Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-01-06
ANOTHER coMrUxIc1ssoS FROM ONE OF The
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80 Aid 10 Candor's'' article. the author saws b,
has given "a sufficient answer to the sneakine
insinuation Of this peculiar aid to Candor, and
again he says, :" still Of piece with the rest Of
this most uncsndid, ungrammatical and untruth-
ful srticle from the Record" etc When thu
author chooses such language in a discussion Of
public matter II may well be imagined that hi.
case is bad and that he has no better argument
and If the FREE PRESS AND TINES desires to hear
more from "Aid to Csndor'' have no doub, be
will be gratihed 10 his entire satisfaction
The editor Of the tEEE PRESS AND TIsIEs al the
city meeting, reported in the same issue, offers
resolution IN which he asks that Sc committee
be appointed to enquire whether the collection Of
State taxes under the recent oppressive eoualizs-
ton can be legally resisted, and If it can 70 re-
/ commend the necessary measures to test the va
Z hdity Of the same" Mr.. Editor If such q reso-
luton was reported from some other sections Of
the country, would We not feel bound 10 suppose
I II meant reputation
The same paper on the 23i inst. under the
head Of be Grand List, 80 speaking Of the reply
Of Zone Of the Msjori5y'' to Mr.. Whittenore s
article, says ' It will be seen that in the main
it Is confined to efforts to traverse minor points Of
/ Mr.. WhittemcTe's communication Now, sir.
/ il may not avail much with the FREE PREss AND
/ IINEs for me TO ssy that Mr.. Whittemore was
fully answered by lone Of the Majority. 80 either
directly or specifically, or by referring him 10 the
/ communications Of - Cand0r
/ They still persist not only in making d" Can
/ dor and Zone Of the Majority say what they
I did not say, but in asking for the reasons that
led the State Equahzing Committee to the con-
illusions they arrived 81, and urge tina, they be
repeated over and over again. The article ssys
that Zone Of the Majority asserts that =. from
al the testimor- before the committee they be
/ -. - -
den county stood at but 4f cents OIL z dollar,
etc. The communication Of Zone Of the Major
ity' did not state that, but it did say that from
the evidence the committee could not find that
the appraisal returned from Chitienden
county exceeded Il cents on a dollar, which is
true. Some Of the committee did not believe
that IL stood al over 80 cents ou dollar. and in
the estimates ALLUDED 10, when the FREE Pass
AND TINES says that the mean q all the est
mates as to the appraisal OF Chittenden county
was 81 cents, Is has been said before the com
mittee took Informal ball0- % test the minds
Of the committees as 20 each county, and on Chit
tender county II WIS found that the estimates
varied from so TO 20 cents Whether II was sn
80 interested party that voted 20 is for the
member who made that mark TO say. The con-
mit1ee were very much surprised that any mem
Der could mark 20, knowing that there was 10
however much be might desire 10 favor Chitten-
den-to ind that she had been returned AZ much
over one half that valuation
We are reminded that, by their continually
asking the committee 10 repeat what they have
OF what some % the committee have already
stated two o- three times, the story 10 how they
arrived nj ID conclusion they did, Of children
who viii tease one 70 again tell them the story,
and viii continue 70 ask that It be repeated AZ
often IS they have al opportunity. We have no
idea that the member Of the committee who voted
or marked 20 cents on Chittenien county ever
voted TO raise her 80 per cent. or voted with the
majority He says sit is not denied thatdiscussi0n
was cut short IN committee and stihci IN the
House"
No one was cut short in the committee. no one
claimed time to make argument, and even # they
had the limited time the committee would not
have allowed then TO indulge IN any su-h
amusement. There was no objection made in
committee 20 taking the vote on the proposition
Of ! udge PARK, which wss adopted as the basis
Of the majority report ; and 50 lar as discussion
being stihed IN the House, il is fact which
every member knows. If he knows anything
about II, that the opposition to the adoption Of
the majority report consumed az lesst four times
as much time as those did who favored the mai
ority. Il Is well known that the House had
some time previous 10 calling up the report,
adopted the five minute rule The gentleman
from Burlington and also the gentleman from
Milton will not derry thst they even INDUCED
considerably more than their allotted time,
neither viii the gentleman from Fairfax
The FREE PREss AND TINES Of the 23d inst,
contains a communication copied from the ST. /
Adams Messenger, written by " C. A. B." one |
Of the members Of the State Equalizing Com |
nittee in which he says. that the usual custom l
is 10 ." call the committee together early, and /
give time for turning the subject over and con-
sidering It carefully and well Not so in this /
case. no meeting Of this committee unless it |
msy have been a few choice spirits) was held /
until the very LAST week Of the session and ~ & L
time when every member desired 10 be in the
House al al its sessions. and in consequence
the work was hurried through in q manner
,reditsble 10 no one, but satisfactory, I suppose.
to those who purposely delayed the meeting 10
sfiect Their design Of drawing money from our
pockets and put into their own" Shameful.
II there was any delay, and I an free TO ad-
nit that there was, what seemed TO most Of |
he committee a very unfortunate delay-who
s responsible for it, Does not &C. A. b.
yell know that their delsy was unavoidable, or
hat the committee was compelled 10 wait for
he legislation that was asked for by Chit
enden County, Orleans County, and some
ther sections Does he not know these two
ounties by the lnaction Of their County Com
nittee held the State EqualizinC Committee
'ack 10 the very time named by him, and
bat when the committee finally did get the
Material 10 work with, that they worked dill
emily Does he not know that as loon as
be returns had been deposited il the Secre-
ary Of States office by those County Commit
ees. that the State Commitree was called to
ether If he does not know the fact, think
veyy other member Of that committee does
now IT,
II any member o. the committee Is respon-
bic for the delay, it mag as vel be claimed
lat il was - c. a. B." as any other. but
,e fact is. that the committee are not in any {
sy responsible for the delay, and that the in
mutations Of " c. a. B. s5e unjust and
i'hout the slightest foundation. J
He says again that g the member from Rut- c
nd and the member from Franklin stated 8
ieir respective counties were appraised the
-st at g. and the last at 65 per cent Yet
utland was reduced 10 per cent. and Frank 7
D raised 80 per cent"
Answer-The member from Rutland did not b
ate that his county was appraised at e., but =.
"a state, and proved by all the evidence before
lie committee, that Rutland WAS appraised at I
bout 70 cents on q dollar o
]
at his county was returned, as be saws, but
e evidence Of listers and those who pretended r
know was that she was appraised at from 50 I,
81 cents on dollar. Now Mr.. Editor, l do ',
lt intend again to trouble your columns with
on this subject Having served
at committee as well and as impartially as I e
new how, and having had occasion before 10 p
We the names that guided me in the part took
committee, propose to pay no further stteD- Il
On to the complaints, feeling that the complain Il
its are not disposed to accept anything that is n
id on the part Of the majority. Al
They are determined TO find fault and will not u
comforted. Itis, however, refreshing to know c.
st Chittendeu county is not unanimous in the Il
ews expressed by the FREE PREEs AND TINES. 7,
,me of these gentlemen, and such as have en- =
yed large xuerience in legislative snd in NUM-
pal affairs, have been frank to say that the '
mmittee did not raise the county Of Chittenden a
" higher than she ought to have been, and
at il they had raised her still higher they u
ould not have dealt unjastly by her. a
one OF The MAJORITY. Il
The above needs but brief comment. {.
The FEEE Press is not aware of any indics- 5
ms Of excitement on its part. We repealed Il
ii some distinctness charges that this city,had r,
eu 70 Cne1a Aue fccl Vi County, Anu II
at Chittenden county had tried to cheat the e
ST Of the State /; and in calling such charges u
sc and calumniouf, we only characterized RI
en- as they deserved. ei
This county does not propose g reputation - ei
any fair and honest claim. Neither does it Il
opose to submit to gross injustice without o.
Otest The people of Chittenden, Franklin, IL
d Grand Ise counties are willing to pay their ! ii