Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-27

aroand she production Of spirits simply ior
the purpose OF relieving these people rOh
proper sutervhiou which compeis the pay
ment 81 The tax"
at l. true thaa the elaboratiye provisions
OF our acknowledgements laws refpecuhk W.
punishment for which Illicit dislllaiion %
spirits are rigorous and the fines ana peua'
ties In many cases severe, but they are 49,
Iutety essential 10 the enforcement OF we
Law and W the collection Of the revenue ue-
rived from The distiilats0n OF spirlts'
All this il dead against the interests OF u'''
tillers Of fruit-brandies; snd this hepuDne'n
committee proceeds 80 follows;
"Tbts section f8O) provides that no war.
rant shall tssuo upon information aud belief
excent uoon the affidavit OF a collector or
deputy collector or internai%evenue agent,
thus excluding ail other revenue officers, abu
no privste persOn can make complaint except
tbs facts are within bis own personal Know.
ledge. Il provides further that no Tee sbsI'
ho noid IN ether marshal, clerks, or commits
sloners unless the prosecution has been ap-
proved either before or after such arrest 10y
Inc attorney 81 the United states. Thus m
coses az violations Of the intcrnal-revenue
laws II would he necessary for a complcateu
Investigation % Doe gone through Win before
any such prosecution could be instituted
As to section 81, the Republican commit
tee opposes 1t because It thinksthe reduction
Of the fine ana penalty as it now exists OF
100 per cent. and 80 per cent. ought not to
be reduced 10 % per cent.
As 10 section Is, which prohibits the de-
strnctlon Of still, BE-, the committee says;
OF the effect Of a judgment Of forfeiture
shall only be to require the selZing OlhctI
carefully 10 preserve aud store the sun WIN
out mutllatI0n, u Will soon rene" us
work IN some other convenient locality,
where the vigilance Of revenue officers
could. for a iine NJ least, be eluied, n stlls
of tbi. cauacity are portable and easily iran..
TERED from one ne ghb0rhOod 70 anotoef'
And thi. Republican Senate committee
closes thor report on this subject by saying;
"Your committee have considered nu-
mcro0s suggestions for the repeal OF al IN
ternaLrcvenue taxes and the abolition OF t"e
entire ntcrnal.revenue sysiGm, igit they
deem the adoption OF this course at present
both impractic1ble and unWite, not only De-
cause the repeal Of these taxes would create
A lsrVe annual deficit. bit for the iufther
reason that the taxes levied on distilled spirits
usod. as q beverage and on beer should be
retained"
The above careful analysis Of the measures
proposed respectively by The Republicans
and The Democrats is signed by JoHN l..
MOORE. Esq, county chairman Of Patrick
county, and to it is added the following GER
uGcate
PATRICE COUNTY-TO WIT:
I.L. q. fucker. clerk of the County Court
% Patrick county. DO certify that nave
carefully examined The Mill bin and the
report " the Republican senate Commute
IN opposition 90 said bill and find ihai Jhe
above extracts from both are true.
Given under my hand this the 2lth day Of
/ October. fSss. l.. O. RUCERH,
Clerk.
Persons interested can see that m the
event n Republican success there VIII be
no ground upon which 90 base a hope that
virginia is soon 10 bee rid q spies. plmps,
and informers. ON the contrary, the Re-
publican committee makes On issue on the
internal t,AosupoD our tobacco. &C. &C.,
I and a,l, The voters TO elect HARRISON in or
der 20 the perpetultion OF those taxes.
ON the other hand, the Democrats pro-
pose 10 diye,t the iut,ma!-reyenuc laws OF
/ an fhcir most Objectionable features.
Choose So between these two parties.