Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
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The Barton County Democrat,
OCTOBER 3, 1885,

and for the release of UGH mortgages
by the assignees thereof, and prOVid-
Tins. penalties for failure to comply
| with tue law. This law gives to the
debtor notice as TO who his legal
| creditor may be, and the assurance
that when he pays the interest or
principal to the legally recorded
creditor, the money SO paid, to the
extent OF the amount paid, extin-
guishes the debt. Many instances
could be pointed out where the debt
or had paid his Indebtedness to the
supposed authorized agents only to
| find out, when too late, that he had
paid the money to unauthorized and
| irresponsible parties, which has led
| in many cases to the loss OF home
and money. This law while giving
| ample protection to the debtor, in
no way interferes with the rights of
the creditor but simply protects the
debt ridden mOrtgagOr against the
trascality of persons who claim to
| act for the mortgage holder. Tt
| might be a wonder to some why the
Republicans had never thought to
pass such benificient law for the debt,
| or class. and it is true that nearly all
the Republican members in the House
| of 1897 did vote for the bill when be-
ing considered. But upon the publi-
cation OF the law in the official state
paper and after the act became effec-
tive. they saw what a good law they
had helped to pass in the interest OF
| the poor man whose property was
mortgaged, many OF them joined in
protest against the law and said 1t
was not the kind OF a law they in
tended to help pass. See House
Journal Legislature 1897 page 1881.
| How will the iiCTtgaged farmer
vote in November, for the party that
tries to protect him or for the party
that protests against protecting
| him?
After considering the foregoing
| law, turn to page 34S and you will
| find one that is to prevent dishonesty
! OF persons who mortgage property
and provides a penalty for the deStruc-
ton or injury of such property. This
is flaw to protect the security ola
creditor from the wrong acts of a
debtor. At the same time the debt
or is protected by the folio wing Pro-
viso, THAT in any case where usury
is charged or collected, this act shall
| be imperative and void.
Who ever heard of a Republican
| legislature inserting such a prOviso
| in one OF their laws? Their laws al
ways protect the money lender from
| loss but never the poor debtor from
robbery by uSury. In this law both
creditor and debtor are protected in
their rights.
In the legislature OF 1889, which
was nearly unanimously Republican,
when a bill in relation to Chattle-
Mortgages was being considered
Buffalo" Jones, representative from
| F'inney County, attempted to amend
the bill to prevent the collection of
the debt secured by the mortgage
where more than twenty four per
| cent annum was charged. Only
EabOut COrpOralS' Guard voted for
this just and righteous amendment
| and the great friendS(?) OF the poor
| debtors of Kansas, OF the man who
| had probably given chattle mort
| gage on every horse, COW, pig and
chicken on his place to secure little
money to tide him over some hard
| luck, voted down the amendment
with whOOp that drowned Jones
under an eXultant cheer of noes.
| This was one of the proceedings of
Hast legally assem- bled Republican
legislature OF Kansas; the legislature
of 1889 of which Hon. Webb Wilder
then Insurance Commissioner, said
! in his report for that year, when
the legislature adjourned last March
every body in the state-house felt as
if they had been through a cyclone.
There was profound thankfulness
when the wfnd-bags left"
| TAXATION.
| Property holders in many instan-
ceS evade or attempt to eyade the
payment of their just share of the
| taxes. Three important laws were
passed along this line and had for
| their purpose the taxing of property
| and credits that had heretofore es-
capped taxation, thus 1essening the
taxes of those who have been paying.
Chapter 243, page 453, provides for
| the taxation OF 'perSOnal judgments. T"
Notwithstanding the fact that the
agents making loans always certified
that the land was worth three times
the loan and in most instances was
| worth that amount at the time the
loan was made, yet under Republican
mis-rule and legislation in the inter-
est of the bond-holder and against
the plOW-hOlder and pick-hOlder val
ueS Shrunk to such an; extent that
when payday or the foreclosure
came, the property would not pay
the debt, leaving a deficiency judg-
ment hanging over. the poor man
after his property, perhaps his home,
had been taken from him, with the
fact staring him in the face that if he
ever got a dollar ahead, the creditor
/ could take it away from him. This
species OF credits had never been tax
/ ed becauSed the mortgage companies
were among the pets OF the Republi-
can party, and it remained for the
/ Peoples Party to pass a law taxing
these judgments. II they are worth
less then let the creditor release them
and let the poor debtor go hence a
free man. If they are OF value then
the holder should have in the past
been compelled 60 pay taxes ON them
and in the future will have to pay
their just proportion OF the taxes.
The next chapter pa, page 456, re-
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