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SENATOR DISNEY AND THE TAX
LAW.

The Cincinnati Gazette has no notion o
permitting Mr.. Disney, the Hamilton Coun
ty Senator, to throw dust in the eyes o
the good people Of that county, by his pet
tifogging quibbles, and thus invites him Il
walk up to the trough, although there il
anything but an inving provision of fod
der.-Journal.
SENA TOR DISNEY.
This gentleman, through two sources
denies voting for the Tax Law on its ,fna
passage.
Let us understand him. We would dc
him no injustice, nor do we mean that he
shall do injustice to the public. If he OPP
posed that law, and will say so, we will
give him the fullest benefit we can Of his
denial.
The facts Of the case, as we understand
them, are these:
The Tax Bill originated in the Senate
1t was digested by a committee Of which
Senators Disney and Kelley were leading
members. The latter gentleman r p,rted
the bill. While It was under disc
Mr.. Disney offered certain amendments
Mr.. Kelley said, if adopted they would
"defeat the very object aimed at in draw
ing up the BILL" This was admitted by
Mr.. Disney, after discussion, who, there
upon tore up his amendments, and voted
for the bill on its final passage, so far as
that body was primarily concerned, in the
Senate. The vote is thus recorded, lthe
Locos in itaics)
YEAS--Messrs. Armstrong Baldtoia,
Codding, Disney, Erkley, Gabriel, Grego-
ry, Hastings, johnson, Kelley Of Cuyahopa,
Kelley of franklin, Loudon, Osborn, o.
Neal, Perkins, Powell, Quinhy, Van Vorhes,
Wetmore, Wood, Speaker-2l.
NAYS Messrs. armstrong, Barley,
ChGaes, Grouse, King, Koch, Miller, Var
ner, WdsYs--9.
The tax bill was then sent 10 the House.
There it received certain amendments
These amendments softened somewhat
some of its severer features. This done,
the bill passed the Lower House and was
sent back 10 the Senate for concurrence
These amendments were concuTed in by
the Senate, when the BILL of course, be.
came q law
Now, we learn, on this vote Of concur.
renee simply, Mr. Disney was not present
He neither voted, therefore, aye or no, as
regards such concurrence. But was this
the tea cote in the Senate? We say note
We suppose the test vote was that record.
ed above, 80 far as the Senate was con
cerned. But Mr.. Disney can put this mat
ter right in few words, by saving first
whether the vote recorded above is correct
second, whether he voted al all on I'll,
question Of concurring in the amendments
made by the House; or third, if he calls
the succeeding question, "Shall the bill
pass as amended" the final one, whethe
he voted at all on lhatl
The truth is, the tax law was not par
ty measure. Nor ought it ever to be 50
This is one of those subjects which SHOULD
be kept Rloof from all party; for the main
tenance of State credit is a matter Of com
mon concern, alike important to the cha
racter Of the State and every individua
in IT, Good or bad, popular or unpopular
this Was the case with the present law
1t was killed in the House, resusctated a
the instance ofa loco member, and passed
Without evsa a diuision, while in the Senate
as will be seen above, five out Of thirteel
Of our opponents sustained it. Can thi
be called party action! Is the proof no
conclusive that neither side, in eithe
branch Of the Legislature, 80 considered
or treated, the present Tax Law, w
think it is.