The Madisonian., June 10, 1913, Image 4

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THE MADISONI AN
Published Every Tuesday at RIchmond,KyJby
Grant E. Lilly, - - Editor & Owner
Entered as second-class matter January
22, 1913, at the post office at Richmond,
Ky., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year . . $1.00
Six Months 60
Three Months 'J, 35
One Month ....... .15
IN ADVANCE.
THE INCOME TAX
Both the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties demanded an
amendment to the United States
Constitution permitting the pass
age of an income tax law. Such
an amendment has been adopted.
Congress is now wrangling over
the terms of such a law.
That vast fortunes should pay
a larger tax than the ordinary
man pays, no one will dispute.
But how to frame a law that will
make the multi-millionaire pay
the tax and not recoup himself
from the pockets of the con
sumer, is the question. Merely
placing a tax on the vast property
of the very rich, means only that
the tax is added to the burden of
the consumer, for King Finance
extracts every cent of the income
tax from the consumer. The
United States Supreme Court has
decided that this can be legally
done. During the war with
Spain, the stamp tax was passed.
This law required checks, express
receipts, insurance policies, etc,
to be stamped with a .special
stamp tax. The intent of . the
bill was to require these great
corporations to - pay the tax.
However, the express companies
merely raised their rates and cov
ered the cost of their stamps. The
insurance companies added the
cost of the stamps to the prem
iums to be paid, : and "banks
charged their customers for
stamped check books. All this
was upheld by that court Thus
did the people pay a stamp tax
levied on organized wealth. So
it will be with the income tax. It
sounds big to hear our Congress
men prate about how they swatted
John D. and the Laird of Scibo
with millions for income tax.
What they really did was to add
that burden to the already galled
shoulders of "the tax ridden
masses. One squeeze in oil, one
squeeze in steel, and the income
tax, so far as it effects these vast
properties, is extracted from the
pocket of the consumer. So it is
with organized wealth the world
over. A dollar has no conscience
and, it in a struggle with a penny,
is always victorious. Until some
comprehensive law is passed
which will effectually prevent
"squeezes" by organized wealth,
all laws looking to the relief of
the people by income tax laws
and their ilk, will be as barren of
results as an attempt to tie back
the Niagara Falls with a rye
straw.
TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT
Every one knows that there is a
dual government in our system
the Federal government and the
state government, fcacn in a
way is independent of the other.
There is a continual conflict be
tween the two. But it is not this
that we want to discuss now. v-
In our; own state affairs, we
have too much government We
have the state laws which are
supposed to be enforced by the
state and county officials.- And
then we have that other system
of government .called the city
government In; other words,
each citizen of this city is amen
able to three separate and distinct
governments, each one of which
he must suppbrand in : addition
to this he must support the
County and District governments
This is all wrong. ; . The i city
government is but an echo of the
state government It can not
enact any law in conflict with the
state laws. There is no necessity
for any -additional laws for the
- state laws cover the whole range
of human conduct It is only -in
the management of its domestic
policies, is there any necessity for
a city government ; And this can
all be done without any inter
meddling with the criminal laws.
There is no more reason for a
Police Judge, City Attorney, City
Collector and City Assessor, for
the City of Richmond than there
is that a wagon have:five wheels.
Every act done byithem can be
done by the officials provided by
the state laws and elected by the
county at large . Th e same might
also be said of the offices of the
Police department, -but ' of - course
that department differs somewhat
from the others named.
Some of the county offices can
also be done away Svith, without
any impairment of the efficiency
of the county govennent
If the people so desire, they
can reduce the cost of government
at least one half. - Don't be afraid
that no one would offer for the
county offices, if they had any
additional duties to perform; you
would have the same lot of fine
gentlemen from whom to select
that you now have the privilege
of voting for.
TAKE A STAND
Nearly all the counties around
us are taking advantage of the
opportunity to vote on the Local
Option Laws under the county
unit law. Madison county . is
silent on the question?
You must use the opportunity
when its comes; otherwise it may
not return.
An effort will be made to vote !
out the county unit law at the
next Legislature. How are our
candidates for the Legislature on
this question.
We ask the question of them
in the order in which the candi
dates for this important office
announced themselves.
Mn Clay, are you for the county
unit law?
Mr. Miller, are you for the
county unit law?
Mr. White, are you for the
county unit law?
This question will be asked
each candidate for office in this
county and in the city elections
as well. It is not done merely as
a cheap way of embarrassing a
candidate. It is done for the
express purpose of finding out on
which side you stand on a ques
tion that is of vital importance to
the people of the entire county.
The question is first asked direct
ly of those who want to make
laws for us.
The answer that it is now the
law and that you will take your
standwhen an effort is made to
repeal it, will not suffice. You
must take your stand now in
order that the people may be
able to place you properly before
the fight comes on. ; ;
ROOSEVELT'S VINDICA
TION .
Col. Roosevelt is a happy man.
His vindication was so complete
and overwhelming that those who
libeled him have for him only
words of commendation. During
the last campaign for the presi
dency the papers were full of
sensational f stories to the effect
that the Colonel was a," hard
drinker, full of booze all the time.
Those who have been intimately
associated with him for many
years past, emphatically deny
that there is any foundation for
the .story. Thus is a libel shatter
ed,' much to the dissatisfaction of
many who still wan t to bemean
the man.
Mr. Roosevelt has never been
our ideal, but we believe in a fair
deal for every one.
THE NORMAL -
: Until we see further and know
more, we refrain from any com
ments on the report- made by
State Inspector Goodpaster in re
gard to the Normal School, other
than to express our great confi
dence in the honesty and integri
ty of those connected' with this
institution, both Board of Regents
and the Faculty. You will have
to show us before we can believe
anything, other th;in that each
and every one is a gentleman a
lady of the purest type. If any
errors have been 'Committed, it is
of judgment and not from im
proper: motives. - ,
The Primary for Postmaster of
Winchester, will be an open
ballot There is nothing to be
gained by an open ballot but
"Heart Aches." No, a secret
ballot is not cowardly. Why not
do the sensible thing and allow
a second and third choice vote?
It can be done very easily and
then it comes down to the real
choice of the people.
What does Richmond intend to
do about its office? Does it pur
pose allowing Washington . to
dictate? With'the people; select
ing United States Senators, sure
ly they can put sufficient intelli
gence in this matter to make a
choice.
ITS IN THE AIR
That very excellent paper, the
Paris Democrat has come out
for clean, pure elections. Its in
the air gentlemen. You who
want to serve Madison County
for the next four years, can see
the handwriting on the wall
The first and second choice bal
lot is the proper way. On an
other page of this issue you will
find a full explanation of this
ballot
THE PROGRESSIVES
The Progressives in Jessamine
county have refused to fuse with
the Republicans and will put out
a full ticket for county officers.
In Mercer county, the Progressives
will put out a full ticket There
is no disposition generally over
the state to fuse. In this county
it is very quiet, looking to fusion.
PECULIAR
To its honor there is not a suf
fragette in Powell, county. Clay
City Times.
Remember your mother, young
man.
With the Senatorial primary
one year and two months off,
isn't the Hon. A. Owsley Stanley
getting "net up" too soon? His
boom might cool off suddenly
this winter and crack.
Kentucky's Birthday
Kentucky had. a birthday Sunday. She
was 121 years old. She was admitted to
the union June 1st, 1892. She was the
second state to be added to the original
Thirteen. Kentucky is one of the greatest
states in the union. A popular error is
that the word Kentucky means the dark.
and bloody-grounds. .The name is really
an adaptation of the Iroquois word "Ken-
take" meaning meadow lands. -'
The State is divide into five district
portions known as, "TheMountains," "The
Blue Grass," "The Bear Grass," 'The
Penny Rile," and 'The Purchase. The first
takes its name from the geographical
formation, the next three from natural
products of the soil and the last from the
political origin of the connection with the
state, comprising a portion west of Tenn
essee river and bought by Andrew Jackson
and. Isaac Shelby from the Cherokee In
dians. -
No state than Kentucky is giving greater
attention to the Arts ot Peace. Her farms
are rich, her mines inexhaustible. Her
manufacturing interests . are growing each
day. She is in the era of a great prosperi
ty. Winchester Democrat.
Clark and Madison have added
very much to. the history of the
state. Their sturdy sons have
borne the brunt of its struggles
for development ; Blessed be the
memory of its sweet pure, true
mothers who endured the priva
tions of pioneer life.
Ours was a sturdy stock and
the children of our forefathers
have brought to Kentucky a glory
second to no other state in the
Unions s. . . .
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" Get Yourself Balanced'
MrlO'Neil, I nspjctor of Weights
and Meausures, is on the job and
you will get caught in the middle
of a bad fix, if your balances don't
balance when he calls.
We venture the assertion
that there are no short weight
gentlemen in this good old city.
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Doors, Sash and Interior Trim. ' Blanton
Lumber Co. Phone 425. 16-tf
Green Clay Makes Statement
Being a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Represen
tative from Madison county 4 in
the next General Assembly of
Kentucky, I think it proper to
outline to the citizens of Madison
the principles and aims that will
govern my actions if elected ; a
member of the Jaw making body
of our state, v - ;
I was born and raised on a farm
in this county near Foxtown, am
forty-one years old and have voted
the straight Democratic ticket at
every election, both locaf and na
tional, since my twenty-first birth
day. Was educated in the com
mon schools and the High School
at Ann Arbor, Mich., Central
University, Richmond, Ky., and
graduated from the Law Depart
ment of Columbian University,
Washington City. For four years
I practiced law in Richmond, Ky.
and am now a member of the
Bar here, though I have not been
in active practice for many years.
My business interests are now,
and have been for several years,
centered entirely in farming on a
part of the old home place near
the Jack's Creek pike. I am a
heavy tax payer in this county
and the interests of every farmer
and worker in Madison are the
same as mine. . It will be my aim
to do away with every expendi
ture, of public money wherever
possible consistent with good
government I am heartily op
posed to any extravagance in
public office or appropriation of
money where it can be avoided.
I am well aware that the farm
er, laborer and small business
man has not been justly consid
ered heretofore by our law. mak
ers. This condition of things I
shall endeavor to remedy to the
end that no special privilege or
exemption from the burden -of
government shall be granted to
or allowed any man or body of
men. I shall work towards an
equalization of taxes on the part
of every citizen of the state so
that the protection and benefits
of good government will be al
lotted to all of us in equal proport
tion. I shall endeavor to see that
every business interest in Ken
tucky toes the line of strict justice
and conformity with legal obliga
tions set forth in the Statutes. I
will go further than that If the
laws now in5 force do not hold
every man to a strict adherence
to justice I J shall try to amend
those lax laws or pass new ones
that will hold him in obedience
to the will of the majority. There
must be strict equality, before the
law.
There will be no effort on my
part to cripple or hold back busi
ness progress in any line, but
there will be no undue advantage
taken if I can prevent it At the
same time my every effort will be
towards the uplifting of the social
and moral standard of our citizen
ship, knowing as I do that only
through moral and social ad
vancement will we gain peace
and comfort and happiness.
It would be impossible at this
time to state definitely what will
be the exact stand taken by your
Representative ontny particular
bill before the House until that
bill is created, but I believe this
short statement will outline what
my attitude will be in case you
see fit to allow me the honor of
representing you.
Finally, in asking the support
of every Democrat in Madison
county in this most important
election, I will refer you, in all
sincerity, to the many good peo
ple in Madison who know me in
timately as to my qualifications
and fitness for the Legislature.
Respectfully,
GREEN CLAY;
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Colored People Marry
May 22 Hannah Maupin to
Stephen Huguely. ;
Muy 29 Maggie Rogers to
jerry Evans; Emily Huguely to
Thomas Phelps.
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Roy-Ward ;
Miss Frances Spurlock Roy and
Mr. Lawrence ; D; Ward were
married at Nicholasville Thurs
day evening. Miss Roy., is a
daughter of Mrr and Mrs. G. . A. j
Roy. Mr. Roy formerly had large
lumber interests in this county in
Valley View, and is well known
here. ': ;
Miss Roy is a very attractive
and accomplished girl and Mr.
Ward is one of Lexington's pro
gressive young business men.
They will reside in .Nicholasville.
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No Need for Alarm
We do hot think that the situa
tion in the horse disease need
cause any great alarm: Only a
few are infected and with proper
care which is being observed by
those who have been unfortunate
in losing horses, the disease can
readily be kept under control.
The stables where the disease
has been found to exist have been
closed and disinfected, and every
care is being taken to prevent a
spread of the trouble.
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Three Graduates
Harry Rice, Harold Oldham
and James Lackey, of this city
and county, graduated at the Mil
lersburg Military School last
week. .
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We keep on hand always the best gro
ceries that money can buy and sell them
as cheap as the cheapest. Phone 72 and
144. Covington; Thorpe & Co. 11-tf
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K. S. U. Exercises
The forty-fifth annual' com
mencement exercises of Kentucky
State University were held at
Lexington Thursday in the mam
moth tent erected on the campus
for that purpose, and in the pres
ence of the largest crowds ever
seen on a similar occasion. The
graduating class numbered one
hundred arid twenty, the largest
jn the history of the institution.
The annual address to the grad
uating class was delivered by
Lieut Gov. E. J. McDermott
President Henry S. Barker pre
sented the diplomas to the grad
uating class and in addition eight
honorary degrees were conferred
on distinguished citizens of five
States as follows: Doctor of
Science, Prof. Alfred Fairhurst,
Lexington, Ky., and Dr. Alfred
Meredith. Peter, Lexington, Ky.;
Doctor of Laws, Lieut Gov. "Ed
ward John McDermott Louisville;
Eugene Davenport, Urbana, 111.;
William Gibson, Pittsburg, Pa.;
Lincoln McConnell, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Francis Trevelyan Miller,
New York, N. Y., and Richard
Charles Stall, Lexington, Ky.
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Coal Contract Awarded
The Fiscal Court let a contract
for its coal supply to Willoughby
and Son, coal merchants. They
were the lowest bidders.
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