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The Jackson Citizen, Of A Recent Date

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Day
16
Month
May
Year
1873
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Public Domain
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had uu arliole headed "Salary Steal in the University," which is a very good specimen of the " now you seo it and now you don't soo it" stylo of literatura': ti compound of praise and censure indioating that the writer liad no heart for tho one and considerable stotnach í'or thf other. After commending the financia] management of thn Unirersity for many years, asaerting that it hns outgrown its land-grant swn.ddling clothes, and that " the T-isgislature bas suppliod its needs with direct appropriations," it discloses the meaniug of its startling heading, as followï : The now arisas, howaver, na fo whether the funda o" tbc tTnivatsity art aa Wiaety expciiiled a. the pcnple, wlio, witli an nr.ü'rifilin hand supply the nooeasary meaos, have nat reasou to and domaiid. It is not only hinted, but openly averrnd that one of the professors, and one too whose salary is at the hierhest schedule rate, has heen spciidinrr nearlv thñ wliole of the last two yeara in Eiirope, and has been receivii g the full amonnt of liis salary dnñng the time ; and this too whilethe additional expense han been incurred of sroviding extra nssistanee to fulfill liis dnties. While thiB oourse is questionable, as to its jistice to the other professors, it is au sxpenditure wliicli the Board oï Regent are by no means excusable for makins. Por Uiis Honorable brdy to ask the Logisiature to make mi a deficit budget which bas boen caused by such rackless mismanagsment as this, is, we imagine, presuming a little too muoh on tlie good nature of those who tako an interest in the welfare of this gre&1 Enterprise. We o.irestlyhope to haar when the Rasents ineet again, that the proper measures have been taken to stop' this salury steal, and all uthers of the kind. Now theie is this much of fact in this sensational paragraph. In 1871 the Board of Regenta gave Prof Frieze- worn down by a long torra of service and especially by the onerous labors devolved upon him na acting President - a year'e leave of absence, íhat he might visit Europe for rost, recreation and study - study to aoeruo to the future benefit of the University. It is also true that his one year's leavo was afterward extended for another year, and that duriug his absence bis salary has boen continued - conditioned, however, on his pnying un instructor to ño his worlc. This ho has done, and the University has incurred no additioaal cLpcnne in providing extra assistance to " fulfill " or discharge his duües. The expense to the University is the same as though Prof. F. was at home and on duty - no more and no loss. If tho Eogents are blamable at all it is for granting tho leavo of absenco and permitting tho work to bo done by an instructor paid by Prof. Prieze. But it is said, and no doubt truthfully, that the lcave of p.bsenco wa3 necessary to prevent the resignation of Prof. Frieze, and that temporary inconvenienoe was groatly preferred to suoh rosignation, which would indeed have been a calamity to the University. The Citizen should better post itself before venturing upon criticisui so severa add so indeserved. Speaking of tha disoord aud confusión prevailing in Louisiana, tho wholesale disregard öf and oontempt for the socalled authorities, tho collision and bloodshed, the New York Tribune says : " What "a wretclied pictui'e of civil anarehydoes " this present! Louisiana is to-day virtu"ally without government, public re"vation of the peace. And all this rnight " have been prevented by considérate and " thoughtful legislation on the part of Congress." True, every word of it 110 doubt. But Congress did not care to prevent this "civil anaríichy;" Congre?s had no interest in so legislating as togive Louisiana " local means for the preservation of peace ;" Congress - meaning tne controlling majority, and the mere representives of the dominant party in the nation - knew that peace throughout Louisiana and tho South, peace growing out of self-government aud through selfpreservatiou would sound the deathknell of Eadical supremacy, not only in the South but in the country at large. And knowing this Congress chooses so to legislate as to foster anarchy iu the South, that the olectiong taay bo carried in the North and Radical doraination perpetuated. This being true, "thoughtful and considérate legislation" is not to be expected. No, the Tribune need not look for Congress to thus " kill tho goose thafc lays the golden egg." The loil patriots who control that body love power and spoil too well to voluntarily cotnmit hari kari. And that is the secret of the continued troubJes in Louisiana. S. F. Cook, of this city, has been appointed by Gov. Bagley Commissiouer to prepare, andarrange the Territorial laws for publioation. There may be great nectssity for such work being done, and Mr. Cook may possess just the qualifications to fit him for a law compiler. We don't express an opinión on either point. But then we have a faint suspicion that the compilation has already been made and the lawsalready printed, and that the legislation resulting in the appointment of Mr. Cook is to enable compiler and printer to get pay for a job put up and executcd without authority of law. We may be mistaken in our surmises; but if so it will not convince us that inoney is well expended in conipiling and publish ing an edition of the Territorial laa-s. Tiïexews fiora the Polaris eipedition in soarch of the North Pole or tho open sea of Dr. Kane in which the aforesaid polo is supposed to be planted or anchored is not very enoouraging to Arctic exploration. Tho Polaris sailed undormost favorable auspioes, and according to the letter of Dr. Hayes sucoeoded in reaching a higher latitude than before attained by any navigator. And Capt. Hall died, tho Polaris floated away from the ice-fiold on which a portion of the crew, and that is tho last heard of hor. Of what good to scienco, to geography, to commerce, to the world, is all this sacrifice of lifw and treasure ? Is it not time to cali a halt ? The canvass of the votes polled at the recent election - or rathor the examinatiou of the returns - has boen completed at Lansing. Isaac P. CAH1STIANcy had 150,748 votes, with 86 scattering. Giving eaeh of the Eegent candidates the benefit af defective votos intended for them and Walker had 89,106 ; Cumie, 87,057 ; Dgty, 52,082; and FiTrir, 50,900. Majority for Walker, 37,024; for Cliiiik, :i 1,977. Considerable of a falling off frora Geant's majority last November, and this in face of the fact that in a number of counties no tickets for tho Democratie candidatos for Iïegonti were printed or circulated.

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