Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-13

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times. and We refer % it again with The
hone that the legislature may take il NJ
and deal with 10 in q way that viii make
rho INEQUALITIES and wrongs which
gr0w out u the present sys-
tenn jlnu1s-ible. The press II the
state s.. almost unit in favor Of a law
esualizing assessments. and throughout
the present session 10 las been urging the
ras-aye Of such a Jaw. We are al loss %
know the reason why the legislature
he-itates t0act. IT probable that there's are
certain property owners in each county
who 10 not want Law that viii compel
them ~ disclose the true value Of their
possessions. This class may constitute
majority. for all we know 10
the contrary. In many If not all the coun-
ties. They have no particular objection
o. having il known that they are in com
Portable circumstances. or rich. but they
do object ~ paying taxes, and they are
opposed ~ any legislation which looks 10
taxing their property at its true value.
They do not seem % understand that the
rate % taxation viii De lowered in pro-
portion as the assessed value Of the pro-
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venture 10 say that the majority
81 those in each county who are
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Int ,f,t nm, ~ curiosity he looked
-HuAA- --AaN rAe va ANAl -'-AA- ~ +r''A-'t
through the tax returns in the Comp
trJller Generals office for the present
weak. and found that all the mining prop
lrtv II the -tate-wOrth millions Of dol
lar--wa- returned al only a few thou
sand dollars. Property that he knew 70
be worth hundreds Of thousands OF dollars
was assessed al less than one-fOurth its
value. The Comptroller General him
.et saws that "a fair assessment
w0uId show the taxable property Of the
STATE - be- over 5DJ.000.090. The tax
returns do not show Il 10 De S3OOO0O.00O.
Eut why utuIrirIv facts and figures, The
LEGISLATURE cannot but know that if it
would mass "A good equalization assess
maut Iayyit would do the state far greater
service than il has done By all the work
of the session now drawing % a close.
We can think Of no reason why the
IAgisIatlre does not enact a law 50 gen
e-sIIv demanded unless il be that A ma
iorifv of the members think il wouldn't
he r,C.nr,1sr with the element which con-
trolls the politlcal machinery Of their
counties and they lack the backbone to
d,.v.l,at ,i.air t,dgmcnt tells them is right.
fosr " YTc- tho Arkansas neoro
,-l., ,,er,, m washington as the agent Of
tba Arkansas Association. which has in
-,ieyy tho colonization Of negroes on the
-trip ef Dublic land bounded by Texas on
the .oufb Colorado and Kansas on the
north tba Indian Territory ON the east
AMI Wv Nle,i,.o an the west. Is stranded
There. He found out all about the public
land. but the Washington negroes gave
him the cold shoulder and made him UNI
dersfapd that they considered him
crank The Arkansas Association had
better eot liz agent back home and keep
hin, ,I,aro he isn't tho kind Of a man 10
en0iuecra colonization scheme. and il he
v-ere tho scheme he is irving to promote
has notliug 10 commend il. Ifthe negroes
yvore colonized ON the public lands in
oue.tion they would starve to death in
~. tt..n d, ,ear If tho government or
charitable peorle did not afford them re-
lief IT the scheme were probed to the
bottom, it is more than probable that 1t
would be discovered that Ie" Shafp
negroes are trying to make money out OF
the credulous ones OIL Iheif coloI.
TIA, T-,,ited -tates senate Committee on
Labor and Education ought 10 be made
,.err,.n.pt ipstitution-a sort Of perpet-
u,l ,.o,,rt ~ ino1,iry ~ make known the
,,rievauces Of tho peOpIe. and how they
arc eccasioped 70 remedy evils they
must first l,e. known. But the committee
does roore-it makes known to the public
what manner Of peouIe we are. our ideas
.rd methods of thrift. bv selecting and
rpmnipo representative men. II goes
80, doy.n ipto the details Of private
,.,..,,..,.,,.r tr,c.e mo rise prooress and
tin,I fri,,mnb If reciprocallv changing
..l.,Its,, and ..bears :, and treats the
countrv to some rare memorabilia of dis
tinguiebcd Gnanciers in advance Of the
records Of fame. All these thihgs heip
20 enliven the press during the allll sea
SON. and iaithiuily worked up py inc
Fourth estate they become tle common
property % the people VINO ~ ie"s'' must
provide the remedies AT lIle loIIs.
There is an office in Washington with
out am OCCUPANT. II is a good office. and
if there were any way 10 fll il. no doubt
there would be a hundred applications
for IL. II is the POstmastership Of the
House Of Representative. The man who
had the place has accepted the position
NJ Assistant Postmaster of Washington,
and tho man who was his
assistant has gone to Dakota
10 practice law. ine "Ppoi"'
ment Is made by the speaker, Du' 'hele -
no speaker 70 make an appointment IN