The San Francisco call., 1896-11-04

the levying of taxes and the raising OF reye.
nus in such manner as it shall deem just.
Sec. 2. All taxes shall be uniform upon the
same class of subjects within the territorial
limits of the authority levying the AK. and
sh all b, levied, assessed and collected as the
Legislature shall direct.
Sec. 3. The power of taxation shall never be
surrendered or suspended by any grant or con-
tract to which the State shall be party.
SEC. 4. Land and the Improvements thereon
shall be separately as ssessed. Land OF the same
quality or similarly situated, whether used or
unused, shall be assessed al the same value
Sec. 5. All lands which have been sectionized
by the United States Government shall be as
sessed for purposes OF taxation by sections or
fractions of sections The Legislature shall
not sectionized by the United States Govern
ment.
Sec. 6. The Legislature may provide for the
payment of taxes by installments.
Sec T. The Legislature shall have power to
enact all laws necessary to carry out the pro-
visions OF this article.
The legislative nominees of all parties
have been asked to indorse this plan, and
II seems remarkable that so many have
expressed an interest IN the matter,
though not all have expressed a willing
ness 10 sign or indorse direct pledge.
Some who are known to be open advocates
OF the single tax plan in private life have
hesitated to go on record in advance of the
election for the reason that they consider
their predictions 10 be so well known
that they do not require further consider
alton in that regard.
Yet quiie number of answers have
been received by the league and others
are expected after the election.
Those who have come out unequivocally
In favor of the single tax are as follows:
Calvin Ewing, Nineteenth Senatorial Dis
trict; Thomas Watson, Twenty-eighth
Assem- bly, District; Timothy Z. Treacey,
Thrty-tirst Assembly District; Frank E.
Mahoney, Thirty-fourth Assembly Dis
trict; F. NJ. Tuiey, Thirty n Assem-
bly, District; J. S. Wardall. Thirty ninth
Assembly District; II. c. Dibble, Forty
first Assembly Districi H. NJ. Owens,
Forty-f first Assembly District; l.. NJ. Man
ger, Fortieth Assembly District.
Samuel B1aunhart, nominated for Sena-
| tor In the Nineteenth Senatorial d .stricl,
was somewhat e9uivocal in his reply
touching his position on the single tax,
but the league hopes he will be with the
others when it comes to a vote.
In Los Angeles letters were written by
Ralph E. Hoyt TO the legislative nomi-
nees of that region. Nine men replied,
eight OF whom declared themselves unre-
servedIy in favor OF the single tax and one
asked for time in which to study the
question.
Throughout the State petition to the
Legislature has been circulated, the object
beng to secure attention to this proposed
reform in the States fiscal arrangements.
The petition reads thus:
PETITION TO THE LEGISLATURE
| We, the undersig ned, hereby petition for the
enactment OF such measures may result in
| the collection OF all public revenues-State,
county, township and municipal-from the
value oil land, irrespective of improvements in
| or on 1t, and for the abolition OF all other
taxes now levied for this purpose.
This petition has been signed by 1900
citizens, and it is arranged that a repre-
sentative committee of single tax adher-
ents shall attend the session of the Legis-
/ lature in Sacramento this winter for the
purpose of advancing the interests of
what they deem TO be an i'm portant and
beneficial innovation in the States laws
| relating TO the subject OF taxation.