The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14

colIected M which case it must "a listed al s,, gb
amount as the party listing honesf ~ believes can be
money il must belisted at the fair marketvana Of
such thing. Moneys must be returned nv mar
ties residing in Ohio, whstner it be in their nos s.
sion or on deposit or in care OF ransitu either in
or out of the State and credits must be listed. no
matter There The eS4aence of the claim may be- or
} where the debtor or obligator may reside. Debts
only De deducted from credits If, therefore,
deduct the amount of his debts from his moneys
or the value of any other items OF his return so,
| if his debts exceed his credits, he can deduct
amount of his debts equal to his credits from such
credits and thus avoid any return of credits but
| he cannot deduct the balance of his debts from
| anything else.
personality in 1873, exclusive of moneys.
credits. etc.; and that Hayes, with the same
PEI sonality in possession, listed only 81 600 in
1874 This is not true. Orchards return
included all notes, credits and book-accounts
HAYES in 1874 made no return of notes, credits,
and book accounts for the simple reason that
all credits were swallowed mp in debts. The
same was true OF the notes held by Hayes
against parties named The personality be-
queathed to Hayes was almost entirely bank
stocks which are taxed against the banks and
paid by them direct. All other personality be-
queathed was notes, credits, and book accounts,
which we're more than offset by debts The one
item Of all the personality returned by Birch
ard 49, 982, was more than swallowed up by
obligations incurred by Hayes in carrying out
Mr.. Orchards projects for the benefit
of the town of Fremont. Hayes
gave over $1O,00O-or, more properly
incurred obligations for that amount-in
the purchase of old Fort Stephenson as site
for the town library projected by his UNCLE
and for books for the same This very ques-
ton came up In the Board of Equalization
What has become of the SO, 982 listed by Birch
arl? One of the board John NJ. Smith, q
%O4 hierha oh o0fp Tod
committee to investigate, and ne made the ex-
animation, and satisfied himself that the return |
was correct and so reported. Not only ma
iority of the Board, but all the county officers,
were Democratic. 1t will be seen that the |
debts more than offset the credits under this
item and that the return Of $1,000, in 1874 |
was for household goods" which were not |
subject to this deduction. The increase Of |
this item to SIS 900 in 1875 was due to the in |
crease of books purchased for Hayes private |
library, which might perhaps sell at Fremont
for So, 500, after being we'll advertised. These |
facts are all within the knowledge Of the Presi- |
dent of the Bank of Fremont and others, and |
may easily be verified.
2. WATCHES
HAYES never returned one watch at $500. He i
never had watch worth that. The return al
WAYS covered the same three watches. These
three watches are worth not to exceed $3.50, |
except as keepsakes. One is plain watch,
forty or fifty years old, worth about $25. /
Another is the property OF his wife ever since
she WAS schoolgirl Owe beg her pardon for
mentioning it, but, when ladies' happen to be
wives of Presidential candidates they must
have their most sacred possessions handled by
the public. 1t is worth perhaps $15 1t has
not been running for twenty years, and can't |
be made to run. The third watch may be had
by any Spectator in watches at the reasonable
price OF 800.
M rpfr
which we have not reproduced, has an ostenta-
tious paragraph in 'Bold Face" type, rs fol-
lows:
9. (PianO-Fortes NOne)
Tnis appears in each of the returns, with
heartbreaking distinctness. Well, now, the
reason why Hayes returned "(Piano Fortes
None)" was, that he had fPiano- Fortes None"
It is little humiliating to be obliged to enter
into such purely domestic concerns but it is
one Of the penalties we Americans attach to
the honor of being candidate for the highest
office gift of the people. The truth is, then,
that Gov Hayes girls are all toys, more
familiar with oars and baseball clubs
than pianos, except one fair-baired child of
years old. Consequently, he never had apiano IN
his house till last October when a favurite
niece was visiting him. This niece having a
taste for music, Mrs. Hayes hired piano from
the village dealer in that article for the pleas
ure of her guest. This summer, the Governor,
in order to provide in advance for the contin-
gency of other visits by favorite nieces,
concluded to buy the piano. This
was after he had made his last return for taxa
ton. He traded land for the piano, and, as he
is not very good at bargain, may have paid
$500 in land for 5000 piano. 1t he did, we
will bet horn spoon that he enters it on his |
first tax return after it came into possession, at
$500 or 81, 600, overvaluing it for taxation as
he has overvalued every article we have exam
ined.
4. HORSES.
It ia alleged that Hayes returned in 1875 |
and 1876 three horses at $500, when his neigh
bOrs know that he values one of his horses at
$780," This is an outrageous lie. One of
these horses is q years old, and Is not worth
10 cents except for the sentiment of attach
ment for long service yet he is put down at $50
for taxation. The street valuation OF the other
two is $50 for one, and 800 for the other, yet
they are listed at $3.50 by Hayes. No one has
ever supposed that the best horse he has is
worth over 1925 or $130, at a high valuation,
and it's street valuation is as we have said,
800. 1t cost 1925.
5. CARRIAGES.
It is alleged that Hayes in 1875 return ed four
carriages at $3.50, when it ''was we'll known"
that ''he paid $500 for one, and that another,
phaeton, cost $780, Two of these IS car
riages were an old buggy and wagon, which
Hayes put in at $75. One was afterward sold |
for $40. The phaeton was bought second hand |
and is not worth over $100. Itdid not cost
half the sum stated in the Democrat. The
other carriage" listed in 1875 was wagon
that cost perhaps $75. The grand $500 equi-
page was not owned by Hayes until after this
year. If the Democrats distortionist mao gone
one year forward to 1876, in his own exhibits,
he would have seen the carriages, wagons, etc.,
after the new carriage came into possession, |
put down at S400. In this statement the phae- |
ton, after another years wear, is still put down
at 500; the new carrirge at $300-which is a
high valuation. The other old traps which |
we're not worth selling, are dropped entirely.
6. BEQUESTs.
The Democrat says the sum of $33, 700 was
left in Hayes hands i'll bequests, by the will of
Sards Orchard, which he was allowed to hold
for three years. 'sand he did not return dol |
lar of this money for taxation" Now, not one
dollar Was left in Hayes hands to Pay bequests
1t was intended that they should be paid out of
real estate to bs sold and that was the reason
why Gov. Hayes was given three years in Which