The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-10-07
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For 1867 the total taxes were......... 81 SOS So
OF this amount Judge Packer paid. 33373 20
Total amount levied FOR the three
years ending December So 1863. :. lSg 9ST g4
Total amounts paid by Judge Packer
ter the three years ending December
30, 1868, nearly 67-l00 and over of
tnc EIoIe.s. s....................... l27,G50 rs
Subsequently TO these assessments,
Republican Legislature passed bill
eXempting the stock of corporations,
in the hands of the individual stock
holders, from taxation for State, coun-
ty or local purposes. Under this act,
approved by Governor Geary, on the
third day of January, 1868, Judge
Packers railroad and other stocks, in
common with the stocks of all 9TH
citizens of the Commonwealth, became
-assessable and exempt from taxa
ton. Thus the revenue derived from
Judge Packers personal property, as
well as that from every other citizen
in the State, was remitted by the act
of Republican Legislature, approved
by Republican Governor. And yet,
one would suppose from the character
of the assaults made on Judge Packer
by the Radical press and Radical
speakers, that he is dishonest man
for not multiplying the act of January
third, '68, and forcing the Commits.
sioners of Carbon county or Phila-
delphia to accept what is not due to
them, and which Radical Legislature
and Governor said should not be as
| sessed or collected.
What difference, then, could his
change of residence have made to the
county and borough after the passage of
this law? Very little. In 1868 Judge
Packer was and could only have been
assessed for his personal salary, mon
eys at interest, and some other small
items. This was done in Philadelphia
where the Judge has since resided and
voted. In Mauch Chunk he was-and
| is still assessed as a nonresident on
his property taxable then. Thus it
will be seen how simple statement of
facts emasculates the tissue of Radical
falsehood of its design, and vindicates
an honorable and worthy citizen.
| But this is not all upon this subject
of taxation. On the representation of
irresponsible and subordinate revenue
officers in this city, Thomas ]. Bing-
ham, of Pittsburg, and the Hon. John
A. Bingham, orators imported and
hired by the Radical State Committee
to canvass this State for Geary and
Williams, knowingly concealed from
the public the amount of State and ma
tional taxes paid by Judge Packer
in the First Collection district
in this city. They falsely and mali
ciously assert that the records show
the payment of only $3.50, and this is
taken up and published throughout
the length and breadth of the Common
wealth as truth. Nothing can be
more utterly and Intentionally false,
as all per-on who pay tax on their in
comes we'll know. The very printed
scedule furnished by the United States
Revenue Department, upon which the
return of incomes is made, shows to
the credit of every stakeholder the a.
mount of tax withheld by corpora
ton on the dividends declared, which
amount would be added to the divi-
dend, if not withheld as tax of the
corporation. Thus the tax so with
held is paid on the incomes from
these dividends by the corporation, on
the nature of the trustee for the stock
holder. The amount thus paid is part
of the profits due Judge Packer on the
earnings of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, and if not paid by them, would
be returned, and accounted for by him.
What, then, is the amount paid by
Judge Packer, to the United States
and the State, on his income from his
interest in the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
and the taxes on the tonnage and gross
RECEIPTS of his proportion of stock
In the year 1865 il amounted to........$ S6,2I9
In the year 1887 it amounted to-. 66,lll
| In the year 1868 il amounted to. ........ 104 ,20S
Making total in three years of. ........ $256,53S
After refuting suecinctly and in
detail this base calumny of the sup
porters General Geary, we ought to
expect measure of atonementof their
great crime, by retraction of their
falsehoods, and the publication of the
truth as it is. Public deeency, which
has been shocked by the false accusa-
tion-common honesty which has been
wantonly outraged-public character,
which has been ruthlessly assailed,
and the reputation of the citizens so.
Indignantly traduced, all demand
that this base and wanton deception
should have full and and public re-
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