Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-04-14
2. goysr's Candidacy Conditional

candidate for election ia our mouse
- Delegntes 60 represent the
.a,nties of Clarke and Warren in
onr next legislature: | therefore
v;sh 10 sincerely submit my posi-
lion ON the several most important
;ssnes i'm which we are mutually
and deeply interested, for deem
4 the imperative duty of those
,.bo may serve us TO make II plain
where they stand
ISL believe IL is of vital inn
,ortance that we should sec 20 il
tbst rs far IS possible. every child
,eceives good sound practical
. lucation. but not 50 much of the
abstract. abnormal and theoretical.
Each district should receive its
full benefit of all taxes paid and
NOT Ice allowed To go into the
rockets of too many State officials.
but EMPLOY rs nearly as possible
Nh first class teachers at a good
reasonable salary, pay the ones
who do the work and give a longer
term. which can be done without
increasing taxation. Which shall
show later on.
Second I am an earnest advocate
of GOOD roads, but how to get them
is the question. | claim the State
tax should be cut down TO point
where it meets the economical ex-
penses of the State whether that
be ten. fifteen or twenty cents on
the hundred. | feel certain the
thirty five cent state taxes we now
pay can be cut half in two and
keep our taxes at home, but to
accomplish this our representatives
must eliminate all unnecessary ex-
penses such as appropriations which
do the State little or no good and
oppose the maintenance or the
creating of unnecessary commits
sionS and Offices aS we'll rs oppose
increasing salaries unjustly. Now
who shall be the Judge.
| answer the people who pay the
taxes. II is rs much the duty of
our representatives TO keep the
taxpayer posted rs TO what is going
on for or against him. his en-
ployer. the taXpayer. just as it
Is the duty of any mployec. Our
representative should. while our
General Assembly is in session.
report to his constituency, through
the respective county papers from
week 10 week Just what Is doing
and by SO doing we can materially
AID our representative. Jefferson
says The safety OF our republic
lay in the freedom of speech and
of the press" which medium. our
county papers, | think should be
To every home.
| therefore submit that that re-
duction in state taxes should be
spent as a county fund ON our roads
and education directly through our
county officials, which would great
ly increase our available Road and
School fund-and not increase taxes.
We are paying now as taxes more
than one sixth of our net income.
One dollar net income six cents
taxes about one and "a quarter
cents. Let this county fund he
distributed. The official
who Is tempted to use his position
IN behalf of the LOBBYIST for corpor-
auonS or pecuniary advantage
should refer to Solomon's motto as
to choosing n good name and Low
INC memory rather than silver or
gold. He might also fortify his
integrity by the consciousness of
the fact that wrong doing will
eventually destroy the wrong doer.
and recognize the fact that we had
better leave poSterity good oppor-
Iunity for best citizenship than
great riches.
Next this most important ques-
'on, Temperance, the key stone of
virtue integrity, frugality. recti-
Inde and self respect without which
we can not have clear conception
oi real Justice to all: but which
coupled with courage and energy
we can shine as beacon light of
inspiration to the citizenship of
our great nation.
In this connection / wish TO
quote Senator Hill Of Georgia.
" no saves his country saves HIM
self and all things saved do bless
hlm, who lets his country die. dies
himself ignoble and all things
curse him."
Our government conceived in
liberty and purchased with blood.
can be preserved only by constant
vigilance. May we guard it as
our children's richest legacy.
W hat shall it profit our nation if
II shall gain the whole world and
lose the spirit that prizes liberty
as the heritage of all men in all
lands everywherel
- have carefully studied the
temperance question or Liquor
rathc, Its effects on our counties,
state and nation.
have also studied the causes
mat built up the great nations of
history and have not seen where,
IN any of them, the liquor traffic
could he considered faction to the
real fame and glory of any nation
!, the earth; but upon the other
nahd has been one of the leading
and one of the great
ert factors of decay.