Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-11
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Holiday, is for Malone, 5 for lie, and l for
Daniel There bcog some difficulty 10 allow
ug Representation in the convention the Daniel
man withdrew his vote, and it vas determined
hat three oil The delegates should be selected
by the Holiday men, t~o by the Malone, and
enc by the Lee man. The vote Of Laesburg
district being GI5 The proportion due TO each
p.aa nance. above is about 800, 80 ard II re-
,pccliye!v. lGycusvl!ic was divided, floll
day ana Daniel; Jefferson, Holiday and >
Mahonc; Mt. Gieaj, ) Holiday, (the large
majority Of the meeting said to be - to :. be,
ing Holiday; Mercer, for Holiday, and Broad
iru for Holiday ard , for Daniel. There
was some fraction at Lsesburg, which makes
the delegation stand lG4 holiday, u Malone,
) for Daniel, and ! for Lee. The impression
seems to lie that Holiday Is the second choice
OF tie Malone and Daniel men, and the llolIl-
I9y lnrr would have no particular So ;0nd choice,
some prcferrin. Daniel, seine Malone, and
some lee. laalArro wonid probably be a
third choice Ct most OF licm, as everybody who
knows him speaks well Il him as an excellent
gentleman.
MaEoncs letter presents the debt question
in very serious manner, except when he talks
about demanding al adjustment. How any
man can demand an adjustment oil 4 debt which
bears , per cent sell collecting interest, passes
my comprehension. Dut people sometimes vii!
eraut to all earliest, honest debtor iav0rs Which
they will not Yield to demand, and perhaps.
the solution ujay he found somewhat in ting
way: Ascertain the debt, make fair test OF
taxation on Injuries, levy stamp duty 10 all
respects ike that Of The U0itcd States, raise
tic tax OH land aUu property 10 GO cents, dis
rcnsc with all Tic petty officers in towns OF less
than 5000 inhabitants, such Is the assessors
aad collectors. and perhaps also the same class
OF Officers in cities, diminish the number OF
commissioners CT the revenue in all counties
having more than three, reduce the percentage
allowed lhcm for assessing the property, make
the treasurer collect all taxes, State, county,
road and municipal, aud do away with the high
percentage allowed the sheriff Tor collecting the
road tax a. allowed in l.ouIoun, Shenandoah,
Page AID other counties hayiog special road
laws, abolish the legislative creation oil commlsa
sl0ner Of roads, aud make the supervisor PERI
lo1m his du!les, watch closely tue oVeracers 81
the poor l0rcr chain gangs 10 be established,
snd il they can not be employed 10 the county
where convicted send them to some other
c5unly where they can be- collected lnlo such
force as viii pay the expense ol guardlog them,
make them ID extraordinary WerE, Toy this |
mean il in road making there is permanent
work aud not in the ordinary repairs OF roads
which Is GoUc IS the Legitimate labor OF the
county,, license dogs TO be kept, State Lax s
and county tax ~ cuts the first to education,
the second to sheep losses. Show in every way
disposition to raise revenue and save cXpen-
SIS, and have no doubt most, it not all, OF the
State creditors, would accept 4! per ct. bond,
payable in gold, and running thirty years with
coupons payable III gold aud receivable for taxes
aud dues oil all sorts except the capltatlon and
the State dog tx, which would make payable
in con- There IS 40 hardship u the last prop0
siion, for while it may seem to bear hard upon
pJor NAN. rIlen | would reduce the Senator'S
and delegates TO the very lowest limit author
lied by the constitution, Then our legislature
coull say wc have done orr best, what will you
do? Tueu would come the generous response
"WyiI done good and faithful debtor; We viii
meet you in the spilil IN which you meet Us.
But As long ~ the cry, even the wilimpar, Of
reputation Is heard, So long vii! our creditors
demand the pound OF tlnsh
just !n illustrate : In each maglstcrlIl dis.
lrtl ia l.ouIoun there is supervisor who meets
bis brethren perhaps eight times year and
seems like AL arrow fixed in the boW and point
49,: ',,l I ,n,,n,;-,, =, l., ,hor.. h.,
iS ba ANU " .n snv. All
";nh, .ra,r !, ;, anj Lis ,IsrL natcs I'm fla
i,c,, oi,ar r,rmmio - rer -, ~ Sfeta r.vs
nm, IN ccni.nn LnoIs 1ol n.r Of nm licenses.
the S;atc law savg certain ucr cantap. on rev.
rn,n. here he makes = distinction throwing the
LnricD % property, which belongs to licenses;
we yi say :Gj $50 of revenue, s. 900 Iiccase...
on which the lew is:ll 700 on proparty and
49,. On licenses whereas lie lawful tax on
!;,rpsc.;s 81 go. instead ol making licensed
I.,.incs. which ~ Voluntary, nav lis fair share
L..r :. noarlv 300 burden ,,.accI an prnnnr,v
I'hcrr is ,}.5 IN assessor for each ,]istrict and
hn r..,+ :. large Ter c.ut for assessing: there is
Il. Earthly reason why the districts Should not
he consolidated. All east of The Cotcc,in noun
:yir. can with diIireDc, be assessed by ono
man, and west Of it, by tw, men, and saving
n / "a y nor Of rouIi hr frnrIrd IN assrss;n,
,in rarrnrr: in tho ah.rnca Of lie assessor The
.1nn,y cInrk rouII is:ue and nnrhons NJ all
fines shnnII ;ssnr I'll Iican.rs Tbcrn * ,Is,
= c7mn,;4.i,ncr or roads whose duties coui be-
nnrjnrmcI BY the .uncry;sor who conId rcnort
10 the Laari 81 -un.rvi:o.s the amount nccas.
c,rv n l., cynanI,J IN hi, roads and ,rbo