The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-09-24
Albert A. Bliss and George B.
Way voting against taxing
Banks as other property is tax
ed-Proof from the Records.

ed-Proof fnom the Records.
George B. Way. one Of the whig candi-
dates for Judge Of the Supreme Court, and
Albert a. Bliss. the candidate of the same
party for State Treasurer, hold, with their
party, that the bankers of the State cannot
be taxed as is the citizen, because the bank
charters provide that they shall only pay a
certain per cent. on their net earnings, in
lieu of other taxes. No doubt Judge Way
and Mr. Bliss, like Mr.. Ephraim R. Eckley,
as they are candidates before the people,
will now make large protestations of being
in favor of making the banks of the State
bear their fair proportion of the taxes of the
State, but like Mr.. Eckley, the proof from
the record, shows such protestations to be
merely an electioneering story to catch votes
In the case of Eckley. the candidate Of the
whig party for Lieutenant Governor, we
showed, says the Statesman, that while he
made such claim in speech delivered last
winter, that he voted against putting into
the Bank charters a clause compelling the
Bankers to pay taxes like other citizens, and
that he also voted the winter the tax law was
passed, to make banks, hereafter going into
operation, pay the same tax as would be
placed Cd other property in the hands of the
private citizen, and in doing this, we proved
Ephraim R. Eckley guilty of falsehood and
duplicity.
We now propose to show that Albert A
Bliss and George B. Way, like Ephraim R
Eckley, are opposed to bank taxatiop-op'
posed to the bankers being taxed like other
citizens-opposed to their bearing fair pro
portion of the burthens of the State.
Both Albert A. Bliss and George B. Way
were membrrs of the lower house of the leg.
islature during the session of 1840-41,
when State Bank project, something like
the one now in operation, was before thai
body, and which finally passed the House
but was defeated in the Senate. This baal
project was for State Bank and branches
and is best known to the people of the State
by the cognomen of "-Nye'S Soar and Pigs;
a name given to it at the time. Mr.. Bliss
during that session represented the counties
of Medina and Lorain, and Mr.. Way with
Mr.. Hinkle, represented the counties Of Lu-
cas-, Williams, Henry, Paulding, Putnam,
Van Vert, Allen and Hardin. Thomas w.
Barley, one of the candidates of the De-
mocracy for Supreme Judge, was also a
member of the House from the county Of
Richland. On Thursday, Feb. II, 1871,
the bank bill being under consideration, the
following proceedings (see page 384, House
Journal, session 184O-41, were had:
"Mr. BARLEY moved to amend the bill, by
inserting the following, as the 88th section:
'Sec. 49, The General Assembly may,
at any time hereafter, when it shall deem
the same expedient, impose such tax upon
the capital stock Of the State Bank Of Ohio,
as shall be equal in amount to the tax i'm
posed by law upon money loaned at interest
by private individuals; or tax upon the
capital stock in such other amount as may
be deemed just and equitable.
On this question, Mr.. Barley demanded
the yeas and nays, which were taken and
resulted as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, were
Messrs. Aten, Balridge, Barley, Bell
Brough, Burns, Clarke, Dunn, Harlan Jen-
kins, johnson of Monroe, King, Lawrence,
Morris, McGugin, Probasco, Refenspergcr
Reynolds, Shreye, Spindler, Warren, Wilson
and Wood-23
Those who voted in the negative, were
Messrs. Allen, Brown, Carothers, Car
penter, Cochran, Cook, Dunham, Florence
Griswold, Hamilton, Hawkins Hinkle, Isra-
|el, johnson of Cuyahoga, Kaler, Koontz
Lamme, Marsh, Nye, Perkins, Pollock
Reece, Robbins, Scott of Crawford, Scott o
Greene, Scott of Harrison, Shober, Smith o
Adams, Streater, Stinson, Toand, Vincent
Van Worries, W WAY, 90 Weaver, Wclch
Wheeler, Worthington. Young and Speake
10"
And so the question was lost. Ever,
Democrat in the House voted yea, on tn
above proposition. while every vote in tn
negative was from the whig party.
But few moments before the above vot
was taken, we find the name of Albert A
Bliss recorded on different proposition
and Immediately after, we find by the Jour
mails, that he is again in his seat, and voting
but just at the particular time when the vot
on taxing bankers was taken, Mr. Treasure
of State Bliss found it convenient to be ab
sent!
On Monday, Feb. Is, 1841, the bank BIZ
being again before the house, see page Al
of the Journals, the following proceeding
were had
"Mr. Morris moved further to amend tn
bill, by adding the following at the end c
the 87th sc ,tion:
But tax shall, at any time, be levie
upon the circulation Of tbe bank by the LIZ
legislature;
And on this question demanded the yea
and nays, which were taken, and resulte
as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, wer
Messrs. Aten, Baldridge, Brough, Burns
jenkins, johnson of Monroe, Morris, McA
NELLY, Probasco, Raffensperger, Rible
Shreve, Spindler, Warren, Wilson and Woo
lie.
Those who voted in the negative, were
Messrs. Allen, ETBLISS,- -Eg Brown