Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-29
EqualiZatiOns

Equalization.
E9itOr Rutland Herald
The Free Press d. Times of 21st inst,
Is out with an article evidently written
under great excitement. "UsnuUr" ana
"Aid to Candor" seem to be targets at
which the author is hurting invectives
with unsparing hands. If plain and
truthful statement of facts is to be stig-
matted as "foible at beat attempt" to
sustain the action of the State equalizing
committee, then have no doubt 'Candor'
will prefer to remain silent. "Aid to
Candor," may not choose to be so acoomo-
dating under such unjust, severe and in
sulting comments on his article. The
author says of aid to Candor" that his
assertion is simply part of a deliberate
attempt to sustain injustice and fraud by
'falsehood and calumny." In commenting
on another part of aid to Candor's" ar
ticle, the author says he has given "a suf-
ficient answer to the sneaking insinuation
of this peculiar aid to Candor," and again
he says, "still of piece with the rest of
this most IN candid, ungramatical and
untruthful article from the RecOrd' etc.
When the author chooses such language
in discussion of a public matter it may
we'll be imagined that his case is bad and
that he has no better argument, and if
the Free Pres d Times desires to hear
moro from "Aid to Candor" 1 have no
doubt he will be gratifed to his entire
satisfaction.
The editor of the Fire Press f. Times
at the city meeting, reported in the same
;ssne rffers resolution in which he asks
that a eco umitteo be appointed to en-
ouire whether the collection Of State
taxes under the recent oppressive equal
izatien can be legally resisted, and II 1T
can to recommend the necessary measures
to test the validity of the same Mr..
Editor if such resolution was reported
from some other sections OF the country,
wou!d we not feel bound 70 suppose i'll
meant reputation
The same paper on the 22d inst, under
the head of the Grand List" speaking of
the reply of Zone of the Majority" to Mr.
Whittemore's article, says: g 1t will be
seen that in the main it is confined to eff
forts to traverse minor points of Mr..
Whittemores communication" Now, sir,
it may not avail much with the free Press
6 Times for me to say that Mr.. White
more was fully answered by Zone of the
Majority" either directly or specifically,
or by referring bin to the communion
tions Of "Candor."
They still persist not only in making
"Candor" and "One of the Majority" say
what they did not say, but in asking TOR
the reasons that led the State Equalizlng
Committee to the conclusions they arrived
at, and urge that they be repeated over
and over again. The article says that
zone of the Majority" asserts that from
all the testimony before the committee
they believed that the appraisal returned
from Chittenden county stood at but A
cents on dollar" etc. The communion
ton of "One of the Majority" did not
state that but it did say that from the evil
dence the committee could not find that
the appraisal returned from Chittenden
county exceeded Al cents on dollar,
which is true. Some of the committee did
not believe that it stood at over 50 cents
ON dollar, and in the estimates alluded
to. when the Free Press d Times says
that the means of all the estimates, as to
the appraisal of Chittenden county was
81 cents, as has been said before the COM
mittee took an informal ballot to test the
minds of the committee as to each county,
and on Chittenden county it was found
that the estimates varied from 30 to 70
cents. Whether it was an interested"
party that voted 20 is for the member
who made that mark to say. The COM
mittee were very much surprised that any
member could mark 20, knowing that
there was no evidence before them that
could lead any one-however much he
might desire to favor Chittenden-to find
that she had been returned at much over
one-half that valuation.
We are reminded that, by their con-
tinuaily asking the committee to repeat
what they have or what 81 me of the COM
mittees have already q" ted two or three
times, the story as to how they arrived at
the conclusion they did, of children who
will tease ono to again tell them the story,
4 will continue to ask that it be repeat.
often as they have an opportunity.
u mo idea that the member of the
"0 -. who voted or marked 20 cents
0o n,...ouao, county ever voted to raise
nar 20 per cent. or voted with the ma
i avt :, He says sit is not denied that dis.
w. 90. cnt sbor,t in committee and
stiaed in the House"
40 one was cut short in the co""'''ee'
80 one claimed time to make afeunen''
a,d even if thay had the hmitea ''me
the COMMITTEES vonla not have allowed
them !, indulge in any Such amusement
| Thara oI:enfjop made IN com'