Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
The Legislature and Tho-c n
Authority.


Authority.
Is IL any business OF yours
what kind of laws are being made
at Jackson? Arc you keeping up
with what is being done there
Are sou ready 70 vote intelligent
y upon the records Of those who
have been sent there 20 take care
Of the States INTEREST," u not /.
is high time we begin to inform
ourselves in order that We may
not be dupcd by the great array
- candidates who will attempt u
maze the ordinary citizen believe
there was ro one in the Il Il ia
,urc that did anything but tlen.
each candidate gets very serious
waen lie is IN the campaign. you
know. AID really thinks he diC !;
all.
Il would take columns % tell
IN part what has been done ty
this body OF ni,n aside from what
has been attempted. The follow
ing are some OF the dangerous
things that the Legislature tried
O. 40: They tried to exempt
money on deposit and loaned al
a rate Of interest not less than &
per cent from taxatiOu-a .-rsat
number OF this august BODY
tried 70 make Jais "A law. Do yoI
know VINO was behind this move?
y not hnd out. Do you know
whs, this would nave meant ~
The state? it means that the rich
would be protected and the poor
pay the taxes. 1t means that
about 4 half million IN taxes
would have been lost from this
resource alone; besides it woulG
mean that ell chance for the COL
iecsion * taxes upon the millions
that rich men lie aboutand refuse
10 give in to the tax assessor
would be lost. On top @. this
many urged IN additional tax of
half nall whica would make a
six and = half mill tax. All thi3
KIND Of legislation was fostcred
~ the rich, the poor could not
possibly get anything from law
Ike this. but on the other hand
the burden would TAIL upon them.
Had you ever thought that this
Is pre-eminently an age wher.
the rich i trying harder than
ever 10 Make millions at the ex-
pense OF The poorer classes: Did
you know that the Legislator.
had expended over S7.OUO 0D1 in
appropriations: Tile Proper *
penOit0rc vi money IS all rirnt
when our common people are
getting their share Of this. but
wnea It goes 10 lie select few
who care nothing for the poor
man. II teen becomes another
question.
Candidates Ter all Offices in the
country VIII soon be around and
.t Is the duty Of every citizen 70
know what tire merits If each Of
these mea ara. One thin cur
people many times forget to thei.
serrow Is this: We PUT men in
Office that have not tie slightest
suspicion u the duties imposed
up9a them. Everyone acknow-
lodges their incomnetencv. vet
allow him 70 run and support him
and then allow him to ta.sc their
money Is salary when he has
performed nc service whatever
because he did not know how TO
% anything Of value. Ifia fact
nc dc anything a. all It was m
der the guidance Of some dena-
Sogue or cheap politician.
some men are wise enough
however, t. know that whSn taev
Go no. know VIA, To 10 tia. they
al ieas. nuss raise = great howl
knowing that IN this maybe they
can fool enough of the people to
get 4 JOB again. Did you ever
think that Mississippi mas men in
o1-ee nov drawing splendid SAL
aries that had not done q sinole
thing u earn this sum? If you
are not keeping up with what is
done, let Us wake UP and see
whore we are at"
Lets jus; educate ourselves up
T. the point that no trickster can
fool Us as to what he has done
and Z = Is impossible for good
competent men to apply 70. office
ana be elected, les lust cult
having any a. al until by some
means re can wake I'd and at
tend to cur business at least so.as|
To protect 4 reasonable amount 0 :
our interests.