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DEMOCRATIC
PREDICTIONS
"NOT A SINGLE PROPHESY OR
PREDICTION OF OUR OPPONENTS
HAS*" CO ME TRUE."
[Extracts from remarks of Hon. Elmer
J. Burkett, of Nebraska, in Daily
Congressional Record, .January 30.
Every four years and sometimes oftoner
in the past, our Democratic
friends have had to change their par
amount issue and have a new excuse
for existing longer as a party.
We Republicans are never in that
unfortunate condition. Our positions
and our policies are enduring.
I remember the first time I ran for
s ti Congress, in 1898. the paramount is
sue of your party out in my district
was the McQleary bill. I do not know
p"; whether any of you had to run up
against it or not. Probably it was
a good bill, for it bore the name of
my distinguished colleague and coworker
in the committee from Minne
sota. I never happened to hear par-j
, . ticularly about that bill until some
gentleman came' tip from the East
and declared it was the paramount
jv; issue. For sixty days we had to gover
the district talking about the McGleary
bill, and nobody has ever
Ss; heard of it since. In 1S9G the para
1 . mount issue of the Democratic par.
ty was "the free and .unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 1G to 1. with^
out the aid or consent of any other
< Nation on earth." There is not one
of you who can say that as smoothly
as I did.
You have not tried it since 1S96, ye'
in 1S9G every Democrat of you was
- -authority on 16 to 1. You went out
j. of that convention in Chicago, every
mother's son of you, and you got a
piece ot white metal sixteen times as
- # big as a piece of brass, and you hung
it on your coat lapel and strutted up
and down the streets and the lanes
of this country swearing you stood for
*jl 16 to ] or bust.
Now, let us go back further, as the
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Cocii
ran) said, to 3S92. Your paramount
" Issue then was free trade. When Gar
field was the candidate, it was the
force bill. When Haves was the can
didate you said if he was elected he
was going to turn the temples of 1 i 1 >
erty over into the hands of tlie money
j changers, or something of that kind
When Grant was a candidate it was
: ; militarism, and when Lincoln was a
candidate it was imperialism. Every
four years you have had a new pata
mount issue.
When that convention met in Clii
cago in 1S20 there was not a Demo
crat here that had any idea that thecould
nominate a candidate for Pre*
' \ ident with any hope of electing him.
We had had four years of Democracy
ia this country, four years of free
trade. We had had four years of the
hardest times that the American people
had ever gone through, and 1 orav
God that we will never be called upon
to go through four more such years
as we went through from 1 SO2 to ISO:-.
When your convention met in 1S9G nor
<ine of you thought it was worth while
to nominate a candidate for President.
From that convention cam-'
forth the proposition of the free an-1
tin-limited coinage of silver at the ra
e?:; tio of 16 to 1', etc. You went before
the people, and I must say you made
considerable stir. (Laughter.) Do you
tvond^r that so many people voted
for Mr. Bryan in 1890, when you recall
the predictions and prophesies
which were then made?
If you elect a gold standard can-!:
date it will make the rich richer and
the poor poorer, decrease happiness,
increase distress, destroy opportunity
to work.
There is where they almost caught
me. I always like to work; and when
I read that declaration that if the
gold standard candidate was elected
4,it would destroy opportunity to
work." I must say it almost caught
me.
Now, I read from page 510:
If you elect the gold standard candidate
it will encourage hoarding of 1
? money. <
ds-/ "* In other speeches such statements 1
as these were made: The election of
': the go! d standard candidates will ? <
: Ruin the farmer.?Injure the wac (
earner.?Reduce employment.?Dis- J
courage enterprise.?Paralyze in du- I
try.?-Bust the Savings Banks.?Ruin
the Depositor.?Decrease Salaries.? 1
Destroy manufactures.?Make impossible
for husbands and wives ro
pay mortgages.?Close public schools.
?Make dearer money.?Cheaper I
property. ? Harder times. ? More
crime.
. Yet McKinley-was elected, and we
adopted the gold standard, and not I
a single prophesy or prediction of our i
opponents has come true. The whole s
L-i". - -;>
country has grown richer. 3
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AlYSTERY
EXPLAINED
THE PITTSBURG TIMES STUMBLES
ON TO THE SOLUTION
OF AN INTERESTING
PROBLEM.
It is a mystery no Ioniser why
Henry G. Davis was seized upon as
the Democratic candidate for the Vice
Presidency. When the St. Louis convention.
in the gray of that Sunday
morning in July, nominated the
wealth and age-burdened West Virginian
there was as much perplexity
among Democrats as among Republicans.
Mo one, the delegates least of
all. could tell why the unexpected
choice had been made, and as the
days went by the problem grew knottier
than ever. Pie came from a
doubtful State, but there were others
far more important. He had millions,
but he still has them, and the campaign
fund is richer by only a matter
of $50,000. He had been a Democrat
throughout his long life, but in theory
alone, as his record abundantly testifies.
Every apparent reason for his
selection was cast aside because of
its insufficiency.
Mow Mr. Davis himself has explained
why he was put on the ticket.
Just at present lie is engaged in
whirlwinding Maryland and West Vir
ginia in his own behalf, aided and !
abetted, anions others, by David B.
IIill, the mud-slinger of Wolfert/s
Roost. At Rockville, Md., Mr. Davis I
made the revelation concerning his j
nomination. "I had no more to do j
with it than yon," lie assured his an- |
dicnce, and, turning to Mr. Hill, con- j
tinned: "I was selected by this distinguished
friend, and I suppose I owe
hi in a great deal for the trouble he
has got me into."
How simple it all is, after all! It
was a Till 1 convention that met at
St. Bonis, and not a Democratic. Mr.
Parker, ail the world knows, was Mr.
j I [ill's candidate for the Presidency,
and now there is no more mystery
I about Mr. Davis. He, too, was Hill's
choice. It must he confessed that. Mr.
Davis is game. He is making his run
for office just as if he liked it, but it
will be noted thai lie refers to his
piiulidacy as "trouble." At Brunswick.
Md.. he told a group of railroad
men that when he was a brakeman.
dear knows how many years ago, he
was always happy. Then he urged
them to stick to the business they
were in and not "get Into a strait, as
T have." Twice in one day he bore
witness to the nnhappiness of his
plight, but he is still pleading for support.
If this isn't masking sorrow
with a smiling face, what is it?
The Democratic IVloscs.
(Philadelphia Press.)
Mr. Bryan's ardent and artful devotion
to .Judge Parker receives new
proof day by day. In his speech at
Maryville on Monday the Peerless
said lie used to think lie was the
Moses or the Democracy, and then he !
added:
But I don't think so now. Moses I
you know, was slow of speech, and ]
die Bord selected Aaron as his !
speech in alter. I believe that I am the .
Aaron rather than the Moses of Do- j
niocracv. I am will inn: to be the
Aaron of the party if our Moses, who
has been so slow of speech, will but
load the people out of the wilderness.
*
The delicacy and aptness of this al- '
his ion to Judso Parker as "slow of i
speech" will be recognized and ap- 1
predated. But there is a still more t
subtle and adroit suggestion in the i
characterization of Judge Parker as t
the Moses of the parry. Aaron found ?
his text in Deuteronomy, 34th chap- i
ter. parts" of the first and fourth
verses: t
And Moses went up front the plains t
of Moab unto the mountain of Xebo to ?
the top of Pizgah. that is over against 1
Jericho, and the Bord showed him all i
the land of Gilead unto Dan.
And the Lord said unto him : "I ?
have caused thee to see ii with thine I r
Dyes, but thou shall, not. go over j :
hit her!"
And so Moses saw hi.it never enter- j ^
' <} the Promised Land. In the lines j
3f Cecil Frances Alexander's rvth- 1
11 ica I threnody* |d
[ly X'ebo's lonely mountain. j i
On this side of Jordan's wave, j t
a a vale in the land of Moab j r
There lies a lonely grave, ! 1"
\nd no man knows that sepulchre. ! '
And no man saw it e'er.
ror the angels of Clod upturned the i<
sod s
And laid the dead man there. u
In one of his earlier speeches .Mr. k
3ryan said that Judge Parker would L
lot. carry Nebraska. In his later * '
pooch wherein he is likened to Moses ^
fill not carry the country-?that, like It
lis prototype, he will not enter the C!
'roraised Land, but will rest.
5y Kebo's' lonely mountain, S
On this side of Jordan's wave. -v
Truly Aaron, the speech maker!
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THIS. ?
From the Parkersburg State Journal.] I
The twenty-one tax laws passed at
the special session of the Legislature ^
of 104 have been published and widely 1
distributed. The acts cover 155 print- z
...i nna thev annertain to the $
- - .
entire system of collection, assessment \
and disbursement of revenue, are of r
the utmost importance and far reach- i
ins in their effect. They mark a do- s
cided step forward toward a fairer,, a
and more just system of assessment \
and lower rates of taxation and their \
merits need only to be fairly consul- s
ered and fully understood to meet with t
general approval. I r
^ What the Acts Are In Brief. P
In brief, they reduce the State tax y
rate from thirty-five cents to five cents -s
on the hundred dollars by 1907; in- $
crease certain license taxes and create
new ones, thereby raising a large "J
amount of new revenue for the State a
i from these sources; reduce the max!
itnum county levy to sixty cents in- e
! stead of the present limit of ninety-five c
cents: limit the maximum levy for e
| 'he regular school "building fund" to e
twenty cents instead of forty; making
2 total reduction of ?5 cents in a total
of $1.70 or ONE-l-fALF; prohibit un- h
authorized expenditures by any ofil- o
eer of the JBtate, county courts or c
boards of education; require the coun- 1
ties having special Criminal Courts to b
pay the salaries of the Judges: pro- ii
vide for a Tax Commissioner, who be- o
comes the head of the tax assessment ci
system of the State; create a better tl
system of assessor and assessments, P
much of which in regard to the duties tl
of the assessors goes into effect in tl
1909.: provide for a re-assessment of a
all the real estate of the State in 1905,
under the direction of the Tax Com- rr
missioner, by commissioners appoint- a!
ed by liiin, the valuation being subject tl
:o review and correction by the County |c
Courts and by the State Board of d
Public Works, as an equalization qi
board: make the first tax levies In the E
new values or appraisement of real it
estate apply in 190G; provide for as- p;
sessmentsof pipe lines, telegraph lines, si
telephone lines, car lines, railroads, la
etc.. annually by the Board of Public w
Works, requiring complete and accu- d<
rate sworn 'returns of the true and ac- ta
tual values of the property from these L,
corporations: increase and perfect the A
collateral inheritance tax: change the fp
method of conveying prisoners to the el
penitentiary, saving thousands of dol- ui
lars annually: fix the fees to he is
charged, adding new ones and raising I St
old ones in the office's of Secretary of
State and Auditor, which are to go to
the State hereafter as new revenue: (^
require that the regularly elected as- ^
sessors of the counties beginning in
1909. shall thereafter annually assess
pc
the real estate as well as all other
pa
property, the special re-assessment of
real estate of 190." holding until that ,
t a
time: provide that corporate and all oj.
other property shall be returned for
taxation at its true or actual value: '
-entiire counties to pay $50.00 a year ,
oward the education and support of (V]
heir reform school inmates and those |G,
n the W. \';l. Asylum (formerly called ,,,
he Home for Incurables); and a num- 0
>er of minor matters of more or less ,j,
niportar.ee. ,r;
The general scope of these bills is it.
o perfect the taxation assessment, sys- nil
em and give it a head and to cause yo
ill property to be valued as t he consti- p0
ution contemplates, at its real value,
n order that there may be (1) uniform- j|<;
ty and honesty in valuations of similar va
iroperty: that (2) the rates of local jln
axation lie greatly reduced: that (3)
iirect State taxes may he wiped out ))0
is f:ir as possible, and tno needed (o
state revenues raised otherwise. jjs
Our present system of unequal and sai
ow values with high trikes is fatally th<
lefective. The object of tlie new laws do.
s to put corporate and all property on sin
he same equal footing, to assess all se?
property tit its value, equally and nni- sh<
ornlly. and then to reduce State, conn- tlif
y and municipal taxes. fur
It, will take no more money to run sat
aeal and State governments under one hoi
ystem than another. A full tax val-ilin<
ation therefore means low taxes. The cor
eynote of the bills is. "fairer valua- net
ions and lower taxation." With lower \\'c
location invisible personal property ret
ill more largely appear on the tax du- rep
licates. The State revenues are to lo
e raised from license and privilege sto
ixos, inheritance taxes, etc. af r
A study of the bills in detail will otb
ive a clearer idea of their scope and Ize'
alue. liar
General License Act. Hie
The general license law (chapter s'la
iree of the Acts) covers thirty pages.s '<et
. raises tlio retail liquor license from la:x
550.00 to $150.00. The tax on distil
[AX LAWS
eries other than fruit and brandy, f
selling in this State, whether the di
lillery is in or out of the State,
$500.00; the "manufacturing" licen:
'or ail kind of distilleries is $100.0
On breweries the manufacturer's U
s $100.00 and the "selling" license t?
s gauged according to the capacity <
he brewery of ten thousand barre
:apac:ty up to $C,000.00 tax for a brei
rv of 100,000 barrels capacity. An
is in the case of distilleries, this se!
ng tax applies to breweries, whethf
ocated in or out of this State.
The revenue feature of the bill
ery attractive. Heretofore the tot
*- J?frorvi ItrOWPrif
icense taxes uenvcu uuu. ?
n{1 dstilleries have been less tba
15,000.00. It is estimated that the
t-i 11 under this act reach fully $10C
(00.00. The stock brokers' licens
ss $50.00 and for conducting a buckc
hop $500.00; for sale of tobacco i
,ny form, other than cigarettes. $5.0C
vith cigarettes 510.00; junk dealei
rill have to pay $25.$$; to sell tradin
tamps the tax is $500.00; to mail
ain or occupy a houseboat $10.00; t
uaintain a slot machine, other tha
;ambling devices, $5.00; to sell t
wholesale revolvers, pistols, slun
hots. etc.. $300.00 and at reta
100.00; pawn brokers $100.00.
There are many other license taxe:
'he new license taxes are include
mong those enumerated above. Th
iw it is believed will raise in new ret
nue as much money as a 12 or 1
ent direct tax levy would raise. (Otl
r laws raise additional new ret
n ties.)
State Taxes Reduced.
The important feature.of this ae
ov.cvtr, is the fact that it reduce
ur present direct State taxes of 3
ents on the $100 by eleven cents i:
905. and an additional eleven cent
l 1 00G and an additional eight cent
I 1907. leaving only a direct State ta:
f five cents after 1907, which shall b
evoted to the public schools. It wil
ms be seen that the Legislature ha
rovided for wiping out six-sevenths o
le direct taxes of the State inside o
le next three years. This of itself i
magnificent achievement.
The proposed constitutional amend
lent, permitting the total aboliton o
II direct State taxes, was defeated b;
le Democrats, including Senato
ORNWELL, the Democratic candi
ate for governor. This measure re
Hired a two-thirds, vote, and as th<
epublicans did not command a major
V 1 Jl I in;- nuuoc ? ? V. i v> v.iss
if over the solid Democratic oppo
tion. Every Republican in the Legis
ture voted for the measure, and tliej
ere unanimous, apparently, in theii
3sire to eventually abolish all Stat*
xes. Not being able to do this the
egislature did the next best thins
fter 1000 the State taxes are onh
,*e cents which is to be devoted ?x
usively for the State school purposes
11 i2 such time as the constitutor
amended and thus permit all direc
ate taxes to be abolished.
Assessment of Taxes.
The act (chapter four) relating tc
e assessment of taxes and also tc
eate the office of Tax Commissioner
the longest, as well as the most im
>rtant. one. It occupies sixtj'-sis
igres and revises the entire system
laws in regard to the assessment of
xes. It provides for a better system
assessors and assessments. The
Pice of Tax Commissioner, which is
6ate*l. is an exceedingly important
2p and creates for the first time in
e State's history a head to the tax
rying and tax collecting system of
e State. This office is destined to he
e of the most important offices in
a State, and will amply justify the
sdom of the Legislature in creating
The appointment of the Tax Comssioner
is by the governor for six
ill =3, clll'l ll*.' IKCUSliUU 1 i l-.iiiintment.
All property, real and personal, must
reafter be assessed at its actual
Iue. After 1000 the real estate shall
assessed annually by the county
sessor. The assessor collects the
11 or capitation tax. He is supposed
do this at tlie time he obtains the
t. from the taxpayer. He lias the
me right to distrain for this'tax that
2 sheriff has. In case the assessor
es not collect it and the sheriff
Duld subsequently collect it, the asisor
must pay a commission to the
2i*iff for so doing. It is estimated
it the Stale will derive from this
id alone from forty to sixty tliouul
dollars in excess of what it I vis
etotore collected, itailroad, car
o, telephone, telegraph and pipe line
npanies will he assessed at their
nal value by the Board of Public
irks, to which they must make their
tirn hereafter. (Only railroads have
lorted hitherto.) Bapks are required
return for taxation their capital
clc, surplus and undivided profits,
cr deducting real estate and such
er exemptions as may be authortl
by law; or they may elect to
e the shares of stock assessed to
owner thereof, In which event the
ires shall be assessed at their marvalue,
and the bank must pay the
es and recover the amount paid
(Continued on Third Page.)
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