The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-12

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mlssloners and the secretary that the
law allowed the commissioners to name
The commissioners in notifying the sec
retary of his selection, bluntly stated to
him that he had been named by the
Governor.
HE ACCEPTED OF COURSE.
By Act I62 of 1908 Farmers Insti-
tute Conductor was created to be ap-
pointed and his salary to be fixed by
the Commissioner of Agriculture.
By Act I78 of 1908 there was created
Board of Electrical Examiners to be
appointed by the Governor and draw
| five dollars per diem each of the peoples
good money while serving the State.
They were given power to employ
clerk and fix his salary and it is quite
needless to add that one was employed
By Act IA of 1908 commission to
conserve the natural resources of the
State was created, with no salary, but
with clerk at 5000 per annum.
By Act 3o8 of 1908 Board of En-
gineering and Surveying was created,
each member to draw ten dollars per
day while at work, with board, lodging
and travelling expenses thrown in.
By Act 274 of 1908 there was created
Live Stock Board whose expenses are
to be paid by the State and who are en-
powered to employ clerk at a salary
of only $1,000 per annum, or two hun
dred dollars per month.
By Act 10Y of 1908 the Oyster Com
mission was given an impetus and its
expenses and salaries materially raised.
BY Act I25 of 1908 the State Board of
Accountants was created with a salary
Of SIS per day while at work, each oil
whom receives his commission from
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE,
BY Act o8 of 1908 he caused the sep
aration of the office of assessor and reg
istrar of voters, and thereby created
some fifty odd offices, each carrying a
salary OF, 5000 per annun, all of whom
are staunch friends of the present Gov
ernor and take off their hats to him as
they pass or when his name is men
toned
BY Act I85 of 1908 State Board of
Osteopathy was created, each member
to receive ten dollars per day and ex-
penses while working for the State
BY Act 2o2 of 1908 State Board of |
Veterinary Surgeons was created, and
it is provided that they shall receive ten
dollars. per day and expenses for serv-
ices rendered.
+ The taxpayer may we'll inquire where
his money is going? An answer is
found in part by reference to the fore
going Acts of the Legislature which |
create I75 new offices, the salaries and
per diem of which are to be paid out of
the peoples money. Little wonder that
there was deficit and that it was found |
necessary to take $Ioo,ooo of the money |
paid in game license, paid by the people
of the State for the purpose of con-
serving the game and devoted sacredly
by law to that purpose alone, and trans
fer it to the general funds of the State.
Little wonder that now there is pend
ing bill to sell two of the magnificent
plantations belonging to the State, ac-
quired at large cost and improved at
great expense, and also to mortgage an
other for large sum, and for what?
TIME AND OUR GOVERNOR
ALONE CAN TELL
The next campaign in this State is
going to be made, not on Statewide
but on the abolition of the
useless boards, useless Offices, useless
expenditures of the peoples money and
a curtailment of the powers of the Gov
ernor. If some brave, honest man, hay