National Republican., 1883-07-03
ALE MAN on rur AvENuE.
small Talk About Men and Measures.

Small Talk About Men and Measures.
"You have no idea how many wealthy men
throughout the country are looking forward
to u residence In Washington" said q gentle
man who has always taken a deep interest in
the welfare of the city yesterday "a friend
Of mine who has just returned from New
York told mo that on Saturday he
was talking with couple Of gentle.
men, each of whose fortunes are recorded
by six figures, when one of them said TO him
that in about year he would retire from
business and go to Washington to live. Yes,
said the other, Washington is the only
city for man of means to live in after he
has retired from business, and I'm going there
myself to live in less time than that
My friend was of course glad to
hear these expressions of good will
toward our city, and was still
further gratiGed when each of tho gentlemen
gave him an order to buy him 10000 feet of
ground on which to build residence. There
was no limit as to price, but the location and
amount to be paid was left to my friends dis
cretion That's the kind of mon we want to
take up their residence here"
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"You struck the right key this morning in
regard to tho proposed taxation of stocks by
the commissioners" said we'll known banker
yesterday. az don't know of but one stock
company that is in favor of 1t, and that is a
mining company whose stock ut market value
is Ia cents and whose par value is S25.
OF course this company would rather
pay at the market than the par value. Then,
again, look ut what the result would be TO
the local insurance companies. They would
take out charters in Maryland, and then they
would pay into the district Golfers only Ii
cense. There is not moneyed man in the
district that this proposed action won't af-
feet"
Shortly afterward meeting q gentleman
who had at one time considerable experience
in district affairs, the reporter asked what he
thought of the proposed form of taxation.
:" 1t is the result of the odious personal tax
law" was the reply. "This law has been u
greater injury to the progress of Washington
and the attraction to our city of mon
of wealth than any other act that was
ever passed. l believe that its abolition
would be of greater ultimate benefit than the
expenditure of half million dollars in inn
intend to adopt Gen. Grants maxim, that the
best way to secure the repeal of an UNJUST
law is to enforce it. The law requires the cor
porators to return the total amount of
their capital stock and then for tho com
missioners to tax it at its true cash value.
Don't you suppose that if the screws are put
upon these corporations that they won't do all
in their power to cause the repeal of the per-
sonal tax law? Why of course they will"
~
| Gen. Ben Lcfevre is in the city, stopping
at No. 1914 X street. The general left the
harvest field to come here, and says things
are all right in Ohio, both agriculturally and
| politically. The reporter asked the question
"Why was Ward not nominated2" to which
the general replied: "IIe was the weakest
man put up and couldn't win. Hoadly will
carry the state by n good majority; at least
everything points that way at present.
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A friend of Congressman Joe Blackburn
says the following is gospel truth: When Jo,
started for Washington last week he was in &
| good deal of hurry, and neglected to bring
with him the necessary outfit of linen. Or
his arrival here he tolegraphed to his family
to send him some clothing, but when thu
message arrived no one was there to fill tn,
order but his little daughter, about ten year
of age She did her best, as the following
telegram from her will show:
| DEAR PAPA: / have sent all the wearing appare
! I could find-seven shirts, one bowie knife, ant
three pistols.
| And she sent them.