The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16

ehTJH Cdu Ub IOuilu bnOSc WHO CVuueHiu
the brave citizens who overthrow the
loathsome aristocracy Of Francep
Go! find them by the thousand in the
ranks of tho Republican party of Ohio.
But soft!--there are shining and con-
spicuous exceptions. The Governor Of
Ohio is q Communist Start not, fellow
citizens. Governor Foraker is a Com
munist and we will establish the fact
from his own mouth. Nay! we will
prove by his own utteranccs that he is u
more radical Communist than John
Mcbride says he would be ii this coun-
try ever reaches the condition of France,
previous to the revolution.
Who does not remember the sensation
caused by the Governor special mes
sage on taxationp 1t lasted longer and
was much more intense, widespread
and much more beautifully condemned
than his ill-consdercd convict-inspired
utterances at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
From that special message we will
establish the fact that Governor Foraker
has given utterancc to language which
was characterized as Communistic by
the bankers, merchants, manufacturers
and farmers of Ohio.
The Governor, after stating that the
grand duplicate of the State should be
three or four thousand millions of dol
lars instead OF 81, $40, ,079, S68, goes on
to state as follows:
'The va uation ofrcal estate rarely exceeds
T5 per cent and ranges downward from that
point as low rs 25 per cent of its true value,
while personal property is valued all the way
from its full value down 10 nothing. In fact
OF the state is not returned, but entirely and
frauduently withheld from taxation. SO fur
as personal property is concerned, the fault
is chiefly with the people who list their prop
crty for taxation. The idea seems TO largely
prevail that there Is injustice and inequality
IN taxation, and that there is no harm in
return must be made and PERJURY must be
committed.
This oircnsc against the state and good
morals is too ircquenty committed by men of
wealth and rcpucd high character, aud of
corresponding position in society"
Having in the foregoing called the
farmers and the rich men of the State
thieves and perjurers, HIS Exccllency
the Governor goes on to say:
''ln connection with the recent refundng of
our State debt, maturing next December, 1t
was disclosed that some of the most pruini.
nent and highly respected men of our State
held large amounts of these bonds without
having ever paid dollar of tax on the same,
or having in any manner reported them for
tayuton. The only excuse that has been sug-
gesicd for this is that the bonds were sup
posed to he non taxable, but 1t is difficult to
be patient with such claim when 1t is nd.
vdnced by men of intelligence, familiar with
our Constitution and its requirements, that
all bonds, etc.. shall be taxed.
while such men thus disregard and viO.
late the law, It must be expected that our tax
dupl cate will continue to declin, instead of
icrcase with our growth and development.
The harm they do is not measured by the
Of ,ink sk,.N
Stnte; their example is bad, and iraught with
evil to the whole community. There should,
therefore. be severer penalties provided for
false returns, and more rigid enforcement
of the laws for the listing of bonds and other
securities and credits"
Having thus relieved his Communistc
mind by scoring the conscenceless rich,
and, of course, reputable aristocracy of
Ohio, our plebeian Governor continues
his Communistic remarks thus:
"There is special need of additional lcgisla-
tiOn as to unincorporated banks. 1t does not
seem possible that they. are paying taxes on
any thing like an equitable basis MS compared
with the Incorporated banks of the State
OF course not-thcse unlncorporated
chaps-the peoples bankers-are not as
honest, high-minded and honorable as
the aristocratic National bankers whom
the Governor, strangely enough for
such an undoubted plebeian and right
jolly Communist, favors in this instance
(because, perhaps, their subscription to
the Republican campaign fund was
generous. CAprrAL). General
Beatty and his fellow unincorporators
appears to have excited the Governors
special plcbeian or communistic ire, for
he goes on to say of them:
take the banks of Columbus for illustra-
tion. They are fair example. They are In
the city eight unncorporated banks and
seven Incorporated banks reported to do in
the aggregate nearly the same amount of
business" "
Here the Governor goes into figures
and proves to his own satisfaction, at
least, that the following named gentle
men and banks have fraudulcntly beaten
the tax duplicate and committed perjury
by the wholesale, viz:
p. Hayden Il Co., P. w. Huntington,
Deshlcr Bank, South End Bank. BROOKS.
Butler & Co., Merchants and Manufac-
turers. Reinhard & Co., and f. c. Ses-
sions & Co., the latter. the Governor
says, returning Sl,255 less than moth
ingr'
This is pretty hard on our Broadway
fellow-c,tizen, art connoisseur and un-
doubted arstocratS
Having wiped the ground with the
carcasses of these aristocratic bankers,
millionaires, ETC., His Excellency turns
his attention to the farmers, whom he
is more than convinced. are an organ
lied band of thieves and periurers,
for his opening paragraph commences
thus:
at is obvious that so long as the present
valuation of real estate stands, great injus-
tice will be done to all whose property is'even
approximately correctly valued, aud the
State will continue unable to meet the public
demands without embarrassment"
With Communistic impudence the
Governor here sketches plan to trap
the farmers, and in u bold and mastery
manner outlines the duties of n new
board to be created by the Legislature,
which shall have the exclusive power of
revaluing real estate. So anxious is
the Governor to 90 for the thiev'ng
farmers that he eloquently advocates
the revaluation of the real estate of Ohio
Immediately, instead of waiting until
1890, the decennial year fixed by law
for such revaluation. However, space
limits this article to the foregoing fair
proportions.
General Destruction Did Not Follow.
We regret to see that Senator John Shcr-
man, for whom we entertain high admira'