The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-14

was termed FINANCE Board. LIS
duty was II borrow money to pay the
current expenses Of the government
on 10 per cent interest and money
transactions had to be done through
that board, and We were borrowing
money and paying interest on it
when we had plenty Of funds Of our
own in the treasury but which the
Finance Board could not use. Well
a bill was introduced and passed
killing the Finance Board and the
expenses OF the state are now paid
direct through The Treasurer.
will next notice the over due tax
law, a law made in the interest of
lawyers and printers. Probably
some Of You have had experience in
that and know how it was done and
that it generally took 50 to get 81
A man might go and paw .as5 taxes,
get his receipt put it in his pocket,
|and bis land might soon be adver
Itised for sale. And then be would
have to set about and have 10. OF
correcting done which always incur
red expense. Now, that is all set
tied. The next thing that will no
tice is an act have spoken Of since
/ have come home, called believe,
the "Bread and meat act" Now
this is something want all demo-
Gratis. republicans, brothers of free
dom, or what not, to listen closely
to as it is the ground OF some very
serious charges.
Mr.. Knhn then read what the con-
stitution said aboat exemptions and
showed plainly that the tax was a
constitutional enactment. Continu-
ing said: Now / call on you as fair
minded men does that exempt any,
thing subject to ownership from tax
alton? Some one says why was 1T not
assessed before? 7 know nothing
about that. 1t a constitutional pro-
vision and if it is wrong the last leg
lslature deserves no discredit for it,
If it is right deserves no praise. The
case is about this: When the war
ended it threw large class OF poor
people, negroes, on us and they made
a 500 or 5000 exemption that they
might get out of paying cent of
tax which they didn't intend they
should do. If any one win show to
me that the last legislature did cause
corn and meat to be taxed / will
Iquit the race. The constitution re-
quires that the legislature shall in
vestigate all the offices at each meet
ing, but no legislature until the last
one ever done it. Mr.. Kuhn then
gave the Gazette Democrat Print
ing Bill steal little airing and
showed where they were charging
$12 for work that the highest bidder
offered TO do for $3.50. He said /:
"The idea is to strike while the iron
is hot and / tell you we got it very
hot while we were investigating
things"
will not call your attention 10
temperance. l stand just where /
stood two years ago; Internationally
in favor of prohibition. They brought
up the question in the last legisla-
ture and the result of our labors was
the three mile local option law which
is good enough for me. They also
introduced bill appropriating 800.
600 for immigration purposes which
We killed and il You send me back
/ shall vote against any such waste
of money. The next thing shall
notice was resolution to exempt
| factories and manufacturing estab-
lishments generally from taxation
for period Of ten years. l received
several letters from Russellville, a
nice little manufacturing town up
the road, urging me to introduce
this resolution. / wrote back to
them was iD favor of equal taxa
ton and therefore could not support
any such measure. Finally / re-
ceived letter from there stating
that nine tenths OF the people were
in favor Of such an exemption and
ii | did not advocate such law /
need never offer myself for any other
office. Well / reflected that / had
only made a contract for two years
so / didn't introduce it. They got
Mr.. Fielder of Franklin to do it.
We defeated it and that ended the
matter. | believe las bills were
passed by the last legislature and as
my honorable opponents have not
.assailed me on any of them / pre-
sumo they are all right, and l take
1t as high compliment to Col. EN-
bry and myself. / say let the next
legislature re assemble, make the
necessary appropriations, lnvesti-
gate the offices and adjourn and
come home. That is all that is nee
esary to be done. Mr. Kuhn then
gave the Gazette and Democrat re-
portcrs of the last legislature round
and also read and commented on cd
itorials IN the Russellyille DEMOCRAT
Of March the 10Th and June the 24th
1883. Continuing he said: .sThe
amendment is strictly demo
cratic measure. The reason
il was not engrafted In the present
constitution was because had it been
the Federal Government would not
have accepted it. Who voted for the
amendments9 Democrats; who voted
against it? Republicans. The Dem
/ acrata " hn onnosad that amanda m ami