the world little acquainted with the
resources of our land the worth Of
our people or the history OF the Com
znonwealth.
For examples, every patriotic North
Carolinian glOries in the Mecklenburg
Declaration OF independence made OF
the Goth OF May, 1175, yet not having
given, until recently, proper publicity
CT its authenticity, outsiders believed
1t mYtn, ana spoke OF II as WITHOUT
foundation. So likewise. we know. the
valiant part taken by cur State in the
civil war, in the defense oi the South
land and its great principles, yet for
years our true position remained in
darkness, and it became the patriot
duty of our present distinguished
Chief Justice with his corps Of capa
bic writer's, TO prove to the listening
world. that We not only furnished
more troops than any other State, &C
cording to population, but were also
first al Bethel, last at Appomattox,
and farthest TO the front at Gettys-
burg. In the same hurtful, negligent
manner, we have failed to make
known our great resources end hid
den wealth. thus allowing our State
10 .<:fain comparatively trEUcwn, un-
seas ht and undeyelopei. /.
The Governor dwells at length On
the States finances. showing that we
are in splendid shape, with no need
for the State to borrow money or
go in debt.