The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-30

Tie l.is.i I,yu. a@,I Psaops has the fol.
lovins.
@n.ll thu Manchester JoulSsL oppose
10 fssieeiiub 81 Georss v Edmnues 10
tisg Ihii,d A,siss s.nA,e lsrcsnss he re-
tarasd 10 Inventory nader the tar ls~s II
ua, seniJ 4 nd look well for u nod 10 At
tsfntt halisisalnu 90 that snllee, over
tsis rr-sleeiias Of Jndse EnyeeY
The nsusi that 40 aid Ia opposition to
,ip ,leeinte q Judge Royce on the ground
OF tax dolRisg .. iha, people were not
consistent Thai they opposed the elect
pon u Jads.m IL this count, aud Of other
candidates TO- the legislature ia other
eouniis. % tie ground ,ha, they refused
10 give IN their lis. and sf,crssrds sup
ported lalso Royce for the highest place
on ,by lxnrb although he was guilty OF the
same liz. nss. The Asg1 sa'! P'fci'a 10
otr 81 be paper, Of The state that " guilty
a this lmsasi-t,.pes II haa several
meau hins. Al jad.ou. Il vent heavy
az ,in.t one az The candidates Tor senator IN
Washington rUuptr because Il claimed
that be did not put into bis list - mucl,
property AZ be ought. II went for TAI
dodgers right aud lett. aud nov II comes
~ as tho special champion Of Judge
Rayce Who /. the wort tax bolter Of them
all
Nov there Is not half As much danger to
the tax Law from the half dozen tax
dodgers Who were or might have been
elected TO the legislature as there il Ia
having our chief Justice tax dodaer, They
could do the law very little harm, he can
pnrticall, render il oi no effect, Besides
the example Of elevs,ing tar daagst 10
that exalted position will do great deal
Of harm even though his decisions sustain
the law. Prominent men everywhere will
refuse to give IN their list when they can
thereby escape taxation. on the ground
that the legislature has by its vote sane
toned the practice and no possible dis.
grace can attach to IT, The strong point
OF the Law Was its moral effect in compelling
people who had been accustomed to dodge
their taxes under the old law 10 come in
aud make out an honest list Under the
vote OF the legislature with such a shining
example as Judge Royce the moral ef-
feet will pretty much all disappear We
shall expect TO see dozen tax dodgers
where there has been Only one. unless the
was is changed TO make the penalty more
severe.
But We have not answered ,be question
propounded by the A,gm man. Would
We oppose the reelection Of Senator Ed.
munds? II Senator Edmunds were can
didste for Judge Of the Supreme court
aud refused 10 make out his tax inventory
We think We would. The two cases are
not at oil parallel. Judge Royce Was in
the state all the time and Judge OF the
was winch he refused to obey. Mr.. Ed.
mnnds was tut Of the state nearly sll the
time either attending TO ardnous duties III
Congress or ministering TO the wants OF
dying daughter. Now IL is quite probable
that Mr. Edmun,ls may not have known
the terms Of y state law recently enacted,
or may in his absence and amid his many
cares aud anxieties have forgotten the
time Of returning his inventory. But oven
il be did ii deliberately as Judge Royce
must have done still the case would hardly
he parallel for several reasons. However the
question is not properly before the
house" and We will not discuss it farther
at present.
Ia closing We will ask our friend OF the
Argus and Parrots couple Of questions
which we have heard several OF his political
friends ask recently. Why did you advo-
cate the election ofJndge Royce. knowing
him 10 bea tax dodger? Why do you sup
the Central Vermont Il. H.. on every
question touching their interests. right or
wrongy You may deny that yon have
done so, hut We only assert what careful
readers OF your paper who are your friends
ayy