Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-23
thus give the people chance to elect

thus give the people a chance to elect
a legislature next year that will re-
peal the obnoxious law. The only i'm
mediate relief that can be afforded
the people is for the governor to
issue proclamation for an extra
session of the present legislature for
the purpose of putting stop to the
collection of the lob tax in Novem-
Der. There does not seem to be any
sense or justice in collecting nearly
a million dollars from the Taxpayers
merely for the purpose of depositing
in bank, awaiting the laws delay
or the act of legislature that as
sembles January 1, 1883, to dispose
of it. A majority of these tax
payers are farmers, and owing to a
widespread failure of the crops,
this money will do greater good to
a greater number by remaining in
the farmers pockets, rather than in
the vaults OF bank.-Memphis Av.
blanche.
We are not surprised that the
Avalanche is unwilling to have the
Stste-debt case advanced on the su-
preme court dockets, so that
it may be disposed OF
promptly and question set
tied, the agitation of which is
costing the people of Tennessee
thousands of dollars every year. IT
is the policy of the faction which the
Avalanche represents, as itself
virtually confesses, to!delay action by
the court until after the election
next year, when it is proposed to
elect legislature that will repeal the
act Of settlement It amounts to @
confession that the decision of The
supreme court is not wanted, for the
reason that it may sustain the legis
lature and make the settlement ,
fnality. A greater calamity coul>
scarcely befall the people of Tennes-
see than the success of this fllibus
tering scheme of the scheming agi
tators and repudiationists.
The other matter referred to b.
our Memphis contemporary, is mis-
chief of the same general type. l
the supreme court had acted upol
the question, and had sustained tn
views of the so-called low-tax factor
then an extra session of the legisla
ture to revise the tax law and reduc
the rate would have been right. Or
less we are going to pay the interes
on our State debt, we are oppose
to paying a dollar more than is nee
essary to pay the current expense
of the State. If, however, the va
lidity of the settlement of the Stat
debt, as made by the last Legislature
is sustained, it would be foolish il
the extreme to suspend or postpon
the collection of taxes This wa
done few years ago, SO that the ia
for one year was not due until SEP
TENDER of the year following. Thi
was a most unwise step, an
was never any real benefit t
any class of people. AS a bushes
proposition it was absurd and utterl
ridiculous, as every thoughtful ma
will admit. And it is a policy ths
cannot and will not continue. n
good reason can be given why
should. This being true, the take
of two years must come togethe
some time, and we can stand it 6
5 we'll now, and there will be as littl
: grumbllng about it, as there will /
Z at any future time. We do not b.
lieve the governor is going to pr
the State to the expense of q
extra session of the legislator
for any such reason. That it will i,
volve some inconvenience to pay tt
e taxes assessed for 1880 and 1873
J this year we do not deny, but it
n never entirely convenient to pay take
Had the supreme court held speci
4 session and decided this questio
a this state of uncertainty would n
S now exist, and the people, the ia:
Q payers of Tennessee, would kno
o precisely what to expect.