The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22

another, some adventures holding some of these
repudiated bonds recently made gift of some OF
them to the State of Rhode Island whereupon
khode Island last week demanded payment of the
Treasurer of North Carolina Fortunately the
Rhode Island Legislature to have recog-
nized that it was being made cats paw Of and
Will return the donated bonds. 1t certainly seems
as II decent sense Of shame should prevent any
Northern State from seeking to hound and embar-
rass Southern Commonwealth with new remind
ers of time when the South, in the fine illustra-
ton of Senator Lamar. lay like Prometheus
chained to rock while vultures preyed on her
vitals.
lamentable lack of vision is revealed by the
report of the Louisiana legislative committee ap-
pointed to draw up scheme OF salaries for
the State officers. The Governors salary is fixed
at $4,000; Auditors. $4,000; Treasurer's. $4,000;
Supreme Court Judges $4,000; while the superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction is fixed at $4,000
and the Commissioner OF Agriculture at $4,000.
The Offices OF State Superintendent of Public In
struction and Commissioner of Agriculture offer
finer opportunities than any other for splendid
constructive work in building up our Southern
Commonwealth. and we should make way for the
biggest men in the South to go into these ofaces
and reward them accordingly. Hardly the Cover
nor himself should have larger salary.
That Speaker Cannon with his vulgarity, vim
dictiveness, and subservience to special interests
is becoming too heavy burden tor his party is
fast dawning upon wiser Republicans. The recent
vote by which the appointment of the House
members of the Ballinger- Pinchot committee was
taken from the Speaker is an incident without
parallel, the Springfield Republican points out
Never before has the House voted such a want Of
| confidence in its presiding officer.
Mayor Gaynor Of New York (the only Tammany
candidate elected. it will be remembered and he
on platform strongly independently is being
generally complimented for the splendid appoint
ments he is making. He is either giving little re-
gard to Tammany, or else that organization since
1t no longer has control Of the city money, Is
willing for its representative in the adminis-
tration to make good representation for It as
possible.
The small body of noisy extremists in the
North who are protesting against admitting Gen.
eral Lees statue into the National Capitol very
naturally excite contempt. Bat while our con-
tempt for them Is aroused let not forget that
their prejudice Is exactly al-fours with that Of
Southern extremists who refuse to recognize the
greatness Of Northern leaders like Lincoln and
Grant.
BY no means surprising, and yet not uninterest-
ing, is the report of Senator Culberson's question
put to the fortyfour ranking living ex-Confeder-
ates as to whom they regard as the greatest Con-
federate general. Thirty-fve answered Lee four,
Jackson; two Johnston; one. Stuart: one, Beaure-
gard Taylor.
The death of General Rufus N Rhodes Of the
birmingham News removes a notable figure from
Southern journalism, while the removal OF Editor