West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-09-26
snte in regard TO the finances:

ia 5htS Ia r'Rfd 10 the unahceS.
The receipts for the year ending
October l, 1870. were $643 975. 25:
the disbursements for same time we're
$3.50, 1851 the balance in the
Treasury was $2l3,42o OF.
THE balance was the entire
amount Of money in the school iunds
a. well a6 in the funds far State
purposes. There was due TO the
school funds at that time, 1918 .948
! 42. The amount in the Treasury
taken from thus amount leaves a
deficiency OF $50. 528.34, And fur
Their, the Auditors report shows
that theirs were unpaid appropr rat ons
due at this time, amounting to
$50 023 80 This added to the other
deficiency gives total OF S92 522, l6.
This shows that the R,dIca. party
went ont OF power il this S.ate
leaving the Treasury empty and d
debt OF Sc 800 90 for the Democrat
&c party TO meet, L. will TINS be
seen that Mr.. HAGAEs only read
such statistlcs SO would cut his pun
pose, aud left all others unread.
his exposition OF the "Iuteliigencer
Contempt Case was" equally AZ unfair
as the rest Of his speech. He con-
tented Himself merely by asserting
that the Editors of that paper we're
fined for 2orying and publishing an
article from Qemocrtia newspaper,
when the truth is, and NR. HAaANs
knows it too, that the cffenee for
which HART AMI FREW were fined.
was OF an entirely different char
acter.
But perhaps the grossest mis-.
statement which HAGANs made, was
in regard to Gov. JACKSON Az
sessment Order. He said, in sub
stsnce, that the order declared un-
constitutional law UNDER which the
people OF West Virginia and Vr-
GINA pad lIyed since the foundation
OF tie Commonwealth of Virginia;
that the people of Virginia had a
Constitution identical with ours, and
the same statutory laws on the sub
ject.
We deny this statement, and
challenge any man to show that it
Is true. The State OF Virginia never
had Constitution, end statutory
laws made in pursuance thereof, iden-
ical with ours on this subject OF
taxation and exemptions. HAGANs
nor no other man can deny this.
The Constitution of Virginia from
IT'S to 1851 said nothing on the
subject OF taxation and exemptions.
Tor THIS was lett 10 the control of the
Legislative Department which could
and did exempt from taxation what
property 1t saw fit. In 1851 there
vas engrafIed into the Virginia
Constitution a Section similar to the
provision Of our State Constitution
on this subject, but with a further
provision not IN ours, giving the
Legislature power to exempt "other
taxable property" In 1869 this
latter clause giving such poyer to
the Legislature was stricken from
the Virginia Constitution, and then,
Tor the Arst time in it's history, the
clause on this subject was identical
with that contained in the Constitu.
ton OF our State. But at once the
Legislature repealed their statutory
law IN regard to exemptions 80 as to
make the statute conform TO the
provisions Of the Constitution.
Now, we would like to L. ow
wherein the laws Of Virginia are
similar to ours in this regard.
Men who stump the county to
eu'ighyeu the people on the issues OF
the day should stlck to the truth
and not pervert facts to suit their
partisan euds. The farmers should
drink in what HAGANs tells them
with a great deal OF allowance.
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