Democratic messenger., 1889-11-09

tue uiIi OI rights tO overcome tue ABUSES
arising from the corporation construction
of tl.at clause which provides that every
person shall pay upon his actual worth in
real and personal property. Reference Of
this question to the Court Of Appeals has
established prccedents by which corpora.
,ions escape as being especially exempt
by charter from the tax provision OF the
bill. What does this mean Only that
you must not tax any corporation that
owns u valuable franchise? Iproposc we
shall get rid of these exemptions by spec.
tally cxcmpting only those institutions
which the public desires 10 exempt. sucl,
as churches, purely charitable institutions,
schools and the like. Then the State
would find its way clear To tax corpora.
tiOns
The second amendmcn, shall propose
Is when corporation goes to the Legisla-
tnrc for any special privilege II shall for
felt the right TO any exemptions received
previously under its charter.
"'rhe third amendment would be one
giving the Governor power to veto any
single item in general appropriation bills.
~ have advocated u new constitutional
Scntion for years. upon the ground
.at under il such things as / have spoken
eeOnal he amended. Certainly large
a Of property that goes nntaxed
unnecessary burdens upon those
ftaxcd already, and even u rc.as.
twill not bring the relief the pub.
NNunlcss the property now
lional exceptions are in.
or instance, the cost Of
MALTA ut $50,0O0 year.
The people. Who gets
>le cannot disguise the fact
Ee exempted corporations,
1'"..w., ~ and their employees misun.
dersianu<l,ss occur sometimes that lead Ia
violence, get the benefit of the soldiers. II
is not wonder that farmers ridiculc the
idca--as have heard them d0-of appro.
priating money for sending the malilia To
camp.
~ word about the exemption ofcorpo.
ratiOns as compared with the franchises
Take the B. 40. II has franchises that
enable II To owe hundred million dollars
| favor repeal of the law of 1878, in
which settlement was made between
the State and that company upon the
question ot the capi,atiOn tax. The Baiti.
more and Potomac, chartered withou,
that provision, was 10 pay one.iifih OF its
passenger receipts The B. and q. stop.
ped paying and went to the courts. They
got the Legislature t0 give them u gross
tax in lieu ofthc capitation tax. making
the body believe the State would get a
great amount of money instead of the
SIS, 900 II receives. The company. by ac-
cepting the act of 1878. was waived all
right of exception. In Delaware the r..
W. u. Road pays $4,000 year. while
the u. and d. has even there an advantage
upon n compromise of $?j.OO0 for ten
years, which was procured a, Dover.
Far he il from me 10 antagonize rail.
roads. wish we had more OF them. But
the need for equalization must he seen
when people are bur'lencd with taxes
where corporations are exempt. Such a
system as iha, IN New Jersey allows the
State Ia obtain revenue which permits
the license collections to go To the towns
and cities, thus giving them in turn rev.
cnuc such as Baltimore does not have
from license collected here.
by reason of the complexion of the
opposition To the constitutional conycn-
iion. am consl raincd To believe that the
reforms have Indicated cannot be- trust.
ed 10 either republican or Independent,
Legislature. With Democratic one
am satisfied they can he passed aud that
general good will result"