Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-02-15

j nuILOut VIC Ho" avail NuC uSSlou VI tbS
pos, .ffice department.
Snow While the western section IF this
colntry was being swept 10y the champion
blizzard Of the winter we were enjoying the
callnest Of snow fills on Monday and Is
Gay About four inches fell nd OILY At times
Was there II perceptlble breeze. Sleishs wer,
out IN our streets Until aft er noon on Tnr-
day the sleighieg WAS god: after that i:
became sluahy.
ABOVE ALL THAT The local u, wspaprI
particularly. but rs we'll the individual tina,
aspires to lead or d;rrcI, or cen to be e
made Of n qnali.y OF material that enA, les
him to r,sr superior I" personal likes an
dlsiikes the individual that assumes Ia
lead Or pose Ms a public benefaclor will mshc
mess of his undertaking If he frames his
acts to the end of working out petty spitrs "r
Of making prominent his personal friends.
The man n o Ia, not the courage or dspo
siti"n TO ignore, wholly, personal feelings
"uCii movement AIl'tt i'hS w uli tuN'it
community for promise of successful issue.
should by his owl act and if not thus. then
by the public itself, BE- relegated to the rear
This lesson is not specially pertinent here
and at this tue; MS people we are peculiar
ly fortunate in this particular; while We
have good, strong fighters, they promptly
accept the situation and any one that would
have the tcmcrlty to make a show Of petty
spite would be promptly sqnclchcd.
MAY SUCCEED iET,--lt has been patent to
all who have given attention to the moyc.
ment for a re assessment that At every turn
1t would meet with opposition 10y those who
realize tina, amy carefully drawn law will put
an end to the immunity they now enjoy;
that this class is large. wealthy and lnfiurn
tal every one believe, and that tltI NUMBER
and influence is aud VIII continue " te
unit in opposition isno" beng dem
1t will become m re ana more apparen, as
the days 60 Ivy and the faint n,llca' IONS of
weakness here an there. IA may he noted
ut present, will become more and more pro
nounc'd as the constant baltciiny p.octeds
Some Of The STRONGEST arguments in favor
OF u re- assessment are bel & used against It,
for instance.'t Is claimed that the fall in value
Of farm property will reduce the basis 30 low
that It will be necessary to raise the rate !;
accept that as a fact, and agree that mill
| ions Of dollars worth Of property now tscap
k,.
discovered and added 20 Tic basis, and i,
becomes a simple problem in arith,nc,iG To
deinons,, ale that the farmer vii, pay lrss
taxes, even though the rate should b raised;
to he more explicit, If new property e f.uuh
10y just so much must the gross amour, to y.
raised by taxation be- lowered and just ="
much less will the property now paying al
Of lhe taxes be relieved
We see predictions that tn" proposed tax
alton Of mortgages will kill the bill :" rs
this wa transfer to other purses the privilege
ol Paying the taxes on from $3.50 SET 900 to
$500, 900 ,0N another interest has been array
cd against new asst ss,ncn,.
This feature WAS not embraced In the
orig sal "c"mpromise" b,ll hut has come to
, 1t IN the way Of an endnent; tils step has
probably robbed the ill Of The strength that
attaches TO Compromise male to insure pass
age, yet tie bill as IT ported WAS the work of
more men outside of than mt nbers of the
LEGISLATURE and to assume that that body
may only amend il to imperI it, is an offence.
Then comes the New Constitution"
movement aud with it the argument that if
q call to I've submitted to the vote Of the
people shall al the election IN 1898 ,ieci ie in
{ favor of holding II constitutional con ventnn,
there should he 40 re- assessment beto'e the
adoption of the new constitution 1t 10 not
1 PROBABLE however that any legislation for
! submission of the matter to the people will
, be had ut this session, Dpd We only mention
II to illustrate how eagerly the opponents of
rc-asscssment grasp at everything that
may sid in comprising Its defeat
There may be in fa' t. believe there will
he . re-asscssment provided for by The sitting
Legislature but we do not regard the oppo-
stion it must yet meet as worthy of no con-
ceTn.