The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

ne saiar1es anu house Int paid t1f9
executive ofncers for 1870, -le last year
ul nepnD-lcau Tnie- aggregated $l,5j0
more tnan has been . u the same off,
cetS IN any years slrt The aggregate
eaiarie5.oI the executive officers of the
state during seven years OF the Republi-
cah administration. from 1864 TO 1910 m
ciuSife. exceeded by $500 the aggre-
ga.s amount OF salaries paid the same
oillSers IN any seven years since.
cure II up, leliow clt1zeps. for your
serves, and see If the Republicans didn't
actualiy pay their state officers more
lAa1 tnc democrats are paying Their
methods or getting money out of the
treasury We're purposely indirect and in
tshued 10 deceive the people, just as
their charge that we have increased
salaries is fraudulent one and intended
TO deceive the voters of tho state in this
campaign.
Comparison of Tax Rates.
In keeping with theother reckless and
unfounded statements Contained in fI,e
Republican state platform is the charra
that the DeInocrsiss have increased the
average assessment for state uurDoses
i want to shcw how utterly unfountled
is this claim and contest the records Of
the two parties as to the aa.a of taxation
in this state. Excluding fh,. state school
tax which has been the same. ten cents
on the 500 valuation. under every AL
ministrati0n from 1868 to the present
time, assert and the records viii show
that the rate OF taxation for general pur-
porses since 1911 under Democratic ad-
ministration has been nearly go per
cent less than prior to that time ,,neie,-
Republican management of state affaii-s
The average annual rate of taxation for
all state purposes during the nine wears
the Republicans We're in power. was. in
cluding the state school rax th;rty-si.r =
and two-thiTI cents on the 500 vaiua-
ton, or excluding the school tax,
twenty7six and two-third cents. The
average annual tax rate for twenty
years OF penocrauc administration since
io'l, mas oeenr including the state school
, IaA, thlrty-two and one-haif cents on the
SiOO, or excluding the school tax,
twenly-two ana one-haif cents. 1t Is
Pe0lla, Due 1lae, as IN tne case OF salaries, the
Republicans nxed an apparent rate of
only twenty cents Tor state purposes,
Dut IN addition they levied a special tax,
usually called building tax, that aver
aged SIX and two-third cents on the 500
per annum, making the average rate for
state purposes exclusive of the school
tax, twenty-six and two-third cents, as
against twenty-five and one-haf cents,
the average rate Tor twenty years under
Democrauc administration. From 1868
TO and including 1867, the Republican
rate OF taxat.on, including special, build
ing taxes and the state school tax, was
lofty cents on the SlOO valuation. Thus
Mnue tne outlay tor puohc buildings
a,s Gars si,iS,i , ana lew OF tne pupnc lnstltu-
80 14o - .no Pat1e " lne slate, tnen men
go 60 l ~ lelulleu .l' an enormous tax
sra,.+., ~ waseelul anu extrva-
Se;tt lpiieali pn,Ii aoiiiilniistratlon ,wmcn
. L1 closely anu honestiy,
t',,.a ~. piao'i1eu eooiioiiiy in pupnc e2pend-
o'ihs away the feopie's Money.
why, my Fellow citizens, from 1858 TO
1871 republican legislatures actually re-
leased 10 delinquent and defaulhng
snerlfts and their sureties SAB, ,5S2. 1S, be-
sides interest and damages. and also re-
leased ten sheriffs and sureties from un-
ascertained amounts, estimated at not
less than $4,000 more. (See senate
Journal OF 1872, page IS, for the record
evidence of this fiagrant special legisla-
taYof1tlsm involved in these releases of
delinquent and defaulting officials, and
SO unIalr TO the taxpayers, that gem
erai protest came up from the people
ana an the consutunonai convention OF
is1s, Dem2cratlc body, forever pro-
nipiIeu special legislation OF TINS char
acter. so much Tor comparison of the
tax rate under Democratic and Republic
can ADMINISTRATIONS and the false claim
that we have increased the taxes of the
people, and have been s.wasteful, ex-
trayagant and incompetent.
Rnf tbey saw v, we = have 1m inc-oasod +,,a
basis of taxation bv ,,,at.sd ,.aass,sss s.so
ments. and that while nrofess;no to r.,
the friends of the farmer, tive have ,,e. "a.
peatedly Increased for ta1ine, I,,,noses
the lands of the farmer. therebv add,
| ing to the confessed ineouaIifv Of HE
burdens" Will tine Rennblican leaders
| tell us how the farmer is discriminat-
ed against under any reassessment of
the lands in this state ? The fact is
there mas been no reassessment of real
estate In West Virginia which has not
Denehted the farmer. Farm lands have
not increased in proportion to the in
crease IN mineral and timber lands and
town property. All the revaluations we
nave mad have tended to equalize taxa
uon by increasing the assessed value of
Town Town properly, wild lands and minerals.
Inc revaiuaton OF the present year
mas increased the aggregate values
OF our real estate about $26, ,50O, 900,
anu yet the price per acre OF farm
tanus was IN tne aggregate reduced
rom rom tneir previous valuation. The
t lallners ciaIh0red tor the last reassess-
nenI OF the lanus OF the stare, and the
resnl. proves that they are benefited by
~ ,,,,,,i;aus, aIe we 70 unaeTstano Inat the Re